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  Ivan Reitman - The Huffington Post
is Reitman's followup to his acclaimed debut, the satiric gem "Thank You for Smoking." The director, son of movie mogul Ivan Reitman, said it was "terrifying" to bring "Juno" to Rome because of the language barrier.
Reitman's second feature - the son of noted Canadian director Ivan Reitman had previously helmed the indie comedy Thank You for Smoking - was already a popular hit at this year's Toronto International...
Ivan Reitman, right, shares a moment with his son Jason,left, after being inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in Toronto,Canada, on Saturday June 9, 2007.
www.huffingtonpost.com /topics/Ivan+Reitman   (591 words)

  
  Ivan Reitman - Famous Canadian Producer
Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946, Komárno) is a Slovak-born, Canadian-raised film producer and director.
Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University, but his big break came when he produced National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978 and directed Meatballs in 1979.
Reitman was working on a remake of The Pink Panther in 2005 but backed out.
www.softlandings.com /canada/famous-canadians/Ivan-Reitman.php   (390 words)

  
 Reel.com: Ivan Reitman
Filmmaker Ivan Reitman is one of that rare, reliable breed.
Born in Czechoslovakia, but raised in Canada, Reitman's career began in that country where he worked as a producer and music supervisor for David Cronenberg (Shivers, Rabid) and began his own nascent directing career.
Despite the broad appeal of his movies, Reitman is able to attract the choosiest movie stars to his films, including Kevin Kline, who appeared in Dave and Harrison Ford, who starred in Six Days, Seven Nights.
www.reel.com /reel.asp?node=features/interviews/reitman   (2304 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman - Northern Stars
Ivan Reitman was born in Komárno, Czechoslovakia, now just Slovakia, on October 27 1946.
Reitman bounced back in 1988 with the comedy about twin brothers who were separated at birth and finally find each other.
Reitman was up for a second Emmy for The Late Shift, which chronicled the true story behind the late night television wars between The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and The David Letterman Show.
www.northernstars.ca /directorsmz/reitmanbio.html   (714 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman - Famous Canadian Producer
Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946, Komárno) is a Slovak-born, Canadian-raised film producer and director.
Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University, but his big break came when he produced National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978 and directed Meatballs in 1979.
Reitman was working on a remake of The Pink Panther in 2005 but backed out.
canada.softlandings.com /famous-canadians/Ivan-Reitman.php   (390 words)

  
 Ivan reitman
Ivan Reitman studied music at McMaster University, but soon turned his talents to film and theater.
In 1984, Reitman was honored as Director of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners and the next year received a Special Achievement Award at the Canadian Genie Awards.
Ivan Reitman has been married to former Quebec film actress Genevieve Robert for over 30 years.
www.megasitemovies.com /2007/04/14/ivan-reitman.html   (511 words)

  
  Science Fair Projects - Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946) is a Slovak-born, Canadian-raised film producer and director.
Reitman worked on a number of films after graduating from McMaster University, but his big break came when he produced National Lampoon's Animal House in 1978 and directed Meatballs in 1979.
Reitman is currently working on a remake of The Pink Panther which is slated for a 2005 release.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Ivan_Reitman   (325 words)

  
 A DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN REITMAN | Ivan Reitman | Credits | Movies | Entertainment Weekly   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ivan Reitman doesn't have the biggest bungalow on the Universal lot-that honor goes to Steven Spielberg-but it is large enough for an impromptu game of touch football between Reitman and screenwriter Gary Ross.
Ross is supposed to be working on Reitman's next picture, Dave, a comedy about the presidency, but at the moment he's going long for a pass.
Reitman claims he has no need for the trappings of Hollywood success-his office is comfortable though hardly ostentatious, with pictures of his wife and three children prominently displayed.
www.ew.com /ew/article/0,,310683,00.html   (671 words)

  
 Showtime - Movies - Ghostbusters - Ivan Reitman - Full Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ivan Reitman, as a producer and director, has created many of American cinema's most successful and best loved feature film comedies and has worked with Hollywood's acting elite.
In 1984, Reitman was honored as Director of the Year by the National Association of Theater Owners and the next year received a Special Achievement Award at the Canadian Genie awards.
Reitman was born in Czechoslovakia and fled with his family to Canada at the age of four.
www.sho.com /site/schedules/product_page.do?actorid=0718645&episodeid=3349&seriesid=0&include=00fullbio.inc   (584 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman at AllExperts
Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946 in Komárno in Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia) is a Slovakian-born, Canadian-raised Jewish film actor, producer, and director.
Reitman's first producing job was with the then-brand new station CITY-TV in Toronto.
However, Reitman's tenure at CITY was short and he was fired during his first year by station owner Moses Znaimer.
en.allexperts.com /e/i/iv/ivan_reitman.htm   (370 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman - Dirk Jasper FilmstarLexikon
Ivan Reitman wurde in der früheren Tschechoslowakei geboren und emigrierte im Alter von vier Jahren mit seinen Eltern nach Toronto in Kanada.
Darüber hinaus inszenierte und produzierte Reitman Zwillinge (1988), der den Actionstar Arnold Schwarzenegger neben Danny De Vito in einem ganz neuen, komödiantischen Licht zeigte.
Reitman führte später auch bei den Schwarzenegger-Komödien Kindergarten Cop (1990) und Junior (1994) Regie.
www.djfl.de /entertainment/stars/i/ivan_reitman/index.html   (673 words)

