PRESTIGE, THE

PRESTIGE, THE (director/writer: Christopher Nolan; screenwriter: Jonathan Nolan/based on the novel by Christopher Priest; cinematographer: Wally Pfister; editor: Lee Smith; music: David Julyan; cast: Hugh Jackman (Robert Angier), Christian Bale…

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CACTUS

CACTUS (director/writer: Paul Cox; screenwriters: Bob Ellis/Norman Kaye; cinematographer: Yuri Sokol; editor: Tim Lewis; cast: Isabelle Huppert (Colo), Robert Menzies (Robert), Norman Kaye (Tom), Monica Maughan (Bea), Banduk Marika (Banduk),…

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PRIMARY COLORS

PRIMARY COLORS (director: Mike Nichols; screenwriters: Elaine May/based on the novel by Anonymous (Joe Klein); cinematographer: Michael Ballhaus; editor: Arthur Schmidt; music: Ry Cooder; cast: John Travolta (Gov. Jack Stanton),…

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CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST

CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST (director: Ruggero Deodato; screenwriter: story and screenplay by Gianfranco Clerici; cinematographer: Sergio D'Offizi; editor: Vincenzo Tomassi; music: Riz Ortolani; cast: Robert Kerman (Professor Harold Monroe), Gabriel Yorke (Alan…

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PRINCESS TAM TAM

PRINCESS TAM TAM (director: Edmond Greville; screenwriter: Pepito Abatino; cinematographer: Georges Benoît; editor: Jean Feyte; music: Jacques Dallin/Walter Goehr/Eliseo Grenet/Alain Romans; cast: Josephine Baker (Alwina), Albert Prejean (Max de Mirecourt),…

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PRIVATE PROPERTY

PRIVATE PROPERTY (Nue propriété) (director/writer: Joachim Lafosse; screenwriter: François Pirot; cinematographer: Hichame Alaouie; editor: Sophie Vercruysse; cast: Isabelle Huppert (Pascale), Jérémie Renier (Thierry), Yannick Renier (François), Kris Cuppens (Jan), Patrick…

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CASTAWAY

CASTAWAY (director: Nicolas Roeg; screenwriters: from the book "Castaway" by Lucy Irvine/Allan Scott; cinematographer: Harvey Harrison; editor: Tony Lawson; music: Stanley Myers; cast: Oliver Reed (Gerald Kingsland), Amanda Donohoe(Lucy Irvine),…

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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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CEREMONY, THE

THE CEREMONY (director/writer: Laurence Harvey; screenwriters: Alun Falconer/Ben Barzman/from the novel by Frédéric Grendel; cinematographer: Brian West; editor: Ralph Kemplen; music: Gerard Schurmann; cast: Laurence Harvey (Sean McKenna), Robert Walker…

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