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BRIEF ENCOUNTER – Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard – d: David Lean

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Brief Encounter (1945) Direction: David Lean Screenplay: David Lean, Ronald Neame, Anthony Havelock-Allan; from Noel Coward’s play Still Life Cast: Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard, Stanley Holloway, Joyce Carey, Cyril Raymond   Celia Johnson, Trevor Howard in Brief Encounter   Synopsis: A married doctor (Trevor Howard) and a housewife (Celia Johnson) have an adulterous (platonic) affair.
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CAVALCADE – Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard

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Cavalcade (1933) Direction: Frank Lloyd Screenplay: Reginald Berkeley, Sonya Levien; from Noel Coward’s play Cast: Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard, Herbert Mundin, Una O’Connor, Beryl Mercer, Irene Browne, Merle Tottenham, Frank Lawton, Ursula Jeans, Margaret Lindsay   Synopsis: Upstairs (Clive Brook, Diana Wynyard) and downstairs (Herbert Mundin, Una O’Connor) in a British household, from 1900 to 1933.
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A PASSAGE TO INDIA – Judy Davis, Peggy Ashcroft – d: David Lean

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A Passage to India (1984) Direction: David Lean Screenplay: David Lean; from E. M. Forster’s novel Cast: Judy Davis, Victor Banerjee, Peggy Ashcroft, Alec Guinness, Nigel Havers, James Fox, Richard Wilson, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth   Judy Davis in A Passage to India   Synopsis: In the early 20th century, a British woman, Miss Quested (Judy Davis), and her soon-to-be mother-in-law, Mrs.
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Golden Globes 2010 Predictions – Best Screenplay

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Golden Globes 2010 Predictions – Best Screenplay Jane Campion, Bright Star (above, Abbie Cornish, Ben Whishaw) A poet’s brief and tragic love affair Geoffrey Fletcher, Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire (above, Paula Patton) An illiterate pregnant teen, her teacher, her social worker & her mother Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, The Lovely Bones (above, Saoirse Ronan) A murdered girl among angels and her murderer among us Anthony Peckham, Invictus (above, Morgan Freeman) One Nation Under Rugby Jason Reitman, Sheldon Turner, Up in the Air (above, Anna Kendrick, George Clooney) A professional downsizer is grounded, but love is up in the clouds   Oftentimes, a film that doesn’t make it into the Golden Globes‘ Best Picture – Drama or Best Picture – Comedy or Musical shortlist, ends up [.
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SUPER 8 1/2 d: Bruce LaBruce

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Super 8 1/2 (1995) Direction & Screenplay: Bruce LaBruce Cast: Bruce LaBruce, Stacy Friedrich, Mikey Mike, Nicholas Davies (aka Klaus von Brücker), Christeen Martin, Kate Ashley, Scott Thompson, Mike Gibb     After Federico Fellini’s 8 1/2 but before Rob Marshall’s Nine there was Bruce LaBruce’s "8 3/4" — better known as Super 8 1/2, LaBruce’s no-budget mix of cleverness, self-indulgence, and explicit sex.
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Mar del Plata Film Festival Awards 2009

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2009 Mar del Plata Film Festival Awards 2009 Mar del Plata Film Festival: Nov. 7-15, 2009   Directed by Mariana Chenillo, Cinco días sin Nora (Five Days Without Nora) tells the story of a woman who, after fourteen failed suicide attempts, finally succeeds in moving on to the Great Beyond.
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Phil Hall’s 25 Most Important Corporate-Sponsored Films

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At Film Threat: Phil Hall has posted an excerpt from his book The History of Independent Cinema, listing the 25 most important corporate-sponsored films of all time.
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At indieWIRE: Peter Knegt and the Academy Awards in the 2000s

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At indieWIRE, Peter Knegt’s "For Your Consideration: 25 Things The Academy Got Right In The 2000s.
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