  
 IGN: Featured Filmmaker: Ivan Reitman
A commercially successful director, Reitman was one of the first Canadians to be convicted under Canada's decency laws for working on a film called The Columbus of Sex (1970), based on the Victorian-era novel My Secret Life.
Reitman also established himself early on as a prolific producer, producing such diverse films as the Cronenberg horror "classics" Shivers in 1975 and Rabid in 1977 (which starred former adult film star Marilyn Chambers) along with the comedy that would put a number of actors on the map, Animal House (1978).
Reitman continued to juggle directing jobs with producing gigs.
movies.ign.com /articles/365/365755p1.html   (1310 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman Photos - Ivan Reitman News - Ivan Reitman Information
Ivan Reitman, nicknamed Ivanco, is a producer and director, who has created many of American cinema's most sucessful and best loved feature film comedies and has worked with Hollywood's acting elite.
Ivan has close to 4,000 laser discs on his shelves at home.
I just sort of stripped that down and sort of made the superhero stuff much more minimal — just enough to establish her as the character so that all of that romantic comedy interaction would be powerful and effective.
www.tv.com /ivan-reitman/person/62579/summary.html   (466 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman at Hollywood.com
Reitman began his career as a stage and TV producer and turned out his first feature film in 1971.
Reitman also tried to soften the image of Arnold Schwarzenegger by directing him in the comedy "Twins" (1988), teaming him with the diminuitive Danny DeVito, and by producing "Kindergarten Cop" (1990).
Reitman scored a surprise hit as the executive producer of "Beethoven" (Brian Levant, 1992), a canine comedy starring the deadpan Charles Grodin.
www.hollywood.com /celebrity/Ivan_Reitman/190869   (2023 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman - Biography - Moviefone
Born in Czechoslovakia, producer/director Ivan Reitman was raised in Canada by his concentration camp-survivor parents.
After majoring in music at McMasters University, Reitman got his first taste of the line of work that was to bring him fame and fortune when he attended summer classes at the National Film Board.
Thus far, Ivan Reitman's number one unrealized project is a live-action feature based on the cartoon character Inspector Gadget.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/ivan-reitman/107926/biography   (473 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman, as a producer and director, has created many of American...
Was originally going to direct The Pink Panther (2006), but chose not to, staying...
Ivan Reitman has 3 in-development credits available on IMDbPro.com.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0718645   (478 words)

  
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Ivan Reitman (born October 27, 1946 in Komárno in the former Czechoslovakia) is a Slovakia-born, Canadian-raised Jewish film actor, producer, and director.
Bill Murray was heading toward a career peak on the back of comedies such as this one from 1981, the second film in his ongoing collaboration with director Ivan Reitman (the two went on to make Ghostbusters).
Reitman says Canada gave up on him and eventually he went on to produce and direct successful money-makers including Ghostbusters and Old School.
www.lycos.com /info/ivan-reitman--director-ivan-reitman.html   (625 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman · Biofilmografía · Cine · Terra   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Ivan Reitman · Biofilmografía · Cine · Terra
Ivan Reitman ha sido el responsable de algunas de las comedias más existosas y memorables de las dos últimas décadas.
Reitman recibió una nominación al Emmy por su trabajo como productor ejecutivo en el telefilm de la HBO The late shift.
www.terra.es /cine/biofilmografia/articulo.cfm?ID=4733   (562 words)

