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Brian De Palma. Director: Body Double. Brian De Palma is one of the well-known directors who spear-headed the new movement in Hollywood during the 1970s. He is known for his many films that go from violent pictures, to Hitchcock-like thrillers. Born on September 11, 1940, De Palma was born in Newark, New Jersey in an Italian-American family.
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Jun 10, 2016 · Peter Sobczynski June 10, 2016. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. More than just a big-screen fetish object for Brian De Palma ’s still-loyal cult, "De Palma" is one of the essential documentaries on Hollywood.
11) "The Fury" (1978): After failing to get other projects off the ground, De Palma made the curious decision to follow up "Carrie" with another film involving teenagers with telekinetic powers—this one, based on the John Farris novel, involving an increasingly unhinged young man (Andrew Stevens) whose terrifying psychic powers are being exploited by a clandestine government agent (John ...
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- Mission to Mars (2000) A challenging project for De Palma that also, sadly, became synonymous with the term “box office poison” back in 2000 when it came out, the film also saw a lot of unsavory artistic compromises foisted upon him from the studio, including a problematic script he could do very little about.
- The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) Certainly De Palma’s most notorious film, this misguided adaptation of the best-selling Tom Wolfe novel of the same name, The Bonfire of the Vanities tells the confused and convoluted story of Wall Street executive Sherman McCoy (Tom Hanks).
- Get to Know Your Rabbit (1972) A challenging film for De Palma, he had to prove his status as a skilled up-and-coming filmmaker to both leads Tom Smothers and the legendary Orson Welles in this seldom seen early effort that often feels like a Bananas-era Woody Allen pratfall comedy with the drollery of Monty Python stirred into the mix.
- The Wedding Party (1969) A fast moving farce on the unease and misgivings of getting married, The Wedding Party is one of De Palma’s earliest efforts (he co-directed the picture with his then theater professor Wilford Leach and fellow student Cynthia Monroe).
Sep 23, 2016 · De Palma: Directed by Noah Baumbach, Jake Paltrow. With Brian De Palma, Mark Hamill, Amy Irving, Kurt Russell. A documentary about writer and director Brian De Palma.
Brian De Palma is an American filmmaker whose work spans thirty films, which include horror film Carrie (1976), the crime dramas Scarface (1983), The Untouchables (1987) and Carlito's Way (1993), the spy thriller Mission: Impossible (1996), as well as cult favorites such as Sisters (1972), Phantom of the Paradise (1974), Dressed to Kill (1980 ...
2. Blow Out. 1981 1h 48m R. 7.4 (64K) Rate. 86 Metascore. A movie sound recordist accidentally records the evidence that proves that a car accident was actually murder and consequently finds himself in danger. Director Brian De Palma Stars John Travolta Nancy Allen John Lithgow.
