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Ron Silver - news / articles
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Actor Silver dies -
16 March 2009
-Actor and political activist Ron Silver has lost his battle with esophageal cancer. He was 62.-
-The award-winning stage actor passed away on Sunday (15Mar09) following a lengthy battle with the disease, and was surrounded by his family, according to friend and col
Ron Silver - what members say
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Blue Steel 14 October 2003
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Good film, Bad disc 25 January 2004
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Dreadful thriller 21 May 2004
Ron Silver - filmography
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The Ten
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Adam Brody, Jon Hamm
Director: David Wain
Certificate: 
This fast paced comedy features a great star cast and is a hilarious modern re-telling of the ten commandants. Paul Rudd stars as Jeff Reigert who is caught up in love triangle and is trying to make sense of it all. The complicated and interconnected stories of the people around him begin to come ..read more »
 
33%
from 577 members
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Ali
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Jon Voight
Director: Michael Mann
Certificate:
Michael Mann's ALI manages to be an informative look at the career of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali and an entertaining and moving portrait of the man. The action begins with the brash young Cassius Clay's surprising victory over Sonny Liston. The film depicts Clay's conversion to Islam, his ..read more »
59%
from 15,666 members
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Cutaway
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Tom Berenger, Stephen Baldwin, Dennis Rodman
Director: Guy Manos
Certificate: 
US Customs Agent Vic Cooper (Stephen Baldwin) goes undercover to infiltrate a ring of skydiving drug peddlers. New to the sport, Cooper is quickly infatuated with all of the perilous adrenaline highs it offers. Will Cooper ignore the siren song of the parachute and return to his duties as an ..read more »
53%
from 153 members
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Black And White
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Gina Gershon, Rory Cochrane, Ron Silver
Director: Yuri Zeltser
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A veteran police officer (Gershon) who is legendary for her ruthless style gets teamed up with a shy rookie cop. The two begin investigating an ingenious serial killer, as well as beginning a torrid affair. Soon, the young cop begins to suspect his new lover is the prime suspect in the same murders.
48%
from 189 members
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Love Is Strange
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Ron Silver, Kate Nelligan, Julie Harris
Director: Annette Haywood-Carter
Certificate: 
Kathryn and Tom are complete opposites but end up falling in love and get married. Nobody is surprised, however, when they get divorced and pursue their separate careers. Some years later Kathryn finds she is dying of breast cancer and embarks on an emotional journey to heal the family rifts ..read more »
53%
from 6 members
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The Arrival
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Charlie Sheen, Ron Silver, Teri Polo
Director: David N. Twohy
Certificate:
A radio astronomer obsessed with listening for some sort of cosmic noise finally hears a shockwave late one evening. In his search for an explanation he discovers a horrifying fact -- Earth is the target for an imminent alien invasion!
58%
from 1,807 member
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Timecop
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ron Silver, Mia Sara
Director: Peter Hyams
Certificate: 
Based on a comic book story, this futuristic film follows the time-travel exploits of policeman Max Walker (Claude Van Damme). In 1994, Walker's wife Melissa (Mia Sara) is about to tell him that she is expecting their first child when they are attacked by a group of criminals. Walker is shot and ..read more »
58%
from 7,122 members
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Timecop - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ron Silver, Mia Sara
Director: Peter Hyams
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In the year 2004 a corrupt politician is secretly using a time travel device to manipulate history and financial markets. When cop Max Walker (Jean-Claude Van Damme) catches on to the scheme, he travels back in time to stop the Senator and undo his wife's murder. Produced by Sam Raimi and based on ..read more »
61%
from 368 members
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Live Wire
(1992)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Ron Silver, Ben Cross
Director: Christian Duguay
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An action/thriller in which U.S. Senators are being assassinated by a series of mysterious explosions. FBI bomb expert Danny O'Neill is tasked with finding the villain...
