ABRAHAM’S VALLEY

ABRAHAM'S VALLEY (VALE ABRAAO) (director/writer: Manoel de Oliveira; screenwriter: based on the novel "Vale Abraao" by Agustina Bessa-Luis; cinematographer: Mario Barroso; editor: Valérie Loiseleux; music: Richard Strauss; cast: Leonor Silveira…

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A CANTERBURY TALE

  A CANTERBURY TALE (director/writer: Michael Powell/Emeric Pressburger; cinematographer: Erwin Hillier; editor: John Seabourne; music: Allan Gray; cast: Eric Portman (Thomas Colpepper, J.P.), Sheila Sim (Alison Smith), Dennis Price (Sgt.…

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ACID HOUSE, THE

ACID HOUSE, THE (director: Paul McGuigan; screenwriter: Irvine Welsh/based on short stories from his book "The Acid House"; cinematographer: Alasdair Walker; editor: Andrew Hulme; cast: "The Granton Star Cause": Stephen…

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MRS. BROWN

MRS. BROWN (director: John Madden; screenwriter: Jeremy Brock; cinematographer: Richard Greatrex; editor: Robin Slaes; music: Stephen Warbeck; cast: Judi Dench (Queen Victoria), Billy Connolly (John Brown), Geoffrey Palmer (Henry Ponsonby),…

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ACTOR, THE

  ACTOR, THE (Nassereddin Shah, Actor-e Cinema) (director/writer/editor: Mohsen Makhmalbaf; screenwriter: based on the novel "Stone & Glass" by G. Dordi; cinematographer: Aziz Saati; music: Ahmad Pezhman; cast: Akbar Abdi…

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A DOG’S LIFE

A DOG'S LIFE (director/writer: Charles Chaplin; cinematographer: R.H. Totheroh; cast: Charles Chaplin (Tramp), Edna Purviance (Bar Singer), Mutt (Scraps), Syd Chaplin (Lunchwagon Owner), Charles Reisner (Employment Agency Clerk), Granville Redmond…

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