BILLY ELLIOT

BILLY ELLIOT (director: Stephen Daldry; screenwriter: Lee Hall; cinematographer: Brian Tufano; editor: John Wilson; cast: Julie Walters (Mrs. Wilkinson), Gary Lewis (Dad, Jackie Elliot), Jamie Bell (Billy Elliot), Jamie Draven…

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PHANTOM LADY

PHANTOM LADY (director: Robert Siodmak; screenwriters: Bernard Schoenfeld/from the novel by Cornell Woolrich; cinematographer: Woody Bredell; editor: Arthur D. Hilton; cast: Franchot Tone (Jack Marlow), Ella Raines (Carol "Kansas" Richman),…

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PHONE BOOTH

PHONE BOOTH (director: Joel Schumacher; screenwriter: Larry Cohen; cinematographer: Matthew Libatique; editor: Mark Stevens; music: Harry Gregson-Williams; cast: Colin Ferrell (Stu Shepard), Forest Whitaker (Capt. Ramey), Katie Holmes (Pamela McFadden),…

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BLACK PIRATE, THE

THE BLACK PIRATE (director: Albert Parker; screenwriters: Douglas Fairbanks/Jack Cunningham; cinematographer: Henry Sharp; editor: William Nolan; music: Mortimer Wilson; cast: Douglas Fairbanks (The Duke of Arnoldo /The Black Pirate), Billie…

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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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