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Brian De Palma - news / articles


  • De Palma’s Way - 10 March 2008
    -Brian De Palma is in hot water. Again. For a director who often seems more interested in form than content and who has devoted the bulk of his career to making mainstream entertainment for the Hollywood studios, it's surprising how regularly he upsets people. Even his


  • Brian De Palma to make Iraq documentary - 8 January 2007
    Brian De Palma is to use news footage, video blogs and court coverage to construct a documentary entitled Redacted.-The film will tell the story of five US soldiers stationed in Iraq who were accused of various crimes against an Iraqi family, Production Weekly reports.-

Brian De Palma - what members say


  • Snake Eyes
  • Snake Eyes review by Chunkysimon from Falkirk Scotland
    Rated - 4.0 stars Trashy Pleasure 19 November 2004
    ...shy film really, with a slight hint of redemption thrown in. This is one of the Brian De Palma films that kind of doesn't have the epic sweep of the Untouchables, Carlito's W...   Read customer review
  • Carlito's Way
  • Carlito's Way review by from Herts
    Rated - 5.0 stars Simply the best 19 June 2004
    ...Brian De Palma's awesome gangster flick is, in my opinion, one of the greatest films ever made. Slick, stylish and full of raw emotion. Al Pacino excels as a drug deale...   Read customer review
  • Carrie
  • Carrie review by from Bedford, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars A true horror classic! 7 March 2005
    ...ovie from one of his novels. Though it doesn't really follow the original story Brian De Palma's adaption is one of those films you can watch over and over without it ever ge...   Read customer review

