BUTLER, THE

THE BUTLER (aka: LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER) (director: Lee Daniels; screenwriters: Danny Strong/inspired by the article “A Butler Well Served by This Election,” by Wil Haygood; cinematographer: Andrew Dunn; editor:…

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PRINCE AVALANCHE

PRINCE AVALANCHE (director/writer: David Gordon Green; screenwriter: story by Hafsteinn Gunnar Sigurðsson; cinematographer: Tim Orr; editor: Colin Patton; music: Explosions in the Sky/David Wingo; cast: Paul Rudd (Alvin), Emile Hirsch…

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CAPTIVE, THE

THE CAPTIVE (director/writer: Atom Egoyan; screenwriters: David Fraser/story by Egoyan; cinematographer: Paul Sarossy; editor: Susan Shipton; music: Mychael Danna; cast: Alexia Fast (Cass), Peyton Kennedy (Cass, at 9), Ryan Reynolds…

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PROJECTIONIST, THE

THE PROJECTIONIST (director/writer: Harry Hurwitz; cinematographer: Victor Petrashevic; editor: Harry Hurwitz; music: Igo Kantor/Irma Levin; cast: Chuck McCann (Chuck the Projectionist/Captain Flash), Rodney Dangerfield (Renaldi/The Bat), Ina Balin (The Girl),…

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PROSPERO’S BOOKS

PROSPERO'S BOOKS (director/writer: Peter Greenaway; screenwriter: from the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare; cinematographer: Sacha Vierny; editor: Marina Bodbijl; music: Michael Nyman; cast: John Gielgud (Prospero), Michael Clark (Caliban),…

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CAUGHT

CAUGHT (director: Max Ophüls; screenwriters: from the novel "Wild Calendar" by Libbie Block/Arthur Laurents; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; editor: Robert Parrish; music: Frederick Hollander; cast: James Mason (Dr. Larry Quinada), Barbara…

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PUBLIC EYE, THE

THE PUBLIC EYE (director/writer: Howard Franklin; cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky; editor: Evan Lottman; music: Mark Isham; cast: Joe Pesci (Leo 'Bernzy' Bernstein), Barbara Hershey (Kay Levitz), Stanley Tucci (Sal), Richard Riehle…

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