A STOLEN LIFE

A STOLEN LIFE (director: Curtis Bernhardt; screenwriters: Catherine Turney/Margaret Buell Wilder/based on the novel by Karel J. Benes; cinematographers: Sol Polito/ Ernest Haller; editor: Rudi Fehr; music: Max Steiner; cast:…

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NOTTING HILL

NOTTING HILL   (director: Roger Michell; screenwriter: Richard Curtis; cinematographer: Michael Coulter; editor: Nick Moore; cast: Julia Roberts (Anna Scott), Hugh Grant (William Thacker), Rhys Ifans (Spike), Gina McKee (Bella),…

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AT CLOSE RANGE

AT CLOSE RANGE (director: James Foley; screenwriters: Nicholas Kazan/story by Elliott Lewitt and Nicholas Kazan; cinematographer: Juan Ruiz-Anchia; editor: Howard Smith; music: Patrick Leonard; cast: Sean Penn (Brad Whitewood Jr.),…

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NUCINGEN HOUSE

NUCINGEN HOUSE (LA MAISON NUCINGEN) (director: Raoul Ruiz; cinematographer: Inti Briones; editor: Beatrice Clerrico; music: Jorge Arriagada; cast: Jean-Marc Barr (William Henry James III), Elsa Zylberstein (Anne-Marie), Audrey Marnay (Léonore),…

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AUDITION

AUDITION (Odishon) (director: Takashi Miike; screenwriters: from the novel by Ryu Murakami/Daisuke Tengan; cinematographer: Hideo Yamamoto; editor: Yasushi Shimamura; music: Kôji Endô; cast: Ryo Ishibashi (Shigeharu Aoyama), Eihi Shiina (Asami…

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OFFENCE, THE

OFFENCE, THE (director: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: John Hopkins' play "This Story of Yours"; cinematographer: Gerry Fisher; editor: John Victor Smith; cast: Sean Connery (Detective Sgt. Johnson) Ian Bannen (Kenneth Baxter),…

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AVALON

AVALON (director: Mamori Oshii ; screenwriter: Kazunori Ito; cinematographer: Grzegorz Kedzierski; music: Kenji Kawai; cast: Malgorzata Foremniak (Ash), Dariusz Biskupski (Bishop), Bartek Swiderski (Stunner), Jerzy Gudejko (Murphy), Wladyslaw Kowalski (Game…

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