PICKUP ALLEY

PICKUP ALLEY (INTERPOL) (director: John Gilling; screenwriters: John Paxton/short story by A.J. Forrest; cinematographer: Ted Moore; editor: Richard Best; music: Richard Bennett; cast: Victor Mature (Charles Sturgis), Anita Ekberg (Gina…

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BLAZE

BLAZE (director/writer: Ethan Hawke; screenwriter: Sybil Rosen/based on the memoir "Living in the Woods in a Tree: Remembering Blaze Foley" by Sybil Rosen; cinematographer: Steve Cosens; editor: Jason Gourson; music:…

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BLUEBEARD

"It's prolific actor John Carradine's first starring role in a horror film and his own favorite performance." (director: Edgar G. Ulmer; screenwriters: from a story by Arnold Phillips & Werner…

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PIRATE RADIO

  PIRATE RADIO (aka: THE BOAT THAT ROCKED)   (director/writer: Richard Curtis; cinematographer: Danny Cohen; editor: Emma E. Hickox; cast: Philip Seymour Hoffman (the Count), Bill Nighy (Quentin), Rhys Ifans…

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BODY DOUBLE

BODY DOUBLE (director/writer: Brian De Palma; screenwriters: Robert Avrech/from a story by Brian De Palma; cinematographer: Stephen Burum; editors: Jerry Greenberg/Bill Pankow; music: Pino Donaggio; cast: Craig Wasson (Jake Scully),…

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BORDER INCIDENT

BORDER INCIDENT (director: Anthony Mann; screenwriters: from a story by John C. Higgins/George Zuckerman/Mr. Higgins; cinematographer: John Alton; editor: Conrad A. Nervig; music: Andre Previn; cast: Ricardo Montalban (Pablo Rodriguez),…

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PLEASANTVILLE

PLEASANTVILLE (director/writer: Gary Ross; cinematographer: John Lindley; editor: William Goldenberg; cast: Tobey Maguire (David/Bud Parker), Jeff Daniels (Johnson), Joan Allen (Betty Parker), William H. Macy (George Parker), J.T. Walsh (Big…

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