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Sidney J. Furie

Director, Writer, Producer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born February 25, 1933 (91 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • American Soldiers
  • Direct Action
  • Iron Eagle on the Attack
  • Doctor Blood's Coffin
  • Pensacola: Wings of Gold
  • The Rage
  • The Snake Woman
  • The Collectors
Known For
  • Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
  • The Ipcress File
  • The Entity
  • Iron Eagle
  • Ladybugs
  • Iron Eagle II
  • Lady Sings the Blues
  • The Appaloosa
  • The Boys in Company C
  • The Jazz Singer
  • American Soldiers
  • Detention
  • Hide and Seek
  • Hollow Point
  • My 5 Wives
  • Direct Action
  • Rock My World
  • Aces: Iron Eagle III
  • Little Fauss and Big Halsy
  • Iron Eagle on the Attack
  • The Taking of Beverly Hills
  • Doctor Blood's Coffin
  • The Leather Boys
  • Purple Hearts

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