BYE BYE BIRDIE

BYE BYE BIRDIE (director: George Sidney; screenwriters: based on the play by Michael Stewart/Irving Brecher; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editor: Charles Nelson; music: Charles Strouse; cast: Janet Leigh (Rosie DeLeon), Dick…

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PRESTIGE, THE

PRESTIGE, THE (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan/based on the novel by Christopher Priest; cinematographer: Wally Pfister; editor: Lee Smith; music: David Julyan; cast: Hugh Jackman (Robert Angier), Christian Bale…

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CAMERAPERSON

CAMERAPERSON (director: Kirsten Johnson; screenwriters: Doris Baizley/Lisa Freedman; cinematographer: Kirsten Johnson; editor: Nels Bangerter; music: ; 102; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Kirsten Johnson, Marilyn Ness; Janus; 2016) "The images leave…

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PRIMARY COLORS

PRIMARY COLORS (director: Mike Nichols; screenwriters: Elaine May/based on the novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein); cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Arthur Schmidt; music: Ry Cooder; cast: John Travolta (Gov. Jack Stanton),…

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PRINCESS TAM TAM

PRINCESS TAM TAM (director: Edmond Greville; screenwriter: Pepito Abatino; cinematographer: Georges Benoît; editor: Jean Feyte; music: Jacques Dallin/Walter Goehr/Eliseo Grenet/Alain Romans; cast: Josephine Baker (Alwina), Albert Prejean (Max de Mirecourt),…

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PRIVATE PROPERTY

PRIVATE PROPERTY (Nue propriété) (director/writer: Joachim Lafosse; screenwriter: François Pirot; cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie; editor: Sophie Vercruysse; cast: Isabelle Huppert (Pascale), Jérémie Renier (Thierry), Yannick Renier (François), Kris Cuppens (Jan), Patrick…

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CATTLE TOWN

  CATTLE TOWN (director: Noel Smith; screenwriter: Tom Blackburn; cinematographer: Ted D. McCord; editor: Thomas Reilly; music: William Lava; cast: Dennis Morgan (Mike McGann), Philip Carey (Ben Curran), Amanda Blake…

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PROMISED LAND

PROMISED LAND (ZIEMIA OBIECANA) (director/writer: Andrzej Wajda; screenwriter: based on the novel by Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont; cinematographers: Waclaw Dybowski/Edward Klosinski/Witold Sobocinski; editors: Halina Prugar/Zofia Dwornik; music: Wojciech Kilar; cast: Andrzej…

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