AFTERMATH

AFTERMATH (POKLOSIE) (director/writer: Wladyslaw Pasikowski; screenwriter: Thomas Farone/based on the book Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland by Jan Tomasz Gross; cinematographer: Pawel Edelman; editor: Jaroslaw…

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MY BLUE HEAVEN

MY BLUE HEAVEN (director: Henry Koster; screenwriters: story "Stork Don't Bring Babies"by S.K. Lauren/Claude Binyon/Lamar Trotti; cinematographer: Arthur E. Arling; editor: James B. Clark; music: Alfred Newman/Harold Arlen/Ralph Blane; cast:…

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A HUMBLE LIFE

A HUMBLE LIFE (Smirennaya zhizn) (director/writer: Alexander Sokurov; cinematographer: Alexi Fiodorov; editor: Leda Semionova; music: Algirdas Paulavicius; cast: Umeno Matuyoshi, Alexander Sokurov (Narrator); Runtime: 76; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Alexander…

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MYSTERIOUS ISLAND

  MYSTERIOUS ISLAND (director: Cy Endfield; screenwriters: John Prebble/Daniel Ullman/Crane Wilbur/based on the novel by Jules Verne; cinematographer: Wilkie Cooper; editor: Frederick Wilson; music: Bernard Herrmann; cast: Michael Craig (Captain…

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MYSTIC RIVER

MYSTIC RIVER (director: Clint Eastwood; screenwriters: from the novel by Dennis Lehane/Brian Helgeland; cinematographer: Tom Stern; editor: Joel Cox; music: Clint Eastwood; cast: Sean Penn (Jimmy), Tim Robbins (Dave), Kevin…

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