Harold Ramis

Harold Ramis died on Monday. Apparently, he had an autoimmune disease for several years, which would explain his lack of work for the last five years.

He was one of those people who are hard to categorize. His resume is almost entirely comedy, but as an actor/writer/director/producer, he only acts, writes, directs and produces at the same time on two movies – one of his most popular, Groundhog Day and one of his least, Year One. Those are also the only two movies he directs his own acting. As an actor, he almost always took smaller parts in movies his friends were making. His only lead roles were also movies he wrote, Stripes, Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters II. There was no pattern to his career. A few times he was only the director. A few more times he was the director and writer. More often, he was only the writer. He was never only a producer without also being the director and writer.

On TV, he was an original writer/actor/producer on the first season of SCTV, and continued writing during the second season.


National Lampoon's Animal House
directed by John Landis
written by Chris Miller, Douglas Kenney, Harold Ramis
produced by Ivan Reitman
starring John Belushi, Peter Riegert, Tim Matheson, Karen Allen, Donald Sutherland, John Vernon, Stephen Furst, Tom Hulce, Kevin Bacon, Bruce McGill, Douglas Kenney, Sarah Holcomb, Martha Smith, Cesare Danova

Meatballs
directed by Ivan Reitman
written by Harold Ramis & Dan Goldberg
starring Bill Murray, Kate Lynch, Chris Makepeace, Harvey Atkin, Kristine DeBell

Caddyshack
directed by Harold Ramis
written by Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray, Douglas Kenney
starring Chevy Chase, Rodney Dangerfield, Ted Knight, Bill Murray, Sarah Holcomb, Michael O'Keefe, Brian Doyle-Murray

Stripes
directed by Ivan Reitman
written by Harold Ramis
starring Bill Murray, Harold Ramis, PJ Soles, Sean Young, Warren Oates, John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Dave Thomas, John Larroquette, Judge Reinhold, Bill Paxton

Heavy Metal
produced by Ivan Reitman
“So Beautiful & So Dangerous” starring John Candy, Joe Flaherty, Eugene Levy, Harold Ramis

Vacation
directed by Harold Ramis
written by John Hughes
starring Chevy Chase, Beverly D'Angelo, Anthony Michael Hall, Dana Barron, Imogene Coca, Randy Quaid, John Candy, Christie Brinkley

Ghostbusters
directed & produced by Ivan Reitman
written by Dan Aykroyd & Harold Ramis
starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts

Back to School
written by Harold Ramis
starring Rodney Dangerfield, Sally Kellerman, Burt Young, M Emmet Walsh, Adrienne Barbeau, Ned Beatty

Club Paradise
directed by Harold Ramis
written by Chris Miller, Harold Ramis, Brian Doyle-Murray
starring Robin Williams, Peter O'Toole, Rick Moranis, Jimmy Cliff, Twiggy, Joanna Cassidy, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray, Joe Flaherty, Robin Duke, Mary Gross

Armed and Dangerous
written by Harold Ramis, James Keach, Brian Grazer
produced by Brian Grazer & James Keach
starring John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Meg Ryan

Baby Boom
written & produced by Nancy Meyers
starring Diane Keaton, Sam Shepard, Harold Ramis, Sam Wanamaker, James Spader, Mary Gross

Stealing Home
directed & written by Steven Kampmann & William Porter
starring Mark Harmon, Jodie Foster, Harold Ramis, Blair Brown, Richard Jenkins, Helen Hunt

Caddyshack II
written by Harold Ramis & Peter Torokvei
starring Jackie Mason, Robert Stack, Randy Quaid, Dan Aykroyd, Chevy Chase, Dyan Cannon, Dina Merrill

Ghostbusters II
directed & produced by Ivan Reitman
written by Harold Ramis & Dan Aykroyd
starring Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Harold Ramis, Ernie Hudson, Sigourney Weaver, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Peter MacNicol, Max von Sydow

