COMIC, THE

THE COMIC (aka: BILLY BRIGHT) (director/writer: Carl Reiner; screenwriter: Aaron Ruben; cinematographer: W. Wallace Kelley; editor: Adrienne Fazan; music: Jack Elliott; cast: Dick Van Dyke (Billy Bright), Michele Lee (Mary…

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QUINCY

QUINCY (director/writer: Alan Hicks/Rashida Jones; cinematographer: Rory Anderson; editors: Will Znidaric, Andrew McAllister; music: Quincy Jones; cast: Quincy Jones; Runtime: 124; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Jane Rosenthal, Berry Welsh, Adam…

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CONVERSATION, THE

CONVERSATION, THE (director/writer: Francis Ford Coppola; cinematographer: Bill Butler; editor: Walter Murch; cast: Gene Hackman (Harry Caul), John Cazale (Stanley), Allen Garfield (William P. "Bernie" Moran), Frederic Forrest (Mark), Cindy…

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RADIOLAND MURDERS

RADIOLAND MURDERS (director: Mel Smith; screenwriters: Willard Huyck/Gloria Katz/Jeff Reno/Ron Osborne/based on a story by George Lucas; cinematographer: David Tattersall; editor: Paul Trejo; music: Joel McNeely; cast: Mary Stuart Masterson…

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COWBOY UP

COWBOY UP (RING OF FIRE) (director: Xavier Koller; screenwriter: James Radford; cinematographer: Andrew Dintenfass; editor: Anthony Shenn; music: Daniel Licht; cast: Daryl Hannah (Celia Jones), Kiefer Sutherland (Hank Braxton), Marcus…

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RAINTREE COUNTY

RAINTREE COUNTY (director: Edward Dmytryk; screenwriter: Millard Kaufman/based on the novel by Ross Lockridge Jr.; cinematographer: Robert Surtees; editor: John D. Dunning; music: Johnny Green; cast: Montgomery Clift (John Wickliff…

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CRIME WAVE

CRIME WAVE(director: André de Toth; screenwriters: from a story by John & Ward Hawkins/Crane Wilbur/Bernard Gordon/Richard E. Wormser; cinematographer: Bert Glennon; editor: Thomas Reilly; cast: Sterling Hayden (Lt. Sims), Gene…

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CRUISE, THE

CRUISE, THE director: Bennett Miller; cinematographer: Bennett Miller; editor: Michael Levine; cast: Timothy "Speed" Levitch; Runtime: 76; Artisan Entertainment; 1998) "The documentary works so well because Speed's for real..."( Reviewed…

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