CARETAKER, THE

THE CARETAKER (aka: THE GUEST) (director: Clive Donner; screenwriter: from the play by Harold Pinter/Harold Pinter; cinematographer: Nicolas Roeg; editor: Fergus McDonell; music: Ron Grainer; cast: Donald Pleasence (Davies), Alan…

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CASINO

CASINO (director/writer: Martin Scorsese; screenwriter: Nicholas Pileggi/based on the book by Nicholas Pileggi; cinematographer: Robert Richardson; editor: Thelma Schoonmaker; cast: Robert De Niro (Sam Rothstein), Sharon Stone (Ginger McKenna), Joe…

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PRODUCING ADULTS

  PRODUCING ADULTS (Lapsia Ja Aikuisia--Kuinka niitä tehdään?) (director: Aleksi Salmenperä; screenwriter: Pekko Pesonen; cinematographer: Tuomo Hutri; editor: Kimmo Taavilia; music: Timo Hietala; cast: Minttu Mustakallio (Satu), Kari-Pekka Toivonen (Antero),…

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PROPOSAL, THE

PROPOSAL, THE (director: Anne Fletcher; screenwriter: Peter Chiarelli; cinematographer: Oliver Stapleton; editor: Priscilla Nedd Friendly; music: Aaron Zigman; cast: Sandra Bullock (Margaret Tate), Ryan Reynolds (Andrew Paxton), Mary Steenburgen (Grace…

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CHAN IS MISSING

CHAN IS MISSING (director/writer/editor/producer: Wayne Wang; screenwriters: Isaac Cronin/Terrel Seltzer; cinematographer: Michael Chin; music: Robert Kikuchi; cast: Wood Moy (Jo), Marc Hayashi (Steve), Lauren Chew (Amy), Peter Wang (Henry the…

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PUBLIC ENEMIES

PUBLIC ENEMIES (director/writer: Michael Mann; screenwriters: Ronan Bennett/Ann Biderman/based on the book Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34 by Bryan Burrough; cinematographer: Dante…

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CHEYENNE AUTUMN

CHEYENNE AUTUMN (director: John Ford; screenwriters: James R. Webb/suggested by a book by Mari Sandoz; cinematographer: William Clothier; editor: Otho Lovering; music: Alex North; cast: Richard Widmark (Capt. Thomas Archer),…

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PUNISHMENT PARK

PUNISHMENT PARK (director/writer/editor: Peter Watkins; cinematographer: Joan Churchill; editor: Terry Hodel; Carmen Argenziano (Jay Kaufman, Radical), Stan Armsted (Charles Robbins, Radical), Luke Johnson (Luke Valerio), Jim Bohan (Police Captain), Frederick…

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