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  • Noyce nervous about Jolie's stunts - 16 April 2010
    -Moviemaker Phillip Noyce had sleepless nights ahead of big action sequences for his action film Salt - because his star, Angelina Jolie, insisted on doing all her own stunts.- -The director admits the actress' love of action made him nervous, because, if anything went

Phillip Noyce - what members say


  • Rabbit Proof Fence
  • Rabbit Proof Fence review by Northernsky from West Yorks
    Rated - 5.0 stars Follow the fence 19 September 2005
    ...ed) Administrator in charge of the Aborigines in Western Australia. Director Phillip Noyce uses the stunning locations and a powerful Peter Gabriel soundtrack to move the...   Read customer review

Phillip Noyce - filmography


  • Salt on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Liev Schreiber,  Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story centres on Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who is identified as a Russian sleeper spy. She eludes capture by superiors who are convinced she is out to assassinate the president. While trying to reunite with her family, she struggles to prove someone else is the traitor.
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 65,869 members
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  • Salt - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Angelina Jolie,  Liev Schreiber,  Chiwetel Ejiofor
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The story centres on Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer who is identified as a Russian sleeper spy. She eludes capture by superiors who are convinced she is out to assassinate the president. While trying to reunite with her family, she struggles to prove someone else is the traitor.
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 24,650 members
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  • Catch A Fire on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Tim Robbins,  Derek Luke,  Bonnie Mbuli
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A political thriller that powerfully tells the real-life story of a South African hero's journey to freedom. In the country's turbulent and divided times in the 1980s, Patrick Chamusso (Derek Luke) is an oil refinery foreman and soccer coach who is apolitical - until he and his wife Precious (..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 7,659 members
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  • The Quiet American on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Brendan Fraser,  Do Thi Hai Yen
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in Saigon, Vietnam, in 1952 during the French Indochina war, THE QUIET AMERICAN is based on the mystery story by Graham Greene, and directed by Phillip Noyce. A middle-aged British reporter for the London Times, Thomas Fowler (Michael Caine), has been working in Vietnam, covering politics and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 11,910 members
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  • Rabbit Proof Fence on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Everlyn Sampi,  Tianna Sansbury,  Laura Monaghan
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Western Australia, 1931, the small depot of Jigalong sits on the edge of the Gibson Desert. Running through Jigalong and out into the desert is a rabbit-proof fence that bisects Australia from north to south. The fence was built to keep rabbits on one side and pasture on the other. This remote ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 14,213 members
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  • Rabbit Proof Fence - Blu-ray (2002)
    Starring: Everlyn Sampi,  Tianna Sansbury,  Laura Monaghan
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in Australia in 1931, RABBIT-PROOF FENCE tells the story of a government policy that required "half-caste" children (whose mothers were Aboriginal and whose fathers were white) to be taken from their homes by the authorities to be trained to work as servants. Based on the true story of Molly ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 55 members
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  • The Bone Collector on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ed O'Neill,  John Benjamin Hickey,  Leland Orser
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Phillip Noyce's gripping thriller, Denzel Washington is Lincoln Rhyme, a decorated New York City police officer and successful author of crime novels. After a freak accident on the job, Rhyme is left paralyzed from the neck down (except for his index finger). Angelina Jolie is Amelia Donaghy, a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14,537 members
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  • The Saint on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Michael Byrne,  Valeri Nikolayev,  Val Kilmer
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on the popular television series of the same name, THE SAINT finds Val Kilmer taking over the mantle from George Sanders and Roger Moore to star as Simon Templar, the suave international espionage expert and man of 1,000 faces. Based on Leslie Charteris's popular series of spy novels, the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 4,516 members
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  • Clear And Present Danger on DVD (1994)
    Starring: James Earl Jones,  Harrison Ford,  Willem Dafoe
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tom Clancy's bestseller has Jack Ryan acting as Head of the CIA when his mentor Admiral Greer falls prey to cancer. On his watch, the President of the United States orders a covert operation to attack some South American druglords responsible for a friend's death. Ryan, who swears before Congress ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 11,213 members
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  • Sliver on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Sharon Stone,  Tom Berenger,  Martin Landau
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carly Norris (Sharon Stone), a demure divorcee and book editor, moves in to New York City's tall, elegant Sliver building. Unbeknownst to Carly, though, fatal mysteries enshroud her new accommodations. Soon the centre of attention, Carly is befriended by Gus Hale (Keene Curtis), left gifts by a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,673 members
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  • Patriot Games - Blu-ray (1992)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Anne Archer,  Sean Bean
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 192 members
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  • Patriot Games on DVD (1992)
    Starring: Harrison Ford,  Anne Archer,  Sean Bean
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 13,912 members
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  • Dead Calm on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Nicole Kidman,  Billy Zane
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Returning from duty with the Australian navy, John Ingram (Sam Neill) is surprised to be met by two policemen, who inform him of a car accident that has left his son dead and his wife, Rae (Nicole Kidman), injured. The grieving couple seeks refuge on their yacht, the Saracen. Out on the boat, the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 4,300 members
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  • Backroads (1977)
    Starring: Bill Hunter,  Gary Foley,  Zack Martin
    Director: Phillip Noyce
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
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    Philip Noyce’s first feature focuses on the relationship between two strangers, a white drifter and an Aborigine who needs to escape. They steal a beat-up Pontiac and take off on a wild flight across Australia, picking up Gary’s uncle, a French hitch-hiker and a young girl on the run. Their petty ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 3 members
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Phillip Noyce facts

5 most recent films

Salt - 3.5 stars
Salt - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Brotherhood - Season 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Catch A Fire - 3.5 stars
The Quiet American - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Brotherhood - Season 2 - Complete - 4.0 stars
Rabbit Proof Fence - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Patriot Games - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Clear And Present Danger - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Bone Collector - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Newsfront - 3.0 stars
Backroads - 4.0 stars
Sliver - 2.5 stars
The Saint - 3.0 stars
The Quiet American - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Kerry O'Malley - 4 times - show films
Harrison Ford - 4 times - show films
Bill Hunter - 4 times - show films
Jason Issacs - 4 times - show films
Angelina Jolie - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Brian Kirk - 4 times - show films
Nick Gomez - 4 times - show films