PUBLIC SPEAKING

PUBLIC SPEAKING (director: Martin Scorsese; cinematographer: Ellen Kuras; editors: Damian Rodriguez/David Tedeschi; cast: Fran Lebowitz, James Baldwin, William F. Buckley, Gore Vidal, Charlie Rose; Runtime: 82; MPAA Rating: PG-13; producers:…

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CHOSEN, THE

THE CHOSEN (director: Jeremy Paul Kagan; screenwriters: Edwin Gordon/from the novel of Chaim Potok; cinematographer: Artur Ornitz ; editors: Howard E. Smith/David Garfield; music: Elmer Bernstein; cast: Rod Steiger (Reb…

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PUTNEY SWOPE

PUTNEY SWOPE (director/writer: Robert Downey Sr.; cinematographer: Gerald Cotts ; editor: Bud S. Smith; music: Charles Cuva; cast: Arnold Johnson (Putney Swope), Stanley Gottlieb (Nathan), Allen Garfield (Elias, Jr.), Antonio…

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QUARTET

QUARTET (directors: Ken Annakin, (segment "The Colonel's Lady"), Arthur Crabtree (segment "The Kite"), Harold French (segment "The Alien Corn"), Ralph Smart (segment "The Facts of Life"); screenwriters: R.C. Sherriff; W.…

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COBRA WOMAN

COBRA WOMAN (director: Robert Siodmak; screenwriters: Gene Lewis/Richard Brooks/story by W. Scott Darling; cinematographers: George Robinson/W. Howard Greene; editor: Charles Maynard; music: Edward Ward; cast: Maria Montez (Tollea/Naja), Jon Hall…

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QUICK CHANGE

QUICK CHANGE (directors: Howard Franklin/Bill Murray; screenwriter: based on a Jay Cronley novel/Howard Franklin; cinematographer: Michael Chapman; editor: Alan Heim; music: Randy Edelman; cast : Bill Murray (Grimm), Geena Davis(Phyllis),…

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