BE MY GUEST

BE MY GUEST (director: Lance Comfort; screenwriter: story by Lyn Fairhurst; cinematographer: Basil Emmott; editor: Sidney Stone ; music: Malcolm Lockyer ; cast: David Hemmings (Dave Martin), Steve Marriott (Ricky),…

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PARIAH

PARIAH (director/writer: Dee Rees; cinematographer: Bradford Young; editor: Mako Kamitsuna; cast: Adepero Oduye (Alike Freeman), Kim Wayans (Audrey Freeman), Charles Parnell (Arthur Freeman), Pernell Walker (Laura), Sahra Mellesse (Sharonda Freeman),…

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BERSERK

BERSERK! (director/writer: Jim O'Connolly; screenwriters: Herman Cohen/Aben Kandel; cinematographer: Desmond Dickinson; editor: Raymond Poulting; music: John Scott; cast: Joan Crawford (Monica Rivers), Ty Hardin (Frank Hawkins), Diana Dors (Matilda), Michael…

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PARTY, THE

THE PARTY (director/writer: Blake Edwards; screenwriters: Tom & Frank Waldman; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Ralph Winters; music: Henry Mancini; cast: Peter Sellers (Hrundi V. Bakshi), Claudine Longet (Michelle Monet),, Kathe…

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BETTY

BETTY (director/writer: Claude Chabrol; screenwriter: from the book by Georges Simenon; cinamatographer: Bernard Zitzermann; editor: Monique Fardoulis; music: Matthieu Chabrol; cast: Stéphane Audran (Laure), Marie Trintignant (Betty), Jean-François Garreaud (Mario),…

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PASSIONS

PASSIONS (UVLECHENIYA) (director/writer: Kira Muratova; cinematographer: Gennady Karyuk; editor: Valentina Oleynik; music: Ludwig van Beethoven; cast: Svetlana Kolenda (Violetta), Renata Litvinova (Nurse Lila), Alexei Schevtshenko (Milashevski), Mikhail Demidov(Kasyanov), Vassily Rybakin…

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PATTON

PATTON (director: Franklin J. Schaffner; screenwriters: Francis Ford Coppola/Edmund H. North/based on the books Patton: Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago and A Soldier's Story by Gen. Omar N. Bradley;…

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BIG CHILL, THE

BIG CHILL, THE (director/writer: Lawrence Kasdan; screenwriter: Barbara Benedek; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Carol Littleton; music: Yuji Nomi; cast: Kevin Kline (Harold), Glenn Close (Sarah), William Hurt (Nick), Mary Kay…

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PEEPING TOM

PEEPING TOM (director: Michael Powell; screenwriter: Leo Marks; cinematographer: Otto Heller; editor: Noreen Ackland; cast: Carl Boehm (Mark), Moira Shearer (stand-in murder victim, Vivian), Anna Massey (Helen Stephens), Maxine Audley…

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