BLACK BIRD, THE

THE BLACK BIRD  (director/writer: David Giler; screenwriters: story by Don M. Mankiewitz and Gordon Cotler; cinematographer: Phil Lathrop; editors: Margaret Booth/Walter Thompson/Lou Lombardo; music: Jerry Fielding; cast: George Segal (Sam…

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PIMP

PIMP (director/writer: Christine Crokos; cinematographer: Rik Zang; editors: John Scott Cook, Todd Sandler; music: Alec Puro; cast: Keke Palmer (Wednesday), Vanessa Morgan (Destiny), Edi Gathegi (Kenny Wayne), Haley Ramm (Nikki),…

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BLACK ROOM, THE

BLACK ROOM, THE (director: Roy William Neill; screenwriters: Henry Myers/Arthur Strawn/from the story by Arthur Strawn; cinematographer: Allen G. Siegler; editor: Richard Cahoon; music: R.H. Bassett/Milan Roder/Louis Silvers; cast: Boris…

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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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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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BLUE CAPRICE

BLUE CAPRICE "Despite its stars giving mesmerizing performances, failed to entertain or educate us more about psychopathic serial killers." (director/writer: Alexandre Moors; screenwriter: R.F. I. Porto/based on a story by…

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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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