RASHOMON

RASHOMON (director/editor/writer: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriters: Shinobu Hashimoto/based on the short stories entitled "Rashomon" and the first short story "In a Grove" by Ryunosuke Akutagawa; cinematographer: Kazuo Miyagawa; cast: Toshiro Mifune…

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CUCKOO, THE

THE CUCKOO (KUKUSHKA) (director/writer: Alexander Rogozhkin; cinematographer: Andrei Zhegalov; editor: Yuliya Rumyantseva; music: Dmitri Pavlov; cast: Anni-Kristiina Juuso(Anni), Ville Khaapasalo (Veiko), Viktor Bychkov (Ivan); Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producer:…

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RAY

RAY (director: Taylor Hackford; screenwriters: James L. White/based on a story by Mr. Hackford and Mr. White; cinematographer: Pawel Edelman; editor: Paul Hirsch; music: Ray Charles; cast: Jamie Foxx (Ray…

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DAMNED, THE

THE DAMNED (LA CADUTA DEGLI DEI) (GOTTERDAMMERUNG) (director/writer: Luchino Visconti; screenwriters: story by Nicola Badalucco and Enrico Medioli; cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi/Pasquale De Santis; editor: Ruggero Mastroianni; music: Maurice Jarre; cast:…

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REAPER

REAPER (director:Wen-Han Shih; screenwriters: Mark James/James Jurdi; cinematographer: Hiroyuki Haga; editors: Nic Hill/Brett Solem; music: Sean Murray; cast: Danny Trejo (Jack), Jake Busey (Bill), James Jurdi (Brad), Vinnie Jones (Rob),…

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DARKEST HOUR

DARKEST HOUR (director: Joe Wright; screenwriter: Anthony McCarten; cinematographer: Bruno Delbonnel; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Dario Marianelli; cast: Gary Oldman (Winston Churchill), Stephen Dillane (Viscount Halifax), Ronald Pickup (Neville Chamberland),…

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DAS BOOT

DAS BOOT (Director/writer: Wolfgang Petersen; screenwriter: based on a novel by Lothar-Gunther Buchheim; cinematographer: Jost Vacano; editor: Hannes Nikel; cast: Jurgen Prochnow (The Captain), Erwin Leder (Johann), Herbert Gronemeyer (Lt.…

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RED GARTERS

RED GARTERS (director: George Marshall; screenwriters: Michael Fessier/Frank Tashlin; cinematographer: Arthur E. Arling; editor: Arthur P. Schmidt; music: Joseph J. Lilley; cast: Rosemary Clooney (Calaveras Kate), Jack Carson (Jason Carberry),…

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DEAD ALIVE

DEAD ALIVE (BRAINDEAD) (director/writer: Peter Jackson; screenwriters: Fran Walsh/Stephen Sinclair/story by Stephen Sinclair; cinematographer: Murray Milne; editor: Jamie Selkirk; music: Peter Dasent; cast: Tim Balme (Lionel Cosgrove), Diana Penalver (Paquita),…

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