PANAMA HATTIE

PANAMA HATTIE (director: Norman Z. McLeod; screenwriters: Jack McGowan/Wilkie Mahoney/based on the musical play by Herbert Fields, B.G. DeSylva and Cole Porter; cinematographer: George J. Folsey; editor: Blanche Sewell; music:…

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BELLE TOUJOURS

  BELLE TOUJOURS (director/writer: Manoel de Oliveira; screenwriter: inspired by the book by Joseph Kessel; cinematographer: Sabine Lancelin; editor: Valérie Loiseleux; cast: Michel Piccoli (Henri Husson), Bulle Ogier (Séverine Serizy),…

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PAPER LION

PAPER LION (director: Alex March; screenwriters: Lawrence Roman/from the book by George Plimpton; cinematographer: Eugene Friedman, Peter Garbarini; editor: Louis San Andres; music: Roger Kellaway; cast: Alan Alda (George Plimpton),…

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BEN HUR

BEN HUR (director/writer: William Wyler; screenwriter: from the novel by Lew Wallace/Karl Tunberg; cinematographer: Robert Surtees; editor: Ralph Winters; music: Miklos Rozsa; cast: Charlton Heston (Judah Ben Hur), Stephen Boyd…

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PARDON US

PARDON US (director: James Parrott; screenwriter: H.M. Walker; cinematographer: Jack Stevens; editor: Richard Currier; music: Irving Berlin/Bob Cole/Will Marion Cook/J. Rosamond Johnson; cast: Stan Laurel (Stan Laurel), Oliver Hardy (Oliver…

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BEST IN SHOW

BEST IN SHOW (director/writer: Christopher Guest; screenwriter: Eugene Levy; cinematographer: Roberto Schaefer; editor: Robert Leighton; cast: Christopher Guest (Harlan Pepper), Parker Posey (Meg Swan), Michael Hitchcock (Hamilton Swan), Eugene Levy…

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PARTING GLANCES

PARTING GLANCES (director/writer: Bill Sherwood; cinematographer: Jacek Laskus; editor: Bill Sherwood; music: Mike Nolan; cast: Richard Ganoung (Michael), John Bolger (Robert), Steve Buscemi (Nick), Adam Nathan (Peter), Kathy Kinney (Joan),…

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