CHICAGO – In anticipation of the scariest week of the year, HollywoodChicago.com launches its 2024 Movie Gifts series, which will suggest DVDs and collections for holiday giving.
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Podtalk: Richard Dreyfuss of ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’
Submitted by PatrickMcD on September 5, 2017 - 1:50pm- 1977
- 2009
- 40th Anniversary
- Academy Award
- Always
- American Graffiti
- Audio
- Close Encounters of the Third Kind
- Dick Cheney
- Hollywood Palms
- HollywoodChicago.com Content
- Illinois
- Interview
- Jaws
- Melinda Dillon
- Mr. Holland’s Opus
- Naperville
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- Patrick McDonald
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- Richard Dreyfuss
- Stand by Me
- Steven Spielberg
- Terri Garr
- The Goodbye Girl
CHICAGO – The 40th anniversary edition of ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind,’ directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, is in a limited run in theaters now. What better time to resurrect a 2009 HollywoodChicago.com interview with Dreyfuss, and publish it as a podcast talk.
DVD Review: Original ‘Captain America’ Tries to Bank Off Reboot’s Success
Submitted by BrianTT on September 10, 2011 - 2:47pmCHICAGO – You’re probably going “Huh? There was another Captain America movie? Before Chris Evans?” Believe it or not, yes. Before people like Bryan Singer and Sam Raimi turned the Marvel-verse (and really all of Hollywood) on its head by proving that superheroes could not only be profitable but critically viable as well, there were some honest train wrecks, including an incomplete version of “Fantastic Four” and an awful adaptation of “Captain America,” recently released on DVD to tie in with the success of “Captain America: The First Avenger.” Don’t get them confused.
