Richard Dreyfuss...

Cadillac Joe

A legend? Yay or Nay?

If you take a cursory glance at his work:

American Graffiti
Mr. Hollands Opus
That Film
Close Encounters of a Third Kind
Down and out in Beverley Hills
A Stakeout
Another Stakeout
Piranha 3D

He's gotta be up there.

He'll be in Dublin next month, so we can all adore the man then!

IvaBigWun

Strange first post.

But I'll bite and say 100% yes based on Jaws and the under rated Mr. Hollands Opus alone

Agent Coulson

Before its locked my fav is.... Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Cadillac Joe

I'm not looking for any bites! lol!

I just think that a Mr. Dreyfuss is overlooked sometimes, especially when it comes to a body of work.

I just think that since he is coming to Dublin for JDIFF, it might be nice to start a discussion.

Personally for is mse, Mr. Hollands Opus is great, but I don't think he will top 'CLOSE ENCOUNTERS' Why? Because...... its about the breakdown of the family and american society in the 70's.

Anyhooo.....

Lend me your ears...

krudler

I like Dreyfuss, he's great in Jaws, Close Encounters and Mr Holland's Opus, which is a nice little movie. Yeah it veers into oversentimentality at times but it's one of those films that I'd watch if it was ever on purely for him and the brilliant soundtrack. Doesn't he suffer from severe depression though? heard he's "difficult" in interviews.

Starscream25

Yay, jaws and close encounters he played a blinder, great comedic act in the stake out films.

brevity

I re-watched Close Encounters there recently and he's very good in it. The movie is much darker than I remember it. Seeing him break down before his wife and kids was pretty tough going.

Tipsy McSwagger

I read the title and thought he was after dying.

Norma_Desmond

Agent Coulson wrote: »

Before its locked my fav is.... Whose Life Is It Anyway?

I remember reading some where that he has no memory of actually making "Whose life is it anyway?" due to his extreme cocaine addiction at the time, I still think it was a great film and he is brilliant in it.

IvaBigWun

Tipsy McSwagger wrote: »

I read the title and thought he was after dying.

Same!

Cadillac Joe

Agree with you there Brevity... I remember as a kid seeing it for the first time and thinking "Wow, I must be an adult now because this is much more serious than any other alien film!!!!!!!!!"

And then, when I watched it later in life... As Mr. Dreyfuss does so well in that particular film... he's kinda' fed up. He thought his 'life' would be worth more. (See references above), and he plays it beautifully...

That's why, even though he left his wife and kids, you're still routeing for him to get up that mountain...

Sarxos

I sat down with him last Friday. Lovely man. Likes to talk a lot about history. http://www.scannain.com/interview/jdiff-dreyfuss-interview

Baze

Great narration of Stand by Me.

Patty O Furniture

He was funny in What About Bob & i vaguely remember Always as he played the Angel who came back to look over his wife Holly Hunter.

I didnt realise til i saw his interview on the LLS that he won an oscar for The Goodbye Girl,
but the same goes for Ernest Borgnine, who played Dominic Santini on Airwolf, i found out that he won an oscar in '55 for Marty as i just happened to see it on one w/end

Baze

Was at the Jameson Cult showing of Jaws in the mansion house and he is a good interviewee for sure (that night at least). Hadn't heard many of the stories surrounding the movie and was interesting, but sad, to hear that none of the actors made money from the film and Dreyfuss had refused to play ball with them afterwards as a result of how they treated everyone.

Keep and eye on YouTube, as someone is bound to upload it sooner or later.

Here he is receiving the Volta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhwi-dmHlS4

Patty O Furniture

Baze wrote: »

Was at the Jameson Cult showing of Jaws in the mansion house and he is a good interviewee for sure (that night at least). Hadn't heard many of the stories surrounding the movie and was interesting, but sad, to hear that none of the actors made money from the film and Dreyfuss had refused to play ball with them afterwards as a result of how they treated everyone.

Keep and eye on YouTube, as someone is bound to upload it sooner or later.

Here he is receiving the Volta:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhwi-dmHlS4

I think that youtube clips are no longer possible to post here:

Oafley Jones

Patty O Furniture wrote: »

I think that youtube clips are no longer possible to post here:

Really, that's a shame because Kevin spacey does a great Dreyfuss impression. Check it out

Marty McFly

Cadillac Joe wrote: »

A legend? Yay or Nay?

If you take a cursory glance at his work:

American Graffiti
Mr. Hollands Opus
That Film
Close Encounters of a Third Kind
Down and out in Beverley Hills
A Stakeout
Another Stakeout
Piranha 3D

He's gotta be up there.

He'll be in Dublin next month, so we can all adore the man then!

Was happily reading that list right up until I saw Piranha 3D why you chose to include that is beyond me :pac: a woeful film.

Then you left out What about Bob probably my favorite Richard Dreyfuss film :cool:.

PhiloCypher

I wore the **** out of my stakeout Vhs back in the day, great film.