A BREED APART

A BREED APART (director: Philippe Mora; screenwriter: Paul Wheeler; cinematographer: Geoffrey Stephenson; editor: Chris Lebenzon ; music: Maurice Gibb; cast: Rutger Hauer (Jim Malden), Donald Pleasence (J.P. Whittier), Powers Boothe…

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MOTHER OF GEORGE

MOTHER OF GEORGE (director: Andrew Dosunmu; screenwriter: Darci Picoult; cinematographer: Bradford Young; editor: Oriana Soddu; music: Philip Miller; cast: Isaach De Bankolé (Ayodele Balogun), Danai Gurira (Adenike Balogun), Tony Okungbowa…

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A CIVIL ACTION

  A CIVIL ACTION (director/writer: Steven Zaillian; screenwriter: based on the book by Jonathan Harr; cinematographer: Conrad L. Hall; editor: Wayne Wahrman; cast: John Travolta (Jan Schlichtmann), Robert Duvall (Jerome…

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MR. RICCO

MR. RICCO (director: Paul Bogart; screenwriters: Robert Hoban/Frances Kierman/story by Ed Harvey; cinematographer: Frank Stanley; editor: Michael McLean; music: Chico Hamilton; cast: Dean Martin (Joe Ricco), Eugene Roche (Police Capt.…

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ACTRESS, THE

  ACTRESS, THE (CENTRE STAGE) (Yuen Ling-yuk) (director: Stanley Kwan; screenwriters: Yau Tai On-ping/Tai An-Ping Chiu as Peggy Chiu; cinematographer: Hang-Sang Poon; editor: Peter Cheung; music: Siu Chung/Huang Jin Chen;…

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MUDHONEY

MUDHONEY (director: Russ Meyer; screenwriters: W.E. Sprague/Raymond Friday Locke/from the novel Streets Paved With Gold by Raymond Friday Locke; cinematographer: Walter Schenk; editors: Russ Meyer/Charles G. Schelling; music: Henri Price;…

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A DOG’S PURPOSE

A DOG'S PURPOSE (director: Lasse Hallström; screenwriters: novel by W. Bruce Cameron/Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky; cinematographer: Terry Stacey; editor: Robert Leighton; music: Rachel Portman; cast:…

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MURDER AHOY

MURDER AHOY (director: George Pollock; screenwriters: David Pursall/Jack Seddon/based on the Agatha Christie character; cinematographer: Desmond Dickinson; editor: Ernest Walter; music: Ron Goodwin; cast: Dame Margaret Rutherford (Miss Marple), Lionel…

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