Canadian-born filmmaker Sidney J. Furie made his name with British hits like The Young Ones (1961), The Leather Boys (1964), and The Ipcress File (1965). When he arrived in Hollywood, Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra wreaked havoc on his first major studio productions. In 1968, the newly emigrated director joined a stable of cutting-edge filmmakers at Paramount Pictures, under the new leadership of Bob Evans. His films saw both a stylistic departure and a shift in thematic focus. What was behind the evolution, and which aspects unite all of Furie's films?
Daniel Kremer
Director, Writer
Daniel Kremer
Narrator
Sidney J. Furie
Himself
Michael Caine
Himself
Billy Dee Williams
Himself
Stan Shaw
Himself
Barry Newman
Himself
The Class of ‘9271%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
Directed by John Ford70%
56 Up72%
180° South72%
35 Up76%
Above Majestic73%
Night Will Fall76%
A Plastic Ocean75%
Sidney70%
21 Up74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Hitchcock/Truffaut72%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
The Carter Effect70%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
Sherman's March67%
Elstree 197661%
