CHASING AMY

CHASING AMY director/writer/editor: Kevin Smith; cinematographer: David Klein; cast: Ben Affleck (Holden), Joey Lauren Adams (Alyssa), Jason Lee (Banky), Dwight Ewell (Hooper); Runtime: 113; Miramax Films; 1997) "Not everything worked…

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PUNISHER, THE

THE PUNISHER (director/writer: Mark Goldblatt; screenwriters: Boaz Yakin/based on the Marvel Comic-Book Created by Gerry Conway; cinematographer: Ian Baker; editor: Tim Wellburn; music: Dennis Dreith; cast: Dolph Lundgren (Frank Castle),…

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CHINATOWN

CHINATOWN (director: Roman Polanski; screenwriter: Robert Towne; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Sam O'Steen; music: Jerry Goldsmith; cast: Jack Nicholson (J.J. Gittes), Faye Dunaway (Evelyn Mulwray), John Huston (Noah Cross),…

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PUSHER

PUSHER (director/writer: Nicolas Winding Refn; screenwriter: Jens Dahl; cinematographer: Morten Soborg; editor: Anne Osterud; cast: Kim Bodnia (Frank), Zlatko Buric (Milo), Laura Drasbaek (Vic), Slavko Labovic (Radovan), Mads Mikkelsen (Tonny),…

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CIMARRON

  CIMARRON (director: Wesley Ruggles; screenwriters: novel by Edna Ferber/Howard Estabrook; cinematographer: Edward Cronjager; editor: William Hamilton; music: Max Steiner; cast: Richard Dix (Yancey Cravat), Irene Dunne (Sabra Cravat), Estelle…

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QUALITY STREET

QUALITY STREET (director: George Stevens; screenwriters: from the play by Sir James M. Barrie/Allan Scott/Mortimer Offner; cinematographer: Robert de Grasse; editor: Henry Berman; music: Roy Webb; cast: Katharine Hepburn (Phoebe…

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COLOSSAL

COLOSSAL (director/writer: Nacho Vigalondo; cinematographer: Eric Kress; editors: Ben Baudhuin, Luke Doolan; music: Bear McCreary; cast: Anne Hathaway (Gloria), Jason Sudeikis (Oscar), Dan Stevens (Tim), Austin Stowell (Joel), Tim Blake…

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QUILLS

QUILLS (director: Philip Kaufman; screenwriter: Doug Wright, based upon his play; cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers; editor: Peter Boyle; cast: Geoffrey Rush (Marquis de Sade), Kate Winslet (Madeleine), Joaquin Phoenix (Abbe Coulmier),…

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