Brian De Palma - filmography


  • Redacted - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Rob Devaney,  Izzy Diaz,  Mike Figueroa
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Director Brian De Palma revisits similar terrain that he covered in his 1989 film, 'Casualties of War', in this 'fictional documentary' loosely based on a real-life gang rape and multiple murder perpetrated by US soldiers in Iraq in 2006. Centred around a small army group stationed at a checkpoint ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 249 members
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  • Redacted on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Rob Devaney,  Izzy Diaz,  Mike Figueroa
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Director Brian De Palma revisits similar terrain that he covered in his 1989 film, 'Casualties of War', in this 'fictional documentary' loosely based on a real-life gang rape and multiple murder perpetrated by US soldiers in Iraq in 2006. Centred around a small army group stationed at a checkpoint ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 2,913 members
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  • The Black Dahlia on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Mia Kirshner,  Scarlett Johansson,  Aaron Eckhart
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A tale of obsession, love, corruption, greed and depravity that revolves around a true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked and fascinated the nation in 1947 and remains unsolved today. Two ex-pugilist cops, Lee Blanchard and Bucky Bleichert, are called to ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 31,270 members
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  • Femme Fatale (2002)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Gregg Henry,  Eriq Ebouaney
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    A contemporary film noir about an alluring seductress named Laure Ash. A sultry former jewel thief and con woman trying to live the straight life, Laure is suddenly exposed to the world--and her enemies--by a voyeuristic photographer, Nicholas Bardo, who takes a sudden interest in her. Seen as a ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,870 member
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  • Mission To Mars on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Kim Delaney,  Connie Nielsen,  Don Cheadle
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    It is the year 2020 and NASA has just performed its first manned landing on Mars. But when the crew head out to explore a mysterious mountain in the Cydonia region they are hit by disaster and communciations with NASA control soon breakdown. A second mission - lead by Woody Blake (Tim Robbins) and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,757 members
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  • Snake Eyes on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Carla Gugino,  Nicolas Cage,  David Anthony Higgins
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    While attending the Tyler-Ruiz heavyweight championship boxing match with his friend Kevin Dunne (Gary Sinise), corrupt cop Rick Santoro (Nicolas Cage) witnesses the assassination of Charles Kirkland, the Secretary of Defense whom Dunne was supposed to be protecting. Santoro takes charge of the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 10,000 members
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  • Carlito's Way on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Sean Penn,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carlito's Way is a tale of a former hood trying to escape his former life. Al Pacino is Carlito Brigante, a high-level Puerto Rican drug dealer sprung from a three-decade jail sentence after only five years, thanks to a technicality and his sleazy, cocaine-addled lawyer, Dave Kleinfeld (Sean Penn). ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 24,753 members
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  • Carlito's Way - Blu-ray (1993)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Sean Penn,  Penelope Ann Miller
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Carlito (Al Pacino) is a Hispanic drugs boss just released from prison. Determined to go straight and move to the Bahamas with his girlfriend, Gail (Penelope Ann Miller), Carlito is tempted back to the wrong side of the law by his lawyer, nerdish coke-head David Kleinfeld (Sean Penn), for 'one last ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 79% from 351 members
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  • Raising Cain on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Lithgow,  Lolita Davidovich,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A Brian de Palma psychological thriller. Carter Nix (John Lithgow) is a respected child psychologist who decides to take some time off work to stay at home and help raise their daughter. His wife, Jenny (Lolita Davidovich), becomes concerned that Nix is obsessed with their child, and uncovers a ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 786 members
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  • Casualties Of War - Blu-ray (1989)
    Starring: Dale Dye,  John C. Reilly,  Dan Harvey
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Based on a real incident, this Vietnam war drama tells the story of one soldier's quest for truth and justice amidst the violence and moral incertitude of war. On patrol with the hard-nosed Sergeant Meserve (Sean Penn), US infantryman Private Eriksson (Michael J. Fox) refuses to join in when ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 94 members
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  • Casualties Of War on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Dale Dye,  John C. Reilly,  Dan Harvey
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Casualties of War was based on a New Yorker article by Daniel Lang. This, in turn, was inspired by a true incident which illustrated the dehumanizing aspects of the Vietnam experience. Michael J. Fox plays Eriksson, a member of an American squadron stationed in the deepest jungles of Southeast Asia...read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,555 members
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  • The Untouchables on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Patricia Clarkson,  Jack Kehoe,  Sean Connery
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Kevin Costner stars as Eliot Ness, an idealistic Treasury official who vows to bring an end to Al Capone's (Robert De Niro) corrupt hold over Prohibition-era Chicago. To this end, Ness puts together an elite team of law-enforcement officers (played by Sean Connery, Andy Garcia and Charles Martin ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 31,929 members
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  • Wise Guys (1986)
    Starring: Danny DeVito,  Joe Piscopo,  Harvey Keitel
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Harry Valentini and Moe Dickstein are both errand boys for the Mob. When they lose $250,000, they are set up to kill each other. But they run off to Atlantic City and comedy follows.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 34 members
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  • Body Double on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Melanie Griffith,  Gregg Henry,  Craig Wasson
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In Body Double, director Brian DePalma pays homage to the Alfred Hitchcock movies Vertigo and Rear Window, adding a few grotesque touches all his own. Craig Wasson plays Jake, a struggling actor who keeps losing jobs because of his claustrophobia. To make matters worse, his girlfriend has walked ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 849 members
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  • Scarface (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After years of diplomatic silence between the United States and Cuba, Castro opens the port of Mariel Harbor, Cuba, to thousands emmigrating to the United States in search of the American dream. Shrewdly, Castro also unlocks the overpacked prisons, allowing hordes of criminals to join the refugees. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 39,417 members
