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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POT O’ GOLD

POT O' GOLD (aka: THE GOLDEN HOUR) (director: George Marshall; screenwriters: based on a story by Andrew Bennison/Haydn Roth Evans/Robert Brilmayer/Monte Brice/Harry Tugend/Walter DeLeon; cinematographers: Harry Jackson/Hal Mohr; editor: Lloyd…

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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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PRESTIGE, THE

PRESTIGE, THE (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan/based on the novel by Christopher Priest; cinematographer: Wally Pfister; editor: Lee Smith; music: David Julyan; cast: Hugh Jackman (Robert Angier), Christian Bale…

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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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PRIMARY COLORS

PRIMARY COLORS (director: Mike Nichols; screenwriters: Elaine May/based on the novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein); cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Arthur Schmidt; music: Ry Cooder; cast: John Travolta (Gov. Jack Stanton),…

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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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PRINCESS TAM TAM

PRINCESS TAM TAM (director: Edmond Greville; screenwriter: Pepito Abatino; cinematographer: Georges Benoît; editor: Jean Feyte; music: Jacques Dallin/Walter Goehr/Eliseo Grenet/Alain Romans; cast: Josephine Baker (Alwina), Albert Prejean (Max de Mirecourt),…

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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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PRIVATE PROPERTY

PRIVATE PROPERTY (Nue propriété) (director/writer: Joachim Lafosse; screenwriter: François Pirot; cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie; editor: Sophie Vercruysse; cast: Isabelle Huppert (Pascale), Jérémie Renier (Thierry), Yannick Renier (François), Kris Cuppens (Jan), Patrick…

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