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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CRIMSON GOLD

CRIMSON GOLD (Talaye sorkh) (director: Jafar Panahi; screenwriter: Abbas Kiarostami; cinematographer: Hussein Jafarian; editor: Jafar Panahi; music: Peyman Yazdanian; cast: Hossain Emadeddin (Hussein), Kamyar Sheisi (Ali), Shahram Vaziri (The Jeweler),…

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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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CUCKOO, THE

THE CUCKOO (KUKUSHKA) (director/writer: Alexander Rogozhkin; cinematographer: Andrei Zhegalov; editor: Yuliya Rumyantseva; music: Dmitri Pavlov; cast: Anni-Kristiina Juuso(Anni), Ville Khaapasalo (Veiko), Viktor Bychkov (Ivan); Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producer:…

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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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DAMNED, THE

THE DAMNED (LA CADUTA DEGLI DEI) (GOTTERDAMMERUNG) (director/writer: Luchino Visconti; screenwriters: story by Nicola Badalucco and Enrico Medioli; cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi/Pasquale De Santis; editor: Ruggero Mastroianni; music: Maurice Jarre; cast:…

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REAPER

REAPER (director:Wen-Han Shih; screenwriters: Mark James/James Jurdi; cinematographer: Hiroyuki Haga; editors: Nic Hill/Brett Solem; music: Sean Murray; cast: Danny Trejo (Jack), Jake Busey (Bill), James Jurdi (Brad), Vinnie Jones (Rob),…

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DARKEST HOUR

DARKEST HOUR (director: Joe Wright; screenwriter: Anthony McCarten; cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Dario Marianelli; cast: Gary Oldman (Winston Churchill), Stephen Dillane (Viscount Halifax), Ronald Pickup (Neville Chamberland),…

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DAS BOOT

DAS BOOT (Director/writer: Wolfgang Petersen; screenwriter: based on a novel by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim; cinematographer: Jost Vacano; editor: Hannes Nikel; cast: Jurgen Prochnow (The Captain), Erwin Leder (Johann), Herbert Gronemeyer (Lt.…

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