AUSTERLITZ

AUSTERLITZ (BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ) (director/writer: Abel Gance; screenwriter: Nelly Kaplan; cinematographers: Robert Juillard/Henri Alekan; editor: Yvonne Martin; music: Jean Ledrut; cast: Jean Marais (Carnot), Pierre Mondy (Napoleon Bonaparte), Jean Mercure…

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AVENUE MONTAIGNE

  AVENUE MONTAIGNE (Fauteuils d'orchestre) (aka: ORCHESTRA SEATS) (director/writer: Daniele Thompson; screenwriter: Christopher Thompson; cinematographer: Jean-Marc Fabre; editor: Sylvie Landra; music: Nicola Piovani; cast: Cécile de France (Jessica), Valérie Lemercier…

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OPENING NIGHT

OPENING NIGHT (director/writer: John Cassavetes; cinematographer: Al Ruban; editor: Tom Cornwell; music: Bo Harwood; cast: Gena Rowlands (Myrtle Gordon), John Cassavetes (Maurice Aarons), Ben Gazzara (Manny Victor), Joan Blondell (Sarah…

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BABES IN ARMS

  BABES IN ARMS (director: Busby Berkeley; screenwriters: Jack McGowan/Kay Van Riper/based on the play by Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers; cinematographer: Ray June; editor: Frank Sullivan; music: Nacio Herb Brown;…

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BACKFIRE

BACKFIRE (director: Vincent Sherman; screenwriters: Ivan Goff/Larry Marcus/Ben Roberts/from a story by Mr. Marcus; cinematographer: Carl E. Guthrie; editor: Thomas Reilly; music: Max Steiner/Daniele Amfitheatrof; cast: Virginia Mayo (Julie Benson),…

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ORPHANAGE, THE

ORPHANAGE, THE (Orfanato, El) (director: Juan Antonio Bayona; screenwriter: Sergio G. Sanchez; cinematographer: Oscar Faura; editor: Elena Ruiz; music: Fernando Velazquez; cast: Belen Rueda (Laura), Fernando Cayo (Carlos), Roger Princep…

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BAD EDUCATION

BAD EDUCATION (aka: La Mala Educación) (director/writer: Pedro Almodóvar; cinematographer: Jose Luis Alcaine; editor: José Salcedo; music: Alberto Iglesias; cast: Gael García Bernal (Angel/Juan/Zahara), Fele Martínez (Enrique Goded), Javier Cámara…

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