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Sidney J. Furie
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed a distinguished career that has spanned over six decades. Having worked in every genre, Furie has directed films starring Marlon Brando, F…
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Toronto-born Sidney J. Furie has enjoyed a distinguished career that has spanned over six decades. Having worked in every genre, Furie has directed films starring Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Robert Redford, Diana Ross, Michael Caine, Peter O'Toole, Rodney Dangerfield, Barbara Hershey, Gene Hackman, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Olivier, and countless others. He is most known for the espionage classic The Ipcress File (1965), the landmark biopic Lady Sings the Blues (1972), the franchise-generating Iron Eagle (1986), the Scorsese-beloved horror saga The Entity (1982), and the Vietnam combat chronicle The Boys in Company C (1978), which later partly inspired Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. His first two films, A Dangerous Age (1957) and A Cool Sound from Hell (1959), both independently financed, were two of the first English Canadian features ever made, produced before he emigrated to London in 1960. He became an important figure in the British New Wave, especially with The Boys (1962) and his realist drama The Leather Boys (1964), a critical darling that became a popular cult film.
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2024
Cruel, Usual, Necessary: The Passion of Silvio Narizzano
Movie Himself
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2023
Clear Lines of Sight: Sidney J. Furie at Paramount
Movie Himself
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2023
Finding Hannah
Movie Director
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2018
Drive Me to Vegas and Mars
Movie Director
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2014
The True Adventures of Raoul Walsh
Movie Self
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2014
The Dependables
Movie Director
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2011
Conduct Unbecoming
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2008
The Four Horsemen
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2006
The Veteran
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2005
American Soldiers
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2004
The Defender
Movie Thanks
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2004
Direct Action
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2003
Detention
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2002
Partners in Action
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2002
Global Heresy
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2002
The Fraternity
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2001
Under Heavy Fire
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2000
Road Rage
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2000
My 5 Wives
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2000
Hide and Seek
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2000
18 Wheels of Justice
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1999
The Collectors
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1999
In Her Defense
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1998
V.I.P.
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1997
Married to a Stranger
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1997
Pensacola: Wings of Gold
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1997
The Rage
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1997
Top of the World
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1996
Hollow Point
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1995
Iron Eagle on the Attack
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1994
Michael Caine: Breaking the Mold
Movie Self
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1992
Ladybugs
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1992
Iron Eagle III
Movie Novel
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1991
The Taking of Beverly Hills
Movie Story
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1988
Iron Eagle II
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1987
Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
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1986
Iron Eagle
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1984
Purple Hearts
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1982
The Entity
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1978
The Boys in Company C
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