A MAN THERE WAS

A MAN THERE WAS (TERJE VIGEN) (director/writer: Victor Seastrom; screenwriter: Gustaf Molander/from a Henrik Ibsen poem cinematographer: Julis Jaenzen; cast: August Falck (The Lord), Victor Seastrom (Terje Vigen), Edith Erastoff…

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NEGOTIATOR, THE

NEGOTIATOR, THE (director: F. Gary Gray; screenwriters: Kevin Fox/James DeMonaco; cinematographer: Russell Carpenter; editor: Christian Wagner; cast: Samuel L. Jackson (Danny Roman), Kevin Spacey (Chris Sabian), David Morse (Commander Beck),…

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AMELIA

  AMELIA (director: Mira Nair; screenwriters: Ron Bass/Anna Hamilton Phelan/based on the books “East to the Dawn” by Susan Butler and “The Sound of Wings” by Mary S. Lovell; cinematographer:…

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NEVADA CITY

NEVADA CITY (director: Joe Kane; screenwriter: James Webb; cinematographer: William Nobles; editor: Les Orlebeck; music: Cy Feuer; cast: Roy Rogers (Jeff Connor), Gabby Hayes (Gabby Chapman), Sally Payne (Jo Morrison),…

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AMERICAN MOVIE

AMERICAN MOVIE(director/cinematographer/writer: Chris Smith; editor: Barry Poltermann; cast: Mark Borchardt (Filmmaker), Mike Schank (Friend/Musician), Monica Borchardt (Mark's Mom), Cliff Borchardt (Mark's Dad), Chris Borchardt (Mark's Brother), Alex Borchardt (Mark's Brother),…

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NEW JERSEY DRIVE

NEW JERSEY DRIVE (director/writer: Nick Gomez; screenwriter: Michael Marriott; cinematographer: Adam Kimmel; editor: Tracy Granger; music: Wendy Blackstone; cast: Saul Stein ( Lt. Emilr Roscoe), Koran C. Thomas(Ronnie), Sharron Corley(Jason…

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AMONGST FRIENDS

  AMONGST FRIENDS   (director/writer: Rob Weiss; cinematographer: Michael Bonvillain; editor: Leo Trombetta; cast: Steve Parlavecchio (Andy), Mira Sorvino (Laura), Patrick Mc Gaw (Trevor), Joseph Lindsey (Billy), Michael Artura (Michael),…

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NIAGARA

NIAGARA (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: Charles Brackett/Richard Breen/Walter Reisch; cinematographer: Joe MacDonald; editor: Barbara McLean; cast: Joseph Cotten (George Loomis), Marilyn Monroe (Rose Loomis), Jean Peters (Polly Cutler), Casy Adams…

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ANATAHAN

ANATAHAN (THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN) (director/writer: Josef von Sternberg; screenwriters: Tatsuo Asano/from the novel by Michiro Maruyama, translated by Younghill Kang; cinematographers: Kôzô Okazaki/Josef von Sternberg; editor: Miyata; music: Ifukube;…

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