BACKTRACK

BACKTRACK (CATCHFIRE) (director/writer: Dennis Hopper; screenwriters: from a story by Rachel Kronstadt Mann/Anne Louise Baradach; cinematographer: Edward Lachman; editor: Wendy Phifer Mate; cast: Dennis Hopper (Milo), Jodie Foster (Anne Benton),…

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ONE MILLION B. C.

ONE MILLION B. C. (director: Hal Roach/Hal Roach, Jr.; screenwriters: Mickell Novack/George Baker/Joseph Frickert/descriptive narration by Grover Jones; cinematographer: Norbert Brodine; editor: Ray Snyder; music: Werner R. Heymann; cast: Victor…

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BAD MANNERS

  BAD MANNERS (director: Jonathan Kaufer; screenwriter: based on the play by David Gilman "Ghost in the Machine"; cinematographer: Denis Maloney; editor: Robin Katz; music: Ira Newborn; cast: David Strathairn…

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ONE WEEK

ONE WEEK (director/writer: Edward F. Cline/Buster Keaton; cinematographer: Elgin Lessley; cast: The Groom (Buster Keaton), The Bride (Sybil Seely), Piano Mover (Joe Roberts); Runtime: 19; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Joseph…

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BAND OF OUTSIDERS

BAND OF OUTSIDERS (Bande à part) (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: from the novel "Fool's Gold" by Dolores Hitchens; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editors: Françoise Collin/Dahlia Ezove/Agnès Guillemot; music: Michel Legrand; cast:…

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OPEN YOUR EYES

OPEN YOUR EYES (ABRE LOS OJOS) (director/writer: Alejando Amenabar; screenwriter: Mateo Gil; cinematographer: Hans Burmann; editor: Maria Elena S. de Rozas; cast: Eduardo Noriega (Cesar), Penelope Cruz (Sofia), Fele Martinez…

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BARBARY COAST

BARBARY COAST director: Howard Hawks; screenwriters: Charles MacArthur/Ben Hecht; cinematographer: Ray June; editor: Edward Curtiss; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Miriam Hopkins (Mary Rutledge), Edward G Robinson (Louis Chamalis), Joel McCrea…

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ORDET

ORDET (THE WORD) (director/writer: Carl Theodor Dreyer; screenwriter: from the play by Kaj Munk; cinematographer: Henning Bendtsen; editor: Edith Schlüssel; music: Poul Schierbeck; cast: Henrik Malberg (Morten Borgen), Emil Hass…

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