ABRAHAM’S VALLEY

ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (VALE ABRAAO) (director/writer: Manoel de Oliveira; screenwriter: based on the novel "Vale Abraao" by Agustina Bessa-Luis; cinematographer: Mario Barroso; editor: Valérie Loiseleux; music: Richard Strauss; cast: Leonor Silveira…

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MR. ARKADIN

MR. ARKADIN (CONFIDENTIAL REPORT) (director/writer: Orson Welles; screenwriter: from the novel by Orson Welles; cinematographer: Jean Bourgoin; editor: Renzo Lucidi; music: Paul Misraki; cast: Orson Welles (Gregory Arkadin), Paola Mori…

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A CANTERBURY TALE

  A CANTERBURY TALE (director/writer: Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger; cinematographer: Erwin Hillier; editor: John Seabourne; music: Allan Gray; cast: Eric Portman (Thomas Colpepper, J.P.), Sheila Sim (Alison Smith), Dennis Price (Sgt.…

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ACID HOUSE, THE

ACID HOUSE, THE (director: Paul McGuigan; screenwriter: Irvine Welsh/based on short stories from his book "The Acid House"; cinematographer: Alasdair Walker; editor: Andrew Hulme; cast: "The Granton Star Cause": Stephen…

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MUMFORD

MUMFORD (director/writer: Lawrence Kasdan; cinematographer: Ericson Core; editors: Carol Littleton/William Steinkamp; cast: Loren Dean (Mumford), Hope Davis (Sofie Crisp), Jason Lee (Skip Skipperton), Alfre Woodard (Lily), Mary McDonnell (Althea Brockett),…

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ACTOR, THE

  ACTOR, THE (Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema) (director/writer/editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: based on the novel "Stone & Glass" by G. Dordi; cinematographer: Aziz Saati; music: Ahmad Pezhman; cast: Akbar Abdi…

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MURDER BY CONTRACT

MURDER BY CONTRACT (director: Irving Lerner; screenwriter: Ben Simcoe; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Carlo Lodato; cast: Vince Edwards (Claude), Phillip Pine (Marc), Herschel Bernardi (George), Caprice Toriel (Billie Williams), Michael…

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A DOG’S PURPOSE

A DOG'S PURPOSE (director: Lasse Hallström; screenwriters: novel by W. Bruce Cameron/Cameron, Cathryn Michon, Audrey Wells, Maya Forbes, Wally Wolodarsky; cinematographer: Terry Stacey; editor: Robert Leighton; music: Rachel Portman; cast:…

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MURDEROUS MAIDS

MURDEROUS MAIDS (Blessures assassines, Les) (director/writer: Jean-Pierre Denis; screenwriters: Michèle Pétin/from the novel "L'affaire Papin" by Paulette Houdyer; cinematographer: Jean-Marc Fabre; editor: Marie-Hélène Dozo; cast: Sylvie Testud (Christine Papin), Julie-Marie…

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