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James Caan
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James Edmund Caan (March 26, 1940 – July 6, 2022) was an American actor who was nominated for several awards, including four Golden Globes, an Emmy, and an Oscar. Caan was awarded a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1978. After early roles in Howard Hawks's El Dorado (1966), Robert Altman's Countdown (1967) and Francis Ford Coppola's The Rain People (1969), he came to prominence for playing his signature role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather (1972), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor. He reprised the role of Sonny Corleone in The Godfather Part II (1974) with a cameo appearance at the end. Caan had significant roles in films such as Brian's Song (1971), Cinderella Liberty (1973), The Gambler (1974), Rollerball (1975), A Bridge Too Far (1977), and Alan J. Pakula's Comes a Horseman (1978). He had sporadically worked in film since the 1980s, with his notable performances including roles in Thief (1981), Gardens of Stone (1987), Misery (1990), Dick Tracy (1990), Bottle Rocket (1996), The Yards (2000), Dogville (2003), and Elf (2003).
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Trapped and Playing by Someone Else’s Rules
With the upcoming release of Jumanji: Open World, we trace the evolution of the survival game subgenre, following how the core premise of human beings forced to...
10 films
Neon Fog and the Long Way Home
From Thief's rain-slicked streets to Drive's neon avenues, a journey through neo-noir night drives where every turn tests the driver's moral compass.
8 films
Imperfect Pedagogues: Teachers in the Grey
From the cracked idealism of Half Nelson to the bureaucratic despair of The Teacher, a chain of films where educators are as flawed as the systems they serve.
7 films
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The Outsider
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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
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Blood Ties
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Seduced and Abandoned
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Detachment
2011 · Mr. Charles Seaboldt
Mercy
2009 · Gerry Ryan
Get Smart
2008 · The President
Elf
2003 · Walter
The Way of the Gun
2000 · Joe Sarno
Mickey Blue Eyes
1999 · Frank Vitale
Bottle Rocket
1996 · Mr. Abe Henry
For the Boys
1991 · Eddie Sparks
Misery
1990 · Paul Sheldon
Dick Tracy
1990 · Spaldoni
Thief
1981 · Frank
Chapter Two
1979 · George Schneider
Mario Puzo's The Godfather: The Complete Novel for Television
1977 · Santino "Sonny" Corleone
A Bridge Too Far
1977 · SSgt. Eddie Dohun
Rollerball
1975 · Jonathan E.
The Gambler
1974 · Axel
The Godfather
1972 · Sonny Corleone
T.R. Baskin
1971 · Larry Moore
Lady in a Cage
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