Rover Dangerfield
written by Rodney Dangerfield & Harold Ramis
starring Rodney Dangerfield, Dana Hill, Tress MacNeille

Groundhog Day
directed & produced by Harold Ramis
written by Danny Rubin & Harold Ramis
starring Bill Murray, Andie MacDowell, Chris Elliott, Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis, Stephen Tobolowsky, Marita Geraghty, Robin Duke

Airheads
directed by Michael Lehmann
starring Brendan Fraser, Steve Buscemi, Adam Sandler, Joe Mantegna, Michael McKean, Chris Farley, Ernie Hudson, Tracey Ullman, Harold Ramis

Love Affair
directed by Glenn Gordon Caron
written by Warren Beatty & Robert Towne
produced by Warren Beatty
starring Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Katharine Hepburn, Garry Shandling, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Capshaw, Harold Ramis

Stuart Saves His Family
directed by Harold Ramis
written by Al Franken
starring Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Julia Sweeney, Joe Flaherty

Multiplicity
directed & produced by Harold Ramis
written by Chris Miller, Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Harold Ramis
starring Michael Keaton, Andie MacDowell, Richard Masur, Eugene Levy, Ann Cusack, Brian Doyle-Murray

As Good as It Gets
directed & produced by James L Brooks
written by Mark Andrus & James L Brooks
starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr, Yeardley Smith, Harold Ramis

Analyze This
directed by Harold Ramis
written by Kenneth Lonergan, Peter Tolan, Harold Ramis
produced by Paula Weinstein & Jane Rosenthal
starring Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Chazz Palminteri

Bedazzled
directed & produced by Harold Ramis
written by Larry Gelbart, Harold Ramis, Peter Tolan
starring Brendan Fraser, Elizabeth Hurley, Frances O'Connor, Orlando Jones, Brian Doyle-Murray

Analyze That
directed by Harold Ramis
produced by Paula Weinstein & Jane Rosenthal
written by Peter Tolan, Peter Steinfeld, Harold Ramis
starring Robert De Niro, Billy Crystal, Lisa Kudrow, Cathy Moriarty, Anthony LaPaglia

Orange County
directed by Jake Kasdan
written by Mike White
starring Colin Hanks, Jack Black, Catherine O'Hara, John Lithgow, Harold Ramis, Jane Adams, Garry Marshall, Chevy Chase, Lily Tomlin

The Ice Harvest
directed by Harold Ramis
written by Richard Russo & Robert Benton
starring John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Connie Nielsen, Randy Quaid, Oliver Platt

The Last Kiss
directed by Tony Goldwyn
written by Zach Braff & Paul Haggis
starring Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Harold Ramis, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson

Knocked Up
directed, written & produced by Judd Apatow
starring Seth Rogen, Katherine Heigl, Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Iris Apatow, Maude Apatow, Harold Ramis, Joanna Kerns

Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
directed by Jake Kasdan
written & produced by Judd Apatow & Jake Kasdan
starring John C Reilly, Kristen Wiig, Jenna Fischer, Raymond J Barry, Margo Martindale, Tim Meadows, Harold Ramis

Year One
directed by Harold Ramis
written by Harold Ramis, Gene Stupnitsky, Lee Eisenberg
produced by Harold Ramis & Judd Apatow
starring Jack Black, Michael Cera, June Diane Raphael, Juno Temple, Olivia Wilde, David Cross, Paul Rudd, Oliver Platt, Hank Azaria, Harold Ramis

Ginger Snaps

I'm not going to turn this into a food blog, but I am impressed with these ginger snaps that I just made. Anyone can make ginger snaps. That is not the impressive part. But can you cook crispy on the outside, soft on the inside ginger snaps in a toaster oven? It's not easy, believe me.

Usually with any cookies, you should take them out of the oven just before they are finished. That way they will stay soft. With a toaster oven, if you take them out early, they will always be too soft on the inside. You have to practically burn the outside just to get the inside close to cooked. Just like with a regular oven, if you overcook them, they will be rock hard. In a toaster oven, it is all a balancing act.

