Rick Moranis
Biography: Frederick Allan "Rick" Moranis (born April 18, 1953) is a retired Canadian comedian, actor and musician. He came to prominence in the 1980s on Second City Television, before moving on to appearances in several Hollywood films, including Strange Brew; Ghostbusters; Spaceballs; Little Shop of Horrors; Honey, I Shrunk the Kids; Little Giants; Parenthood; The Flintstones, and My Blue Heaven. In 1996–1997, Moranis announced that he would retire from acting due to family commitments, though he occasionally does voice-over work. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rick Moranis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Birthday: April 18, 1953
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The Flintstones
1994-05-26
The Flintstones
Overview: Modern Stone Age family the Flintstones hit the big screen in this live-action version of the classic cartoon. Fred helps Barney adopt a child. Barney sees an opportunity to repay him when Slate Mining tests its employees to find a new executive. But no good deed goes unpunished.
Genres: Fantasy Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-05-26
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Spaceballs
1987-06-24
Spaceballs
Overview: When the nefarious Dark Helmet hatches a plan to snatch Princess Vespa and steal her planet's air, space-bum-for-hire Lone Starr and his clueless sidekick fly to the rescue. Along the way, they meet Yogurt, who puts Lone Starr wise to the power of "The Schwartz." Can he master it in time to save the day?
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-06-24
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Ghostbusters
1984-06-08
Ghostbusters
Overview: After losing their academic posts at a prestigious university, a team of parapsychologists goes into business as proton-pack-toting "ghostbusters" who exterminate ghouls, hobgoblins and supernatural pests of all stripes. An ad campaign pays off when a knockout cellist hires the squad to purge her swanky digs of demons that appear to be living in her refrigerator.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-08
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Parenthood
1989-07-31
Parenthood
Overview: The story of the Buckman family and friends, attempting to bring up their children. They suffer/enjoy all the events that occur: estranged relatives, the 'black sheep' of the family, the eccentrics, the skeletons in the closet, and the rebellious teenagers.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-07-31
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Brother Bear
2003-10-23
Brother Bear
Overview: When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-23
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Brother Bear 2
2006-08-17
Brother Bear 2
Overview: Kenai finds his childhood human friend Nita and the two embark on a journey to burn the amulet he gave to her before he was a bear, much to Koda's dismay.
Genres: Adventure Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-08-17
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Little Shop of Horrors
1986-12-19
Little Shop of Horrors
Overview: Seymour Krelborn is a nerdy orphan working at Mushnik's; a flower shop in urban Skid Row. He harbors a crush on fellow co-worker, Audrey Fulquard, and is berated by Mr. Mushnik daily. One day, Seymour finds a very mysterious unidentified plant which he calls Audrey II. The plant seems to have a craving for blood and soon begins to sing for his supper.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-12-19
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Ghostbusters II
1989-06-16
Ghostbusters II
Overview: Having lost their status and credibility five years after covering New York City with gooey roasted marshmallows in Ghostbusters (1984), the city's former heroes and once-popular spirit-hunters struggle to keep afloat, forced to work odd jobs. However, when Dana and her baby have yet another terrifying encounter with the paranormal, it is up to Peter Venkman and his fearless team of supernatural crime fighters to step up and save the day. Once more, humankind is in danger, as rivers of slimy psycho-reactive ectoplasm, paired with the dreadful manifestation of evil sixteenth-century tyrant Vigo the Carpathian, threaten to plunge the entire city into darkness. Is the world ready to believe? Can the Ghostbusters save us for the second time?
Genres: Comedy Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-16
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Splitting Heirs
1993-04-02
Splitting Heirs
Overview: A member of the English upper class dies, leaving his estate and his business to an American, whom he thinks is his son who was lost as a baby and then found again. An Englishman who thinks he is an Indian comes to believe that he is actually the heir. He comes to hate the American who is his boss, his friend, and the man who has stolen the woman after whom he lusts.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-04-02
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Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
1992-07-16
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Overview: Wayne Szalinski is at it again. But instead of shrinking things, he tries to make a machine that can make things grow. As in the first one, his machine isn't quite accurate. But when he brings Nick & his toddler son Adam to see his invention, the machine unexpectedly starts working. And when Adam comes right up to the machine, he gets zapped along with his stuffed bunny.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-07-16
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Little Giants
1994-10-14
Little Giants
Overview: When Danny O'Shea's daughter is cut from the Peewee football team just for being a girl, he decides to form his own team, composed of other ragtag players who were also cut. Can his team really learn enough to beat the elite team, coached by his brother, a former pro player?
