Russell Mulcahy

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Russell Mulcahy (born 23 June 1953 in Melbourne, Victoria) is an Australian film director. His work is easily recognized by his use of fast cuts, tracking shots and use of glowing lights.   Description above from the Wikipedia article Russell Mulcahy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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3: The Dale Earnhardt Story (2004)

A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr., documenting the driver's career from his earliest days onward and also looking at the family he built along the way. Earnhardt's death in 2001 rocked the sport, but his seven championships and 76 wins made an impact on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Barry Pepper  •  Elizabeth Mitchell  •  Andrea Powell  •  J.K. Simmons

A biopic of NASCAR legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr., documenting the driver's career from his earliest days onward and also looking at the family he built along the way. Earnhardt's death in 2001 rocked the sport, but his seven championships and 76 wins made an impact on ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Barry Pepper  •  Elizabeth Mitchell  •  Andrea Powell  •  J.K. Simmons

Derek and Clive Get the Horn (1979)

A documentary recording the making of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's comedy album Derek and Clive Ad Nauseam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Peter Cook  •  Richard Branson  •  Judy Huxtable

A documentary recording the making of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore's comedy album Derek and Clive Ad Nauseam.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Dudley Moore  •  Peter Cook  •  Richard Branson  •  Judy Huxtable

Highlander (1986)

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He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Roxanne Hart  •  Clancy Brown  •  Sean Connery

He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Roxanne Hart  •  Clancy Brown  •  Sean Connery

Highlander II: The Quickening (1991)

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Sean Connery  •  Virginia Madsen  •  Michael Ironside

In the year 2024, the ozone layer is believed to have been destroyed. It is up to MacLeod and Rameriz to set things right. Opposition comes from both the planet Ziest (MacLeod and Ramirez's homeworld) and a corporation profiting from the supposed lack of ozone. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Christophe Lambert  •  Sean Connery  •  Virginia Madsen  •  Michael Ironside

Razorback (1984)

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Gregory Harrison  •  Arkie Whiteley  •  Bill Kerr  •  Chris Haywood

In the Australian outback a vicious wild boar kills and causes havoc to a small community.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Gregory Harrison  •  Arkie Whiteley  •  Bill Kerr  •  Chris Haywood

Resident Evil: Extinction (2007)

Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Milla Jovovich  •  Oded Fehr  •  Ali Larter  •  Iain Glen

Years after the Racoon City catastrophe, survivors travel across the Nevada desert, hoping to make it to Alaska. Alice joins the caravan and their fight against hordes of zombies and the evil Umbrella Corp.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Milla Jovovich  •  Oded Fehr  •  Ali Larter  •  Iain Glen

Ricochet (1991)

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  John Lithgow  •  Ice-T  •  Kevin Pollak

An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Denzel Washington  •  John Lithgow  •  Ice-T  •  Kevin Pollak

Silent Trigger (1996)

Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Dolph Lundgren  •  Gina Bellman  •  Conrad Dunn  •  Christopher Heyerdahl

Waxman is a former Special Forces soldier who is now working as a heavily armed assassin for a top secret government agency. When a covert mission goes terribly wrong, Waxman and fellow assassin Clegg become that agency's prime targets.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Dolph Lundgren  •  Gina Bellman  •  Conrad Dunn  •  Christopher Heyerdahl

The Shadow (1994)

Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  John Lone  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Peter Boyle

Based on the 1930's comic strip, puts the hero up against his arch enemy, Shiwan Khan, who plans to take over the world by holding a city to ransom using an atom bomb. Using his powers of invisibility and "The power to cloud men's minds", the Shadow comes blazing ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Alec Baldwin  •  John Lone  •  Penelope Ann Miller  •  Peter Boyle

The Real McCoy (1993)

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Kim Basinger  •  Val Kilmer  •  Terence Stamp  •  David Dwyer

Karen McCoy is released from prison with nothing but the clothes on her back. Before being incarcerated Karen was the bank robber of her time, but now she wishes for nothing more than to settle down and start a new life. Unfortunately between a dirty parole officer ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Kim Basinger  •  Val Kilmer  •  Terence Stamp  •  David Dwyer

Tale of the Mummy (1998)

Centuries ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evil ways. But hundreds of years later on a greedy search for treasure, a group of archaeologists break the cursed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Sean Pertwee  •  Jason Scott Lee  •  Lysette Anthony  •  Louise Lombard

Centuries ago, under the sands of ancient Egypt, a Prince was buried and his tomb eternally cursed so that no man would ever again suffer from his evil ways. But hundreds of years later on a greedy search for treasure, a group of archaeologists break the cursed ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Sean Pertwee  •  Jason Scott Lee  •  Lysette Anthony  •  Louise Lombard

