Alan Arkin

Alan Arkin in the News
Get Smart
Baltic Times - Aug 27, 2008
... a job in the field because of his highly detailed reports, which a character known only as “the Chief” (Alan Arkin) claims are too valuable to lose. ...
Get Smart - Film Review
Coventry Observer - Aug 27, 2008
IT'S not as though they’ve made a Get Smart movie to capitalise on any piping-hot brand recognition.
American Teen: Reality bites the documentary
Creative Loafing Sarasota - Aug 27, 2008
Also stars Patricia Clarkson, Peter Sarsgaard and Dennis Hopper. 2.5 stars FLY ME TO THE MOON (G) Three talking houseflies hitch a ride on Apollo 11 in this ...
Get Smart
Music From the Movies - Aug 27, 2008
Anne Hathaway takes on her role here, and she and Carrell are joined by Alan Arkin and Dwayne Johnson (aka ‘The Rock’) in what is quite a satisfying take on ...
York, Daniels, Orbach, de Benedet, Spangler, Racey Work with Tommy Tune on Turn of the Century
Playbill - Aug 26, 2008
Complete casting has been announced for Goodman Theatre's world premiere musical Turn of the Century, directed by Tommy Tune and starring the previously announced Rachel York and Jeff Daniels.
Get Smart
The Kent Messenger - Aug 26, 2008
Like I Spy and The Avengers, Get Smart is based on a cult 1960s TV show. In this case a spy spoof which followed the adventures of foolish agent Maxwell Smart.
Simon Baker
Louisville Courier-Journal - Aug 25, 2008
CH, by e-mail Dear CH: Sounds like the 1977 film "Fire Sale," which also stars Alan Arkin and Vincent Gardenia. Alas, it isn't on video or DVD. ...
It Won't Kill You to Enjoy This
RedOrbit - Aug 25, 2008
Starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Reese Witherspoon, Peter Sarsgaard, Alan Arkin, Meryl Streep. RENDITION is that innocuous sounding word chosen by those in ...
Generation Kill, "Bomb in the Garden": Iceman vs. Captain America - The Star-Ledger
NJ.com - Aug 25, 2008
The original Alan Arkin/Peter Falk version of "The In-Laws" was one of my family's favorite movies when I was growing up, and so when the reporter started ...
TV Q&A with David Inman
Boston Herald - Aug 24, 2008
Q: I saw a movie decades ago in which the father of a socially prominent clan was a well-known womanizer. An illegitimate son, who was the same age as the legitimate son,...
TV Q&A with David Inman
Boston Herald - Aug 24, 2008
Q: Back in the late 1980s or early ’90s, Jaclyn Smith was in several TV movies playing a female detective. It was an occasional series like “Columbo. ...
Movie Review: Get Smart
Blogcritics.org - Aug 23, 2008
Supporting him is a slew of actors you will recognise from all over the place, people like Alan Arkin, putting in a particularly fine turn as the head of ...
Get Smart
Express and Star - Aug 23, 2008
Based on a madcap '60s television series created by Mel Brooks and Buck Henry, Get Smart is a comic caper about an accident-prone yet sensitive secret agent who might just be mankind's last, great hope.
Leopoldo Serran, 66, Screenwriter Known for ?Dona Flor,? Is Dead
New York Times - Aug 23, 2008
Mr. Serran was a leading figure in the Brazilian movement Cinema Novo, and worked with the directors Carlos Diegues and Bruno Barreto.
Paint it black
guardian.co.uk - Aug 23, 2008
... Bing Crosby, both Frank Sinatra and Dino in the original Ocean's 11, and more recently, Dan Aykroyd in Trading Places, C Thomas Howell in Soul Man, ...
Movie star Carell is a big screen action man
WalesOnline - Aug 22, 2008
When the headquarters of secret US spy agency CONTROL is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to ...
Review: Get Smart (12A)**
Yorkshire Post - Aug 22, 2008
The trick is that no-one takes it remotely seriously, and so it's good to see veterans like Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp and James Caan drifting through the ...
Get Smart (12A) ***
Glasgow Daily Record - Aug 22, 2008
But espionage is at play and the identities of its top agents are compromised, forcing The Chief (Alan Arkin) to promote Smart to spy duty (becoming Agent ...
Movies: Get Smart ***
Irish Independent - Aug 22, 2008
His chief (Alan Arkin) has thus far blocked his promotion to agent, telling him his analysis is too valuable but privately believing the accident-prone Max ...
The Movie List
Vancouver Sun - Aug 22, 2008
With Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson and Alan Arkin. Directed by Peter Segal. Parental guidance. 111 min. Hollywood Surrey. ...
Film reviews: Get Smart and more
Telegraph.co.uk - Aug 22, 2008
If you thought things might improve with the new Martin Lawrence comedy, you're in for a disappointment. College Road Trip is an exhaustingly sappy ...
Is This Man The Rapey Gay Megastar?
Radar Online - Aug 21, 2008
We've been wracking our brains trying to figure it out; my guess was Get Smart's Alan Arkin, but I was immediately shouted down by everyone else. ...
Wheels of fire: the disabled tortoise movie
guardian.co.uk - Aug 21, 2008
But we also need someone to play the "poor owner" who loves the tortoise but can't afford to take it to the vets (Alan Arkin, maybe). ...
Hathaway to do it
Birmingham Post - Aug 21, 2008
Those ‘inspirational’ people include Alan Arkin and Steve Carell in Get Smart, and Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt and Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada, ...
Movie Listings
Vancouver Sun - Aug 21, 2008
Directed by Jon Favreau. Parental guidance. 126 min. Granville. Journey to the Center of the Earth An update of the Jules Verne classic finds a scientist ...
