griggs's - Brian De Palma Ranked List
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At the centre of the terror is Carrie (Sissy Spacek), a tortured high-school misfit with no confidence, no friends... and no idea about the extent of her 'secret powers' of telekinesis. But when her psychotic mother and sadistic classmates finally go too far. the once-shy teen becomes an unrestrained, vengeance-seeking powerhouse who, with the help of her 'special gift', causes all hell to break loose in a famed cinematic frenzy of blood, fire and brimstone that will take you to the very depths of horror - and beyond! - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- Sissy Spacek, Katie Irving, Piper Laurie
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Mission Impossible (1996)Mission: Impossible
Tom Cruise stars as Ethan Hunt, a secret agent framed for the deaths of his espionage team. Fleeing from government assassins, breaking into the CIA's most impenetrable vault, clinging to the roof of a speeding bullet train, Hunt races like a burning fuse to stay one step ahead of his pursuers... and draw one step closer to discovering the shocking truth. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- Tom Cruise, Jon Voight., Emmanuelle Béart
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Blow Out (1981)Personal Effects
Jack Terri (John Travolta) is a talented audio technician who makes his living by recording unique sounds for horror movies. But when he accidentally tapes an automobile crash that kills a presidential candidate and injures his young mistress, Sally (Nancy Allen), Jack is hurled into a mystery far more terrifying than any of his films! Soon he and Sally must fight to stay alive as they uncover an explosive political conspiracy that will send shockwaves to the highest levels of government. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- John Travolta, Nancy Allen, John Lithgow
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Sprung from prison on a legal technicality by his cocaine-addled attorney (Sean Penn), former drug kingpin Carlito Brigante (Al Pacino) stuns the local underworld when he vows to go straight. Taking a job managing a glitzy, low-life nightclub, he tracks down his onetime girlfriend (Penelope Ann Miller) and rekindles their romance, promising he's changed for good. But Carlito's dream of going legitimate is undermined at every turn by murderous former cronies and even deadlier young thugs out to make a name for themselves. Ultimately, however, his most dangerous enemy is himself. Despite good intentions, Carlito's misguided loyalties and an outmoded code of 'honour' will plunge him into a savage life-or-death battle against the relentless forces that refuse to let him go. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- Al Pacino, Sean Penn, Penelope Ann Miller
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Danielle (Margot Kidder) meets Phillip (Lisle Wilson) on a "Peeping Tom" shamelessly voyeuristic TV game show and dodging her ex-husband Emil (William Finley), takes him back to her apartment. But Danielle has a separated Siamese twin sister, Dominique, who is not pleased about the overnight guest. Journalist neighbour Grace (Jennifer Salt) sees Phillip slaughtered by one of them through her window; the body vanishes before she can convince a sceptical detective (Dolph Sweet) to take a look. Determined to prove that she's right (and get a career-advancing story), Grace investigates, assisted by a private eye (Charles Durning), and becomes more involved in the relationships among Danielle, Dominique, and Emil than she ever expected. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- Margot Kidder, Jennifer Salt, Charles Durning
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A beautiful young woman performs a seductive striptease at the window of her fabulous Hollywood home. A struggling young actor watches, entranced from a house nearby, drawn into her obsession. Suddenly, he becomes a helpless witness to her savage murder. Compelled to track down the psychopath responsible, his investigations lead him into the stark and perverted world of the body double. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- Craig Wasson, Melanie Griffith, Gregg Henry
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In the spring of 1980, the port at Mariel Harbor was opened, and thousands set sail for the United States. They came in search of the American Dream. One of them found it on the sun-washed avenues of Miami…wealth, power and passion beyond his wildest dreams. He was Tony Montana (Al Pacino). The world will remember him by another name…Scarface. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- Al Pacino, Charles Durning, Michelle Pfeiffer
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Brian De Palma's inspired rock 'n' roll fusion of Faust, The Phantom of the Opera and The Picture of Dorian Gray boasts an Oscar-nominated score by Paul Williams, who also stars as an evil record producer who not only steals the work of composer/performer Winslow Leach (William Finley) but gets him locked up in Sing Sing - and that's not the worst that happens to him along the way.
Few revenge scenarios have ever been so amply justified, but the film is also constantly aware of the satirical possibilities offered by the 1970s music industry, exemplified by Gerrit Graham's hilariously camp glam-rock star. Jessica Harper (Suspiria) appears in her first major role as the naive but ambitious singer, on whom Winslow secretly dotes.
Prodigiously inventive both musically and visually, this is one of De Palma's most entertaining romps, not least because it was so clearly a labour of love.- Director:
- Brian De Palma
- Cast:
- Paul Williams, William Finley, Jessica Harper
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Brian De Palma's 'The Untouchables' is a must-see masterpiece - a 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 stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness, Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone and Sean Connery as Malone, the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob: shoot fast and shoot first. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
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- Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro
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A brash, exhilarating comedy set in New York's hip underground, 'Greetings' follows the adventures of a young man (Robert De Niro) trying to help his best friend fail an Army physical. Sexy, loose and zany, the result is a hilarious, off beat attack of a whole bevy of juicy targets, from assassinations to free love. - Director:
- Brian De Palma
- Cast:
- Robert De Niro, Jonathan Warden, Gerrit Graham
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Hi, Mom! (1970)Blue Manhattan / Confessions of a Peeping John / Son of Greetings
Robert De Niro stars as Jon Rubin, a charmingly directionless Vietnam vet and would-be "erotic filmmaker". Convincing a film producer to finance his "peep art", Rubin sets up his camera to film the nocturnal activities of his unsuspecting neighbours. In short order, he goes from voyeur to participant...to full-fledged urban guerrilla! - Director:
- Brian De Palma
- Cast:
- Robert De Niro, Allen Garfield, Lara Parker
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