CATCH-22

CATCH-22 (director: Mike Nichols; screenwriters: Buck Henry/from the book by Joseph Heller; cinematographer: David Watkin; editor: Sam O'Steen; music: Fritz Reiner; cast: Alan Arkin (Capt. John Yossarian), Martin Balsam (Col.…

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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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CHAIN LETTERS

CHAIN LETTERS (director/writer: Mark Rappaport; cinematography: Martin Schäfer; cast: Mark Arnott (Paul), Reed Birney (Greg), David Brisbin (Phil), Randy Danson (Beth), Marilyn Jones (Tracy),Ellen McElduff (Eva), Joan MacIntosh (Evelyn), Dan…

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PUPPETMASTER, THE

PUPPETMASTER, THE (Hsimeng Jensheng) (director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; screenwriters: Wu Nien-jen/Chu Tien-wen; cinematographer: Li Ping-Bin; editor: Liao Ching-song; music: Chen Ming-Chang; cast: Li T'ien-lu (Himself), Yang Liyin (Stepmother), Ming Hwa Bai…

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CHARULATA

CHARULATA (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; cinematographer: Subrata Mitra; editor: Dulal Dutta; cast: Madhabi Mukherjee (Charulata), Soumitr Chatterjee (Amal), Shailen Mukherjee (Bhupati Dutta), Shyamal Ghoshal (Umapada), Gitali Roy (Manda), Bholanath Koyal (Braja),…

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PUSHING TIN

PUSHING TIN (director: Mike Newell; screenwriter: Glen Charles; cinematographer: Gale Tattersall; editor: Jon Gregory; cast: John Cusack (Nick Falzone), Billy Bob Thornton (Russell Bell), Cate Blanchett (Connie Falzone), Angelina Jolie…

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CHINA SYNDROME

CHINA SYNDROME (director/writer: James Bridges; screenwriters: Mike Gray/T.S. Cook; cinematographer: James Crabe; editor: David Rawlins; music: Stephen Bishop/song "Somewhere in Between"; cast: Jane Fonda (Kimberly Wells), Jack Lemmon (Jack Godell),…

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QUARRY, THE

QUARRY, THE (director/writer: Marion Hänsel; screenwriter: from a novel by Damon Galgut; cinematographer: Bernard Lutic; editor: Michele Hubinon; music: Takashi Kako; cast: John Lynch (The Man), Oscar Petersen (Valentine April),…

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CIMARRON

CIMARRON (director: Anthony Mann; screenwriters: story by Edna Ferber/Arnold Schulman; cinematographer: Robert Surtees; editor: John D. Dunning; music: Franz Waxman; cast: Glenn Ford (Yancey 'Cimarron' Cravat ), Maria Schell (Sabra…

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