ASCENT, THE

ASCENT, THE (Voskhozhdeniye) (director/writer: Larisa Shepitko; screenwriters: from the novel Sotnikov by Vasili Bykov/Yuri Klepikov; cinematographer: Vladimir Chukhnov/Pavel Lebeshev; music: Alfred Shnitke; cast: Boris Plotnikov (Sotnikov), Vladimir Gostyukhin (Rybak), Sergei…

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NOTHING BUT A MAN

NOTHING BUT A MAN (director/writer: Michael Roemer; screenwriter: Robert Young; cinematographer: Robert Young; editor: Luke Bennett; cast: Ivan Dixon (Duff Anderson), Abbey Lincoln (Josie Dawson), Julius Harris (Will Anderson), Stanley…

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A SPECIAL DAY

A SPECIAL DAY (UNA GIORNATA PARTICOLARE) (director/writer: Ettore Scola; screenwriters: Ruggero Maccari/Maurizio Costanzo; cinematographer: Pasqualino De Santis; editor: Raimondo Crociani; music: Armando Trovaioli; cast: Sophia Loren (Antonietta), Marcello Mastroianni (Gabriele),…

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NOT SO DUMB

NOT SO DUMB (DULCY) (director: King Vidor; screenwriters: from the play by George S. Kaufman & Marc Connelly, Edwin Justus Mayer (dialogue), Wanda Tuchock (continuity); Lucille Newmark (titles, uncredited); cinematographer:…

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NOW YOU SEE ME

NOW YOU SEE ME (director: Louis Leterrier; screenwriters: Ed Solomon/Boaz Yakin/Edward Ricourt/story by Boaz Yakin & Edward Ricourt; cinematographers: Larry Fong/Mitchell Amundsen; editors: Robert Leighton/Vincent Tabaillon; music: Brian Tyler; cast:…

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AT ETERNITY’S GATE

AT ETERNITY'S GATE (director/writer: Julian Schnabel; screenwriters: Louise Kugelberg/Jean-Claude Carriere; cinematographer: Benoit Delhomme; editors: Louise Kugelberg/Julian Schnabel; music: Tatiana Lisovskaya; cast: Willem Dafoe (Vincent Van Gogh), Rupert Friend (Theo Van…

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OBSCENE

OBSCENE (directors: Daniel O'Connor/Neil Ortenberg; cinematographer: Alex Meillier; editor: Tanya Meillier; music: Askold Buk; cast: William S. Burroughs, Jim Carroll, Amiri Baraka, Al Goldstein, Barney Rosset, John Sayles, Gore Vidal,…

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ATONEMENT

ATONEMENT (director: Joe Wright; screenwriters: from a novel by Ian McEwan/Christopher Hampton; cinematographer: Seamus McGarvey; editor: Paul Tothill; music: Dario Marianelli; cast: James McAvoy (Robbie Turner), Keira Knightley (Cecilia Tallis),…

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