BROKEN STRINGS

BROKEN STRINGS (director: Bernard B. Ray; screenwriters: story by Bernard B. Ray/Carl Krusada; cinematographer: Max Stengler; editor: Fredric Bean; cast: Sybil Lewis (Grace Williams), Clarence Muse (Arthur Williams), Earl Morris…

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BULWORTH

BULWORTH (director/writer: Warren Beatty; screenwriters: Jeremy Pikser/based on a story by Beatty; cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro; editor: Robert C. Jones; cast: Warren Beatty (Sen. Jay Bulworth), Halle Berry (Nina), Oliver Platt…

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PRESUMED INNOCENT

PRESUMED INNOCENT (director/writer: Alan J Pakula; screenwriters: Frank Pierson/novel by Scott Turow; cinematographer: Gordon Willis; editor: Evan Lottman; music: John Williams; cast: Harrison Ford (Rusty Sabich), Brian Dennehy (Raymond Horgan),…

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CAFE SOCIETY

CAFE SOCIETY (director/writer: Woody Allen; cinematographer: Vittorio Storaro; editor: Alica Lepselter; music: Rodgers and Hart songs; cast: Jeannie Berlin (Rose Dorfman), Steve Carell (Phil Stern), Jesse Eisenberg (Bobby Dorfman), Blake…

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PRIME

PRIME (director/writer: Ben Younger; cinematographer: William Rexer; editor: Kristina Boden; music: Ryan Shore; cast: Meryl Streep (Lisa Metzger), Uma Thurman (Rafi Gardet), Bryan Greenberg (David Bloomberg), Jon Abrahams (Morris), Zak…

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CANYON PASSAGE

CANYON PASSAGE (director: Jacques Tourneur; screenwriters: from the novel by Ernest Haycox/Ernest Pascal; cinematographer: Edward Cronjager; editor: Milton Carruth; music: Hoagy Carmichael; cast: Dana Andrews (Logan Stuart), Brian Donlevy (George…

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PRINCE VALIANT

PRINCE VALIANT (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: Dudley Nichols/from the comic-strip by Harold Foster; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Robert Simpson; music: Franz Waxman; cast: James Mason (Sir Brack), Janet Leigh (Princess…

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CARNAGE

CARNAGE (director: Roman Polanski; screenwriter: from the play The God of Carnage by Yasmina Reza/Yasmina Reza; cinematographer: Pawel Edelman; editor: Hervé de Luze; music: Alexandre Desplat; cast: Kate Winslet (Nancy…

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