Maury Chaykin
22 titles
Filmography
22 results

The Grift
(2008)Set in the 1940’s American South, a woman betrayed by her husband must come to his rescue when he gets mixed up with a family of con artists.

Whale Music
(1994)This is the story of a washed-up rock star who finds redemption.

Crossed Over
(2002)Based on the book "Crossed Over: A Murder/A Memoir," this is the true story of the deep and healing friendship between a grieving mother, Beverly Lowry (Diane Keaton), and death row inmate, Karla Faye Tucker (Jennifer Jason Leigh).
DEFCON-4
(1985)Two months after the planet is ravaged by nuclear war, astronauts Howe (Tim Choate), Jordan (Kate Lynch, 'The Twilight Zone') and Walker (John Walsch, 'Blow Out') are forced to return to earth - now an apocalyptic wasteland consumed by radiation and roamed by cannibal gangs. Forced into desperate pacts with unlikely allies, among them eccentric survivalist Vinny (Maury Chaykin, 'WarGames'), the astronauts must draw on all their resourcefulness to survive this brave new world. Bearing more than a passing resemblance to George Miller's Ozploitation classic 'Mad Max', 'Def-Con 4' is an inventive and action-packed low budget sci-fi romp, elevated by a pounding score by New World stalwart Christopher Young ('Hellraiser') and making its UK High Definition debut with this brand new restoration from Arrow Video.

The Adjuster
(1991)Noah, an insurance adjuster specializing in house fires, takes his clients’ wellbeing so seriously he frequently sleeps with them to provide comfort. His wife, Hera, is a film censor who finds excitement in copying explicit scenes from the movies she is assigned to review. When their lives intersect with a rich couple obsessed with staging elaborate sexual fantasies their secretive lives of artifice and ardour slowly begin to unfold... Inspired by the real life fire that burnt down Egoyan’s own family home, this hypnotic, dream-like tale of passionate yet dislocated characters has been compared to the films of David Lynch. It is quintessential Egoyan and sees the director at his very best.

Owning Mahowny
(2003)A bank manager with a gambling addiction and access to a multi-million dollar account commits the largest one-man bank fraud in Canadian history.

MouseHunt
(1997)In this family classic, two down-on-their-luck brothers are determined to rid their antique house of a mouse who is equally determined to stay where he is.

Entrapment
(1999)When a priceless painting is stolen, the insurance company sends its most cunning - and seductive - investigator (Catherine Zeta-Jones) to match wits with a solitary master thief (Sean Connery). Following a global cat-and-mouse chase, the two join forces for the ultimate heist... or so it seems.

The Art of War
(2000)Shaw is an operative for the United Nations' covert dirty-tricks squad, using espionage and quasi-ethical tactics to secure peace and cooperation. When a shipping container full of dead Vietnamese refugees turns up on the docks and China's ambassador is gunned down at a dinner celebrating a new trade agreement with China and the US, Shaw is framed for the murder and must evade the FBI and Triad..

Cutthroat Island
(1995)A female pirate and her companion race against their rivals to find a hidden island that contains a fabulous treasure.

Wild Thing
(1987)A social worker’s attraction to Wild Thing, a street justice hero, will place them both in grave peril, as they set out to find his parents’ killers.

Devil in a Blue Dress
(1995)It's 1948, and Los Angeles is booming, but Easy Rawlins has just been fired and he's got house payments to make. When he's offered a job locating the mysterious Daphne Monet, he takes it but soon finds himself drawn into a web of murder, blackmail, brutal cops and city politics.

Blindness
(2008)Led by an all-star cast including Mark Ruffalo and Julianne Moore, victims of a mysterious epidemic of blindness sweeping through a city soon face an even greater affliction: the chaotic breakdown of social order.

Leaving Normal
(1992)A cynical cocktail waitress and her naive girlfriend embark on a series of misadventures during a road trip to Alaska.

Bartleby
(2001)A complacent boss is flummoxed by a cryptic office worker whose refusal of duties is accompanied by the phrase, “I would prefer not to.”

Keeping the Promise
(1997)A teen boy in colonial Maine protects the family home against peril, with the help of a young Indian, when his father leaves to bring the family home.

The Kidnapping of the President
(1980)A Secret Service chief leads a game of cat and mouse with a gang of terrorists holding the U.S. president hostage in a booby-trapped truck.

Cooking With Stella
(2010)
Where the Truth Lies
(2005)A young journalist is consumed with discovering the truth behind a mysterious incident that affected the lives and careers of two famed entertainers.

A Life Less Ordinary
(1997)Two guardian angels are sent to act as matchmakers for a spoiled rich girl and the klutz who has abducted her. Ewan McGregor, Cameron Diaz.