PROSPERO’S BOOKS

PROSPERO'S BOOKS (director/writer: Peter Greenaway; screenwriter: from the play The Tempest by William Shakespeare; cinematographer: Sacha Vierny; editor: Marina Bodbijl; music: Michael Nyman; cast: John Gielgud (Prospero), Michael Clark (Caliban),…

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CAUGHT

CAUGHT (director: Max Ophüls; screenwriters: from the novel "Wild Calendar" by Libbie Block/Arthur Laurents; cinematographer: Lee Garmes; editor: Robert Parrish; music: Frederick Hollander; cast: James Mason (Dr. Larry Quinada), Barbara…

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PUBLIC EYE, THE

THE PUBLIC EYE (director/writer: Howard Franklin; cinematographer: Peter Suschitzky; editor: Evan Lottman; music: Mark Isham; cast: Joe Pesci (Leo 'Bernzy' Bernstein), Barbara Hershey (Kay Levitz), Stanley Tucci (Sal), Richard Riehle…

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PUPPETMASTER, THE

PUPPETMASTER, THE (Hsimeng Jensheng) (director: Hou Hsiao-Hsien; screenwriters: Wu Nien-jen/Chu Tien-wen; cinematographer: Li Ping-Bin; editor: Liao Ching-song; music: Chen Ming-Chang; cast: Li T'ien-lu (Himself), Yang Liyin (Stepmother), Ming Hwa Bai…

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CHELSEA GIRLS

CHELSEA GIRLS (director/writer: Andy Warhol/Paul Morrissey; screenwriter: Ronald Tavel; cinematographer: Andy Warhol; music: The Velvet Underground; cast: Ondine (Pope), Mary Woronov (Hanoi Hannah), Eric Emerson (himself), Brigid Berlin (herself), Brigid…

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PUSHING TIN

PUSHING TIN (director: Mike Newell; screenwriter: Glen Charles; cinematographer: Gale Tattersall; editor: Jon Gregory; cast: John Cusack (Nick Falzone), Billy Bob Thornton (Russell Bell), Cate Blanchett (Connie Falzone), Angelina Jolie…

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QUARE FELLOW, THE

QUARE FELLOW, THE (director/writer: Arthur Dreifuss; screenwriters: Jacqueline Sundstrom/based on the play by Brendan Behan; cinematographer: Peter Hennessy; editor: Gitta Zadek; music: Alexander Faris; cast: Patrick McGoohan (Thomas Crimmin), Sylvia…

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