Peter Hyams
Director, Actor
- Peeper (1976)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Michael Caine, Natalie Wood, Kitty Winn…
- Patchy noir send–up with Caine as a poor man's Phillip Marlowe struggling to find a missing woman, with his biggest obstacle being himself.
- Capricorn One (1978)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Elliott Gould, James Brolin, Brenda Vaccaro…
- Intriguing, thought–provoking thriller, with astronauts Sam Waterston and OJ Simpson helping NASA to fake a manned landing on Mars, unknowing…
- Outland (1981)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Sean Connery, Peter Boyle, Frances Sternhagen…
- Enjoyable outer–space remake of High Noon with Sean Connery as an ass–kicking 21st Century marshall determined to rid the planet of…
- 2010: The Year We Make Contact (1984)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Roy Scheider, Helen Mirren
- Belated sequel jettisons the metaphysics of 2001 for more traditional sci–fi explanations, bolstered by excellent special f/x. Roy Scheider…
- Running Scared (1986)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gregory Hines, Billy Crystal, Steven Bauer
- Two street–wise Chicago cops have to shake off some rust after returning from a Key West vacation to pursue a drug dealer that nearly killed…
- Narrow Margin (1990)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Gene Hackman, Anne Archer, James B. Sikking…
- Gene Hackman stars in this remake of the 1952 classic about a protected witness who must testify against a mob killing. All set on a fast moving…
- Stay Tuned (1992)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. John Ritter, Pam Dawber, Jeffrey Jones…
- Elaborate fantasy send–up of trash TV culture in which John Ritter and Pam Dawber get sucked into their TV set and are forced to endure…
- Timecop (1994)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme, Mia Sara, Ron Silver…
- Big–budget sci–fi film disabled by a banal script and a leaden leading man. Jean Claude Van Damme plays a 21st Century cop who tracks…
- Sudden Death (1996)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Jean-Claude Van Damme
- Jean–Claude Van Damme goes DIE HARD when a wise–ass villain holds to ransom the U.S. Vice President and a stadium full of…
- Relic, The (1997)
- Dir. Peter Hyams
Feat. Penelope Ann Miller, Tom Sizemore
- A dormant microbe mutates and runs amok! ALIEN–in–a–museum is the concept for this well regarded B–picture that spends most…