PIRATES

PIRATES (director/writer: Roman Polanski; screenwriters: Gerard Brach/John Brownjohn; cinematographer: Witold Sobocinski; editors: Herve de Luze/William Reynolds; music: Philippe Sarde; cast: Walter Matthau(Capt Thomas Bartholomew Red), Damien Thomas (Don Alfonso), Charlotte…

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BLACK ZOO

BLACK ZOO (director: Robert Gordon; screenwriter: Herman Cohen/Aben Kandel; cinematographer: Floyd Crosby; editor: Michael Luciano ; music: Paul Dunlap; cast: Michael Gough (Michael Conrad), Jeanne Cooper (Edna Conrad), Rod Lauren…

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PLAINSMAN, THE

PLAINSMAN, THE (director: Cecil B. DeMille; screenwriters: Waldemar Young/Harold Lamb/Lynn Riggs/inspired by stories by Courtney Ryley Cooper and Frank J. Wilstach's book Wild Bill Hickok, the Prince of Pistoleers (1926);…

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BLOW

BLOW (director: Ted Demme; screenwriters: from Bruce Porter's biography on Jung/David McKenna/Nick Cassavetes; cinematographer: Ellen Kuras; editor: Kevin Tent; cast: Johnny Depp (George Jung), Penelope Cruz (Mirtha), Jordi Molla (Diego),…

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PLEASE GIVE

PLEASE GIVE (director/writer: Nicole Holofcener; cinematographer: Yaron Orbach; editor: Robert Frazen; music: Marcelo Zarvos; cast: Catherine Keener (Kate), Amanda Peet (Mary), Oliver Platt (Alex), Rebecca Hall (Rebecca), Ann Morgan Guilbert…

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BLUME IN LOVE

BLUME IN LOVE (director/writer: Paul Mazursky; cinematographer: Bruce Surtees; editor: Donn Cambern; music: Bill Conti; cast: George Segal (Blume), Susan Anspach(Nina Blume), Kris Kristofferson (Elmo), Marsha Mason(Arlene), Shelly Winters (Mrs.…

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POINT BLANK

POINT BLANK (director: John Boorman; screenwriters: from the book The Hunter by Richard Stark/Alexander Jacobs/David Newhouse/Rafe Newhouse; cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop; editor: Henry Berman; music: Johnny Mandel; cast: Lee Marvin…

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BOOST, THE

THE BOOST (director: Harold Becker; screenwriters: Darryl Ponicsan/from a Ben Stein book called "Ludes"; cinematographer: Howard Atherton; editors: Maury Winetrobe; music: Stanley Myers; cast: James Woods (Lenny Brown), Steven Hill…

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POOLHALL JUNKIES

POOLHALL JUNKIES (director/writer: Mars Callahan; screenwriter: Chris Corso; cinematographer: Robert Morris; editor: James E. Tooley; music: Richard Glasser/Charlie Terrell; cast: Mars Callahan (Johnny), Chazz Palminteri (Joe), Rod Steiger (Nick), Michael…

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