OFFENCE, THE

OFFENCE, THE (director: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: John Hopkins' play "This Story of Yours"; cinematographer: Gerry Fisher; editor: John Victor Smith; cast: Sean Connery (Detective Sgt. Johnson) Ian Bannen (Kenneth Baxter),…

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AUTUMN SONATA

AUTUMN SONATA (Höstsonaten) (director/writer: Ingmar Bergman; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Sylvia Ingmarsdotter; cast: Ingrid Bergman (Charlotte Andergast), Liv Ullmann (Eva), Lena Nyman (Helena, Charlotte's abandoned spastic daughter), Halvar Bjork (Viktor),…

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OKLAHOMA!

OKLAHOMA! (director: Fred Zinnemann; screenwriters: Sonya Levien and William Ludwig/from the musical comedy with music by Richard Rodgers and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein 2d,/based on a play by…

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BAADASSSSS!

  BAADASSSSS!(a.k.a: How to Get the Man's Foot Outta Your Ass) (director/writer: Mario Van Peebles; screenwriters: Dennis Haggerty/based on the book by Melvin Van Peebles; cinematographer: Robert Primes; editors: Nneka…

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BAD COMPANY

BAD COMPANY (director/writer: Robert Benton; screenwriter: David Newman; cinematographer: Gordon Willis; editors: Ron Kalish/Ralph Rosenblum; music: Harvey Schmidt; cast: Jeff Bridges (Jake Rumsey), Barry Brown (Drew Dixon), Jim Davis (Marshal),…

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