BLUE THUNDER

BLUE THUNDER (director: John Badham; screenwriters: Dan O'Bannon/Don Jakoby; cinematographer: John Alonzo; editors: Frank Moriss/Edward Abrams; music: Arthur Rubinstein; cast: Roy Scheider (Frank Murphy), Daniel Stern(Richard Lymangood), Candy Clark (Kate),…

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PLAINSMAN, THE

PLAINSMAN, THE (director: Cecil B. DeMille; screenwriters: Waldemar Young/Harold Lamb/Lynn Riggs/inspired by stories by Courtney Ryley Cooper and Frank J. Wilstach's book Wild Bill Hickok, the Prince of Pistoleers (1926);…

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BOOGIE NIGHTS

BOOGIE NIGHTS (director/writer: Paul Thomas Anderson; cinematographer: Robert Elswitt; editor: Dylan Tichenor; music: Michael Penn; cast: Mark Wahlberg (Eddie Adams/Dirk Diggler), Julianne Moore (Amber Waves), Burt Reynolds (Jack Homer), Heather…

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PLEASE GIVE

PLEASE GIVE (director/writer: Nicole Holofcener; cinematographer: Yaron Orbach; editor: Robert Frazen; music: Marcelo Zarvos; cast: Catherine Keener (Kate), Amanda Peet (Mary), Oliver Platt (Alex), Rebecca Hall (Rebecca), Ann Morgan Guilbert…

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POINT BLANK

POINT BLANK (director: John Boorman; screenwriters: from the book The Hunter by Richard Stark/Alexander Jacobs/David Newhouse/Rafe Newhouse; cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop; editor: Henry Berman; music: Johnny Mandel; cast: Lee Marvin…

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POOLHALL JUNKIES

POOLHALL JUNKIES (director/writer: Mars Callahan; screenwriter: Chris Corso; cinematographer: Robert Morris; editor: James E. Tooley; music: Richard Glasser/Charlie Terrell; cast: Mars Callahan (Johnny), Chazz Palminteri (Joe), Rod Steiger (Nick), Michael…

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POSSE

POSSE (director: Kirk Douglas; screenwriters: from the story by Christopher Knopf/Christopher Knopf/William Roberts; cinematographer: Fred Koenekamp; editor: Charles Wheeler; music: Maurice Jarre; cast: Kirk Douglas (Marshal Howard Nightingale), Bruce Dern…

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