54%
from 56 members
Currently unavailable
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Mr Saturday Night
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Billy Crystal, David Paymer, Julie Warner
Director: Billy Crystal
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Billy Crystal stars as the legendary Buddy Young, Jr., an ambitious, wise-cracking comic who claws his way to the top with the help of his reliable brother/manager (David Paymer). MR. SATURDAY NIGHT was Crystal's first movie as a feature film director.
55%
from 169 members
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Reversal Of Fortune
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, Ron Silver
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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REVERSAL OF FORTUNE, based on defence attorney Alan Dershowitz's book, is a hypnotically eerie exploration of a dark, ambiguous event in the life of a wealthy socialite couple. Dershowitz (Ron Silver) is hired by Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) to defend him against charges that he attempted to ..read more »
62%
from 761 members
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Blue Steel
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Jamie Lee Curtis, Ron Silver, Clancy Brown
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Megan Turner (Jamie Lee Curtis) is a rookie cop who witnesses a robbery in progress on her first night on the job. With her more experienced partner using the men's room, Megan decides to take action on her own. She creeps into the supermarket where a man (Tom Sizemore in a small role) is holding ..read more »
57%
from 1,327 member
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Enemies: A Love Story
(1989)
Starring: Ron Silver, Anjelica Huston, Lena Olin
Director: Paul Mazursky
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Director Paul Mazursky's haunting and atmospheric drama, based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer, stars Ron Silver as Herman, a Jewish refugee who escapes the horrors of WWII and struggles to start his life anew in New York, working as a ghostwriter for a prominent New York rabbi (Alan King). ..read more »
44%
from 12 members
Currently unavailable
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A Father's Revenge
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Brian Dennehy, Joanna Cassidy, Ron Silver
Director: John Herzfeld
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When international terrorists kidnap a flight crew, Americans Paul and Barbara Hobart fly to Europe and hire a freelance mercenary to rescue their daughter. With time running out and hostage executions under way, Paul leads a last gasp assault on the terrorist hideout.
54%
from 60 members
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Billionaire Boys Club
(1987)
Starring: Judd Nelson, Ron Silver, Fredric Lehne
Director: Marvin J. Chomsky
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Dramatic true story, in which Judd Nelson gives a fine performance as the leader of the Billionaire Boys Club, an exclusive group of young American get-rich-quick kids who stop at nothing in their pursuit of wealth... even murder...
66%
from 3 members
Not available for rental
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Garbo Talks
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher
Director: Sidney Lumet
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Master dramatist Sidney Lumet takes a gentler, more lighthearted approach to human nature in his gentle comedy GARBO TALKS. While the film centers on the main character's obsession with the great Greta Garbo, it is Anne Bancroft as the obsessed woman herself who is the luminous heart of the film. ..read more »
54%
from 102 members
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Silent Rage
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Chuck Norris, Ron Silver, Steven Keats
Director: Michael Miller
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In his first suspense film, six-time World Karate Champion Chuck Norris is a small town sheriff who must stop a psychotic killer made nearly invincible by a genetically engineered serum. Norris challenges the genetic research lab, trounces bikers, and reunites with an old love.
57%
from 332 members
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The Entity
(1982)
Starring: Barbara Hershey, Ron Silver
Director: Sidney J. Furie
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In THE ENTITY, a woman (Barbara Hershey) is tormented by a demonic amorphous blob. Nobody believes her until scientists capture and freeze it. This creepy film is based on a (supposedly) true story.
63%
from 3,607 members
Not currently released
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Eat And Run
on DVD
Starring: Ron Silver, Sharon Schlarth, R.L. Ryan
Director: Christopher Hart
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An alien from outer space named Murray Creature lands on Earth and develops an appetite for Italian...not the food...the people. It's up to a wily detective to put a stop to his monstrous appetite in this inventive comedy.
29%
from 33 members
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Ron Silver facts
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...aken as a serious actress in her own right, this film did it for her big style. Ron Silver is also one of the best and most believable baddies ever! At the start he's jus...
