Sylvia Miles

Sylvia Miles (September 9, 1924 – June 12, 2019) was an American actress. She was twice nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performances in Midnight Cowboy (1969) and Farewell, My Lovely (1975). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylvia Miles, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Wall Street (1987)

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Michael Douglas  •  Martin Sheen  •  Daryl Hannah

A young and impatient stockbroker is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trading on illegal inside information taken through a ruthless and greedy corporate raider whom takes the youth under his wing.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Charlie Sheen  •  Michael Douglas  •  Martin Sheen  •  Daryl Hannah

Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps (2010)

As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Shia LaBeouf  •  Josh Brolin  •  Carey Mulligan

As the global economy teeters on the brink of disaster, a young Wall Street trader partners with disgraced former Wall Street corporate raider Gordon Gekko on a two tiered mission: To alert the financial community to the coming doom, and to find out who was ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Oliver Stone
CAST:  Michael Douglas  •  Shia LaBeouf  •  Josh Brolin  •  Carey Mulligan

Critical Condition (1987)

Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital for a mental assessment. That night, a storm causes a power failure and, in the ensuing chaos, Eddie is mistaken ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Apted
CAST:  Richard Pryor  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  Rubén Blades  •  Maria Cardinale

Eddie is a con artist. When he's framed and comes before a judge, he hopes to get off the hook by climbing insanity—but instead ends up in a hospital for a mental assessment. That night, a storm causes a power failure and, in the ensuing chaos, Eddie is mistaken ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Apted
CAST:  Richard Pryor  •  Rachel Ticotin  •  Rubén Blades  •  Maria Cardinale

Crossing Delancey (1988)

Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectuals she befriends there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Micklin Silver
CAST:  Amy Irving  •  Peter Riegert  •  Reizl Bozyk  •  Jeroen Krabbé

Isabelle's life revolves around the New York bookshop she works in and the intellectuals she befriends there. Her grandmother remains less than impressed and decides to hire a good old-fashioned Jewish matchmaker to help Isabelle's love-life along. Enter ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joan Micklin Silver
CAST:  Amy Irving  •  Peter Riegert  •  Reizl Bozyk  •  Jeroen Krabbé

Midnight Cowboy (1969)

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Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Dustin Hoffman  •  Jon Voight  •  Sylvia Miles  •  John McGiver

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.  (more)

DIRECTION:  John Schlesinger
CAST:  Dustin Hoffman  •  Jon Voight  •  Sylvia Miles  •  John McGiver

The Funhouse (1981)

Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Elizabeth Berridge  •  Cooper Huckabee  •  Largo Woodruff  •  Miles Chapin

Rebellious teen Amy defies her parents by going to a trashy carnival that has pulled into town. In tow are her boyfriend, Buzz, and their friends Liz and Richie. Thinking it would be fun to spend the night in the campy "Funhouse" horror ride, the teens witness a ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tobe Hooper
CAST:  Elizabeth Berridge  •  Cooper Huckabee  •  Largo Woodruff  •  Miles Chapin

The Last Movie (1971)

After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Toni Basil  •  Stella Garcia  •  Julie Adams

After a film production wraps in Peru, an American wrangler decides to stay behind, witnessing how filmmaking affects the locals.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dennis Hopper
CAST:  Dennis Hopper  •  Toni Basil  •  Stella Garcia  •  Julie Adams

Spike of Bensonhurst (1988)

Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Morrissey
CAST:  Sasha Mitchell  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Anne DeSalvo  •  Sylvia Miles

Spike Fumo is an Italian kid apsiring to be a boxer. He falls in love with a rich girl, who turns out to be the daughter of a Mafia boss. Spike is threatened to leave Bensonhurst by the mob, and then goes to a poverty-stricken Puerto Rican part of Brooklyn.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Paul Morrissey
CAST:  Sasha Mitchell  •  Ernest Borgnine  •  Anne DeSalvo  •  Sylvia Miles

Murder, Inc. (1960)

Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg  •  Burt Balaban
CAST:  Stuart Whitman  •  May Britt  •  Peter Falk  •  Henry Morgan

Chronicles the rise and fall of the organised crime syndicate known as Murder, Incorporated, focusing on powerful boss Lepke and violent hit man Reles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stuart Rosenberg  •  Burt Balaban
CAST:  Stuart Whitman  •  May Britt  •  Peter Falk  •  Henry Morgan

Superstar in a Housedress: The Life and Legend of Jackie Curtis (2004)

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curtis’s Warhol films as well as never-before-seen footage from her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Highberger
CAST:  Jackie Curtis  •  Paul Ambrose  •  Michael André  •  Penny Arcade

Andy Warhol described Jackie Curtis as “A pioneer without a frontier.” In this biographical documentary, Curtis’s co-workers and friends speak of her work and her influence, along with clips from Curtis’s Warhol films as well as never-before-seen footage from her ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Craig Highberger
CAST:  Jackie Curtis  •  Paul Ambrose  •  Michael André  •  Penny Arcade

The Sentinel (1977)

