ROLLERBALL

ROLLERBALL (director: Norman Jewison; screenwriter: William Harrison/also story Roller Ball Murders; cinematographer: Douglas Slocombe; editor: Antony Gibbs; music: Andre Previn/Tomaso Albinoni/Johann Sebastian Bach-from "Toccata and Fugue in D minor BWV…

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RONIN

RONIN (director: John Frankenheimer; screenwriters: from original story by J.D. Zeik /Richard Weisz; cinematographer: Robert Fraisse; editor: Tony Gibbs; cast: Robert De Niro (Sam), Jean Reno (Vincent), Natascha McElphone (Dierdre),…

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ROSEMARY’S BABY

ROSEMARY'S BABY (director/writer: Roman Polanski; screenwriter: from the novel by Ira Levin; cinematographer: William Fraker; editors: Sam O'Steen/Bob Wyman; music: Krzysztof Komeda; cast: Mia Farrow (Rosemary Woodhouse), John Cassavetes (Guy…

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ROYAL WEDDING

ROYAL WEDDING (director: Stanley Donen; screenwriter: story by Alan Jay Lerner/Alan Jay Lerner; cinematographer: Robert Planck; editor: Albert Akst; music: Johnny Green; cast: Fred Astaire (Tom Bowen), Jane Powell (Ellen…

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RUN ALL NIGHT

RUN ALL NIGHT (director: Jaume Collet-Serra; screenwriter: Brad Ingelsby; cinematographer: Martin Ruhe; editor: Dirk Westervelt; music: Tom Holkenborg; cast: Liam Neeson (Jimmy Conlon), Ed Harris (Shawn Maguire), Joel Kinnaman (Mike…

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SAADIA

SAADIA (director/writer: Albert Lewin; screenwriter: from the novel Echec au destin by Francis D'Autheville; cinematographer: Christopher Challis; editor: Harold F. Kress; music: Bronislau Kaper; cast: Rita Gam (Saadia), Michel Simon(Bou…

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SAME OLD SONG

SAME OLD SONG (On Connaît la Chanson)(director: Alain Resnais; screenwriters: Jean-Pierre Bacri/Agnes Jaoui; cinematographer: Renato Berta; editor: Hervé de Luze; cast: Pierre Arditi (Claude), Sabine Azéma (Odile Lalande), Jean-Pierre Bacri…

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SAVED!

SAVED! (director/writer: Brian Dannelly; screenwriter: Michael Urban; cinematographer: Bobby Bukowski; editor: Pamela Martin; music: Christophe Beck; cast: Jena Malone (Mary), Mandy Moore (Hilary Faye), Macaulay Culkin (Roland), Patrick Fugit (Patrick),…

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SCORPIO RISING

SCORPIO RISING (director/writer: Kenneth Anger; cinematographer: Kenneth Anger; editor: Kenneth Anger; cast: Bruce Byron (Scorpio); Runtime: 28; MPAA Rating: NR; Mystic Fire Video; 1964) "Still retains its freshness." Reviewed by…

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