BIG SHAVE, THE

THE BIG SHAVE (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ares Demertzis; cast: Peter Bernuth; Runtime: 7; MPAA Rating: NR; Janus; 1968) "personal statement film." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Shot by recent NYU…

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BIG RISK, THE

BIG RISK, THE (CLASSE TOUS RISQUES) (director/writer: Claude Sautet; screenwriters: Pascal Jardin/José Giovanni/from the novel by José Giovanni; cinematographer: Ghislain Cloquet; editor: Albert Jurgenson; music: George Delerue; cast: Lino Ventura…

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BIG PICTURE, THE

THE BIG PICTURE (director/writer: Christopher Guest; screenwriters: Michael McKean, Michael Varhol; cinematographer: Jeff Jur; editor: Marty Nicholson; music: David Nichtern; cast: Fran Drescher (Polo Habel), Teri Hatcher (Gretchen), Kevin Bacon…

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BIG PARADE, THE

BIG PARADE, THE (director/writer: King Vidor; screenwriters: from the play by Joseph Farnham/from the short story What Price is Glory? by Laurence Stallings/Harry Behn; cinematographers: John Arnold/Charles Van Enger; editor:…

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BIG NIGHT, THE

BIG NIGHT, THE (director/writer: Joseph Losey; screenwriters: Stanley Ellin/from his novel Dreadful Summit by Ellin; cinematographer: Hal Mohr; editor: Edward Mann; music: Lynn Murray; cast: John Barrymore Jr. (George La…

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BIG MOUTH, THE

BIG MOUTH, THE (director/writer: Jerry Lewis; screenwriter: Bill Richmond; cinematographer: W. Wallace Kelley; editor: Russel Wiles; music: Harry Betts; cast: Jerry Lewis (Gerald Clamson/Syd Valentine), Harold J Stone (Thor), Susan…

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BIG MIRACLE

BIG MIRACLE (director: Ken Kwapis; screenwriters: Jack Amiel/Michael Begler/based on Thomas Rose’s 1989 “Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event”; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Cara Silverman;…

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