Dreyfuss, Richard

Overview

Works:	590 works in 2,556 publications in 8 languages and 62,017 library holdings
Genres:	Drama Film adaptations Action and adventure films Comedy films Coming-of-age films Fantasy films Thrillers (Motion pictures) Science fiction films Children's films Juvenile works
Roles:	Actor, Narrator, Performer, Author, Interviewee, Producer, Other, Singer, vac, Costume designer
Classifications:	PN1997, 791.4372

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Richard Dreyfuss

Conversations : Richard Dreyfuss by Richard Dreyfuss( Visual )
[Richard Dreyfuss talks about his career in films and the delight he took in his role in "The Goodbye girl", for which he won a nomination for an Academy Award and an excerpt of which was played before this interview; with Rona Barrett] by Richard Dreyfuss( Recording )
Best Actor and Best Actress by Michael Haering( Visual )
MR. HOLLAND'S OPUS by Patrick Sheane Duncan( Book )
The old man who read love stories( Visual )

[Actor Richard Dreyfuss talks about acting, his effort in civics education, his career, and influences] by Richard Dreyfuss( Recording )
Neil Simon's The goodbye girl : a Ray Stark production : a Herbert Ross film( Book )
Nevart Apikian Entertainment Audio Interviews by Nevart Apikian( )
Steven Spielberg honored at Academy Awards by Paul Chinn( Visual )
Night falls on Mahattan( Book )
Inside the actors studio - Richard Dreyfuss : Special edition for the actors studio drama school Class of 2002( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Richard Dreyfuss

Jaws by Steven Spielberg( Visual )

174 editions published between 1975 and 2017 in 7 languages and held by 5,111 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The 30th anniversary edition of the classic 'I'm-Never-Going-In-The-Water-Again' story of a killer shark that has taken over the waters near a seaside community, and the three men who set out to kill it

Close encounters of the third kind by Steven Spielberg( Visual )

149 editions published between 1977 and 2017 in 6 languages and held by 4,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Roy Neary is a cable worker who, along with several others, become stunned bystanders who have experienced a close encounter of the first kind - witnessing UFOs soar across the sky. After this life-changing event, the inexplicable vision of a strange, mountain-like formation haunts him. He becomes obsessed with discovering what it represents. Meanwhile, bizarre occurrences are happening around the world. Government agents have close encounters of a second kind - discovering physical evidence of extraterrestrial visitors in the form of a lost fighter aircraft from World War II and a stranded military ship that disappeared decades earlier only to suddenly reappear in unusual places. Roy continues to chase his vision to a remote area where he and the agents follow the clues that have drawn them to reach a site where they will have a close encounter of the third kind - contact

American graffiti by George Lucas( Visual )

153 editions published between 1973 and 2017 in 8 languages and held by 3,792 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Four teenagers come of age on their last summer night before college in 1962

Stand by Me by Rob Reiner( Visual )

28 editions published between 1986 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Explores friendship and the indelible experiences of growing up as four twelve-year-old boys set out on a two-day search for a missing teenager's body, a search that turns into an odyssey of self-discovery. Set in the small Oregon town of Castle Rock in the summer of 1959

Mr. Holland's Opus by Michael Kamen( Visual )

51 editions published between 1994 and 2013 in 3 languages and held by 2,580 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A frustrated composer comes to realize that his real passion is teaching and that his legacy is not a truly memorable piece of music, but the generations of young people whose lives he affects

Red by Robert Schwentke( Visual )

15 editions published between 2010 and 2015 in 3 languages and held by 1,988 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Intense sequences of action, violence and brief strong language

W. by Oliver Stone( Visual )

24 editions published between 2008 and 2013 in English and French and held by 1,922 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A look at the life of the 43rd president of the United States, from his beginnings as a privileged alcoholic to his becoming a born-again Christian whose belief in religious destiny helped move him to the top ranks of political power. How Christianity turned his life around, how he met and married his wife, and the days before his decision to declare war on Iraq are featured

What about Bob? by Frank Oz( Visual )

