PROMISED LAND

PROMISED LAND (ZIEMIA OBIECANA) (director/writer: Andrzej Wajda; screenwriter: based on the novel by Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont; cinematographers: Waclaw Dybowski/Edward Klosinski/Witold Sobocinski; editors: Halina Prugar/Zofia Dwornik; music: Wojciech Kilar; cast: Andrzej…

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PSYCHIC, THE

THE PSYCHIC (COPENHAGEN'S PSYCHIC LOVES) (director/writer: James F. Hurley; screenwriter: Herschell Gordon Lewis; cinematographer: Herschell Gordon Lewis; editor: Richard Brinkman; music: Vincent Oddo; cast: Dick Genola (Dan Thomas), Robyn Guest…

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CHASING BUDDHA

CHASING BUDDHA (director: Amiel Courtin-Wilson; cinematographer: Vincent Heimann; editor: Bill Murray; music: Dorian Jones; cast: Robina Courtin; Runtime: 54; SBS Independent; 2000) "...it would have been good to let more…

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PULP

PULP (director/writer: Mike Hodges; cinematographer: Ousama Rawi; editor: John Glen; cast: Michael Caine (Mickey King), Mickey Rooney (Preston Gilbert), Lionel Stander (Ben Dinuccio), Lizabeth Scott (Princess Betty Cippola), Nadia Cassini…

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CHINESE RING, THE

THE CHINESE RING (director: William Beaudine; screenwriters: W. Scott Darling/characters Earl Derr Biggers; cinematographer: William Sickner; editors: Ace Herman/Richard Heermance; cast: Roland Winters (Charlie Chan), Victor Sen Yung(Tommy Chan), Warren…

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PURPLE NOON

PURPLE NOON (PLEIN SOLEIL) (director/writer: Rene Clement; screenwriters: Paul Gegauff/based on the novel The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith; cinematographer: Henri Decae; editor: Francoise Javet; music: Nino Rota; cast:…

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CINEMA PARADISO

CINEMA PARADISO (Nuovo cinema Paradiso) (director/writer: Giuseppe Tornatore; screenwriter: Vanna Paoli; cinematographer: Blasco Giurato; editor: Mario Morra; music: Andrea Morricone/Ennio Morricone; cast: Philippe Noiret (Alfredo), Jacques Perrin (Salvatore, adult), Agnese…

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PYGMY ISLAND

PYGMY ISLAND (director: William Berke; screenwriter: Carroll Young; cinematographer: Ira H. Morgan; editor: Jerome Thoms; music: Mischa Bakaleinikoff; cast: Johnny Weissmuller (Jungle Jim), Ann Savage (Captain Ann Kingsley), David Bruce…

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