PROMISE, THE

PROMISE, THE (VERSPRECHEN, DAS /LA PROMESSE) (director/writer: Margarethe Von Trotta; screenwriter: Peter Schneider; cinematographer: Franz Rath; editor: Suzanne Baron; music: Jürgen Knieper; cast: Meret Becker (Young Sophie), Corinna Harfouch (Sophie…

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CHALLENGE, THE

THE CHALLENGE (director: Yuri Ancarani; cinematographers: Ancarani, Luca Nervegna, Jonathan Ricquebourg; editor: Ancarani; music: Lorenzo Senni, Francesco Fantini; cast: Khaled Al-Kaja, Nasser Al-Kaabi, Soul Riders Qatar, Khaled Al-Hammadi; running time:…

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PROWLER, THE

  PROWLER, THE   (director: Joseph Losey; screenwriters: from a story by Robert Thoeren/ Hans Wilhelm/Hugo Butler/ uncredited Dalton Trumbo; cinematographer: Arthur C. Miller; editor: Paul Weatherwax; cast: Van Heflin…

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CHASING AMY

CHASING AMY director/writer/editor: Kevin Smith; cinematographer: David Klein; cast: Ben Affleck (Holden), Joey Lauren Adams (Alyssa), Jason Lee (Banky), Dwight Ewell (Hooper); Runtime: 113; Miramax Films; 1997) "Not everything worked…

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CHINATOWN

CHINATOWN (director: Roman Polanski; screenwriter: Robert Towne; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Sam O'Steen; music: Jerry Goldsmith; cast: Jack Nicholson (J.J. Gittes), Faye Dunaway (Evelyn Mulwray), John Huston (Noah Cross),…

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PURE LUCK

PURE LUCK (director: Nadia Tass; screenwriter: Francis Veber (film La Chevre), Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris; cinematographer: David Parker; editor: Billy Weber; music: Jonathan Sheffer ; cast: Sheila Kelley (Valerie Highsmith),…

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CIMARRON

  CIMARRON (director: Wesley Ruggles; screenwriters: novel by Edna Ferber/Howard Estabrook; cinematographer: Edward Cronjager; editor: William Hamilton; music: Max Steiner; cast: Richard Dix (Yancey Cravat), Irene Dunne (Sabra Cravat), Estelle…

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PUZZLE

PUZZLE (director: Marc Turtletaub; screenwriters: Polly Mann/Oren Moverman/based on the Argentinian film "Rompecabezas" by Natalia Smirnoff; cinematographer: Christopher Norr; editor: Catherine Haight; music:Dustin O’Halloran; cast: Irrfan Khan (Robert), David Denman…

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CLOCKWATCHERS

CLOCKWATCHERS( (director/writer: Jill Sprecher; screenwriter: Karen Sprecher; cinematographer: Jim Denault; editor: Syephen Mirrione; music: Mader; cast: Toni Collette (Iris), Parker Posey (Margaret), Lisa Kudrow (Paula), Alanna Ubach (Jane); Runtime: 96;…

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