BORN IN ’45

BORN IN '45 (Jahrgang '45) (director/writer: Jürgen Böttcher; screenwriter: Klaus Poche; cinematographer: Roland Gräf ; editor: Helga Gentz; music: Wolf Biermann; cast: Monika Hildebrand (Lisa 'Li'), Rolf Römer (Alfred 'Al'),…

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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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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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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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POSSE

POSSE (director: Kirk Douglas; screenwriters: from the story by Christopher Knopf/Christopher Knopf/William Roberts; cinematographer: Fred Koenekamp; editor: Charles Wheeler; music: Maurice Jarre; cast: Kirk Douglas (Marshal Howard Nightingale), Bruce Dern…

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POWER

POWER (director: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: David Himmelstein; cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak; editor: Andrew Mondshein; music: Cy Coleman; cast: Richard Gere (Pete St. John), Julie Christie (Ellen Freeman), Gene Hackman (Wilfred Buckley),…

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