Ben Stiller,
Dustin Hoffman, Emma Thompson and Adam Sandler at The Meyerowitz Stories photocall during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival earlier this year.
"And they did say
Dustin Hoffman's name," she adds with a laugh, referring to how she was tempted into the project.
| Mr Hoppy (
Dustin Hoffman) and |Mrs Silver (Dame Judi Dench), below, Mrs Silver (Dame Judi Dench), below, and the pair with Alfie the tortoise, right, in the BBC adaptation Esio Trot right, in the BBC adaptation Esio Trot
Imagine a kindergarten full of wildly talented octogenarians preparing to put on a school musical and you have a sense of first-time director
Dustin Hoffman's predictable, silly, but ultimately touching romantic comedy about an aging group of musicians trying to save their beautiful but beleaguered retirement home by putting on a show.
Summary: Actor-filmmaker
Dustin Hoffman won't mind if his 25-year-old daughter starts dating Harry Potter star Daniel ...
Adding to the plaudits, all three
Dustin Hoffman films that grace our list, including a Top 10 finish for "The Graduate," were written about by Jody Rosen–definitive proof that if Jody Rosen has a crush on your stuff then it means your life is a success.
Giggs was in good company when it came to legends - golfer Jack Nicklaus and Hollywood's
Dustin Hoffman were also there.
Cast: Robert De Niro, Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson,
Dustin Hoffman, Barbra Streisand, Jessica Alba, Harvey Keitel Direction: PaulWeitz
Kim Peek, who suffered from a condition similar to autism - Agenesis of Corpus Callosum - was thanked by
Dustin Hoffman in his Best Actor acceptance speech, while film-writer Barry Morrow also acknowledged him.
Academy Award winners
Dustin Hoffman and Emma Thompson reunite in Last Chance Harvey, a hopeful romance that celebrates new beginnings--at any age.