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Sidney J. Furie



Filmography

Sidney J. Furie - filmography


  • The Veteran on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Ally Sheedy,  Bobby Hosea,  Michael Ironside
    Director: Sidney J. Furie,  Sidney J. Fu
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 219 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 »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 389 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.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 109 members
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  • Hide And Seek (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 »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 940 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.
    2 stars out of 5 35% from 73 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.
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 278 members
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  • Iron Eagle 2 on DVD (1988)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Stuart Margolin,  Mark Humphrey
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When an outlaw nation takes the world hostage, America's oldest enemy becomes her newest ally. Brigadier General 'Chappy' Sinclair is back in the skies with a band of Russian and American misfits, a band that must be moulded into a crack aerial assault unit, ready to face an enemy bent on nuclear ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 200 members
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  • Iron Eagle (1986)
    Starring: Louis Gossett Jr.,  Jason Gedrick,  David Suchet
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The incredible story of a hot-shot teenage pilot who, with the help of a former Air Force ace, steals an F-16 fighter jet and uses it to help him rescue his father from an enemy Mideast country. Starring Louis Gossett, Jr.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 908 members
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  • The Entity (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.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 3,607 members
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  • The Boys In Company C on DVD (1977)
    Starring: Stan Shaw,  Scott Hylands,  Craig Wasson
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Boys of Company C follows the lives of five naďve young Marine inductees from their training in boot camp through a tour in Vietnam that quickly devolves into a hellish nightmare. Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 573 members
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  • The Appaloosa on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Marlon Brando,  Anjanette Comer,  Anjanette Comer
    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.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 114 members
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  • The Ipcress File - Blu-ray (1965)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Nigel Green,  Guy Doleman
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    THE IPCRESS FILE marked the beginning of another spy franchise initiated by James Bond producer Harry Saltzman, based on the novels by author Len Deighton. Michael Caine stars as master spy Harry Palmer, in this mystery thriller about an undercover gang who brainwash England's leading scientists. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 735 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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 5,892 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 »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 52 members
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  • The Young Ones on DVD (1961)
    Starring: Cliff Richard,  Robert Morley,  Carole Gray
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The Young Ones When aspiring young pop singer Nicky Black (Cliff Richard) learns that his local youth club is to be demolished by his millionaire tycoon father (Robert Morley), he and his friends decide to stage a variety show to buy the lease. But as they begin jamming the airwaves with pirate ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 580 members
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  • During One Night on DVD (1960)
    Starring: Susan Hampshire,  Don Borisenko,  Jackie Collins
    Director: Sidney J. Furie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In this WWII drama, a wounded and traumatised American flyer becomes so obsessed with losing his virginity--lest he end up like his colleague who was castrated during a mishap on their last mission--that he goes AWOL. He eventually finds an obliging young streetwalker, but unfortunately the stress ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 11 members
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Sidney J. Furie facts

5 most recent films

The Veteran - 2.5 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
The Ipcress File - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Boys - 3.5 stars
The Ipcress File - 3.5 stars
The Boys In Company C - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

During One Night - 2.5 stars
Top Of The World - 2.0 stars
The Veteran - 2.5 stars
Going Back - 2.5 stars
Direct Action - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Guy Doleman - 5 times - show films
Nigel Green - 5 times - show films
Sue Lloyd - 5 times - show films
Michael Caine - 5 times - show films
Louis Gossett Jr. - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Sidney J. Fu - 1 times - show films