BIG JIM MCLAIN

BIG JIM MCLAIN (director: Edward Ludwig; screenwriters: from the short story by Richard English/James Edward Grant/Eric Taylor; cinematographer: Archie Stout; editor: Jack Murray; music: Paul Dunlap/Arthur Lange/Emil Newman; cast: John…

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PHANTOM

PHANTOM (director: F. W. Murnau; screenwriters: Thea von Harbou/Hans Heinrich von Twardowski/from novel by Gerhart Hauptmann; cinematographers: Axel Graatkjaer/Theophan Ouchakoff; music: Robert Israel; cast: Alfred Abel (Lorenz Lubota), Grete Berger…

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BIG SHOW, THE

BIG SHOW, THE (director: Mack V. Wright; screenwriters: Dorrell McGowan and Stuart E. McGowan; cinematographers: Edgar Lyons/William Nobles; editor: Robert Jahns; music: Arthur Kay; cast: Gene Autry (Gene Autry/Tom Ford),…

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PHILOMENA

PHILOMENA (director: Stephen Frears; screenwriters: Jeff Pope/Steve Coogan/ based on the book “The Lost Child of Philomena Lee” by Martin Sixsmith; cinematographer: Robbie Ryan; editor: Valerio Bonelli; music: Alexandre Desplat;…

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BITTER BUDDHA, THE

THE BITTER BUDDHA (director/writer: Steven Feinartz; cinematographers: Alex Sax/Danny Garcia; editor: Dan Russell/Steven Feinartz; cast: Eddie Pepitone, Zach Galifianakis, Sarah Silverman, Patton Oswalt; Runtime: 88; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Mikki…

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PIERROT LE FOU

PIERROT LE FOU (director/writer: Jean-Luc Godard; screenwriter: from the book Obsession by Lionel White; cinematographer: Raoul Coutard; editor: Francoise Collin; music: Antoine Duhamel; cast: Jean-Paul Belmondo (Ferdinand Griffon, "Pierrot"), Anna…

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BLACK NARCISSUS

BLACK NARCISSUS (director/writer: Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger; screenwriter: novel by Rumer Godden; cinematographer: Jack Cardiff; editor: Reginald Mills; music: Brian Easdale; cast: Deborah Kerr (Sister Clodagh), Flora Robson (Sister Phillippa), Jean…

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PIRANHA

PIRANHA (director: Joe Dante; screenwriters: story by John Sayles and Richard Robinson/John Sayles; cinematographer: Jamie Anderson; editors: Mark Goldblatt/Joe Dante; music: Pino Donaggio; cast: Bradford Dillman (Paul Grogan), Heather Menzies…

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