The recipe is pretty simple.

1 cup packed brown sugar
3/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup molasses
1 egg

2 cups flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 teaspoons ginger
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon cloves
pinch of salt

Some white sugar for decoration

Mix the brown sugar, vegetable oil, molasses and egg until you get a soft, gooey mess.

Mix the flour, baking soda, ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves and salt in a different bowl. You can sift it or stir it or whatever gets it all mixed together.

Stir the dry ingredients in with the wet ingredients. Mix it all up until it is dry enough to handle.

Roll small bits of dough into balls and flatten slightly. They will keep pretty much whatever shape you put them in unless you substitute butter for the vegetable oil. Then they will spread out. You can make them into gingerbread men, but nothing that big will cook evenly in a toaster oven.

Put some white sugar on top and cook just until they start to burn on the outside. I put more white sugar on top right after they come out of the oven. The sugar melts a little and it looks better.

Winter Wonderland

People in Hong Kong have been complaining about the cold all winter. That makes sense since it is usually hot and humid in Hong Kong. This winter seemed colder than the last, but it still stayed around 15 Celsius. That is pretty cold for Hong Kong, where it usually hovers around 32C most of the year, but nothing compared to winters back home.

Minneapolis is usually below freezing from November to March. December to February regularly dip below 10F. That's -12C. It never gets anywhere close to that in Hong Kong. In fact, the lowest I have ever seen Hong Kong would be a typical October back home, around 45F/7C.

This year has been special for the United States. It has been a colder than average winter, but what everyone is talking about is the wind chill. A lot of arctic air has been coming down and freezing people's butts off. I find that funny because we get that every year in Minnesota. Cold air from the arctic hits Alberta and cuts through Minnesota before it warms up and makes its way across the eastern United States. Only this year, it is hitting most of the Midwest and East coast.

By 0F, Alberta clippers knock it down to -15F. That is unnaturally cold for places like New York, but typical winter in Minnesota. People see the -45F in Minnesota with the wind chill and get alarmed, but we are used to it. It does not stay that cold all winter. That's only for a few days. We also build our houses for the cold and have plenty of warm clothes. Cold is only cold when you are not prepared.

If it ever got to -45F in Hong Kong, there would be a state of emergency. A lot of people would die because no one here is prepared for that kind of cold. Hong Kong houses are built for the heat. Winter clothes here are mostly pretty weak, and the boots are a joke. I have never seen a true parka here. People buy big coats that they think look warm but would not help you at all in a blizzard. It makes no difference because it never gets that cold in Hong Kong.

Hongkongers always ask me how I can go outdoors in winter without a coat. The answer is simple. I don't think it's very cold. That does not make me stronger than they are. I'm simply used to much colder weather. I'm still getting used to Hong Kong summers. While everyone else is wearing sweaters at night, I'm boiling in a t-shirt and shorts. It is not even the heat, really. It's the humidity. I have been here three years and I'm still adjusting to the humidity.

Chinese Valentine’s Day

I went to see Ryan for Valentine's Day. I went to China last month, so technically it was his turn to come to me, but we gave up taking turns a long time ago. Now we just go wherever makes the most sense at the time.

Chinese Valentine's Day is actually in August. It is called Qixi and 7/7 because it is on the 7th day of the 7th month on the Chinese calendar. There is also White Day in March, but I don't think that one is as popular in China.

Our Valentine's Day is not a big deal in China, but all the hotels were still booked. I assumed it would be easy to get a hotel at the last minute in Fuzhou because it always is. Since the Chinese New Year is over, I thought everyone would go back to their usual routines. I don't know if the hotels were full because of Valentine's Day or for some other reason, but I had to stay at Ryan's house. That is never the ideal situation. He lives with too many guys, and all of their Chinese girlfriends were there for Valentine's Day. It is a big enough house for five people, but when you add all the girlfriends, it gets a little crowded.

