QUILLS

QUILLS (director: Philip Kaufman; screenwriter: Doug Wright, based upon his play; cinematographer: Rogier Stoffers; editor: Peter Boyle; cast: Geoffrey Rush (Marquis de Sade), Kate Winslet (Madeleine), Joaquin Phoenix (Abbe Coulmier),…

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RACKETEER, THE

RACKETEER, THE (director: Howard Higgin; screenwriters: Paul Gangelin/A.A. Kline; cinematographer: David Abel; editor: Doane Harrison; music: Josiah Zuro; cast: Robert Armstrong (Mahlon Keane), Carol Lombard (Rhoda Philbrooke), Roland Drew (Tony…

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RAN

RAN (director/writer: Akira Kurosawa; screenwriter: based on William Shakespeare's play King Lear; cinematographers: Asakazu Nakai/Takao Saitô/Masaharu Ueda; editor: Akira Kurosawa; music: Tôru Takemitsu; cast: Tatsuya Nakadai (Lord Hidetora Ichimonji), Akira…

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CROWDED SKY, THE

THE CROWDED SKY (director/writer: Joseph Pevney; screenwriter: Charley Schnee/based on the novel by Hank Searls; cinematographer: Harold Stradling; editor: Tom McAdoo; music: Leonard Rosenman; cast: Dana Andrews (Dick Barnett), Rhonda…

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RATCATCHER

RATCATCHER (director/writer: Lynne Ramsay; cinematographer: Alwin Kuchler; editor: Lucia Zucchetti; cast: William Eadie (James), Tommy Flanagan (Da), Mandy Matthews (Ma), Lynne Ramsay, Jr. (Anne Marie), Michelle Stewart (Ellen), Leanne Mullen…

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CYCLO

CYCLO (Xich lo) (director/writer: Tran Anh Hung; cinematographers: Benoit Delhomme/ Laurence Tremolet; editor: Nicole Dedieu; cast: Le Van Loc (Rickshaw Driver), Tony Leung-Chiu Wai (The Poet, A Pimp), Tran Nu…

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