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-10-14
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Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
1997-03-18
Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
Overview: The joke's on absent-minded scientist Wayne Szalinski when his troublesome invention shrinks him, his brother and their wives so effectively that their children think they've completely disappeared. Of course, this gives the kids free rein to do anything they want, unaware that their parents are watching every move.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-18
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The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989-06-09
The Making of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Overview: A behind-the-scenes television documentary of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids,
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-09
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Club Paradise
1986-07-11
Club Paradise
Overview: When Chicago firefighter Jack Moniker retires and moves to a small Caribbean island, he is befriended by the owner of a run-down resort. Together they renovate the resort and lure tourists to Club Paradise in an effort to fight off corrupt officials and businessmen who want to claim the resort as their own.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-07-11
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Strange Brew
1983-08-26
Strange Brew
Overview: Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug McKenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of vicious hockey players.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-08-26
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Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
1989-06-23
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Overview: The scientist father of a teenage girl and boy accidentally shrinks his and two other neighborhood teens to the size of insects. Now the teens must fight diminutive dangers as the father searches for them.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-23
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Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
2003-03-31
Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Kids
Overview: The spiders Miss Spider and Holley marry and hatch five spiderlings. When one of them, Squirt, discovers a lost chicken egg, he goes on adventure to return it to his mother.
Genres: Animation Family TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-31
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Head Office
1985-06-06
Head Office
Overview: In this comic take on big-business wheelings and dealings, an ambitious senator's son moves up the corporate ladder through undeserved promotions. But against his better judgment, he falls for a woman (the chairman's daughter, no less) who's leading a protest against the company's shady business practices.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-06-06
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Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
2013-05-20
Mel Brooks: Make a Noise
Overview: Mel Brooks: Make a Noise journeys through Brooks’ early years in the creative beginnings of live television — with Sid Caesar on Your Show of Shows — to the film genres he so successfully satirized in Young Frankenstein, Blazing Saddles, High Anxiety, and Spaceballs — to the groundbreaking Broadway musical version of his first film, The Producers. The documentary also delves into his professional and personal ups and downs — his childhood, his first wife and subsequent 41-year marriage to Anne Bancroft — capturing a never-before-heard sense of reflection and confession.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-05-20
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Streets of Fire
1984-06-01
Streets of Fire
Overview: Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Genres: Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-06-01
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Big Bully
1996-01-26
Big Bully
Overview: A writer returns to his hometown where he faces the childhood nemesis whose life he ultimately ruined, only the bully wants to relive their painful past by torturing him once again.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-26
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Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
2001-10-14
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer & the Island of Misfit Toys
Overview: When the mysterious Toy Taker grabs all of Santa's toys, it looks like the children will miss out on Christmas. But everyone's favorite reindeer, Rudolph, comes to the rescue with his lovable friends: Hermey the elf, Yukon Cornelius the grizzly prospector, the abominable snow monster Bumbles and Rudolph's very special friend Clarice. Together, they promise Santa they'll track down Toy Taker and rescue Santa's toy. Their incredible quest takes them on a wild adventure with Rudolph's red nose leading the way!
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-10-14
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My Blue Heaven
1990-08-17
My Blue Heaven
Overview: FBI agent Barney Coopersmith is assigned to protect former Mafia figure turned informant Vincent Antonelli. In the witness protection program one is supposed to keep a low profile, but that is something that Antonelli has trouble doing. Coopersmith certainly has his hands full keeping Antonelli away from the Mafia hitmen who want to stop him testifying, not to mention the nightclubs...