A New York City model with a troubled past relocates to an apartment in a brownstone building where the only other tenant is a withdrawn blind priest. After experiencing strange occurrences, she begins to realize her building houses a sinister evil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Cristina Raines  •  Martin Balsam  •  José Ferrer

A New York City model with a troubled past relocates to an apartment in a brownstone building where the only other tenant is a withdrawn blind priest. After experiencing strange occurrences, she begins to realize her building houses a sinister evil.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michael Winner
CAST:  Chris Sarandon  •  Cristina Raines  •  Martin Balsam  •  José Ferrer

Denise Calls Up (1995)

A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax. They are all too busy to meet face to face. Gale plays matchmaker, by phone, to Jerry and Barbara who, in turn, hit it off beautifully – via phone and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Salwen
CAST:  Tim Daly  •  Caroleen Feeney  •  Dan Gunther  •  Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax. They are all too busy to meet face to face. Gale plays matchmaker, by phone, to Jerry and Barbara who, in turn, hit it off beautifully – via phone and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Hal Salwen
CAST:  Tim Daly  •  Caroleen Feeney  •  Dan Gunther  •  Dana Wheeler-Nicholson

Shalimar (1978)

Kumar, a thief by profession poses as the son of Raja Bahadur Singh to accept an invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley. The guests include K.P.W. Iyengar aka Romeo, Dr. Dubari, Colonel Columbus, and Countess Sylvia Rasmussen. A stunned Kumar finds out that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krishna Shah
CAST:  Dharmendra  •  Zeenat Aman  •  Rex Harrison  •  Sylvia Miles

Kumar, a thief by profession poses as the son of Raja Bahadur Singh to accept an invitation to the island of Sir John Locksley. The guests include K.P.W. Iyengar aka Romeo, Dr. Dubari, Colonel Columbus, and Countess Sylvia Rasmussen. A stunned Kumar finds out that ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Krishna Shah
CAST:  Dharmendra  •  Zeenat Aman  •  Rex Harrison  •  Sylvia Miles

Superstar: The Life and Times of Andy Warhol (1990)

Documentary portrait of Andy Warhol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Workman
CAST:  Joan Agajanian Quinn  •  Jean-Michel Basquiat  •  Irving Blum  •  Stephen Bruce

Documentary portrait of Andy Warhol.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chuck Workman
CAST:  Joan Agajanian Quinn  •  Jean-Michel Basquiat  •  Irving Blum  •  Stephen Bruce

Violent Midnight (1963)

An axe murderer is loose in a small New England town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Hilliard
CAST:  Lee Philips  •  Shepperd Strudwick  •  Jean Hale  •  Dick Van Patten

An axe murderer is loose in a small New England town.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Richard Hilliard
CAST:  Lee Philips  •  Shepperd Strudwick  •  Jean Hale  •  Dick Van Patten

92 in the Shade (1975)

A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas McGuane
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Warren Oates  •  Margot Kidder  •  Burgess Meredith

A young drifter returns to his home in Key West, Florida and attempts to open a fishing charter business, provoking a dangerous feud with a rival fishing sea captain.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Thomas McGuane
CAST:  Peter Fonda  •  Warren Oates  •  Margot Kidder  •  Burgess Meredith

Zero to Sixty (1978)

A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Darren McGavin  •  Sylvia Miles  •  Joan Collins  •  Denise Nickerson

A divorced man hooks up with a street-smart 16-year-old who makes her living by repossessing cars from their owners.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Weis
CAST:  Darren McGavin  •  Sylvia Miles  •  Joan Collins  •  Denise Nickerson

Andy Warhol (1987)

The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Evans  •  Lana Jokel
CAST:  Andy Warhol  •  Paul Morrissey  •  Viva  •  John Giorno

The first major profile of the American Pop Art cult leader after his death in 1987 covers the whole of his life and work through interviews, clips from his films, and conversations with his family and superstar friends. Andy Warhol, the son of poor Czech ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Kim Evans  •  Lana Jokel
CAST:  Andy Warhol  •  Paul Morrissey  •  Viva  •  John Giorno

Evil Under the Sun (1982)

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An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Peter Ustinov  •  Jane Birkin  •  Nicholas Clay  •  Maggie Smith

An opulent beach resort provides a scenic background to this amusing whodunit as Poirot attempts to uncover the nefarious evildoer behind the strangling of a notorious stage star.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Guy Hamilton
CAST:  Peter Ustinov  •  Jane Birkin  •  Nicholas Clay  •  Maggie Smith

The Great Scout & Cathouse Thursday (1976)

Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were prospecting fifteen years earlier. He tells his other partners from that time, Joe Knox and Billy, and they confront ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Lee Marvin  •  Oliver Reed  •  Robert Culp  •  Kay Lenz

Sam Longwood, a frontiersman who has seen better days, spies the gold-mine partner, Jack Colby, who ran off with all the gold from a mine they were prospecting fifteen years earlier. He tells his other partners from that time, Joe Knox and Billy, and they confront ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Don Taylor
CAST:  Lee Marvin  •  Oliver Reed  •  Robert Culp  •  Kay Lenz
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