PIECES OF APRIL

PIECES OF APRIL (director/writer: Peter Hedges; cinematographer: Tami Reiker; editor: Mark Livolsi ; music: Stephin Merritt; cast: Katie Holmes (April Burns), Patricia Clarkson (Joy Burns), Derek Luke (Bobby), Alison Pill…

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BLACULA

BLACULA (director: William Crain; screenwriters: Joan Torres/Raymond Koenig; cinematographer: John Stevens; editor: Allan Jacobs; music: Gene Page; cast: William Marshall (Blacula/Mamuwalde), Thalmus Rasulala (Dr. Gordon Thomas), Vonetta McGee (Tina/Luva), Denise…

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PINKY

PINKY (director: Elia Kazan; screenwriters: Philip Dunne/Dudley Nichols/based on the novel Pinky by Cid Ricketts Sumner; cinematographer: Joseph MacDonald; editor: Harmon Jones; music: Alfred Newman; cast: Jeanne Crain (Patricia 'Pinky'…

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BLOW

BLOW (director: Ted Demme; screenwriters: from Bruce Porter's biography on Jung/David McKenna/Nick Cassavetes; cinematographer: Ellen Kuras; editor: Kevin Tent; cast: Johnny Depp (George Jung), Penelope Cruz (Mirtha), Jordi Molla (Diego),…

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PITCH BLACK

PITCH BLACK (director/writer: David Twohy; screenwriters: Jim and Ken Wheat/based on a story by the Wheat brothers; cinematographer: David Eggby; editor: Rick Shaine; cast: Vin Diesel (Riddick), Radha Mitchell (Fry),…

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BLUME IN LOVE

BLUME IN LOVE (director/writer: Paul Mazursky; cinematographer: Bruce Surtees; editor: Donn Cambern; music: Bill Conti; cast: George Segal (Blume), Susan Anspach(Nina Blume), Kris Kristofferson (Elmo), Marsha Mason(Arlene), Shelly Winters (Mrs.…

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PLATFORM

PLATFORM (ZHANTAI) (director/writer: Jia Zhang-Ke; cinematographer: Yu Lik Wai; editor: Jing Lei Kong; music: Yoshihiro Hanno; cast: Wang Hong-wei (Cui Minliang), Liang Jing-dong (Zhang Jun), Zhao Tao (Yin Ruijuan), Yang…

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BOOST, THE

THE BOOST (director: Harold Becker; screenwriters: Darryl Ponicsan/from a Ben Stein book called "Ludes"; cinematographer: Howard Atherton; editors: Maury Winetrobe; music: Stanley Myers; cast: James Woods (Lenny Brown), Steven Hill…

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PLUCKING THE DAISY

PLUCKING THE DAISY (EN EFFEUILLANT LA MARGUERITE) (MADEMOISELLE STRIPTEASE) (director/writer: Marc Allegret; screenwriters: from a story by William Benjamin/Roger Vadim; cinematographer: Louis Page; editor: Suzanne de Troeye; music: Paul Misraki;…

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