RACING EXTINCTION

RACING EXTINCTION (director: Louie Psihoyos; screenwriter: Mark Monroe; cinematographers: John Behrens, Shawn Heinrichs, Sean Kirby, Petr Stepanek; editors: Geoffrey Richman, Lyman Smith, Jason Zeldes; music: J. Ralph; cast: Christopher Clark,…

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PRESQUE RIEN

PRESQUE RIEN (COME UNDONE) (director/writer: Sébastien Lifshitz; screenwriter: Stéphane Bouquet; cinematographer: Pascal Poucet; editor: Yann Dedet; music: Perry Blake; cast: Jérémie Elkaïm (Mathieu), Stéphane Rideau (Cédric), Dominique Reymond (Mother), Marie…

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RAINBOW VALLEY

RAINBOW VALLEY (director: Robert North Bradbury; screenwriter: Lindsley Parsons; cinematographer: William Hyer; editor: Carl Pierson; cast: John Wayne (John Martin), LeRoy Mason (Rogers), George "Gabby" Hayes (George Hale), Buffalo Bill,…

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CONTRABAND

BLACKOUT (CONTRABAND) (director/writer: Michael Powell; screenwriters: Emeric Pressburger/Brock Williams; cinematographer: Freddie Young; editor: John Seabourne; cast: Conrad Veidt (Capt. Anderson),Valerie Hobson (Mrs. Sorenson), Joss Ambler (Lieutenant Commander Ashton RNR), Raymond…

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RAMPO

RAMPO (Mystery of Rampo, The) (director/writer: Kazuyoshi Okuyama; screenwriter: Yuhei Enoki; cinematographer: Yasushi Sasakibara; editor: Akimasa Kawashima; music: Akira Senju; cast: Naoto Takenaka (Edogawa Rampo), Michiko Hada (Shizuko), Masahiro Motoki…

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COWARD, THE

THE COWARD (KAPURUSH) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: story "Janaiko Kapurusher Kahini" by Premendra Mitra; cinematographer: Soumendu Roy; editor: Dulal Dutta; music: Satyajit Ray; cast: Soumitra Chatterjee (Amitabha Roy), Haradhan Bannerjee…

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RASHOMON

RASHOMON (director/editor/writer: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriters: Shinobu Hashimoto/based on the short stories entitled "Rashomon" and the first short story "In a Grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa; cast: Toshiro Mifune…

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RAY

RAY (director: Taylor Hackford; screenwriters: James L. White/based on a story by Mr. Hackford and Mr. White; cinematographer: Pawel Edelman; editor: Paul Hirsch; music: Ray Charles; cast: Jamie Foxx (Ray…

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CRUISE, THE

CRUISE, THE director: Bennett Miller; cinematographer: Bennett Miller; editor: Michael Levine; cast: Timothy "Speed" Levitch; Runtime: 76; Artisan Entertainment; 1998) "The documentary works so well because Speed's for real..."( Reviewed…

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