MORVERN CALLAR

MORVERN CALLAR (director/writer: Lynne Ramsay; screenwriters: Liana Dognini/based on the novel by Alan Warner; cinematographer: Alwin H. Kuchler; editor: Lucia Zucchetti; cast: Samantha Morton (Morvern Callar), Kathleen McDermott (Lanna), Raife…

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ABRAHAM’S VALLEY

ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (VALE ABRAAO) (director/writer: Manoel de Oliveira; screenwriter: based on the novel "Vale Abraao" by Agustina Bessa-Luis; cinematographer: Mario Barroso; editor: Valérie Loiseleux; music: Richard Strauss; cast: Leonor Silveira…

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MOVIE CRAZY

MOVIE CRAZY (director: Clyde Bruckman; screenwriters: Vincent Lawrence/Harold Lloyd/based on a story by Agnes Christine Johnston, Felix Adler and John Grey; cinematographer: Walter Lundin; editor: Bernard Burton; music: Alfred Newman;…

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A CANTERBURY TALE

  A CANTERBURY TALE (director/writer: Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger; cinematographer: Erwin Hillier; editor: John Seabourne; music: Allan Gray; cast: Eric Portman (Thomas Colpepper, J.P.), Sheila Sim (Alison Smith), Dennis Price (Sgt.…

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MR. MAJESTYK

MR. MAJESTYK (director: Richard Fleischer; screenwriter: Elmore Leonard; cinematographer: Richard Kline; editor: Ralph E. Winters; music: Charles Bernstein; cast: Charles Bronson (Mr. Majestyk), Linda Crystal (Nancy Chavez), Al Lettieri (Frank…

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ACID HOUSE, THE

ACID HOUSE, THE (director: Paul McGuigan; screenwriter: Irvine Welsh/based on short stories from his book "The Acid House"; cinematographer: Alasdair Walker; editor: Andrew Hulme; cast: "The Granton Star Cause": Stephen…

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ACTOR, THE

  ACTOR, THE (Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema) (director/writer/editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: based on the novel "Stone & Glass" by G. Dordi; cinematographer: Aziz Saati; music: Ahmad Pezhman; cast: Akbar Abdi…

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