POSSE

POSSE (director: Kirk Douglas; screenwriters: from the story by Christopher Knopf/Christopher Knopf/William Roberts; cinematographer: Fred Koenekamp; editor: Charles Wheeler; music: Maurice Jarre; cast: Kirk Douglas (Marshal Howard Nightingale), Bruce Dern…

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POWER

POWER (director: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: David Himmelstein; cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak; editor: Andrew Mondshein; music: Cy Coleman; cast: Richard Gere (Pete St. John), Julie Christie (Ellen Freeman), Gene Hackman (Wilfred Buckley),…

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BURNING CANE

BURNING CANE (director/writer: Phillip Youmans; cinematographer: Phillip Youmans; editors: Phillip Youmans/Ruby Kline; music: Kevin Gullage; cast: Wendell Pierce (Reverend Tillman), Karen Kaia Livers (Helen Wayne), Dominique McClennan (Daniel Wayne), Braelyn…

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PRETTY BABY

PRETTY BABY (director/writer: Louis Malle; screenwriter: Polly Platt/from the story by Polly Platt; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Suzanne Fenn; music: Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton/Scott Joplin; cast: Brooke Shields (Violet), Keith…

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CAL

CAL (director: Pat O'Connor; screenwriter: Bernard Maclaverty/from the novel by Bernard Maclaverty; cinematographer: Jerzy Zielinski; editor: Michael Bradsell; music: Mark Knopfler; cast: John Lynch (Cal), Helen Mirren (Marcella), Donal McCann…

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PRIME GIG, THE

PRIME GIG, THE (director: Gregory Mosher; screenwriter: William Wheeler; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: James Y. Kwei; music: David Robbins; cast: Vince Vaughn (Penny Wise), Ed Harris (Kelly Grant), Julia…

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CAPE FEAR

CAPE FEAR "Unpleasant but suspenseful film noir." director: J. Lee Thompson; screenwriters: from the novel "The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald/James R. Webb; cinematographer: Samuel Leavitt; editor: George Tomasini; music:…

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