  
 Ghostbusters HQ News: Fake Ivan Reitman revealed!
Ivan Reitman fake/ and he's a jerk too!
With the help of Production Supervisor Shannon Muir of Extreme Ghostbusters, GBHQ has revealed the "Ivan Reitman" to be a fake.
Depends on how much this guy pretends to be Ivan Reitman (assuming that's so), how much he knows.
www.ghostbustershq.com /news/fakeivan.html   (387 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Originally from Czechoslovakia, Reitman and his family fled to Canada when he was four years old.
For the next 10 years, Reitman had a stream of successful films that ranged from extreme blockbusters to just plain successful films.
A founder of the McMaster Film Board at McMaster University, Reitman remains close to his family, and has even had his two children, Jason and Catherine, play roles in a number of his films.
www.tribute.ca /bio.asp?id=1971   (382 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman, Movie Director @ The 80's Movies Rewind
Find movies on The Rewind that were directed by Ivan Reitman during the 80s.
Ivan Reitman directed the following 4 80's movies on the 80s Rewind.
Through most of the New York location photography, Ivan Reitman and the crew were uncertain as to what their film would eventually be called.
www.fast-rewind.com /cgi-bin/search.cgi?target=Ivan%20Reitman&searchtype=Director   (264 words)

  
 Details for Junior (1994)/(WS)/Junior (1994) / (WS) at CDconnection.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Reitman, Schwarzenegger, and DeVito had previously had a hit with Twins (1988), which revolved around a similarly ludicrous medical premise, but they failed to repeat that film's success here, as audiences largely ignored the film and reviewers criticized the humor as disappointingly obvious.
Instead of mining the pregnancy angle for emotional truth as well as laughs, the film settles on a tired comedic thriller plot.
Once the stunt casting wears off, it is apparent that Schwarzeneggar, DeVito, and director Ivan Reitman are on autopilot throughout Junior.
www.cdconnection.com /details/Arnold_Schwarzenegger__Junior_(WS/DD/5.1)/127963?s=C7OSX4BGQf6r   (382 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman
When a New York building designer named Matt (Luke Wilson) discovers that his new girlfriend Jenny (Uma Thurman) is actually a crime-fighting, disaster-solving superhero named G-Girl who's also needy, neurotic, and unpredictably volatile, he realizes he's got to dump her as politely as possible or face the potentially deadly consequences.
Bill Murray was heading toward a career peak on the back of comedies such as this one from 1981, the second film in his ongoing collaboration with director Ivan Reitman (the two went on to make Ghostbusters).
Reitman and company are full of original ideas about hobgoblins--who knew they could "slime" people with green plasma goo?--but hovering above the plot is Murray's patented ironic view of all the action.
www.dvd-today.com /director/Ivan-Reitman/dvd.html   (736 words)

  
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The standout is an off-the-cuff running dialogue with Reitman, Duchovny, Jones and Seann William Scott—all taking cracks at remarking on favorite scenes, ad-libs and why something was cut here or added there.
Reitman's comment, "Every once in a while my love of the Three Stooges gets in the way of my directing," actually sheds light onto the film's evolution (no pun intended).
The challenge for Clattenburg and Reitman, in Davidson's view, is to make an entertaining film that works as a film while...
www.lycos.com /info/ivan-reitman--miscellaneous.html   (318 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman Evolution Filmkritik Rezension Kritik
Majestätisch bewegt sich ein gigantischer Meteorit durch die unendlichen Weiten des Weltraums und schlägt kurz darauf weniger majestätisch, dafür aber umso lauter und ordentlich Staub aufwirbelnd in der Wüste von Arizona auf.
Der Schöpfer der absurd-komischen Spinnenplage „Arachnophobia“ entwickelte in Eigenarbeit ein erstes Skript, welches Regisseur Ivan Reitman in die Hände geriet.
Doch der Haken war: Ivans Filmsprache war und ist seit jeher die Komödie und Jakobys Originalskript leider Gottes auf einen Action-Thriller gemünzt gewesen.
www.mannbeisstfilm.de /kritik/Ivan-Reitman/Evolution/552.html   (1071 words)

  
 Ivan Reitman on the Stripes: Extended Cut DVD   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Back in 1982, Ivan Reitman directed a low budget film called Stripes with a host of rising young actors, including Bill Murray, Harold Ramis and John Candy, along with veteran character actors such as Warren Oates.
Stripes was Reitman's second film, and he's gone on to make more than 20 others, including such successes as Ghostbusters, Twins, Beethoven, Dave and Father's Day.
Reitman and co-writer Dan Goldberg, who served as co-producers, taped a running commentary for the video (which can be turned on or off), in which they discuss why each of the restored scenes was deleted in order to keep the story moving.
www.digitalproducer.com /articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=32569   (1594 words)

  
 Uma Thurman, Luke Wilson, Ivan Reitman | Interviews | SCI FI Weekly
Reitman: We like the mystery of it [laughs].
Luke Wilson: That was a really fun thing, because Ivan had that idea, and we were actually shooting something else that day and something at night, and you get there and we had about an hour and a half of daylight, and Ivan had me get out there and do that.
He was very easy with me. We were OK. We were very careful, and I have great precision, too.
www.scifi.com /sfw/interviews/sfw13212.html   (1034 words)

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