It was still a good trip. By staying at Ryan's house, I saved some money. Fuzhou hotels are not that expensive, but free is still less than cheap. It is colder in Fuzhou than Hong Kong, but it never got below zero. 10-15 is very cold to the locals, but we are from Minnesota, so it was pretty mild to us. It rained a little on Saturday, but it was nothing serious. The weather overall was decent.

The main thing is that we got to spend time together. For Valentine's Day that's all that really matters.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Unbelievabow, as the Chinese say.

This was the most surprising celebrity death in a long time. Nelson Mandela was almost 100 years old and spent a year in the hospital. No one was surprised when he died. People were mostly relieved. Peter O'Toole was 81 and looked like he was dying for years. James Gandolfini was far too young, but he was also a heavy smoker and obviously refused to take care of himself.

I did not even know Hoffman was a drug addict. I mostly don't pay attention to their personal lives, especially the better actors. I don't want to hear about what they do off the clock. I just want to see them perform. I first noticed Hoffman in his work with Paul Thomas Anderson.

I still can't believe he's gone. I can't believe he was only 46 years old. He always seemed much older.


Plays
The Skriker
written by Caryl Churchill
directed by Mark Wing-Davey
starring Jayne Atkinson, Caroline Seymour, Angie Phillips, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Defying Gravity
written by Jane Anderson
directed by Michael Wilson
starring Candy Buckley, Jonathan Hadary, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Lois Smith, Lecy Goranson

Shopping and Fucking
written by Mark Ravenhill
directed by Gemma Bodinetz
starring Torquil Campbell, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jennifer Dundas Lowe, Justin Theroux

The Author's Voice & Imagining Brad
written by Richard Greenberg
directed by Evan Yionoulis
starring Polly Draper, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan

In Arabia We'd All Be Kings
written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring Trevor Long, Ana Ortiz, David Zayas

True West
written by Sam Shepard
directed by Matthew Warchus
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John C Reilly

Jesus Hopped the 'A' Train
written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring John Ortiz, David Zayas, Elizabeth Canavan

The Seagull
written by Anton Chekhov
directed by Mike Nichols
starring Meryl Streep, Christopher Walken, Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Goodman, Marcia Gay Harden, Kevin Kline, Debra Monk, Natalie Portman

The Glory of Living
written by Rebecca Gilman
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring Anna Paquin, Jeffrey Donovan, David Aaron Baker

Our Lady of 121st Street
written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring David Zayas, Elizabeth Canavan, Felix Solis

Long Day's Journey into Night
written by Eugene O'Neill
directed by Robert Falls
starring Brian Dennehy, Vanessa Redgrave, Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring Eric Bogosian, Liza Colón-Zayas, John Ortiz, Sam Rockwell, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Deborah Rush, Callie Thorne

Jack Goes Boating
written by Robert Glaudini
directed by Peter Dubois
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega

The Little Flower of East Orange
written by Stephen Adly Guirgis
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring Michael Shannon, Ellen Burstyn, Elizabeth Canavan, David Zayas, Liza Colon-Zayas

Othello
written by William Shakespeare
directed by Peter Sellars
starring John Ortiz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jessica Chastain, Liza Colon-Zayas

The Long Red Road
written by Brett Leonard
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring Tom Hardy, Greta Honold, Chris McGarry, Fiona Robert, Katy Sullivan

Death of a Salesman
written by Arthur Miller
directed by Mike Nichols
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Andrew Garfield, Linda Emond, Finn Wittrock


Films
Triple Bogey on a Par Five Hole
directed & written by Amos Poe
starring Eric Mitchell, Robbie Coltrane, Philip Seymour Hoffman

My New Gun
directed & written by Stacy Cochran
starring Diane Lane, Stephen Collins, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Szuler
directed & written by Adek Drabiński
starring Alice Adair, Leonard Andrzejewski, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Leap of Faith
directed by Richard Pearce
starring Steve Martin, Debra Winger, Lolita Davidovich, Liam Neeson, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Scent of a Woman
directed & produced by Martin Brest
starring Al Pacino, Chris O'Donnell, Gabrielle Anwar, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Joey Breaker
directed & written by Steven Starr
starring Richard Edson, Cedella Marley, Gina Gershon, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Parker Posey

