![]() ![]() From 1982 to 1987 James Caan briefly retired from the movie business, during this time frame he coached a Little League baseball team, there was one incident where his team’s weakest player hit a home run that won a game. Blade Runner, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Kramer vs Kramer, MASH, Star Wars, Superman, and One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest.ĩ. James Caan has turned down some very famous roles….some of these roles include…. During one of his divorces, James Caan moved into one of his good friend’s house….that friend was Hugh Hefner and the house was the Playboy Mansion.Ĩ. His son Scott Caan is also an actor, he can be seen on the CBS show Hawaii Five-O as well as the Oceans Eleven trilogy.ħ. Those four marriages have given Caan a daughter named Tara, and four sons named Scott, Alexander, James, and Jacob. In the movie Caan’s children go into the Witness Protection with their mom and stepfather….leaving the real father with no way to see or contact his children.Ħ. ![]() James Caan has directed one movie in his career….1980’s Hide in Plain Sight…a forgotten gem of a movie that is based on a true story. Those four movies are 1965’s The Glory Guys, 1972’s The Godfather, 1974’s The Gambler, and 1975’s Funny Lady …he has yet to win one.ĥ. James Caan has received more love from the Golden Globe® people as he has received 4 Golden Globe® nominations. During his long career, James Caan has only received one Oscar® nomination ( The Godfather) but he has helped numerous actresses receive Oscar® nominations…Marsha Mason in 1973’s Cinderella Liberty and 1980’s Chapter Two, Bette Midler in 1991’s For The Boys, and Kathy Bates in her Oscar® winning performance in 1990’s Misery.Ĥ. Caan was also a rodeo performer for many years and has a black belt in karate.ģ. James Caan played football at Michigan State University back in 1956 before transferring to Hofstra University. James Caan received an Emmy ® nomination for his role.Ģ. ![]() 1971’s Brian’s Song was originally a made for television movie, but was such a popular hit on television that the producers actually released Brian’s Song to theaters….it did perform well when people had to pay to watch the movie. ![]() Television appearances, shorts, cameos and straight to DVD movies were not included in the rankings.ġ. This page will rank James Caan movies from Best to Worst in five different sortable columns of information. His IMDb page shows over 137 acting credits since 1961. My favorite James Caan movies (not already mentioned) are A Bridge Too Far, Kiss Me Goodbye, Bottle Rocketand The Gambler (not the Kenny Rogers TV movie). Brian’s Song (one of the best television movies ever), The Godfather (I was not allowed to watch it….but all kids knew about the toll booth scene), Rollerball (I never really understood the movie as a kid, but it was a superbcool movie), and Freebie and the Bean(it seems this movie played on ABC’s Sunday night at the movies every 6 months).Īs I got older I tried to watch as many of his movies that I could get my hands on….so far I have seen 45 of his movies. Four Caan movies from the 1970s really caught my attention as a kid…. I think the first three movie stars I became aware of as a kid were, John Wayne, Michael Caine and James Caan. So this page was written to correct that horrible error I have been making for the last 10 months. After reading the comment it occurred to me that although James Caan was one of my favorite actors, I had yet to do a movie page on him. The other day I received a comment on my Al Pacino page talking about James Caan (1940-2022). ![]()
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