POWER

POWER (director: Sidney Lumet; screenwriter: David Himmelstein; cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak; editor: Andrew Mondshein; music: Cy Coleman; cast: Richard Gere (Pete St. John), Julie Christie (Ellen Freeman), Gene Hackman (Wilfred Buckley),…

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BUTLER, THE

THE BUTLER (aka: LEE DANIELS' THE BUTLER) (director: Lee Daniels; screenwriters: Danny Strong/inspired by the article “A Butler Well Served by This Election,” by Wil Haygood; cinematographer: Andrew Dunn; editor:…

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PRETTY BABY

PRETTY BABY (director/writer: Louis Malle; screenwriter: Polly Platt/from the story by Polly Platt; cinematographer: Sven Nykvist; editor: Suzanne Fenn; music: Ferdinand 'Jelly Roll' Morton/Scott Joplin; cast: Brooke Shields (Violet), Keith…

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PRIME GIG, THE

PRIME GIG, THE (director: Gregory Mosher; screenwriter: William Wheeler; cinematographer: John A. Alonzo; editor: James Y. Kwei; music: David Robbins; cast: Vince Vaughn (Penny Wise), Ed Harris (Kelly Grant), Julia…

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PRIZE, THE

PRIZE, THE (director: Mark Robson; screenwriters: from the novel by Irving Wallace/Ernest Lehman; cinematographer: William H. Daniels; editor: Adrienne Fazan; music: Harold Gelman/Jerry Goldsmith; cast: Paul Newman (Andrew Craig), Elke…

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