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Trading Places
1983 | NR | 3.9 out of 5 StarsStreetwise hustler Billy Ray Valentine trades places with wealthy investment executive Louis Winthorpe III as part of a bet cooked up by the rich, greedy Duke brothers. But when Valentine and Winthorpe find out about the wager, the payback begins.
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Ghostbusters
1984 | NR | 3.8 out of 5 StarsAfter losing their academic posts at a prestigious college, a team of parapsychologists creates a business exterminating ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests -- and are soon hired by a cellist to purge her digs of a demon.
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Tommy Boy
1995 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsParty animal Tommy Callahan is a few cans short of a six-pack. But when the family business starts tanking, it's up to Tommy and number-cruncher Richard Hayden to save the day in this riotous road comedy.
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The Great Outdoors
1988 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsChet Ripley takes his family to a lakeside resort for a quiet vacation away from it all. When his brother-in-law Roman shows up with his family, Mother Nature steps in to add her two cents.
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50 First Dates
2004 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsIn this offbeat romantic comedy, marine veterinarian Henry Roth changes his womanizing ways after he falls for pretty art teacher Lucy Whitmore. Trouble is, she has no short-term memory, so Henry has to win her over again every day.
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Saturday Night Live: Season 1
1975 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsKiller bees, land sharks, the Blues Brothers and Mr. Bill take over the stage in SNL's Emmy-winning first season, which introduced the world to Chevy Chase, Gilda Radner, Dan Akroyd and the rest of the original cast. The premiere season's unforgettable skits include the Bass-O-Matic commercial, Chase's impersonation of Gerald Ford and samurai divorce court. Andy Kaufman, George Carlin, Richard Pryor, Carly Simon and many others guest star.
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Saturday Night Live: Season 2
1976 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsTalented cast members Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner, John Belushi and others perform hilarious comedy sketches alongside guest hosts such as Steve Martin, Sissy Spacek, Elliott Gould and Buck Henry and musical guests such as James Taylor and Santana. Midway through this second hit season, cast member Chevy Chase left the show to begin a movie career in Hollywood and was later replaced by funnyman Bill Murray.
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Saturday Night Live: Season 3
1977 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsGilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi and Jane Curtin return to deliver some of their best skits -- which include the Coneheads, the Killer Bees and Samurai Psychiatrist -- in the sidesplitting sketch show's third season. Steve Martin, Hugh Hefner, Charles Grodin, Jill Clayburgh, Madeline Kahn, Ray Charles, Paul Simon, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne and Bonnie Raitt are among the impressive lineup of guest stars.
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Saturday Night Live: Season 4
1978 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsRelive the witty sketches and inspired satire of early "Saturday Night Live" in this anthology that includes every episode from the show's fourth season. "SNL" legends John Belushi, Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and Laraine Newman star, and Steve Martin, Eric Idle and Elliott Gould are among the hosts. Musical guests include the Rolling Stones, Frank Zappa, Devo, James Taylor and the Doobie Brothers.
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Saturday Night Live: The 1970s
1975 | NR | 3.7 out of 5 StarsThe groundbreaking variety show's first five seasons introduce American audiences to original "SNL" cast members such as Dan Aykroyd, Gilda Radner and John Belushi, who pull off hilarious scripted and improvised skits, lampoons and impersonations.
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Antz
1998 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsIn this animated hit, a neurotic worker ant in love with a rebellious princess rises to unlikely stardom when he switches places with a soldier. Signing up to march in a parade, he ends up instead enlisted to fight against a termite army.
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Dan Aykroyd
2005 | NR | 3.6 out of 5 StarsThis best-of collection celebrates Aykroyd's classic performances as Beldar Conehead, Male Prostitute Fred Garvin, the Ronco Bass-O-Matic '76 salesman and many others. Extras include bonus footage and interviews with the original cast and writers.
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Saturday Night Live: Presidential Bash 2008
2008 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsIn anticipation of the 2008 presidential election, "SNL" aired this roundup of skits spoofing politicos old and new, featuring nuanced impressions from Dan Aykroyd's Pres. Richard Nixon to Tina Fey's uncanny Gov. Sarah Palin.
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Sgt. Bilko
1996 | NR | 3.5 out of 5 StarsThis feature-length adaptation of the classic series stars Steve Martin as Sgt. Bilko, a lovable scam artist whose money-making operations are threatened when his nemesis shows up at the Army base seeking revenge.
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Diamonds
1999 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsWidower and one-time prizefighter Harry Agensky (Kirk Douglas) is desperate to retire. Short on cash, Harry persuades his son, Lance (Dan Aykroyd), and teenage grandson (Corbin Allred) to take a cross-country drive to search for diamonds that Harry was cheated out of years earlier. Douglas's fellow film legend Lauren Bacall appears as a bighearted madam in their first onscreen pairing since 1950. John Mallory Asher directs.
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Doctor Detroit
1983 | NR | 3.4 out of 5 StarsMeek community college professor Clifford Skridlow is tricked into taking on the hipster persona of a pimp named Doctor Detroit, and soon he's up to his neck in hot babes. But he also incurs the wrath of a notorious mobster known as Mom.
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