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Dick Van Dyke at 100! Celebrate His Spellbinding Legacy Any Which Way You Can

Dick Van Dyke is turning 100, and Fathom is celebrating with a theatrical tribute packed with clips, stories, and co-star memories. I look back on his legacy, that old-school Disney charm, and share my top five favourite Van Dyke works.

Dick Van Dyke at 100 In the United States, Fathom Entertainment is inviting fans of Dick Van Dyke to celebrate his 100th birthday in theatres. Whether other distributors follow suit remains to be seen, but I’ll be lighting a candle on December 13 to honour this extraordinary performer’s legacy and perhaps belt out Chitty Chitty Bang Bang for good measure.

It still amazes me that he has the drive to keep acting. From the agile young man who could take a pratfall with grace, to the dancer, to the unexpected villain in Night at the Museum, he’s played every type of character under the sun. His charm and the way he entertained me during my younger years has never left me. His influences were obvious, especially the silent film legends like Laurel and Hardy along with Buster Keaton, and that timeless physicality shaped so much of what he brought to the screen.

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What’s Next for Night at the Museum?

By Ed Sum (The Vintage Tempest)

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The Night at the Museum is an enjoyable family fun comedy that is getting a third film due to arrive in theatres December 19. Ben Stiller, Ricky Gervais and Robin Williams will be returning to play their respective roles as Larry, Doctor McPhee and President Theordore Roosevelt. Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan also return to reprise their hilarious straight-man funny-man routine as Jedediah Smith and Octavius and there will be a newcomer waiting in the wings. Comedienne Rebel Wilson will also play a security guard who works at the British Museum.

This little casting note suggests more hijinks will take place at the largest establishment to house Egyptian artifacts outside of Cairo, and if this film marks the end of a series, then it may go with a bang. In the first film, the Golden Tablet of Pharaoh Akhmenrah is the MacGuffin that drove that film to its happy end, and in the second film, it’s stolen by Dexter. This monkey never did get punished for the chaos that erupted when the gang clashed with another Egyptian exhibit at the Smithsonian.

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