CHALK

  CHALK (director/writer: Mike Akel; screenwriter: Chris Mass; cinematographer: Steven Schaefer; editor: Bob Perkins; music: Chris Jagich; cast: Janelle Schremmer (Coach Webb), Chris Mass (Mr. Stroope), Troy Schremmer (Mr. Lowrey),…

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PURE LUCK

PURE LUCK (director: Nadia Tass; screenwriter: Francis Veber (film La Chevre), Herschel Weingrod, Timothy Harris; cinematographer: David Parker; editor: Billy Weber; music: Jonathan Sheffer ; cast: Sheila Kelley (Valerie Highsmith),…

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CHASING AMY

CHASING AMY director/writer/editor: Kevin Smith; cinematographer: David Klein; cast: Ben Affleck (Holden), Joey Lauren Adams (Alyssa), Jason Lee (Banky), Dwight Ewell (Hooper); Runtime: 113; Miramax Films; 1997) "Not everything worked…

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PUZZLE

PUZZLE (director: Marc Turtletaub; screenwriters: Polly Mann/Oren Moverman/based on the Argentinian film "Rompecabezas" by Natalia Smirnoff; cinematographer: Christopher Norr; editor: Catherine Haight; music:Dustin O’Halloran; cast: Irrfan Khan (Robert), David Denman…

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CHINATOWN

CHINATOWN (director: Roman Polanski; screenwriter: Robert Towne; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Sam O'Steen; music: Jerry Goldsmith; cast: Jack Nicholson (J.J. Gittes), Faye Dunaway (Evelyn Mulwray), John Huston (Noah Cross),…

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QUEEN BEE

QUEEN BEE (director/writer: Ranald MacDougall; screenwriter: based on the novel The Queen Bee by Edna L. Lee; cinematographer: Charles Lang; editor: Viola Lawrence; music: George Duning; cast: Joan Crawford (Eva…

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CIMARRON

  CIMARRON (director: Wesley Ruggles; screenwriters: novel by Edna Ferber/Howard Estabrook; cinematographer: Edward Cronjager; editor: William Hamilton; music: Max Steiner; cast: Richard Dix (Yancey Cravat), Irene Dunne (Sabra Cravat), Estelle…

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QUICKSAND

QUICKSAND (director: Irving Pichel; screenwriter: Robert Smith; cinematographer: Lionel Lindon; editor: Walter Thompson; music: Louis Gruenberg; cast: Mickey Rooney (Dan Brady), Jeanne Cagney (Vera Novak), Barbara Bates (Helen), Peter Lorre…

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