A PRIVATE WAR

A PRIVATE WAR (director: Matthew Heineman; screenwriters: Arash Amel/based on the Vanity Fair article “Marie Colvin’s Private War” written by Marie Brenner; cinematographer: Robert Richardson; editor: Nick Fenton; music: H.…

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NO MERCY

NO MERCY (director: Richard Pearce; screenwriters: Jim Carabatsos; cinematographer: Michel Brault; editors: Jerry Greenberg/Bill Yahraus; music: Alan Silvestri; cast: Richard Gere(Eddie Jillette), Gary Basaraba (Joe Collins), Jeroen Krabbe (Losado), Terry…

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NORMA RAE

NORMA RAE (director: Martin Ritt; screenwriters: Harriet Frank Jr./Irving Ravetch; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: Sidney Levin; music: Martin Ritt; cast: Sally Field (Sally Field), Beau Bridges (Sonny Webster), Ron…

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A SIMPLE PLAN

A SIMPLE PLAN (director: Sam Raimi; screenwriter: Scott B. Smith, based on his novel; cinematographer: Alar Kivilo; editor: Arthur Coburn; cast: Bill Paxton (Hank), Billy Bob Thornton (Jacob), Bridget Fonda…

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NOSTRADAMUS

NOSTRADAMUS (director: Roger Christian; screenwriter: Piers Ashworth/Knut Boeser; cinematographer: Denis Crossan; editor: Alan Strachan; music: Barrington Pheloung; cast: Tchéky Karyo (Nostradamus), F. Murray Abraham (Scalinger), Rutger Hauer (The Mystic Monk),…

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