BIG SHAVE, THE

THE BIG SHAVE (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ares Demertzis; cast: Peter Bernuth; Runtime: 7; MPAA Rating: NR; Janus; 1968) "personal statement film." Reviewed by Dennis Schwartz Shot by recent NYU…

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PIANO, THE

PIANO, THE (director/writer: Jane Campion; cinematographer: Stuart Dryburgh; editor: Veronika Jenet; cast: Holly Hunter (Ada), Harvey Keitel (Baines), Sam Neill (Stewart), Anna Paquin (Flora), Geneviève Lemon (Nessie), Kerry Walker (Aunt…

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BIG WHEEL, THE

BIG WHEEL, THE (director: Edward Ludwig; screenwriter: Robert Smith; cinematographer: Ernest Laszlo; editor: Walter Thompson; music: Nathaniel W. Finston; cast: Mickey Rooney (Billy Coy), Spring Byington (Mary Coy), Lina Romay…

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BITCH, THE

THE BITCH (director/writer: Gerry O'Hara; screenwriter: Jackie Collins novel; cinematographer: Dennis Lewiston; editor: Eddy Joseph; music: Biddu; cast: Joan Collins (Fontaine Khaled), Michael Coby (Nico Cantafora/Antonio Cantafora), Ian Hendry (Thrush…

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PINK CADILLAC

PINK CADILLAC (director: Buddy van Horn; screenwriter: John Eskow; cinematographer: Jack N. Green; editor: Joel Cox; music: Steve Dorff; cast: Clint Eastwood (Tommy Nowak), Bernadette Peters (Lou Ann McGuinn), Timothy…

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BLACK LEGION

BLACK LEGION (director: Archie Mayo; screenwriters: story by Robert Lord, Abem Finkel, William Wister Haines; cinematographer: George Barnes; editor: Owen Marks; music: Bernhard Kaun; cast: Humphrey Bogart (Frank Taylor), Dick…

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BLACK ZOO

BLACK ZOO (director: Robert Gordon; screenwriter: Herman Cohen/Aben Kandel; cinematographer: Floyd Crosby; editor: Michael Luciano ; music: Paul Dunlap; cast: Michael Gough (Michael Conrad), Jeanne Cooper (Edna Conrad), Rod Lauren…

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PLANET TERROR

PLANET TERROR (director/writer: Robert Rodriguez; cinematographer: Robert Rodriguez; editor: Robert Rodriguez/Ethan Maniquis; music: Robert Rodriguez; cast: Rose McGowan (Cherry Darling), Freddy Rodriguez (Wray), Josh Brolin (Dr. William Block), Jeff Fahey…

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