First to Die (2003)

A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Tracy Pollan  •  Gil Bellows  •  Carly Pope  •  Megan Gallagher

A homicide inspector -- Lindsay Boxer -- who teams with three other professional women to catch an ingenious serial killer targeting newlyweds on their wedding nights.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Tracy Pollan  •  Gil Bellows  •  Carly Pope  •  Megan Gallagher

Arena (1985)

Call my name, and I'll be there. Dr. Duran Duran escapes the punishment of the Matmos at the height of British rock group Duran Duran's 1980s popularity. Mistaking the cries of teenage girls at crowded concerts for devotees screaming his name, the Doctor makes his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Simon Le Bon  •  Nick Rhodes  •  Andy Taylor  •  John Taylor

Call my name, and I'll be there. Dr. Duran Duran escapes the punishment of the Matmos at the height of British rock group Duran Duran's 1980s popularity. Mistaking the cries of teenage girls at crowded concerts for devotees screaming his name, the Doctor makes his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Simon Le Bon  •  Nick Rhodes  •  Andy Taylor  •  John Taylor

Red Hot Rock (1984)

Eleven sexy music videos you could never see on television complete and uncensored for the first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy  •  Kenny Ortega  •  Mike Hodges  •  Ian Emes  •  Rob Quartly  •  Mark Rezyka  •  Mark Robinson  •  David Rose  •  Elizabeth Ward
CAST:  Simon Le Bon  •  Brian May  •  Freddie Mercury  •  Fee Waybill

Eleven sexy music videos you could never see on television complete and uncensored for the first time.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy  •  Kenny Ortega  •  Mike Hodges  •  Ian Emes  •  Rob Quartly  •  Mark Rezyka  •  Mark Robinson  •  David Rose  •  Elizabeth Ward
CAST:  Simon Le Bon  •  Brian May  •  Freddie Mercury  •  Fee Waybill

Crash and Burn (2008)

When undercover FBI agent Kevin Hawkins agrees to infiltrate the ruthless underground world of choppers, he is quickly thrown into a world of fast cars and high stakes. Pitted between a ruthless crime boss and cutthroat gangsters with a penchant for murder Hawkins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Michael Madsen  •  Erik Palladino  •  Heather Marie Marsden  •  David Moscow

When undercover FBI agent Kevin Hawkins agrees to infiltrate the ruthless underground world of choppers, he is quickly thrown into a world of fast cars and high stakes. Pitted between a ruthless crime boss and cutthroat gangsters with a penchant for murder Hawkins ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Michael Madsen  •  Erik Palladino  •  Heather Marie Marsden  •  David Moscow

The Sitter (2007)

A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Gail O'Grady  •  William R. Moses  •  Mariana Klaveno  •  Madison Davenport

A prosperous couple find the perfect live-in nanny but soon discover she intends to do her job to deadly perfection.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Gail O'Grady  •  William R. Moses  •  Mariana Klaveno  •  Madison Davenport

Give 'em Hell, Malone (2009)

A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Thomas Jane  •  Ving Rhames  •  Elsa Pataky  •  Doug Hutchison

A tough as nails private investigator (Malone) squares off with gangsters and their thugs to protect a valuable secret. Malone goes through hell to protect the information but he dishes some hell as well...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Thomas Jane  •  Ving Rhames  •  Elsa Pataky  •  Doug Hutchison

Prayers for Bobby (2009)

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  Henry Czerny  •  Dan Butler  •  Austin Nichols

Bobby Griffith was his mother's favorite son, the perfect all-American boy growing up under deeply religious influences in Walnut Creek, California. Bobby was also gay. Struggling with a conflict no one knew of, much less understood, Bobby finally came out to his ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Sigourney Weaver  •  Henry Czerny  •  Dan Butler  •  Austin Nichols

Blue Ice (1992)

An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid off a deadly government cover-up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Sean Young  •  Ian Holm  •  Bob Hoskins

An ex-British spy (Michael Caine) helps a U.S. diplomat's wife (Sean Young) and blows the lid off a deadly government cover-up.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Russell Mulcahy
CAST:  Michael Caine  •  Sean Young  •  Ian Holm  •  Bob Hoskins

Not Quite Hollywood (2008)

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Hartley
CAST:  Phillip Adams  •  Glory Annen  •  Briony Behets  •  Christine Amor

As Australian cinema broke through to international audiences in the 1970s through respected art house films like Peter Weir's "Picnic At Hanging Rock," a new underground of low-budget exploitation filmmakers were turning out considerably less highbrow fare. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mark Hartley
CAST:  Phillip Adams  •  Glory Annen  •  Briony Behets  •  Christine Amor
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