My Boyfriend's Back
directed by Bob Balaban
starring Andrew Lowery, Traci Lind, Edward Herrmann, Mary Beth Hurt, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cloris Leachman

Money for Nothing
directed & written by Ramón Menéndez
starring John Cusack, Benicio del Toro, James Gandolfini, Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Getaway
directed by Roger Donaldson
written by Walter Hill & Amy Holden Jones
starring Alec Baldwin, Kim Basinger, Michael Madsen, David Morse, Philip Seymour Hoffman

When a Man Loves a Woman
directed by Luis Mandoki
written by Al Franken & Ronald Bass
starring Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Lauren Tom, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Tina Majorino

Nobody's Fool
directed & written by Robert Benton
starring Paul Newman, Jessica Tandy, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Yearling
directed by Rod Hardy
starring Peter Strauss, Jean Smart, Philip Seymour Hoffman

The Fifteen Minute Hamlet
directed by Todd Louiso
starring Austin Pendleton, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Hard Eight
directed & written by Paul Thomas Anderson
starring Philip Baker Hall, John C Reilly, Gwyneth Paltrow, Samuel L Jackson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Melora Walters

Twister
directed by Jan de Bont
starring Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Cary Elwes, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Boogie Nights
directed & written by Paul Thomas Anderson
starring Mark Wahlberg, Julianne Moore, Burt Reynolds, Heather Graham, Don Cheadle, William H Macy, John C Reilly, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ricky Jay, Melora Walters, Luis Guzmán, Philip Baker Hall

Culture
directed & written by Josh Gordon & Will Speck
starring Greg Germann, Florence Stanley, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Montana
directed by Jennifer Leitzes
starring Kyra Sedgwick, Stanley Tucci, Robin Tunney, Robbie Coltrane, John Ritter, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Next Stop Wonderland
directed & written by Brad Anderson
starring Hope Davis, Alan Gelfant, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Holland Taylor

The Big Lebowski
directed, written, produced & edited by Joel Coen & Ethan Coen
starring Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi, John Turturro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Sam Elliott

Happiness
directed & written by Todd Solondz
starring Cynthia Stevenson, Jane Adams, Lara Flynn Boyle, Dylan Baker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Louise Lasser, Ben Gazzara, Molly Shannon, Jon Lovitz

Patch Adams
directed by Tom Shadyac
written by Steve Oedekerk
starring Robin Williams, Monica Potter, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Harold Gould, Michael Jeter, Richard Kiley, Peter Coyote

Flawless
directed & written by Joel Schumacher
produced by Joel Schumacher, Jane Rosenthal, Robert De Niro
starring Robert De Niro, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Chris Bauer

Magnolia
directed, written & produced by Paul Thomas Anderson
starring Philip Baker Hall, Melora Walters, John C Reilly, Melinda Dillon, Jeremy Blackman, Luis Guzmán, Felicity Huffman, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Jason Robards, Philip Seymour Hoffman, April Grace, Michael Murphy, William H Macy, Alfred Molina, Henry Gibson, Ricky Jay

The Talented Mr Ripley
directed & written by Anthony Minghella
starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall

State and Main
directed & written by David Mamet
starring William H Macy, Sarah Jessica Parker, Alec Baldwin, Julia Stiles, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rebecca Pidgeon, Patti LuPone, Charles Durning, Ricky Jay

Almost Famous
directed, written & produced by Cameron Crowe
starring Patrick Fugit, Kate Hudson, Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Zooey Deschanel, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk

The Party's Over
directed & produced by Rebecca Chalkin & Donovan Leitch
narrated by Philip Seymour Hoffman

Love Liza
directed by Todd Louiso
written by Gordy Hoffman
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Kathy Bates, Erika Alexander, Stephen Tobolowsky

