GOOD BYE, LENIN!

GOOD BYE, LENIN! (director/writer: Wolfgang Becker; screenwriters: Hendrik Handloegten/Bernd Lichtenberg/Christoph Silber/Achim von Borries; cinematographer: Martin Kukula; editor: Peter R. Adam; music: Yann Tiersen; cast: Daniel Brühl (Alex), Katrin Sass (Christiane…

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GRAN CASINO

GRAN CASINO (director: Luis Buñuel; screenwriters: from a story by Michel Veber/Mauricio Magdaleno; cinematographer: Jack Draper; editor: Gloria Schoemann; music: Manuel Esperón; cast: Libertad Lamarque (Mercedes Irigoyen), Jorge Negrete (Gerardo…

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HALLELUJAH

  HALLELUJAH (director/writer: King Vidor; screenwriters: Wanda Tuchock/Wanda Tuchock/Ransom Rideout/Richard Schayer/Marian Ainslee; cinematographer: Gordon Avil; editors: Hugh Wynn/Anton Stevenson; music: Irving Berlin; cast: Daniel L. Haynes (Zekial 'Zeke' Johnson), Nina…

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HAPPINESS

  HAPPINESS (SCHASTE) (director/writer: Alexander Medvedkin; cinematographer: Gleb Troianski; music: Modest Mussorgsky; cast: Pyotr Zinovyev (Khmyr), Yelena Yegorova (Anna, his wife), Lidiya Nenasheva (Nun); Runtime: 64; MPAA Rating: NR; Icarus;…

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HARRY & TONTO

HARRY & TONTO (director/writer: Paul Mazursky; screenwriter: Josh Greenfeld; cinematographer: Michael C. Butler; editor: Richard Halsey; music: Bill Conti; cast: Art Carney (Harry Coombes), Ellen Burstyn (Shirley Mallard), Geraldine Fitzgerald…

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HEARTBURN

HEARTBURN (director: Mike Nichols; screenwriter: book by Nora Ephron/Nora Ephron; cinematographer: Nestor Almendros; editor: Sam O'Steen; music: Carly Simon; cast: Meryl Streep(Rachel), Jack Nicholson (Mark), Jeff Daniels (Richard), Maureen Stapleton…

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