BIG JAKE

BIG JAKE (director: George Sherman; screenwriter: Harry Julian Fink/Rita M. Fink; cinematographer: William H. Clothier; editor: Harry Gerstad; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: John Wayne (Jacob McCandles), Patrick Wayne (James McCandles),…

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PHANTOM THREAD

PHANTOM THREAD (director/writer: Paul Thomas Anderson; cinematographer: Paul Thomas Anderson; editor: Dylan Tichenor; music: Jonny Greenwood; cast: Daniel Day-Lewis (Reynolds Woodcock), Vicky Krieps (Alma), Lesley Manville (Cyril), Camilla Rutherford (Johanna),…

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BIG SHORT, THE

THE BIG SHORT (director/writer: Adam McKay; screenwriters: based upon the book by Michael Lewis/Michael Lewis/Charles Randolph; cinematographer: Barry Ackroyd; editor: Hank Corwin; music: Nicholas Britell; cast: Steve Carell (Mark Baum),…

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BIKINI BLOODBATH

BIKINI BLOODBATH (V) (director/writer: Jonathan Gorman/Thomas Edward Seymour; cinematographer: Mike Anderson; editor: Christopher W. Doyle; music: Tim Kulig; cast: Debbie Rochon (Miss Johnson), Thomas Edward Seymour (Phil), Russ Russo (Mike…

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PIECES

PIECES (aka: One Thousand Cries Has the Night)(aka: MIL GRITOS TIENE LA NOCHE) (director: Juan Piquer Simón; screenwriters: Dick Randall/Joe D'Amato; cinematographer: John Marine; editor: Antonio Gimeno; music: Librado Pastor;…

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BITE THE BULLET

BITE THE BULLET (director/writer: Richard Brooks; cinematographer: Harry Stradling, Jr.; editor: George Grenville; music: Alex North; cast: Gene Hackman (Sam Clayton), Candice Bergen (Miss Jones), James Coburn (Luke Matthews), Ben…

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PINK PANTHER, THE

PINK PANTHER, THE (director/writer: Blake Edwards; screenwriter: Maurice Richlin; cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop; editor: Ralph Winters; music: Henry Mancini; cast: Peter Sellers (Inspector Jacques Clouseau), David Niven (Sir Charles Lytton),…

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BLACKMAIL

BLACKMAIL (director/writer: Alfred Hitchcock; screenwriters: Charles Bennett/Benn W. Levy/Garnett Weston/based on the play by Charles Bennett; cinematographer: Jack Cox; editor: Emile de Ruelle; music: Campbell and Connelly/arranged by Hubert Bath…

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PISTOL OPERA

PISTOL OPERA (director: Seijun Suzuki; screenwriter: Kazunori Ito; cinematographer: Yonezo Maeda; editor: Akira Suzuki; music: Kodama Kazufumi; cast: Makiko Esumi (Miyuki Minazuki/Stray Cat No. 3), Masatoshi Nagase(Man Dressed in Black/Dark…

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