MYSTIC RIVER

MYSTIC RIVER (director: Clint Eastwood; screenwriters: from the novel by Dennis Lehane/Brian Helgeland; cinematographer: Tom Stern; editor: Joel Cox; music: Clint Eastwood; cast: Sean Penn (Jimmy), Tim Robbins (Dave), Kevin…

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NANA

NANA (director/writer: Jean Renoir; screenwriters: Pierre Lestringuez/from the novel by Emile Zola; cinematographers: Edmund Corwin/Jean Bachelet; editor: Jean Renoir; music: Marc-Olivier Dupin; cast: Catherine Hessling (Nana), Jean Angelo (Count de…

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ALVAREZ KELLY

ALVAREZ KELLY (director: Edward Dmytryk; screenwriters: Franklin Coen/Elliott Arnold (uncredited)/Dan Taradash (uncredited); cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald; editor: Harold F. Kress; music: John Green; cast: William Holden (Alvarez Kelly), Richard Widmark (Col.…

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NATIONAL VELVET

NATIONAL VELVET (director: Clarence Brown; screenwriters: Helen Deutsch/Theodore Reeves/from novel by Enid Bagnold; cinematographer: Leonard Smith; editor: Robert J. Kern; music: Herbert Stothart; cast: Mickey Rooney (Mi Taylor), Donald Crisp…

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A MAN VANISHES

A MAN VANISHES (NINGEN JOHATSU) (director/writer: Shohei Imamura; screenwriter: Koji Numata/story by Akiyuki Nosaka; cinematographer: Kenji Ishiguro; editor: Matsuo Tanji; music: Toshiro Mayazumi; cast: Yoshie Hayakawa (Fiancee of Oshima Tadashi,…

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