NATIONAL VELVET

NATIONAL VELVET (director: Clarence Brown; screenwriters: Helen Deutsch/Theodore Reeves/from novel by Enid Bagnold; cinematographer: Leonard Smith; editor: Robert J. Kern; music: Herbert Stothart; cast: Mickey Rooney (Mi Taylor), Donald Crisp…

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A MAN THERE WAS

A MAN THERE WAS (TERJE VIGEN) (director/writer: Victor Seastrom; screenwriter: Gustaf Molander/from a Henrik Ibsen poem cinematographer: Julis Jaenzen; cast: August Falck (The Lord), Victor Seastrom (Terje Vigen), Edith Erastoff…

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AMELIA

  AMELIA (director: Mira Nair; screenwriters: Ron Bass/Anna Hamilton Phelan/based on the books “East to the Dawn” by Susan Butler and “The Sound of Wings” by Mary S. Lovell; cinematographer:…

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AMERICAN MOVIE

AMERICAN MOVIE(director/cinematographer/writer: Chris Smith; editor: Barry Poltermann; cast: Mark Borchardt (Filmmaker), Mike Schank (Friend/Musician), Monica Borchardt (Mark's Mom), Cliff Borchardt (Mark's Dad), Chris Borchardt (Mark's Brother), Alex Borchardt (Mark's Brother),…

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AMONGST FRIENDS

  AMONGST FRIENDS   (director/writer: Rob Weiss; cinematographer: Michael Bonvillain; editor: Leo Trombetta; cast: Steve Parlavecchio (Andy), Mira Sorvino (Laura), Patrick Mc Gaw (Trevor), Joseph Lindsey (Billy), Michael Artura (Michael),…

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NEW YORK, NEW YORK

NEW YORK, NEW YORK (director: Martin Scorsese; screenwriters: Earl MacRauch/Mardik Martin; cinematographer: Laszlo Kovacs; editors: Irving Lerner/Bert Lovitt/Marcia Lucas/David Ramirez/Tom Rolf; music: Fred Ebb/John Kander; cast: Liza Minnelli (Francine Evans),…

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ANATAHAN

ANATAHAN (THE SAGA OF ANATAHAN) (director/writer: Josef von Sternberg; screenwriters: Tatsuo Asano/from the novel by Michiro Maruyama, translated by Younghill Kang; cinematographers: Kôzô Okazaki/Josef von Sternberg; editor: Miyata; music: Ifukube;…

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