RACKET, THE

RACKET, THE (director: John Cromwell; screenwriters: W.R. Burnett/William Wister Haines/from a play by Bartlett Cormack; cinematographer: George E. Diskant; editor: Sherman Todd; cast: Robert Mitchum (Capt. Thomas McQuigg), Lizabeth Scott…

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COOL WORLD, THE

THE COOL WORLD (director/writer: Shirley Clarke; screenwriters: Carl Lee/from the play by Robert Rossen & Warren Miller/from the novel Warren Miller; cinematographer: Baird Bryant; editor: Shirley Clarke; music: Mal Waldron;…

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RAINMAKER, THE

RAINMAKER, THE (director/writer: Francis Ford Coppola; screenwriter: based on the novel by John Grisham; cinematographer: John Toll; editors: Melissa Kent/Barry Malkin; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: Matt Damon (Rudy Baylor), Claire…

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RAMROD

RAMROD (director: Andre De Toth; screenwriters: Jack Moffitt/Graham Baker/Cecile Kramer/from a Luke Short story; cinematographer: Russell Harlan; editor: Sherman A. Rose; music: Adolph Deutsch; cast: Joel McCrea (Dave Nash), Veronica…

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CRIMSON GOLD

CRIMSON GOLD (Talaye sorkh) (director: Jafar Panahi; screenwriter: Abbas Kiarostami; cinematographer: Hussein Jafarian; editor: Jafar Panahi; music: Peyman Yazdanian; cast: Hossain Emadeddin (Hussein), Kamyar Sheisi (Ali), Shahram Vaziri (The Jeweler),…

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CUCKOO, THE

THE CUCKOO (KUKUSHKA) (director/writer: Alexander Rogozhkin; cinematographer: Andrei Zhegalov; editor: Yuliya Rumyantseva; music: Dmitri Pavlov; cast: Anni-Kristiina Juuso(Anni), Ville Khaapasalo (Veiko), Viktor Bychkov (Ivan); Runtime: 99; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producer:…

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RBG

RBG (directors: Betsy West/Julie Cohen; cinematographer: Claudia Raschke; editor: Carla Gutierrez; music: Miriam Cutler; Runtime: 96; MPAA Rating: PG; producers: Betsy West/Julie Cohen; Magnolia Pictures; 2018) "The informative film is…

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DAMNED, THE

THE DAMNED (LA CADUTA DEGLI DEI) (GOTTERDAMMERUNG) (director/writer: Luchino Visconti; screenwriters: story by Nicola Badalucco and Enrico Medioli; cinematographer: Armando Nannuzzi/Pasquale De Santis; editor: Ruggero Mastroianni; music: Maurice Jarre; cast:…

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