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Sidney J. Furie


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  • The Veteran on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Michael Ironside,  Bobby Hosea
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to her father. Meanwhile, a war veteran is forced to relive painful memories of how he was left for dead by his own platoon, and the heinous crimes he ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 43% from 104 members
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  • Detention on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Dolph Lundgren,  Alex Karzis,  Kata Dobo
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sam Decker returns to a tough inner city school to teach but soon becomes disillusioned and decides to quit. On his last day he takes a detention class with the toughest kids in school after hours. As the school is supposed to be empty a gang of gunmen take over the building. During the events that ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 348 members
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  • Going Back on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Casper Van Dien,  Jaimz Woolvett,  Bobby Hosea
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Casper Van Dien stars as Captain Ramsey in this tough drama about a company of American soldiers who relive their harrowing experiences of Vietnam on a television show. Dark secrets open old wounds as the soldiers recount their own versions of events.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 45% from 103 members
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  • Hide And Seek on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Daryl Hannah,  Jennifer Tilly,  Vincent Gallo
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Ann (Hannah) and Jack (Greenwood) are a successful, happily married couple who seemingly have it all. However, their story book life is abruptly rewritten when a deranged couple (Tilly and Gallo) who are unable to have children kidnaps Ann as part of a debased, evil scheme to steal her unborn child...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 894 members
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  • Top Of The World on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Tia Carrere,  Dennis Hopper,  Peter Weller
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Rebecca Mercer's (Tia Carrere) ex-cop ex-husband Ray(Peter Weller) goes to Las Vegas to try and win her back after a stint in the slammer. Too bad she's hooked up with bad boy casino owner Charles Atlas (Dennis Hopper), who doesn't waste time making Ray's life hell.
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 36% from 61 members
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  • Iron Eagle 4 on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Jason Cadieux,  Al Waxman
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    General 'Chappy' Sinclair starts a school for young offenders. Whilst in training the youngsters discover a group of Air Force officers moving canisters containing toxic substances. So enraged by the potential dangers, the youngsters decide to take action.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 246 members
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  • The Entity on DVD (1982)
    Starring: Barbara Hershey,  Ron Silver
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,002 members
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  • The Ipcress File (1965)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Nigel Green,  Guy Doleman
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A tense Len Deighton spy thriller which changed the face of 'special agent' movies. A number of British scientists are leaving Britain. When one such scientist disappears altogether, Harry Palmer, a former army sergeant, is assigned the task of finding him. Palmer discovers that a mysterious force ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,381 members
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  • The Boys on DVD (1962)
    Starring: Ronald Lacey,  Robert Morley,  Richard Todd
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Director Sidney J. Furie was betwixt and between his Canadian TV work and his theatrical-film prominence vis-a-vis THE IMPCRESS FILE (65) when he helmed the British social melodrama The Boys. The title characters are four youths, all implicated in the murder of a night watchman. Robert Morley plays ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 5 members
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  • The Appaloosa on DVD
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Anjanette Comer,  John Saxon
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Marlon Brando plays Matt Fletcher a bone-weary saddle trap, tired of life on the range who wants to settle down and breed horses. His dream is shattered when the prize Appaloosa stallion is stolen by a Mexican bandit.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 85 members
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  • The Veteran to Watch Now (2006)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Michael Ironside,  Bobby Hosea
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: FREE
    Run time: 89 minutes
    Thirty years on from Vietnam, a government official is trying to track down soldiers who went missing in action, in the hope that it may lead her to her father. Meanwhile, a war veteran is forced to relive painful memories of how he was left for dead by his own platoon, and the heinous crimes he ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 1 member
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  • Hit! to Watch Now (1973)
    Starring: Billy Dee Williams,  Richard Pryor,  Paul Hampton
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 18 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 134 minutes
    U.S. agent Nick Allen (Billy Dee Williams) has his own idea about how to fight a war on drugs: go to the source...and cut the big-time traffickers down. Embittered over the drug-related death of his teenage daughter, Nick sets out to do just that. With stone-cold intensity, he locates and trains a ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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Sidney J. Furie facts

5 most recent films

The Veteran - 2.0 stars
Direct Action - 2.5 stars
Detention - 2.5 stars
Going Back - 2.5 stars
Hollow Point - 2.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Lady Sings the Blues - 3.5 stars
Ipcress File, The - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
The Ipcress File - 3.5 stars
The Boys In Company C - 3.5 stars
The Entity - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Hollow Point - 2.5 stars
The Boys - 3.0 stars
Top Of The World - 2.0 stars
The Veteran - 2.0 stars
Going Back - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nigel Green - 5 times - show films
Sue Lloyd - 5 times - show films
Michael Caine - 5 times - show films
Guy Doleman - 5 times - show films
Janet Brandt - 3 times - show films