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Dustin Hoffman

About: A brilliant character actor who has stayed on top of his craft for more than 40 years, Dustin Hoffman was born August 8, 1937, in Los Angeles. He started his acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse at age 19. Next, he struggled for years for a breakthrough on the New York stage, finally winning a 1966 Obie award for "The Journey of the Fifth Horse."Director Mike Nichols was so impressed that he cast the unknown Hoffman in his first major film role, as Benjamin Braddock in The Graduate (after Robert Redford turned down the part). The result: overnight stardom and a Best Actor Oscar nomination for Hoffman.He repeated that honor with a risky, against-type performance in Midnight Cowboy (1969). Kramer vs. Kramer and Rain Man both earned Best Actor Academy Awards for Hoffman, who nabbed additional nominations for Lenny, Tootsie and Wag the Dog.

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1999

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About: Director Luc Besson's visceral historical drama captures the life, moral convictions and death of the young French girl who came to be known as Joan of Arc (Milla Jovovich). Battling the enemies of France while propelled by heavenly visions, the teen who would become a saint is betrayed by King Charles of France (John Malkovich), who, after taking advantage of her military prowess, consigns her to be burned at the stake as a heretic.
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Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2006

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About: Born with an acute sense of smell, Jean-Baptiste Grenouille (Ben Whishaw) resorts to dark deeds in creating a perfume that captures the essence of a woman in this 18th-century thriller based on Patrick Süskind's best-selling novel. The disturbing intensity mounts as Baroque-born Grenouille's obsession to create the ultimate scent moves from innovation to murderous aberration. Alan Rickman co-stars along with Dustin Hoffman as a master perfumer.
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I Heart Huckabees

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: When a mystery needs to be solved and it's not a whodunit but a maze involving emotions, it requires the expertise of intellectual -- and perhaps slightly kooky -- detectives Vivian (Lily Tomlin) and Bernard (Dustin Hoffman). The husband-and-wife existential team helps untangle questions of purpose. Their client? Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), a do-gooder who's plagued by twists of fate. Co-stars Jude Law and Naomi Watts.
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Finding Neverland

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2004

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About: Peter Pan and the denizens of Neverland have captured the hearts and minds of J.M. Barrie's readers. But how did the imaginative author ever envision a world so wondrous yet perilous? Johnny Depp plays Barrie, a writer inspired by genius and dedicated to seeing his vision come to life onstage at the Duke of York's Theatre in 1904 London. Kate Winslet co-stars in this magical film that nabbed seven Oscar nominations and won Best Original Score.
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Death of a Salesman

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1985

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About: Dustin Hoffman copped an Emmy for his first-rate performance as embittered traveling salesman Willy Loman, who's forced to dispense with delusions of success and come to grips with his failed career, encroaching senility and a disintegrating family. This impressive made-for-TV production also stars Kate Reid as Willy's long-suffering spouse, Charles Durning as his caring neighbor and John Malkovich as Willy's indignant, unemployed son Biff.
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Death of a Salesman / Private Conversations

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1985

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About: The 1985 television adaptation (starring Dustin Hoffman as the ill-fated everyman Willy Loman) of Arthur Miller's play "Death of a Salesman" and a making-of documentary on the production are included here. The traveling salesman begins to lose touch with reality as he becomes disillusioned with his mediocre life. Hoffman picked up an Emmy and a Golden Globe and John Malkovich also nabbed an Emmy, while the documentary won a Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.
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Opus & Bill: A Wish for Wings That Work

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1991

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About: Overcome with the urge to fly, wistful penguin Opus asks Santa for a pair of wings and, in the interim, tries every way possible to get airborne -- including therapy. Will Opus get his Christmas wish, or is he destined to be grounded for life? Based on the popular "Bloom County" comic strip by Berkeley Breathed, this charming holiday tale also features the familiar feline Bill the Cat (voiced by comedian John Byner).
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Goldwyn: The Man and His Movies

Rated: | Views Released Year: 2001

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About: The life and work of Samuel Goldwyn, a Polish-born glove salesman who became one of Hollywood's greatest independent producers, is remembered in this classy documentary created for the PBS American Masters series. Based on A. Scott Berg's acclaimed biography, the film includes new interviews with Goldwyn's surviving family members as well as vintage interviews with such luminaries as Bette Davis, John Huston, Laurence Olivier and others.
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John and Mary

Rated: | Views Released Year: 1969

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About: Groundbreaking and controversial at the time of its release because of its depiction of a one-night stand, this romantic drama tells the story of John (Dustin Hoffman, in a BAFTA Award-winning performance) and Mary (Mia Farrow), who meet in a bar, sleep together, then spend the next day wandering through New York getting to know each other. The film garnered several Golden Globe nominations and a British Academy Award nomination for Farrow.
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