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D.J. Caruso
A producer and director whose early work in television eventually segued into features, D.J. Caruso showed a distinctive blend of noir conventions and dark, almost surreal gallows humor in such moody thrillers as The Salton Sea and Taking Lives.
A lifelong film lover who aspired to a career in the entertainment industry from an early age, the Pepperdine University graduate began his career as a production assistant and earned his first credit (associate producer) with the 1991 James Woods/Michael J. Fox action comedy The Hard Way. Caruso later served in varying production capacities on such features as Point of No Return (1993), Drop Zone (1994), and Nick of Time (1995).
In 1995, he stepped into the director's chair for an episode of the short-lived sci-fi series VR.5. Gradually gaining confidence behind the camera by helming episodes of such series as Buddy Faro and Martial Law, Caruso directed the short comedy Cyclops, Baby before making the 1998 made-for-TV mystery Black Cat Run.
Another television thriller, Mind Prey,was followed with episodes of Dark Angel and Smallville before Caruso moved into feature territory with the neo-noir crime drama The Salton Sea in 2002. Starring Val Kilmer as a former jazz musician who descends into a world of drugs and crime in order to find his wife's murderer, the film performed only moderately well at the box office despite receiving praise for its stylish direction and striking cinematography.
Back on the small screen, Caruso directed episodes of The Shield and Robbery Homicide Division. In 2004, he returned to the multiplexes with Taking Lives, a haunting thriller starring Angelina Jolie as an FBI agent on the trail of an elusive serial killer.
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Eagle Eye - BLU-RAY Version
(2008)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Anthony Mackie, Billy Bob Thornton
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Riding high on the success of DISTURBIA, director D.J. Caruso and star Shia LaBeouf reteam for the action thriller EAGLE EYE, in which a couple of innocent people get caught up in an elaborate murder plot. After receiving bad news about his brother, Jerry Shaw (LaBeouf) rushes home from work, only ..read more »
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Disturbia - HD DVD Version
(2007)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Shia LaBeouf (Constantine, I, Robot) is a young talent to be reckoned with, as he demonstrates in this genre-spanning film from director D.J. Caruso. Part teenage romantic comedy, part horror flick, Disturbia stars LaBeouf as the troubled Kale, who is confined to his home under house arrest after ..read more »
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Disturbia - BLU-RAY Version
(2007)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Morse
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Shia LaBeouf (CONSTANTINE, I, ROBOT) is a young talent to be reckoned with, as he demonstrates in this genre-spanning film from director D.J. Caruso. Part teenage romantic comedy, part horror flick, DISTURBIA stars LaBeouf as the troubled Kale, who is confined to his home under house arrest after ..read more »
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Disturbia
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Shia LaBeouf (CONSTANTINE, I, ROBOT) is a young talent to be reckoned with, as he demonstrates in this genre-spanning film from director D.J. Caruso. Part teenage romantic comedy, part horror flick, DISTURBIA stars LaBeouf as the troubled Kale, who is confined to his home under house arrest after ..read more »
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Two For The Money
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Al Pacino, Matthew McConaughey, Armand Assante
Director: D.J. Caruso
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After suffering a career-ending injury, a former college football star aligns himself with one of the most reknown bookies in the sports-gambling business. Abrams takes on Lang as his protege, moving him to Manhattan and allowing him to grow used to the lavish lifestyle. But, the seemingly perfect ..read more »
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Taking Lives
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: D.J. Caruso
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With superb investigative skills heightened by uncanny natural instincts, Iliana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is not a typical FBI profiler. This beautiful, no-nonsense Special Agent is a cut above the rest, which is why her old friend Captain Le Claire (Tcheky Karyo) calls her to assist his detectives ..read more »
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60%
from 21,239 members
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Taking Lives - BLU-RAY Version
(2004)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Ethan Hawke, Kiefer Sutherland
Director: D.J. Caruso
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With superb investigative skills heightened by uncanny natural instincts, Iliana Scott (Angelina Jolie) is not a typical FBI profiler. This beautiful, no-nonsense Special Agent is a cut above the rest, which is why her old friend Captain Le Claire (Tcheky Karyo) calls her to assist his detectives ..read more »
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The Salton Sea
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Caught up in the permanent nighttime of the habitual methamphetamine user, Danny Parker (Val Kilmer) and his friends close the curtains so they can't tell what time of day it is. But while his associates revel in their highs, Danny is haunted by his previous life as Tom Van Allen, a trumpet player ..read more »
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Eagle Eye
on DVD
Starring: Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson
Director: D.J. Caruso
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Shia Labeouf reteams with "Disturbia" director D.J. Caruso playing a young slacker whose twin brother has died mysteriously. Rachel finds that her child is missing, and soon the two strangers realize that they have been framed as terrorists. Forced to become members of a cell that has plans to ..read more »
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70%
from 19,157 members
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