BETTY BLUE

BETTY BLUE (37°2 le matin) (director/writer: Jean-Jacques Beineix; screenwriter: from the novel by Philippe Djian; cinematographer: Jean-François Robin; editors: Marie-Aimée Debril/Monique Prim; music: Gabriel Yared; cast: Jean-Hugues Anglade (Zorg), Béatrice…

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PASSENGER, THE

PASSENGER, THE (aka: Professione: Reporter) (director/writer: Michelangelo Antonioni; screenwriters: Mark Peploe/Peter Wollen; cinematographer: Luciano Tovoli; editors: Franco Arcalli/ Michelangelo Antonioni; music: Ivan Vandor; cast: Jack Nicholson (David Locke), Maria Schneider…

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BEYOND THE ROCKS

BEYOND THE ROCKS (director: Sam Wood; screenwriters: Jack Cunningham/based on the novel by Elinor Glyn; cinematographer: Alfred Gilks; music: Henny Vrienten, restored version; cast: Gloria Swanson (Theodora Fitzgerald), Rudolph Valentino…

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MAHANAGAR

MAHANAGAR (THE BIG CITY) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: from a story by Narendranath Mitra; cinematographer: Subrata Mitra; editor: Dulal Dutta; music: Satyajit Ray; cast: Madhabi Mukherjee (Arati), Anil Chatterjee (Subrata),…

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PAYBACK

PAYBACK (director/writer: Brian Helgeland; screenwriter: Terry Hayes; cinematographer: Ericson Core; editor: Kevin Stitt; cast: Mel Gibson (Porter) , (Val) Gregg Henry, (Rosie) Maria Bello, (Stegman) David Paymer, (Lynn) Deborah Kara…

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PENTHOUSE

PENTHOUSE (director: W.S. Van Dyke; screenwriters: Frances Goodrich/Albert Hackett/based on the story in Cosmopolitan magazine by Arthur Somers Roche; cinematographers: Lucien Andriot/Harold Rosson; editor: Robert Kern; music: William Axt; cast:…

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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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PERMANENT MIDNIGHT

PERMANENT MIDNIGHT (director/writer: David Veloz; screenwriter: book by Jerry Stahl; cinematographer: Robert Yeoman; editor: Steven Weisberg, Cara Silverman; music: Daniel Licht; cast: Ben Stiller (Jerry Stahl), Elizabeth Hurley (Sandra), Maria…

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