Punch-Drunk Love
directed, written & produced by Paul Thomas Anderson
starring Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Luis Guzmán, Robert Smigel

Red Dragon
directed by Brett Ratner
starring Edward Norton, Anthony Hopkins, Ralph Fiennes, Emily Watson, Harvey Keitel, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Heald, Frankie Faison

25th Hour
directed by Spike Lee
starring Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper, Rosario Dawson, Anna Paquin, Brian Cox

Owning Mahowny
directed by Richard Kwietniowski
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Minnie Driver, John Hurt

Cold Mountain
directed & written by Anthony Minghella
starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman, Renée Zellweger, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Natalie Portman, Donald Sutherland, Melora Walters

Along Came Polly
directed & written by John Hamburg
starring Ben Stiller, Jennifer Aniston, Debra Messing, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Alec Baldwin, Hank Azaria

Strangers with Candy
directed by Paul Dinello
written by Paul Dinello, Stephen Colbert, Amy Sedaris
starring Amy Sedaris, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, Dan Hedaya, Deborah Rush, Allison Janney, Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ian Holm

Capote
directed by Bennett Miller
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Catherine Keener, Chris Cooper, Bob Balaban, Bruce Greenwood, Amy Ryan

Empire Falls
directed by Fred Schepisi
starring Ed Harris, Helen Hunt, Paul Newman, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Joanne Woodward

Mission: Impossible III
directed by JJ Abrams
starring Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ving Rhames, Michelle Monaghan

The Savages
directed & written by Tamara Jenkins
starring Laura Linney, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Bosco, Debra Monk

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
directed by Sidney Lumet
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Marisa Tomei, Albert Finney, Rosemary Harris, Amy Ryan

Charlie Wilson's War
directed by Mike Nichols
written by Aaron Sorkin
produced by Tom Hanks & Gary Goetzman
starring Tom Hanks, Julia Roberts, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Ned Beatty, Emily Blunt, Om Puri

Synecdoche, New York
directed & written by Charlie Kaufman
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Samantha Morton, Michelle Williams, Catherine Keener, Emily Watson, Dianne Wiest, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Hope Davis

Doubt
directed & written by John Patrick Shanley
starring Meryl Streep, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Viola Davis

Mary and Max
directed & written by Adam Elliot
starring Barry Humphries, Toni Collette, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Eric Bana, Renée Geyer

The Boat That Rocked
directed & written by Richard Curtis
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Rhys Ifans, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson

The Invention of Lying
directed by Ricky Gervais & Matthew Robinson
starring Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Louis CK, Christopher Guest, Tina Fey, Jason Bateman, Stephen Merchant, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Edward Norton, Karl Pilkington

Jack Goes Boating
directed by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Ryan, John Ortiz, Daphne Rubin-Vega

The Ides of March
directed by George Clooney
written & produced by George Clooney & Grant Heslov
starring Ryan Gosling, George Clooney, Evan Rachel Wood, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Tomei, Jeffrey Wright, Jennifer Ehle

Moneyball
directed by Bennett Miller
written by Steven Zaillian & Aaron Sorkin
starring Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright

The Master
directed & written by Paul Thomas Anderson
starring Joaquin Phoenix, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Amy Adams, Laura Dern

A Late Quartet
directed, written & produced by Yaron Zilberman
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Christopher Walken, Catherine Keener, Anne Sofie von Otter, Madhur Jaffrey, Liraz Charhi, Wallace Shawn

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
directed by Francis Lawrence
starring Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone

God's Pocket
directed & written by John Slattery
produced by Philip Seymour Hoffman
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Richard Jenkins, Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Joyce Van Patten

A Most Wanted Man
directed by Anton Corbijn
starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, Rachel McAdams, Willem Dafoe, Robin Wright

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1
directed by Francis Lawrence
starring Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone

The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
directed by Francis Lawrence
starring Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, Jeffrey Wright, Stanley Tucci, Donald Sutherland, Jena Malone