BOUND FOR GLORY

BOUND FOR GLORY (director: Hal Ashby; screenwriters: Robert Getchell/based on the book by Woody Guthrie; cinematographer: Haskell Wexler; editors: Robert Jones/Pembroke J. Herring; music: Leonard Rosenmann; cast: David Carradine (Woody…

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BRAD’S STATUS

BRAD'S STATUS (director/writer: Mike White; cinematographer: Xavier Grobe; editor: Heather Persons; music: Mark Mothersbaugh; cast: Ben Stiller (Brad Sloan), Jenna Fischer (Melanie), Austin Abrams (Troy), Michael Sheen (Craig Fisher), Mike…

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PRESUMED INNOCENT

PRESUMED INNOCENT (director/writer: Alan J Pakula; screenwriters: Frank Pierson/novel by Scott Turow; cinematographer: Gordon Willis; editor: Evan Lottman; music: John Williams; cast: Harrison Ford (Rusty Sabich), Brian Dennehy (Raymond Horgan),…

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BRIGHTON ROCK

BRIGHTON ROCK (director: John Boulting; screenwriters: from the novel Brighton Rock by Graham Greene/Graham Greene/Terence Rattigan; cinematographer: Harry Waxman; editor: Peter Graham Scott; cast: Richard Attenborough (Pinkie Brown), William Hartnell…

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PRIME

PRIME (director/writer: Ben Younger; cinematographer: William Rexer; editor: Kristina Boden; music: Ryan Shore; cast: Meryl Streep (Lisa Metzger), Uma Thurman (Rafi Gardet), Bryan Greenberg (David Bloomberg), Jon Abrahams (Morris), Zak…

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PRINCE VALIANT

PRINCE VALIANT (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: Dudley Nichols/from the comic-strip by Harold Foster; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Robert Simpson; music: Franz Waxman; cast: James Mason (Sir Brack), Janet Leigh (Princess…

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BUTLER, THE

THE BUTLER (aka: LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER) (director: Lee Daniels; screenwriters: Danny Strong/inspired by the article “A Butler Well Served by This Election,” by Wil Haygood; cinematographer: Andrew Dunn; editor:…

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