
Joel Silver
Production · b. 1952 · South Orange, New Jersey, USA
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.
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Movie7.5FantasyAnimationToon 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.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
1988 · 6.3K votes
Movie6.5ActionAdventureA white blood cell policeman, with the help of a cold pill, must stop a deadly virus from destroying the human they live in, Frank.
Osmosis Jones
2001 · 1.1K votes
Movie10.0DocumentaryA short documentary on Japanese animation featured on the DVD for The Animatrix (2003).
Scrolls to Screen: A Brief History of Anime
2003 · 1 votes
Movie6.9DocumentaryThe film goes behind the scenes of the 1999 sci-fi movie The Matrix.
The Matrix Revisited
2001 · 215 votes
Movie6.8DocumentaryActors, crew and executives who worked at Warner Bros. Pictures recall their days at the studio.
Tales from the Warner Bros. Lot
2013 · 4 votes
Movie7.5DocumentaryA 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. Produced for the “Predator” DVD.
If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator'
2000 · 2 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryThis 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.
The Matrix Reloaded: Car Chase
2004 · 7 votes
Movie6.9DocumentaryScience FictionThe 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
The Matrix Recalibrated
2004 · 60 votes
MovieDocumentaryDocumentary on the making of 'Speed Racer.'
Movie7.4DocumentaryA promotional making-of documentary for the film The Matrix (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.
Making "The Matrix"
1999 · 55 votes
Movie6.1DocumentaryA 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.
Making 'Enter the Matrix'
2003 · 9 votes
- Movie6.1Documentary
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.
The Matrix Reloaded: Pre-Load
2003 · 21 votes
MovieDocumentaryDocumentary on the making of 'Gothika', featuring interviews with the cast and crew.
Movie7.0DocumentaryActionMaking of featurette for Sherlock Holmes (2009).
Sherlock Holmes: Reinvented
2010 · 50 votes
MovieDocumentaryThis 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.
- Movie6.8Documentary
A look at the stunts of The Matrix Revolutions
Mind Over Matter: The Physicality of the Matrix Future
2004 · 8 votes
Movie5.3DocumentaryThe special effects of the Agent Smith scenes in Matrix Revolutions
The Matrix Revolutions: Double Agent Smith
2004 · 3 votes
- MovieDocumentary
Documentary on the special effects of the film 'Gothika'.
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TV7.4ComedyDramaFilm star Vince Chase navigates the vapid terrain of Los Angeles with a close circle of friends and his trusty agent.
Entourage
2004 · 672 votes
TV8.0ComedyMysteryCadaverous scream legend the Crypt Keeper is your macabre host for these forays of fright and fun based on the classic E.C. Comics tales from back in the day. So shamble up to the bar and pick your poison. Will it be an insane Santa on a personal slay ride? Honeymooners out to fulfill the "til death do we part" vow ASAP?
Tales from the Crypt
1989 · 1K votes
TV5.1ComedyRealityWhat happens when the biggest stars in the world get too high on the Hollywood hog? When their bank accounts start swelling bigger than their heads? Master prankster Ashton Kutcher is there to punk 'em down to earth.
Punk'd
2003 · 103 votes
TV8.0RealityDocumentaryEver wonder what it's really like to be in a movie? Go behind the scenes of House of Wax with Chad, Elisha, Paris and Jared.
Movie Life: House of Wax
2005 · 6 votes