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  • Scarface - Blu-ray (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This re-make of the 1932 Howard Hawks classic has up-and-coming gangster Tony Montana (Al Pacino) arriving in Miami as a Cuban refugee. With his friend Manny (Stephen Bauer), Tony carries out a hit on a politician, earning him the gratitude of drug dealer Frank Lopez (Robert Loggia). Tony rises ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 82% from 388 members
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  • Dressed to Kill on DVD (1980)
    Starring: Keith Gordon,  David Margulies,  Michael Caine
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) visits her psychiatrist Dr Elliot (Michael Caine) and talks about the lack of fulfilment in her sex life. On the way home, she meets an anonymous man, has sex with him, and is then attacked in an elevator by a mysterious blonde woman. The one witness to the attack is ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,251 member
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  • Blow Out - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Nancy Allen,  John Lithgow
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Sound effects technician Jack Terri (John Travolta) is out recording atmospheric noise for a horror film when he accidentally captures a car accident on tape. Back at his workshop, Jack listens closely to the tape and discovers evidence of a political conspiracy. He now knows that he must reveal ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 2 members
    Due for release on 27th May 2013
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  • Blow Out on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Nancy Allen,  John Lithgow
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Brian De Palma's homage to Michelangelo Antonioni's classic art movie Blow-Up (1966) blends suspense and political paranoia when a Philadelphia soundman inadvertently records a murder. Former police technician Jack Terri (John Travolta) makes his living doing sound for slasher flicks. While ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,025 members
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  • Dressed to Kill - Blu-ray (1980)
    Starring: Angie Dickinson,  Michael Caine,  Nancy Allen
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) visits her psychiatrist Dr Elliot (Michael Caine) and talks about the lack of fulfilment in her sex life. On the way home, she meets an anonymous man, has sex with him, and is then attacked in an elevator by a mysterious blonde woman. The one witness to the attack is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 2 members
    Due for release on 29th July 2013
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  • Home Movies (1979)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  Keith Gordon,  Nancy Allen
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Keith Gordon is a creative young man who films the oddball doings of his family and peers. "The Maestro" appears frequently to give him pointers on his techniques. It's almost a film about a young man making the film.
    1.5 stars out of 5 28% from 8 members
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  • The Fury on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  John Cassavetes,  Charles Durning
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Kirk Douglas plays Peter Sandza, a Secret Service agent whose son Robin has psychic powers. Whilst holidaying with Robin and fellow agent Childress (John Cassavetes) they are attacked by what seems to be a gang of terrorist and Robin is kidnapped. However, when Sandzer discovers that the attack was ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 816 members
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  • Carrie - Blu-ray (1976)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Piper Laurie,  Amy Irving
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Carrie (Sissy Spacek) is a gawky, unloved teenager whose awakening sexuality is at odds with her puritanical mother's fanatical teachings. Physically abused at home and shunned at school, an unexpected Prom invitation seems to be Carrie's first chance at happiness. But when the Prom night ends in a ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 11 members
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  • Obsession (1976)
    Starring: Cliff Robertson,  Sylvia Kuumba Williams,  Pat McNamara
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    1970s mystery thriller starring Cliff Robertson as devoted family man Michael Courtland. Michael is obsessed with the memory of his wife (Genevieve Bujold) and daughter who are presumed dead after a bungled kidnap rescue on his tenth wedding anniversary 16 years ago. On a business trip to Florence ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 385 members
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  • Carrie on DVD (1976)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Piper Laurie,  Amy Irving
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    This classic horror movie based on Stephen King's first novel stars Sissy Spacek as Carrie White, a shy, diffident teenager who is the butt of practical jokes at her small-town high school. Her blind panic at her first menstruation, a result of ignorance and religious guilt drummed into her by her ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 14,797 members
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  • Phantom Of The Paradise (1974)
    Starring: William Finley,  Paul Williams,  Jessica Harper
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    He sold his soul for rock-n-roll, read the tagline for Brian De Palma's satirical Phantom of the Opera for the '70s rock scene. After hearing Winslow Leach (William Finley) perform a song from his Faust rock opera, Phil Spector-ish impresario Swan (Paul Williams) decides that Winslow's opera would ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 510 members
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  • Sisters on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Margot Kidder,  Charles Durning,  Jennifer Salt
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The story of Siamese twins who are surgically separated with homicidal results. One is mad, one is sane and you never know which one you're with.....
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 410 members
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  • Hi, Mom! on DVD (1970)
    Starring: Lara Parker,  Allen Garfield,  Charles Durning
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Brian De Palma takes on late 1960s media culture in his followup to Greetings (1968). Seeking a place in New York life one way or another, Vietnam vet John Rubin (Robert De Niro) moves into a Greenwich Village dive, with hopes of becoming a director for porn king Joe Banner (Allen Garfield). Rubin ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 308 members
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  • Greetings on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Megan McCormick,  Richard Hamilton,  Jonathan Warden
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Robert De Niro took his first starring role in this Brain De Palma-directed counter-culture comedy. The story focuses on the lives of three separate New Yorkers, each of whom has their own fixation - ranging from sex and voyeurism to Kennedy assassination theories - but who have a common interest ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 319 members
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Brian De Palma facts

5 most recent films

Redacted - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Redacted - 2.5 stars
The Black Dahlia - 2.5 stars
Femme Fatale - 2.5 stars
Mission To Mars - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Scarface - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Carlito's Way - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Untouchables - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Scarface - 4.0 stars
Carlito's Way - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Home Movies - 1.5 stars
Wise Guys - 2.5 stars
Dressed to Kill - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Carrie - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Blow Out - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nancy Allen - 16 times - show films
Dennis Franz - 12 times - show films
John Lithgow - 9 times - show films
Keith Gordon - 8 times - show films
John Travolta - 8 times - show films