BANANAS

BANANAS (director/writer: Woody Allen; screenwriter: Mickey Rose; cinematographer: Andrew M. Costikyan; editors: Ron Kalish/Ralph Rosenblum; music: Marvin Hamlisch; cast: Woody Allen (Fielding Mellish), Louise Lasser (Nancy), Carlos Montalban (Gen. Emilio…

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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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BARRICADE

BARRICADE (director: Peter Godfrey; screenwriters: William Sackheim/based on the Jack London novel Sea Wolf; cinematographer: Carl Guthrie; editor: Clarence Kolster; music: William Lava; cast: Dane Clark (Bob Peters), Ruth Roman…

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O.S.S

  O.S.S. (director: Irving Pichel; screenwriter: Richard Maibaum; cinematographer: Lionel Lindon; editor: William Shea; music: Daniele Amfitheatrof/Heinz Roemheld/George Parrish; cast: Alan Ladd (Philip Masson/John Martin), Geraldine Fitzgerald (Ellen Rogers/Elaine Duprez),…

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BATTLE CRY

  BATTLE CRY (director: Raoul Walsh; screenwriter: from the novel by Leon Uris/Leon Uris; cinematographer: Sid Hickox; editor: William Ziegler; music: Max Steiner; cast: Van Heflin (Major Sam Huxley), Aldo…

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OUR DAILY BREAD

OUR DAILY BREAD (aka:THE MIRACLE OF LIFE) (director: King Vidor; screenwriters: Elizabeth Hill/Joseph Mankiewicz/story by King Vidor; cinematographer: Robert Planck; editor: Lloyd Nosler; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Karen Morley (Mary…

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BEACH, THE

BEACH, THE (director: Danny Boyle; screenwriters: from a novel by Alex Garland/John Hodge; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editor: Masahiro Hirakubo; cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Richard), Tilda Swinton (Sal), Virginie Ledoyen (Francoise), Guillaume…

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