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-08-17
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The Wild Life
1984-09-28
The Wild Life
Overview: Eighties teen romp involving Bill and his new apartment, Jim and his rebellious antics, Tom and his crazy self, and Anita with her older man David.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-09-28
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Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way
2003-10-28
Sing Along Songs: Brother Bear - On My Way
Overview: Join hosts Rutt and Tuke for musical numbers from Brother Bear, Treasure Planet, 101 Dalmations II, and Stitch! The Movie.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-28
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Hockey Night
1984-12-14
Hockey Night
Overview: When a young girl wants to join her high school's hockey team as goalie, she meets with resistence, but also gets support, especially from the star forward of the team.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-12-14
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The Last Polka
1985-04-15
The Last Polka
Overview: A mockumentary that depicts the final concert of Yosh and Stan Shmenge aka the Happy Wanderers.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-04-15
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Twilight Theatre
1982-02-13
Twilight Theatre
Overview: Television parody. Sketches include: Women Who Have Made It With Me, No-Arms Bandits, Pee-Wee's Playhouse, & Funky High School. Features a performance by Riders in the Sky & Devo's "Beautiful World" music video. Also, excerpts from Tom Tom Club's "Genius of Love" video, & QUASI AT THE QUACKADERO.
Genres: Comedy TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-13
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Howard
2018-04-22
Howard
Overview: Though legendary lyricist Howard Ashman died far too young, his impact on Broadway, movies, and the culture at large were incalculable. Told entirely through rare archival footage and interviews with Ashman’s family, friends, associates, and longtime partner Bill Lauch, Howard is an intimate tribute to a once-in-a-generation talent and a rousing celebration of musical storytelling itself.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-04-22
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1980
1979-12-31
1980
Overview: Unseen for decades, 1980 is Ken Finkleman and Rick Moranis’ enormously funny CBC pilot that was way ahead of its time. A send up of a current-affairs show, 1980 pokes fun at subjects ranging from the current state of the Canadian film industry, academics, the student radicals of the 60s to Hollywood depictions of the Holocaust. Steven Kampmann stars along with Finkleman and Moranis. Also featuring Toronto salesman Phil Givner, Andrew Gilles, Caroline Yeager and the late comedy producer, Joe Bodolai. 1980 shown courtesy of CBC.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-12-31
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Brewster's Millions
1985-05-22
Brewster's Millions
Overview: Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1985-05-22
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Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
2007-05-20
Bob & Doug McKenzie's Two-Four Anniversary
Overview: In 1980, the SCTV crew had a request from their broadcaster, the CBC, for distinctively Canadian content. What players Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas created was a satire of it, but Bob and Doug became so much more. This documentary tells the special tale of how the McKenzie Brothers became a sensation that would become a cherished part of Canada's self identity.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-20
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L.A. Story
1991-02-08
L.A. Story
Overview: With the help of a talking freeway billboard, a "wacky weatherman" tries to win the heart of an English newspaper reporter, who is struggling to make sense of the strange world of early-90s Los Angeles.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1991-02-08
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Christmas with SCTV
2006-01-01
Christmas with SCTV
Overview: Spend the holidays with the hilarious and beloved SCTV crew, starring John Candy, Rick Moranis, Martin Short, Catherine O'Hara, Eugene Levy and many others as they play Liberace, Mayor Tommy Shanks, Dusty Towne, Johnnie LaRue and a host of their famous characters!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-01-01
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The Earth Day Special
1990-04-22
The Earth Day Special
Overview: The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner, the two hour special featured an all-star cast addressing concerns about global warming, deforestation, and other environmental ills.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1990-04-22
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Rocket Boy
1989-06-01
Rocket Boy
Overview: In this Sci-fi Comedy a gentle video clerk has a secret double life as an intergalactic crime-fighter who must stop an evil alien from stealing the hair off human heads.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1989-06-01
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Shrunk
Shrunk
Overview: After three decades since the 1989 film, Wayne Szalinski’s son, Nick Szalinski, accidentally shrinks his kids.
Genres: Comedy Family Science Fiction
Original Language: en
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The Best of SCTV
1988-09-05
The Best of SCTV
Overview: Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-09-05
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