ANIMAL CRACKERS

ANIMAL CRACKERS (director/writer: Victor Heerman; screenwriters: Bert Kalmar/Harry Ruby/Morrie Ryskind/from the play by Morrie Ryskind and George S. Kaufman; cinematographer: George Folsey; music: Bert Kalmar/Harry Rubycast: Groucho Marx (Captain Jeffrey…

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ANOMALISA

ANOMALISA (directors: Charlie Kaufman, Duke Johnson; screenwriter: Charlie Kaufman/based on his play; cinematographer: Joe Passarelli; editor: Garret Elkins; music: Carter Burwell; voices: Jennifer Jason Leigh (Lisa), Tom Noonan (Everyone else),…

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NIGHT SCREAMS

NIGHT SCREAMS (director: Allen Plone; screenwriters: Mitch Bryant/Dillis L. Hart II; cinematographer: Eric Anderson; editor: Herbert L. Strock; music: Michael Linn; cast: Joseph Paul Manno (David), Ron Thomas (D.B), Randy…

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ANYTHING ELSE

ANYTHING ELSE (director/writer: Woody Allen; cinematographer: Darius Khondji; editor: Alisa Lepselter; cast: Woody Allen (David Dobel), Jason Biggs (Jerry Falk), Christina Ricci (Amanda), Stockard Channing (Paula), Danny DeVito (Harvey), Jimmy…

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NIKLASHAUSEN JOURNEY

NIKLASHAUSEN JOURNEY (Niklashauser Fart, Die) (TV) (director/writer: Rainer Werner Fassbinder/Michael Fengler; cinematographer: Dietrich Lohmann; editor: Thea Eymèsz; music: Peer Raben; cast: Michael König (Hans Boehm), Hanna Schygulla (Johanna), Margit Carstensen…

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NOBODY KNOWS

NOBODY KNOWS (Dare mo shiranai)(director/writer: Hirokazu Koreeda; cinematographer: Yutaka Yamasaki; editor: Hirokazu Koreeda; music: music by Gontiti; cast: Yuya Yagira (Akira), Ayu Kitaura (Kyoko), Hiei Kimura (Shigeru), Momoko Shimizu (Yuki),…

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