BLOW

BLOW (director: Ted Demme; screenwriters: from Bruce Porter's biography on Jung/David McKenna/Nick Cassavetes; cinematographer: Ellen Kuras; editor: Kevin Tent; cast: Johnny Depp (George Jung), Penelope Cruz (Mirtha), Jordi Molla (Diego),…

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PISTOL OPERA

PISTOL OPERA (director: Seijun Suzuki; screenwriter: Kazunori Ito; cinematographer: Yonezo Maeda; editor: Akira Suzuki; music: Kodama Kazufumi; cast: Makiko Esumi (Miyuki Minazuki/Stray Cat No. 3), Masatoshi Nagase(Man Dressed in Black/Dark…

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BLUME IN LOVE

BLUME IN LOVE (director/writer: Paul Mazursky; cinematographer: Bruce Surtees; editor: Donn Cambern; music: Bill Conti; cast: George Segal (Blume), Susan Anspach(Nina Blume), Kris Kristofferson (Elmo), Marsha Mason(Arlene), Shelly Winters (Mrs.…

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PLASTIC CITY

PLASTIC CITY (DANGKOU) (director/writer: Nelson Yu Likuai; screenwriters: Danilo Gullane/Fernando Bonassi; cinematographer: Yiu-Fai Lai; editor: Wenders Li; music: Yoshihiro Hanno; cast: Anthony Wong Chau-Sang (Yuda), Joe Odagiri (Kirin), Yi Huang…

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BOOST, THE

THE BOOST (director: Harold Becker; screenwriters: Darryl Ponicsan/from a Ben Stein book called "Ludes"; cinematographer: Howard Atherton; editors: Maury Winetrobe; music: Stanley Myers; cast: James Woods (Lenny Brown), Steven Hill…

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POLA X

POLA X (director/writer: Léos Carax; screenwriters: Lauren Sedofsky/Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Éric Gautier; editor: Nelly Quettier; cast: Katerina Golubeva (Isabelle), Guillaume Depardieu (Pierre), Catherine Deneuve (Marie), Delphine Chuillot (Lucie), Laurent Lucas…

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BRANDED

  BRANDED (director: D. Ross Lederman; screenwriter: Randall Faye/from the story by Randall Faye; cinematographer: Elmer Dyer/Benjamin Kline; editors: Otto Meyer/Gene Milford; music: Irving Bibo/Sam Perry; cast: Buck Jones (Cuthbert…

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PORK CHOP HILL

PORK CHOP HILL (director: Lewis Milestone; screenwriters: James R. Webb/essays of S. L. A. Marshall; cinematographer: Sam Leavitt; editor: George Boemler; music: Leonard Rosenman; cast: Gregory Peck (Lt. Joe Clemons),…

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