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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 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...  
  • Carlito's Way
  • Carlito's Way review by from Herts
    Rated - 5 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...  
  • Carrie
  • Carrie review by from Bedford, England
    Rated - 5 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...  

Brian De Palma - filmography


  • Redacted on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Rob Devaney,  Izzy Diaz,  Mike Figueroa
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Brian De Palma, whose CASUALTIES OF WAR addressed a horrific tragedy that occurred during the Vietnam war, turns his attention to Iraq with an unfortunately similar tale. Inspired by true events, REDACTED follows a group of soldiers who are stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq. Angel Salazar (..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 2,388 members
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  • Redacted - BLU-RAY Version (2007)
    Starring: Rob Devaney,  Izzy Diaz,  Mike Figueroa
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Brian De Palma, whose CASUALTIES OF WAR addressed a horrific tragedy that occurred during the Vietnam war, turns his attention to Iraq with an unfortunately similar tale. Inspired by true events, REDACTED follows a group of soldiers who are stationed at a checkpoint in Iraq. Angel Salazar (..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 54 members
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  • Femme Fatale (2002)
    Starring: Rebecca Romijn,  Antonio Banderas,  Peter Coyote
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Con artist Laure Ash pulls off a diamond robbery during the Cannes film festival. After double-crossing her associates she flees to Paris where she assumes another identity. Seven years on she resurfaces as the wife of the American ambassador to France where she is photographed by a Spanish ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 1,552 member
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  • Mission To Mars on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Gary Sinise,  Don Cheadle,  Connie Nielsen
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 2020, a group of astronauts headed by Luke Graham (Don Cheadle) set out to be the first humans on Mars. After they've landed, they investigate a strange noise near an unusual rock formation, and an unpredicted storm conjures up a living tunnel of sand that wipes out everyone except Graham. His ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 4,130 members
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  • Snake Eyes on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Gary Sinise,  John Heard
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    From its incredible opening tracking shot to its suspenseful finale, this Brian De Palma thriller maintains a giddy, fever pitch of cinematic style and excitement. Nicolas Cage stars as Atlantic City detective Ritchie Santoro (his explosive energy and flashy clothes mirror the tone of the film), ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 8,490 members
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  • Mission: Impossible - BLU-RAY Version (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,648 member
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  • Mission: Impossible on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 33,532 members
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  • Mission: Impossible - HD DVD Version (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jean Reno,  Vanessa Redgrave
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, leader of a crack squad of intelligence operatives, in this labyrinthine action-thriller based on the hit 1960s-'70s television series. When a dangerous mission in Prague goes inexplicably wrong, Hunt finds himself out in the cold. A mole has infiltrated the CIA, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 296 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
    Notorious Puerto Rican heroin dealer Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) is released from jail on a technicality thanks to the manipulations of his sleazy lawyer buddy (Sean Penn). All he wants is to keep his nose clean and earn enough money to start a business in the Bahamas--and maybe rekindle romance ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 74% from 20,006 members
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  • Raising Cain on DVD (1992)
    Starring: John Lithgow,  Lolita Davidovich,  Steven Bauer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Lithgow goes bananas in a crazed multiple role as a child psychologist haunted by his deranged twin in this film from Brian De Palma (who explored similar territory in his earlier feature SISTERS). Inspired by Hitchcock as well as Michael Powell's classic PEEPING TOM, this study in abnormality ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 632 members
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  • Casualties Of War on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Michael J. Fox,  Sean Penn,  Dan Harvey
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    After being denied the chance to go to a nearby village to visit a prostitute before starting a reconnaissance mission, a tough, embittered American sergeant (Sean Penn) involves the four men of his patrol in the kidnapping of a young Vietnamese woman. The impending gang rape and murder of the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 2,949 members
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  • The Untouchables on DVD (1987)
    Starring: Charles Martin Smith,  Andy Garcia,  Kevin Costner
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Kevin Costner is idealistic federal agent Eliot Ness, whose assignment to clean up Prohibition-era Chicago leads to violence and many questions about upholding the law. Initially powerless to stop the flow of booze into the city (the police force is corrupt and everyone in town seems to be on the ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 26,961 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.
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 26 members
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  • Body Double on DVD (1984)
    Starring: Craig Wasson,  Deborah Shelton,  Melanie Griffith
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An unemployed young actor watches a beautiful woman performing a striptease in front of her bedroom window every night. Then suddenly one night he witnesses her murder. His avenging instincts eventually lead him into the world of blue movies. 'Frankie Goes To Hollywood' provide musical heat.
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  • Scarface on DVD (1983)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robert Loggia,  Michelle Pfeiffer
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A tense and violent update of the 1932 Howard Hughes gangster classic with the setting changed from Chicago to Miami. Al Pacino stars as Tony Montana, whose intelligence, guts, and ambition help him skyrocket from dishwasher to the top of a criminal empire but whose eventual paranoia and ..read more »
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  • Blow Out on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Travolta,  Nancy Allen,  John Lithgow
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    While outdoors recording sound effects for a movie, audio technician Jack Terri hears a tire blowout and a car crash. Before the car sinks into the river, he manages to save the female passenger from drowning. Because the other passenger was a presidential candidate, Jack suspects that the "..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 1,525 member
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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.
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 30% from 7 members
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  • The Fury on DVD (1978)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  John Cassavetes,  Carrie Snodgress
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In THE FURY, former government agent Peter Sandza (Kirk Douglas) searches for his son (Andrew Stevens), kidnapped by a secret agency hoping to exploit the young man's telekinetic powers for their own ends. Meanwhile a young woman, Gillian (Amy Irving), begins to display her own psychic abilities ..read more »
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  • Carrie on DVD (1976)
    Starring: Sissy Spacek,  John Travolta,  Piper Laurie
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Brian De Palma's commercial breakout, based on a novel by Stephen King, helped launch a whole slew of teen-based horror films, and Carrie the blood-spattered prom queen has taken her throne in the pantheon of modern American myth. High school girls played by Amy Irving (in her film debut), P.J. ..read more »
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  • Greetings on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Robert De Niro,  Gerrit Graham,  Jonathan Warden
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An early De Palma satire featuring De Niro and his efforts to help his best friend fail an army physical. The '60s time capsule also features a fascination with the JFK assassination, and voyeuristic movie-making. Originally received an X rating.
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Brian De Palma - watch online


