George Sluizer

George Sluizer

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia George Sluizer (born 25 June 1932 in Paris, of Dutch and Norwegian parents; died 20 September 2014) was a Dutch filmmaker whose credits include features as well as documentary films. He is best known for directing two versions of The Vanishing, a 1988 Dutch-language release, originally titled Spoorloos, and a 1992 American version. Other feature films directed by Sluizer include Utz (1992) for producer John Goldschmidt, Crimetime (1995), and Dark Blood, which was discontinued after the death of its lead actor River Phoenix (in 1993), but later completed and premiered at the Netherlands Film Festival in 2012. Description above from the Wikipedia article George Sluizer, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Acting

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Crimetime

The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.

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American Director

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Sluizer Speaks

Some doctors say he won't last another day but still he keeps making films. Sluizer Speaks tells the story of George Sluizer, director of such films as The Vanishing and Dark Blood who fully dedicated his life to cinema. Where did his passion for film lead him?

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Red Desert Penitentiary

Shooting begins on an adult western about a man who claims he was held captive in the desert for 20 years.

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Red Desert Penitentiary

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Bastille

Born in Amsterdam in 1943, Paul, a Jewish man, attempts to locate his twin brother (or perhaps his alter ego), who was abducted forty years ago and sent to a Nazi concentration camp. As he searches, he becomes increasingly immersed in the story of his life, as well as in an analysis of post-war Jewish identity.

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Homeland

After a near-death experience due to an aneurisma, director George Sluizer felt he had to go on filming and started research for a project he had in mind for a long time. It became the documentary HOMELAND, the fourth of a series about two Palestinian families he followed since 1974 in "Land of the Fathers", "A Reason to go" and "Adios Beirut". HOMELAND is also a personal film about his motivation, his relationship with the members of the two families who became very close. They are now scattered around the world, unable to return to the homeland. It is also an historical saga about the Palestinian people and their struggle for land and dignity.

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Self (Narrator)

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Final 24: River Phoenix

Final 24 recreates River Phoenix's last day to tell the tragic tale of a young man whose short life was dominated by the constant pressure to perform.

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Final 24: River Phoenix

Self - Director, Dark Blood

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Hollywood by Bike

Documentary that looks back at 35 years of Dutch cinema, with Paul Verhoeven and others.

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Hollywood by Bike

George Sluizer - Filming beyond BounderiesMOVIE

George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies

An intimate portrait of the Dutch filmmaker George Sluizer, best-known for The Vanishing (1988).

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George Sluizer - Filming beyond Bounderies

Begrafenis van prinses WilhelminaMOVIE

Begrafenis van prinses Wilhelmina

Production

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The Vanishing

The boyfriend of an abducted woman never gives up the search as the abductor looks on.

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Utz

Hugh Whitemore adapted Bruce Chatwin's novel for this tale of a New York antique dealer who travels to Prague to buy the porcelain collection of the late Baron Utz, only to become embroiled in the wreckage of the dead man's unusual life history after he discovers that the collection is missing.

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The Vanishing

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closure surrounding her disappearance. Rex has nearly given up all hope when he suddenly begins receiving letters from her abductor.

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The Vanishing

Rex and Saskia, a young couple in love, are on vacation when they stop at a busy service station. Saskia is abducted in broad daylight and three years pass with no answers or closure surrounding her disappearance. Rex has nearly given up all hope when he suddenly begins receiving letters from her abductor.

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The Commissioner

John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.

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The Commissioner

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The Commissioner

John Hurt stars as a scandal-hit member of parliament, dispatched to the political backwaters of the European Commission in Brussels as penance for his failures. However, once there he stumbles upon a chemical weapons outrage that points to a sinister political-industrial conspiracy.

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The Commissioner

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Dying to Go Home

A Portuguese imigrant in Holland dies in an accident and is buried in Amsterdam. But his soul will not rest in peace until his body is carried back to Portugal.

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Dying to Go Home

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Dying to Go Home

A Portuguese imigrant in Holland dies in an accident and is buried in Amsterdam. But his soul will not rest in peace until his body is carried back to Portugal.

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Dying to Go Home

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Crimetime

The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.

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Executive Producer

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Crimetime

The star of a TV crime reenactment show becomes caught up in the mind of the killer he is playing.

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Gallery

George Sluizer portrait