27 editions published between 1991 and 2014 in 5 languages and held by 1,807 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Bob Wiley, a troubled but lovable therapy patient, seeks help from noted psychiatrist Dr. Leo Marvin. When the doctor leaves town to go on a quiet family vacation, Bob, afraid of being alone, follows--showing up unexpectedly at the therapist's lakeside retreat. Bob becomes the houseguest that just won't leave

James and the giant peach by Roald Dahl( Visual )

23 editions published between 1994 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,705 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

After the daring rescue of a spider, a young boy named James gains possession of some magic crocodile tongues. When James spills them in the garden, out sprouts an enormous peach! Climbing inside, he meets an astonishing cast of characters and embarks on a magical odyssey full of thrills and adventure

Poseidon by Wolfgang Petersen( Visual )

46 editions published between 2006 and 2016 in 5 languages and held by 1,697 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Over 2,000 passengers and crew are celebrating New Year's Eve aboard the luxury cruise ship 'Poseidon' on the open sea. Without warning, at midnight, a rogue wave hundreds of feet high, slams into the ship and rolls it upside down. Most of the passengers and crew are killed outright, but several hundred remain alive in the ballroom, where the party was being held. Realizing their only hope of rescue lies at the surface of the water, a handful of survivors, led by Dylan and Robert start to make their way past falling debris, flash fires, and the ever-present threat of flooding. Their destination is the ship's propeller shafts

Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard( Visual )

68 editions published between 1980 and 2016 in 4 languages and held by 1,584 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The fringe characters from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet' take center stage at Elsinore

My life in ruins( Visual )

20 editions published between 2009 and 2013 in English and held by 1,282 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A Greek-American tour guide falls for her Greek bus driver

The Goodbye girl by Herbert Ross( Visual )

37 editions published between 1977 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,190 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a woman's ex-husband sublets her apartment right out from under her and she refuses to move, the new tenant, a Chicago actor, moves in, touching off a comic, hate-love relationship

The crucible by Arthur Miller( Recording )

32 editions published between 1994 and 2015 in English and held by 1,159 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

As a wave of anti-communist investigations swept across American society during the 1950s, Miller exposed the horror of such witch-hunts by retelling the story of the infamous Salem witch trials in Massachusetts in 1692

Quiz Show by Robert Redford( Visual )

11 editions published between 1994 and 2007 in English and held by 1,005 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fame and fortune become a hotbed of scandal when a Washington investigator uncovers corruption beneath the TV's hottest quiz show's glittering facade. The scandal implicates both the wildly popular champion and the disgruntled ex-champ

Always by Steven Spielberg( Visual )

52 editions published between 1989 and 2015 in 8 languages and held by 996 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A legendary pilot with a passion for daredevil fighting sacrifices himself to save his best friend and then help his lover move on with her life

Paranoia by Liam Hemsworth( Visual )

16 editions published between 2013 and 2014 in English and French and held by 894 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Fired from his telecom job, Adam Cassidy is forced by company CEO Nicolas Wyatt to infiltrate Wyatt's longtime rival's company to steal trade secrets. Soon, Adam realizes that he's caught between two ruthless players who will stop at nothing to win. But, desperate to win over an Ivy League beauty and help his blue-collar father, Adam risks everything in a dangerous race against time

Tin man by Nick Willing( Visual )

19 editions published between 2007 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 800 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Dorothy Gale, a.k.a. DG, is all grown up and bored. She mopes around working as a waitress and goes to school part time. Before she knows it, she's back in OZ and on the run from the evil sorceress Azkadellia, her storm troopers and clumsy bats. Along the way she falls in with some strange characters including the brainless Glitches; Raw, a cowardly and psychic lion-man hybrid; and, Wyatt Cain, a cowboy cop from Central City called a 'tin man' because of his tin badge

Stakeout by John Badham( Visual )

30 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 772 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Chaos and calamity prevail as two hard-charging Seattle detectives go undercover with an inexperienced assistant D.A. to spy on neighbors suspected of hiding an escaped Mafia witness on the run from the Feds and a mob hit man

Piranha by Alexandre Aja( Visual )

20 editions published between 2010 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 765 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A group of strangers on Lake Victoria must band together to survive, after a sudden underwater tremor sets free prehistoric man-eating fish

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