Joel Silver
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Biography: Joel Silver (born July 14, 1952) is an American film producer, known for action films like Lethal Weapon and Die Hard. He is owner of Silver Pictures and co-founder of Dark Castle Entertainment. He began his career at Lawrence Gordon Productions, where he eventually became president of motion pictures for the company. He earned his first screen credit as the associate producer on The Warriors and, with Gordon, produced 48 Hrs.,Streets of Fire and Brewster's Millions. In 1985, he formed Silver Pictures and produced successful action films such as Commando (1985), the Lethal Weapon franchise, the first two films of the Die Hard series and the The Matrix franchise of action films. He appears on-screen at the beginning of Who Framed Roger Rabbit as Raoul J. Raoul, the director of the animated short Something's Cookin. He directed "Split Personality", (1992), an episode of the HBO horror anthology, Tales from the Crypt. He currently runs two production companies, Silver Pictures and Dark Castle Entertainment co-owned by Robert Zemeckis. Along with Jared Kass, Silver was co-creator of the sport of Ultimate.
Department: Production
Place of Birth: South Orange, New Jersey, USA
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Birthday: July 14, 1952
Age: 72 years old
Gender: Male
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The Making of Exit Wounds
Overview: Behind the scenes of Andrzej Bartkowiak's 'Exit Wounds'
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-03-14
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Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
Overview: Actors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2013-01-15
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Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
Overview: A short documentary on Japanese animation featured on the DVD for The Animatrix (2003).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-03
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The Matrix Revisited
Overview: The film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2001-11-19
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Overview: 'Toon star Roger is worried that his wife Jessica is playing pattycake with someone else, so the studio hires detective Eddie Valiant to snoop on her. But the stakes are quickly raised when Marvin Acme is found dead and Roger is the prime suspect.
Genres: Fantasy Animation Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-06-22
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The Matrix Recalibrated
Overview: The making of Matrix Revolutions, The (2003) is briefly touched on here in this documentary. Interviews with various cast and crew members inform us how they were affected by the deaths of Gloria Foster and Aaliyah, and also delve into the making of the visual effects that takes up a lot of screen time. Written by Rhyl Donnelly
Genres: Documentary Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-06
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Making 'The Matrix'
Overview: A promotional making-of documentary for the film Matrix, The (1999) that devotes its time to explaining the digital and practical effects contained in the film. This is very interesting, seeing as how they're giving away the cinematic secrets that they created solely for the this movie, that have now been spoofed and referenced in countless other films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-09-21
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Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
Overview: Making of featurette for Sherlock Holmes (2009).
Genres: Documentary Action Mystery Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-03-30
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Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
Overview: A look at the stunts of The Matrix Revolutions
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-06
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Making 'Enter the Matrix'
Overview: A look at Enter the Matrix: The game's story picks up just before The Matrix Reloaded and runs parallel to that of the film. Bend the rules of the Matrix with martial arts, pilot the fastest hovercraft in the fleet, or just fight with lots of guns.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-14
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The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
Overview: This thirty-minute documentary follows the Wachowski sisters and the film's crew through production on the film's famed highway chase sequence. We get interviews with the visual effects supervisors, the stunt coordinators and even are taken through aspects of pre-production and planning for the scene. Then the documentary moves into production, the scariest aspect of which is certainly Carrie Anne-Moss trying to learn to ride a motorcycle good enough to do so safely without helmet for the scene. We also watch as the stretch of freeway used in the film is being built.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-12-07
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The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
Overview: The special effects of the Agent Smith scenes in Matrix Revolutions
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-04-06
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The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
Overview: This making-of piece offers the standard mix of movie snippets, behind the scenes materials, and interviews from cast and crew on the making of the film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-10-14
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Executions: The Making of 'The Animatrix'
Overview: This making-of piece is composed of seven segments: "Making The Second Renaissance Parts 1 and 2" (9:45), "Making The Program" (6:13), "Making World Record" (7:25), "Making Kid's Story And Detective Story" (9:42), "Making Beyond" (8:48), "Making Matriculated" (6:46) and "Making Final Flight Of Osiris" (6:39). Each of the features cover something a bit different, as some of the features are a pure "making of" type feature, while others might also delve into certain influences and things of that sort. Everyone involved speaks of their approach to their specific feature (or features) and they also talk about how they were approached by the Wachowski's about the Animatrix project and in certain instances, we learn about the director, as well as their work before signing on to this particular project. We get to see footage from the short itself, as well as interview footage with the principals and footage from behind-the-scenes.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-06-03
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If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
Overview: A behind-the-scenes look at the 1987 sci-fi/action film that has since become one of the modern classics, about a team of special forces soldiers who find themselves being stalked and killed by a hunter from another world. Includes interviews with the cast and crew, who relate their experiences in bringing this film to life.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2004-08-10
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