  • Mission Impossible to Watch Now (1996)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jon Voight,  Emmanuelle Béart
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: PG (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 110 minutes
    Tom Cruise ignites the screen in this runaway smash hit that "holds you on the edge of your seat before blasting you out of it." (Howard Rosenberg, Los Angeles Times). Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 105 members
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  • The Untouchables to Watch Now (1987)
    Starring: Kevin Costner,  Sean Connery,  Charles Martin Smith
    Director: Brian De Palma
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 119 minutes
    The critics and public agree. Brian De Palma's The Untouchables is a must-see masterpiece - glorious, fierce, larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago... and the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down. This classic confrontation between good and evil and ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 116 members
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Brian De Palma facts

5 most recent films

Redacted - 2.5 stars
Redacted - BLU-RAY Version - 2.5 stars
The Black Dahlia - 2.5 stars
Femme Fatale - 2.5 stars
Mission To Mars - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Carlito's Way - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Untouchables, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Untouchables, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
Scarface - 4.0 stars
Carlito's Way - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Home Movies - 1.5 stars
Blue Manhattan - 2.0 stars
Wise Guys - 2.5 stars
Casualties Of War - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Greetings - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Robert De Niro - 7 times - show films
Ving Rhames - 6 times - show films
Charles Durning - 4 times - show films
John Leguizamo - 4 times - show films
Sean Connery - 4 times - show films