PORTRAIT OF JENNIE

PORTRAIT OF JENNIE (director: William Dieterle; screenwriters: novel by Robert Nathan/Leonardo Bercovici/Peter Berneis/Paul Osborn; cinematographer: Joseph August; editor: William Morgan; music: Dimitri Tiomkin; cast: Jennifer Jones (Jennie Appleton), Joseph Cotten…

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POT O’ GOLD

POT O' GOLD (aka: THE GOLDEN HOUR) (director: George Marshall; screenwriters: based on a story by Andrew Bennison/Haydn Roth Evans/Robert Brilmayer/Monte Brice/Harry Tugend/Walter DeLeon; cinematographers: Harry Jackson/Hal Mohr; editor: Lloyd…

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PRESTIGE, THE

PRESTIGE, THE (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan/based on the novel by Christopher Priest; cinematographer: Wally Pfister; editor: Lee Smith; music: David Julyan; cast: Hugh Jackman (Robert Angier), Christian Bale…

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BRUTE, THE

  BRUTE, THE (EL BRUTO) (director/writer: Luis Bunuel; screenwriter: Luis Alcoriza; cinematographer: Augustin Jimenez; editor: Jorge Bustos; cast: Pedro Armendariz (The Brute), Katy Jurado (Mistress of Landlord), Rosita Arenas (Rosita),…

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PRIMARY COLORS

PRIMARY COLORS (director: Mike Nichols; screenwriters: Elaine May/based on the novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein); cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Arthur Schmidt; music: Ry Cooder; cast: John Travolta (Gov. Jack Stanton),…

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BUS 174

  BUS 174 (Ônibus 174) (director/producer: Jose Padilha; cinematographers: Cesar Moraes/Marcelo Guru; editor: Felipe Lacerda; music: Sacha Amback/João Nabuco; cast: Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz…

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PRINCESS TAM TAM

PRINCESS TAM TAM (director: Edmond Greville; screenwriter: Pepito Abatino; cinematographer: Georges Benoît; editor: Jean Feyte; music: Jacques Dallin/Walter Goehr/Eliseo Grenet/Alain Romans; cast: Josephine Baker (Alwina), Albert Prejean (Max de Mirecourt),…

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CALIFORNIA SPLIT

CALIFORNIA SPLIT (director: Robert Altman; screenwriter: Joseph Walsh; cinematographer: Paul Lohmann; editor: Lou Lombardo; music: Phyllis Shotwell; cast: George Segal (Bill Denny), Elliott Gould (Charlie Waters), Ann Prentiss (Barbara Miller),…

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