PORTRAIT OF JASON

PORTRAIT OF JASON (director: Shirley Clarke; cinematographer: Jeri Sapanen; editor: Shirley Clarke; cast: Jason Holliday; Runtime: 107; MPAA Rating: NR; producer: Shirley Clarke; Milestone; 1967) "This unscripted and uncompromising study…

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BRUTE, THE

  BRUTE, THE (EL BRUTO) (director/writer: Luis Bunuel; screenwriter: Luis Alcoriza; cinematographer: Augustin Jimenez; editor: Jorge Bustos; cast: Pedro Armendariz (The Brute), Katy Jurado (Mistress of Landlord), Rosita Arenas (Rosita),…

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POTICHE

POTICHE (TROPHY WIFE) (director/writer: François Ozon; screenwriter: based on the play by Pierre Barillet and Jean-Pierre Grédy; cinematographer: Yorick Le Saux; editor: Laure Gardette; music: Philippe Rombi; cast: Catherine Deneuve…

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BUS 174

  BUS 174 (Ônibus 174) (director/producer: Jose Padilha; cinematographers: Cesar Moraes/Marcelo Guru; editor: Felipe Lacerda; music: Sacha Amback/João Nabuco; cast: Yvonne Bezerra de Mello, Sandro do Nascimento, Rodrigo Pimentel, Luiz…

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PRESSURE POINT

PRESSURE POINT (director/writer: Hubert Cornfield; screenwriters: S. Lee Pogostin/from the short story Fifty-Minute Hour by Robert Lindner; cinematographer: Ernest Haller; editor: Frederic Knudtson; music: Ernest Gold; cast: Sidney Poitier (Chief…

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CALIFORNIA SPLIT

CALIFORNIA SPLIT (director: Robert Altman; screenwriter: Joseph Walsh; cinematographer: Paul Lohmann; editor: Lou Lombardo; music: Phyllis Shotwell; cast: George Segal (Bill Denny), Elliott Gould (Charlie Waters), Ann Prentiss (Barbara Miller),…

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PRIMARY

PRIMARY (director: Robert Drew; cinematographers: Albert Maysles/Richard Leacock/Terrence McCartney Filgate; editors: D.A. Pennebaker/Richard Leacock; cast: Joseph Julian (Narrator), Senator Kennedy, Senator Humphrey, Jacqueline Kennedy, Bobby Kennedy; Runtime: 58; MPAA Rating:…

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CAPTAIN APACHE

CAPTAIN APACHE (THE GUNS OF APRIL MORNING) (DEATHWORK) (director/writer: Alexander Singer; screenwriters: from the novel by S.E. Whitman; Milton Sperling/Philip Yordan; cinematographer: John Cabrera; editor: Leigh G. Tallas; music: Dolores…

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PRINCESS CARABOO

PRINCESS CARABOO (director/writer: Michael Austin; screenwriter: John Wells; cinematographer: Freddie Francis; editor: George Akers; music: Richard Hartley; cast: Wendy Hughes (Mrs. Worrall), Jim Broadbent (Mr. Worrall), Phoebe Cates (Princess Caraboo/Mary…

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