PARADISE NOW

PARADISE NOW (director/writer: Hany Abu-Assad; screenwriter: Bero Beyer; cinematographer: Antoine Héberlé; editor: Sander Vos; cast: Kais Nashef (Said), Ali Suliman (Khaled), Lubna Azabal (Suha), Amer Hlehel (Jamal), Hiam Abbass (Said's…

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BENVENUTA

BENVENUTA (director/writer: Andre Delvaux; screenwriter: from the novel La confession anonyme by Suzanne Lilar; cinematographer: Charles Van Damme; editor: Albert Jurgenson; music: Frédéric Devreese; cast: Fanny Ardant (Benvenuta), Vittorio Gassman…

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PARKER KANE

PARKER KANE (tv) (director: Steve Perry; screenwriter: Peter Lenkov; cinematographer: Jan De Bont; editor: Mark Helfrich; music: Jay Ferguson; cast: Jeff Fahey (Parker Kane), Amanda Pays(Sarah), Stellan Skarsgård (Van Adams),…

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PASSING FANCY

PASSING FANCY (Dekigokoro) (director/writer: Yasujiro Ozu; screenwriter: Tadao Ikeda; cinematographer: Hideo Shigehara/Shojiro Sugimoto; editor: Kazuo Ishikawa; cast: Takeshi Sakamoto (Kihachi), Nobuko Fushimi (Harue), Den Obinata (Jiro), Chouko Iida (Otome), Tomio…

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PATHER PANCHALI

PATHER PANCHALI (SONG OF THE LITTLE ROAD) (director/writer: Satyajit Ray; screenwriter: based on the novel by Bibhuti Bannerji; cinematographer: Subrata Mitra; editor: Dulal Dutta; cast: Kanu Bannerjee (Hari), Karuna Bannerjee…

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BIGAMIST, THE

BIGAMIST, THE (director: Ida Lupino; screenwriters: Collier Young/story by Larry Marcus and Lou Schor; cinematographer: George Diskant; editor: Stanford Tischler; music: Leith Stevens; cast: Joan Fontaine (Eve Graham), Ida Lupino…

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PAYCHECK

PAYCHECK (director: John Woo; screenwriters: from a strory by Philip K. Dick/Dean Georgaris; cinematographer: Jeffrey L. Kimball; editors: Christopher Rouse/Kevin Stitt; music: John Powell; cast: Ben Affleck (Michael Jennings), Uma…

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BIG FISH

BIG FISH (director: Tim Burton; screenwriters: John August, based on the novel by Daniel Wallace; cinematographer: Philippe Rousselot; editor: Chris Lebenzon; music: Danny Elfman; cast: Ewan McGregor (Edward Bloom as…

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