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1546:and written
1373:Tower Heist
1341:The Dilemma
1317:Frost/Nixon
1237:The Missing
1093:The Chamber
989:Closet Land
949:Real Genius
941:Night Shift
882:Wild Target
525:CinemaScore
517:Roger Ebert
513:Gene Siskel
400:Max Casella
370:Dan Aykroyd
284:Dan Aykroyd
254:comedy film
105:Dan Aykroyd
83:Produced by
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1627:Categories
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1333:Robin Hood
1309:Changeling
1285:Inside Man
1269:Flightplan
1205:Blue Crush
1069:Sgt. Bilko
973:Parenthood
850:Sgt. Bilko
756:Sgt. Bilko
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734:Sgt. Bilko
713:Sgt. Bilko
698:2021-06-07
673:2020-07-21
648:2021-03-10
589:Metacritic
568:Sgt. Bilko
535:References
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503:Sgt. Bilko
469:Chris Rock
463:Steve Park
424:John Ortiz
272:Sgt. Bilko
246:Sgt. Bilko
235:Box office
206:94 minutes
190:1996-03-29
153:Production
128:Peter Sova
56:Written by
29:Sgt. Bilko
1453:Pavarotti
1421:Lowriders
1397:Get on Up
1157:Bowfinger
1109:Liar Liar
1061:Apollo 13
1045:The Paper
1029:My Girl 2
1013:Boomerang
622:March 10,
493:Reception
409:Dan Ferro
329:Greenland
134:Edited by
77:Nat Hiken
1365:J. Edgar
1349:Restless
519:gave it
325:Fort Dix
251:military
219:Language
142:Music by
93:Starring
66:Based on
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997:My Girl
554:Vulture
482:Casting
477:as Self
311:Colonel
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227:Budget
1536:(TBA)
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317:Major
276:Bilko
1517:Eden
1461:Dads
1389:Rush
1149:Life
1141:EDtv
1077:Fear
810:Clue
739:IMDb
624:2021
600:2022
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354:Cast
298:Plot
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