ODD MAN OUT

ODD MAN OUT (director: Carol Reed; screenwriters: F.L. Green/ Robert Cedric Sherriff/from book by Green; cinematographer: Robert Krasker; editor: Fergus McDonell; cast: James Mason (Johnny McQueen ), Robert Newton (Lukey),…

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AUSTERLITZ

AUSTERLITZ (BATTLE OF AUSTERLITZ) (director/writer: Abel Gance; screenwriter: Nelly Kaplan; cinematographers: Robert Juillard/Henri Alekan; editor: Yvonne Martin; music: Jean Ledrut; cast: Jean Marais (Carnot), Pierre Mondy (Napoleon Bonaparte), Jean Mercure…

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OH MERCY!

OH MERCY! (ROUBAIX, UNE LUMIERE) (director/writer: Arnaud Desplechin; screenwriters: Léa Mysius, adapted from the TV documentary “Roubaix, commissariat central” by Mosco Boucault; cinematographer: Irina Lubtchansky; editor: Laurence Briaud; music: Grégoire…

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AVENUE MONTAIGNE

  AVENUE MONTAIGNE (Fauteuils d'orchestre) (aka: ORCHESTRA SEATS) (director/writer: Daniele Thompson; screenwriter: Christopher Thompson; cinematographer: Jean-Marc Fabre; editor: Sylvie Landra; music: Nicola Piovani; cast: Cécile de France (Jessica), Valérie Lemercier…

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ON A CLEAR DAY

ON A CLEAR DAY (director: Gaby Dellal; screenwriter: Alex Rose; cinematographer: David Johnson; editors: Robin Sales/John Wilson; music: Stephen Warbeck; cast: Peter Mullan (Frank Redmond), Brenda Blethyn (Joan Redmond), Sean…

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BABY MAMA

BABY MAMA (director/writer: Michael McCullers; cinematographer: Daryn Okada; editor: Bruce Green; music: Jeff Richmond; cast: Tina Fey (Kate Holbrook), Amy Poehler (Angie Ostrowiski), Greg Kinnear (Rob Ackerman), Dax Shepard (Carl…

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ONE DEADLY SUMMER

ONE DEADLY SUMMER (L'Été Meurtrier) (director/writer: Jean Becker; screenwriter: from the book One Deadly Summer by Sébastien Japrisot/Sébastien Japrisot; cinematographer: Etienne Becker; editor: Jacques Witta; music: Georges Delerue; cast: Isabelle…

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BAD

BAD (director: Jed Johnson; screenwriters: George Abagnalo/Pat Hackett; cinematographer: Alan Metzger; editors: David McKenna/Franca Silvi; music: Mike Bloomfield; cast: Carroll Baker (Hazel Aiken), Susan Tyrrell (Mary Aiken), Perry King (L.T.),…

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