OPERA JAWA

OPERA JAWA (aka: REQUIEM FOR JAVA) (director/writer: Garin Nugroho; screenwriters: Armantono/based on “The Abduction of Sita,” from the Hindu epic “The Ramayana; cinematographer: Teoh Gay Hian; editor: Andhy Pulung; music:…

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BANK JOB, THE

BANK JOB, THE (director: Roger Donaldson; screenwriters: Dick Clement/Ian La Frenais; cinematographer: Mick Coulter; editor: John Gilbert; music: J. Peter Robinson; cast: Jason Statham (Terry Leather), Saffron Burrows (Martine Love),…

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ORDINARY PEOPLE

ORDINARY PEOPLE (director: Robert Redford; screenwriters: Alvin Sargent/Nancy Dowd/from the novel by Judith Guest; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Jeff Kanew; music: Marvin Hamlisch; cast: Donald Sutherland ("Cal" Jarrett), Mary Tyler…

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OSCAR, THE

OSCAR, THE (director/writer: Russell Rouse; screenwriters: from a novel by Richard Sale/Harlan Ellison/Clarence Greene; cinematographer: Joseph Ruttenberg; editor: Chester W. Schaeffer; music: Percy Faith; cast: Stephen Boyd (Frankie Fane), Elke…

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BAYOU

BAYOU (POOR WHITE TRASH) (director: Harold Daniels; screenwriter: story by Edward I. Fessler/Edward I. Fessler; cinematographers: Ted & Vincent Saizis; editor: Maurice Wright; music: Gerald Fried; cast: Peter Graves (Martin…

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BEAT THE DEVIL

BEAT THE DEVIL (director/writer: John Huston; screenwriters: Truman Capote/based on a novel by James Helvick; cinematographer: Oswald Morris; editor: Ralph Kemplen; music: Franco Mannino; cast: Humphrey Bogart (Billy Dannreuther), Jennifer…

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