BYE BYE BIRDIE

BYE BYE BIRDIE (director: George Sidney; screenwriters: based on the play by Michael Stewart/Irving Brecher; cinematographer: Joseph Biroc; editor: Charles Nelson; music: Charles Strouse; cast: Janet Leigh (Rosie DeLeon), Dick…

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PRESUMED INNOCENT

PRESUMED INNOCENT (director/writer: Alan J Pakula; screenwriters: Frank Pierson/novel by Scott Turow; cinematographer: Gordon Willis; editor: Evan Lottman; music: John Williams; cast: Harrison Ford (Rusty Sabich), Brian Dennehy (Raymond Horgan),…

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CAMERAPERSON

CAMERAPERSON (director: Kirsten Johnson; screenwriters: Doris Baizley/Lisa Freedman; cinematographer: Kirsten Johnson; editor: Nels Bangerter; music: ; 102; MPAA Rating: NR; producers: Kirsten Johnson, Marilyn Ness; Janus; 2016) "The images leave…

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PRIME

PRIME (director/writer: Ben Younger; cinematographer: William Rexer; editor: Kristina Boden; music: Ryan Shore; cast: Meryl Streep (Lisa Metzger), Uma Thurman (Rafi Gardet), Bryan Greenberg (David Bloomberg), Jon Abrahams (Morris), Zak…

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PRINCE VALIANT

PRINCE VALIANT (director: Henry Hathaway; screenwriters: Dudley Nichols/from the comic-strip by Harold Foster; cinematographer: Lucien Ballard; editor: Robert Simpson; music: Franz Waxman; cast: James Mason (Sir Brack), Janet Leigh (Princess…

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CATTLE TOWN

  CATTLE TOWN (director: Noel Smith; screenwriter: Tom Blackburn; cinematographer: Ted D. McCord; editor: Thomas Reilly; music: William Lava; cast: Dennis Morgan (Mike McGann), Philip Carey (Ben Curran), Amanda Blake…

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