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Like so many great directors, Harold Ramis’ career got off to a terrific start, with the classic 1980 comedy Caddyshack but ended bleakly, with the dire broad comedy Year One.

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Bob Odenkirk made a winning directorial debut with the artsy 2003 theatrical adaptation Melvin Goes to Dinner.

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You know what movie has aged beautifully? Joe Dante’s wonderful, timely and prescient 1998 satire Small Soldiers.

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