Too much action, not enough wit
This is London - Aug 21, 2008
... (otherwise known as The rock), as his agent idol, the always watchable Alan Arkin as his helpless boss and Terence Stamp as a smoothie chief villain. ...
Alan: Steve is a serious actor
Croydon Advertiser - Aug 21, 2008
Although we're more used to seeing Steve Carell playing the clown in his movies, according to Get Smart co-star Alan Arkin, he's actually a very serious ...
Teen dreams and Cruz control
Creative Loafing Tampa - Aug 20, 2008
Features the voices of Christopher Lloyd, Adrienne Barbeau, Ed Begley Jr., Tim Curry, Kelly Ripa, Nicollette Sheridan, Trevor Gagnon, David Gore and Philip ...
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The Herald - Aug 20, 2008
Star rating *** Dir: Peter Segal With: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin Mel Brooks began his career as spoofmaster-in-chief in the Sixties with a TV series about a bungling Bond-type secret agent.
Get Smart
RTE.ie - Aug 20, 2008
Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, Terry Crews, David Koechner, James Caan, Bill Murray, Patrick Warburton, ...
Meath Chronicle » Entertainment » Get Smart
Meath Chronicle - Aug 20, 2008
When the headquarters of US spy agency, Control, is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, The Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to ...
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The Kent Messenger - Aug 20, 2008
When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson).
Get Smart (12a)
Sunday Mercury - Aug 20, 2008
Alan Arkin is the CONTROL boss while Bill Murray, Bernie Kopell and James Caan make cameos. All the spy gadgets are cool and there are plenty of chuckles to ...
On This Day in History: August 19 In Daddy’s Footsteps
Brooklyn Daily Eagle - Aug 19, 2008
... published online 08-19-2008 BROOKLYN — Adam Arkin was born in Brooklyn on August 19, 1956, son of stage, movie & TV star Alan Arkin. ...
WEEKEND FIRST: Movie Comings and Goings - Updated
HNN Huntingtonnews.net - Aug 19, 2008
Alan Arkin plays the “Chief” in this ongoing struggle between the often incompetent agents of CONTROL battling the forces of KAOS. Director Peter Segal has ...
Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Alan Arkin, Dwayne Johnson
Digital Spy - Aug 19, 2008
Following the recent trend of remaking 1960s television shows, Get Smart arrives on our screens with an impressive cast but ultimately fails to provide ...
Get Smart (12A)
Manchester Evening News - Aug 18, 2008
Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Terence Stamp, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, Terry Crews, David Koechner, James Caan. ...
WIN TICKETS: To Get Smart at Worthing
Littlehampton Gazette - Aug 17, 2008
When the secret identities of all the agents working for US spy agency CONTROL are compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote ...
Film reviews: College Road Trip, Get Smart, Somers Town
Scotland on Sunday - Aug 17, 2008
His boss, Chief (Alan Arkin), is reluctant to lose Max's clerical skills until the evil KAOS organisation kills off practically all his other agents. ...
Why Hollywood loves New York cop movies
New York Daily News - Aug 17, 2008
Richard Gere looked dapper in uniform for "Brooklyn's Finest," while the remake of the subway-jacking classic "The Taking of Pelham 123" meant the ...
**** Excellent | *** ½ Very Good | *** Good | ** ½ Worth Seeing
MiamiHerald.com - Aug 15, 2008
An image consultant (Jason Bateman) -- the recipient of a Hancock rescue -- decides to change the hero's ways despite the reservations of his wife (Charlize ...
Tropic Thunder
indy.com - Aug 15, 2008
Think of Cliff Robertson's Oscar winning performance in "Charly" (1968), which beat out the more deserving Alan Arkin for his heartbreaking role in "The ...
NY NY | BAM Spotlights Gould, McDowell Takes On Anderson and a NY ...
Indie Wire - Aug 15, 2008
... most memorably, as dissident doctor Trapper John in Robert Altman's breakthrough "M*A*S*H," which BAM ran for a week as a lead-up to the series. ...
The Office: Steve Carell on Filming Get Smart
BuddyTV - Aug 15, 2008
... main man Steve Carell shares some funny anecdotes while filming the spy-themed comedy Get Smart, with Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, and Alan Arkin. ...
Movie capsules AZ, Aug. 15
phillyBurbs.com - Aug 15, 2008
(G) KUNG FU PANDA: (B+) The voices of Jack Black ("Be Kind Rewind"), Angelina Jolie ("Mr. & Mrs. Smith"), Jackie Chan ("Rush Hour"), Michael Clarke Duncan ...
The Movie List
Vancouver Sun - Aug 15, 2008
With Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson and Alan Arkin. Directed by Peter Segal. Parental guidance. 111 min. Tinseltown, Station Square, Hollywood ...
MGM acquires an action comedy pitch from writers Ken Kaufman ...
Indiantelevision.com - Aug 14, 2008
Segal is the director of the comedy Get Smart starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson and Alan Arkin. The project reunites Segal with two of ...
Retro TV W/C 15th August 2008
Retro To Go - Aug 14, 2008
Terrific tongue-in-cheek spy spoof starring the 'statuesque' Raquel Welch. Bikini clad, skydiver Fathom Harvill is recruited by a top secret Western agency ...
Movie listings
Vancouver Sun - Aug 14, 2008
Directed by Jon Favreau. Parental guidance. 126 min. Granville, Hollywood Theatre. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH An update of the Jules Verne classic ...
MGM acquires pitch Peter Segal signed to direct
Business of Cinema - Aug 13, 2008
Segal is director of the current hit film Get Smart starring Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, and Alan Arkin. The project reunites Segal with ...