PET SEMATARY

PET SEMATARY (director/writer: Mary Lambert; screenwriter: Stephen King/based on the novel by Stephen King; cinematographer: Peter Stein; editors: Dan Hanley/Michael Hill; music: Elliott Goldenthall; cast: Dale Midkiff (Louis Creed), Denise…

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BIG MIRACLE

BIG MIRACLE (director: Ken Kwapis; screenwriters: Jack Amiel/Michael Begler/based on Thomas Rose’s 1989 “Freeing the Whales: How the Media Created the World’s Greatest Non-Event”; cinematographer: John Bailey; editor: Cara Silverman;…

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PHARAOH’S ARMY

PHARAOH'S ARMY (director/writer: Robby Henson; cinematographer: Doron Schlair; editor: Robby Henson; music: Vince Emmett/Charles Ellis; cast: Chris Cooper (Captain John Hull Abston), Patricia Clarkson (Sarah Anders), Kris Kristofferson (Preacher), Richard…

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BIRDMAN

BIRDMAN or (THE UNEXPECTED VIRTUE OF IGNORANCE) (director/writer: Alejandro G. Iñárritu; screenwriters: Nicolás Giacobone/Alexander Dinelaris Jr./Armando Bo; cinematographer: Emmanuel Lubezki; editors: Douglas Crise/Stephen Mirrione; music: Antonio Sanchez; cast: Michael Keaton…

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PIED PIPER, THE

PIED PIPER, THE (director/writer: Jacques Demy; screenwriters: Andrew Birkin/Mark Peploe; cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky; editor: John Trumper; cast: Donald Pleasence (The Baron), John Hurt (Franz), Jack Wild (Gavin), Donovan (Pied Piper),…

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BLACKBOARDS

BLACKBOARDS (Takhté siah) (director/writer: Samira Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; cinematographer: Ebrahim Ghafori; editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; music: Mohammad Reza Darvishi; cast: Saeed Mohamadi (Saïd), Bahman Ghobadi (Reeboir), Behnaz Jafari (Halaleh), Rafat…

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PINOCCHIO

PINOCCHIO (supervising directors: Hamilton Luske & Ben Sharpsteen; screenwriters: Ted Sears, Webb Smith, Joseph Sabo, Otto Englander, William Cottrell, Erdman Penner and Aurelius Battaglia; story adaptation: Aurelius Battaglia, William Cottrell,…

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