PAY DAY

PAY DAY (director/writer: Charles Chaplin; cinematographer: R.H. Totheroh; editor: Charles Chaplin; music: Charles Chaplin; cast: Charles Chaplin (Laborer), Phyllis Allen (His Wife), Mack Swain (Foreman), Edna Purviance (Foreman's Daughter), Sydney…

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PEOPLE LIKE US

PEOPLE LIKE US (director/writer: Alex Kurtzman; screenwriters: Roberto Orci/Jody Lambert; cinematographer: Salvatore Totino; editor: Robert Leighton; music: A. R. Rahman; cast: Chris Pine (Sam), Michelle Pfeiffer (Lillian), Elizabeth Banks (Frankie),…

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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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PERSEPOLIS

PERSEPOLIS (directors: Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud; screenwriter: based on the graphic novels by Ms. Satrapi; animation coordinator: Christian Desmares; editor: Stéphane Roche; music: Olivier Bernet; with the voices of:…

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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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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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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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