CASH MCCALL

CASH MCCALL (director: Joseph Pevney; screenwriters: Lenore J. Coffee/Marion Hargrove/from the novel by Cameron Hawley; cinematographer: George J. Folsey; editor: Philip W. Anderson; music: Max Steiner; cast: James Garner (Cash…

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PROMESSE, LA

PROMESSE, LA (director/writer: Jean-Pierre Dardenne/Luc Dardenne; screenwriter: Luc Dardenne; cinematographer: Alain Marcoen; editor: Marie Helene Dozo; cast: Jérémie Renier (Igor), Olivier Gourmet (Roger), Assita Ouedraogo (Assita), Rasmane Ouedraogo (Amidou); Runtime:…

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CEILING ZERO

CEILING ZERO (director: Howard Hawks; screenwriters: Morrie Ryskind/Frank Wead/play by Wead; cinematographer: Arthur Edeson; editor: William Holmes ; music: Bernhard Kaun; cast: James Cagney (Dizzy Davis), Pat O'Brien (Jack L.…

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PROUD REBEL, THE

THE PROUD REBEL (director: Michael Curtiz; screenwriters: Joseph Petracca/Lillie Hayward/based on the story Journey of Linnett Moore by James Edward Grant; cinematographer: Ted McCord; editor: Aaron Stell; music: Jerome Moross;…

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PUBLIC SPEAKING

PUBLIC SPEAKING (director: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ellen Kuras; editors: Damian Rodriguez/David Tedeschi; cast: Fran Lebowitz, James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Gore Vidal, Charlie Rose; Runtime: 82; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producers:…

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CHESS PLAYERS, THE

THE CHESS PLAYERS (SHATRANJ KE KHILARI) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: story by Munshi Premchand; cinematographer: Soumendu Roy; editor: Dulal Dutta; music: Satyajit Ray; cast: Richard Attenborough (General Outram), Sanjeev Kumar…

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CHOCOLAT

CHOCOLAT (director/writer: Claire Denis; screenwriter: Jean-Pol Fargeau; cinematographer: Robert Alazraki; editors: Monica Coleman/ Claudine Merlin/Sylvie Quester; music: Abdullah Ibrahim; cast: Isaach De Bankolé (Protée), Giulia Boschi (Aimée Dalens), François Cluzet…

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PUTNEY SWOPE

PUTNEY SWOPE (director/writer: Robert Downey Sr.; cinematographer: Gerald Cotts ; editor: Bud S. Smith; music: Charles Cuva; cast: Arnold Johnson (Putney Swope), Stanley Gottlieb (Nathan), Allen Garfield (Elias, Jr.), Antonio…

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