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Robert Elswit

Robert Christopher Elswit, ASC (born April 22, 1950) is an Academy Award-winning American cinematographer. He has had multiple Oscar, BAFTA, and Independent Spirit nominations for several films, including There Will Be Blood. Elswit frequently works with director Paul Thomas Anderson. Elswit is a...
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Magnolia

Magnolia is a 1999 American drama film, written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and starring John C. Reilly, Tom Cruise, Julianne Moore, Philip Seymour Hoffman, William H. Macy, and Jeremy Blackman. It interweaves nine separate yet connected...

Initial release date:

  • 1999

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 188 min (113 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 37,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Gigli

Gigli (pronounced /ˈdʒiːli/) is a film released in 2003 which was written and directed by Martin Brest, starring Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, Al Pacino, Christopher Walken, and Lainie Kazan. Its title is an homage to Nick Gigli, a minor character...

Initial release date:

  • Aug 1, 2003

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 121 min (72.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 54,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Boogie Nights

Boogie Nights is a 1997 American drama film written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson. Set in Southern California in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during the Golden Age of Porn, the screenplay focuses on a young nightclub dishwasher who becomes...

Initial release date:

  • 1997

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 156 min (93.6 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 15,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Punch-Drunk Love

Punch-Drunk Love (2002) is an American romantic comedy-drama written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, starring Adam Sandler and Emily Watson. Anderson regulars Philip Seymour Hoffman and Luis Guzmán appear. Sandler won positive reviews for his...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 1, 2002

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 95 min (57 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 25,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle is a 1992 thriller starring Rebecca De Mornay as a vengeful nanny out to destroy a naïve woman and steal her family. The film was directed by Curtis Hanson. The original music score was composed by Graeme Revell. The...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 10, 1992

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 110 min (66 hs )

Screenplay by:

Heist

Heist is a 2001 crime thriller written and directed by David Mamet. The film's cast includes Gene Hackman, Danny DeVito, Delroy Lindo, Sam Rockwell, Ricky Jay, and Rebecca Pidgeon. Joe Moore runs a ring of professional thieves, which includes Bobby...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 9, 2001

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Screenplay by:

8mm

8mm is a 1999 mystery/thriller film, directed by Joel Schumacher, about a private investigator who delves into a world of pornographic snuff films. It stars Nicolas Cage. A direct-to-video "sequel" -- although unrelated to this film and relating to...

Initial release date:

  • Feb 26, 1999

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 123 min (73.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 40,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

The Pallbearer

The Pallbearer is a 1996 film starring David Schwimmer, Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Michael Vartan, Michael Rapaport and Barbara Hershey. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. The Pallbearer is a dark...

Initial release date:

  • 1996

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Bounce

Bounce is a 2000 film starring Gwyneth Paltrow and Ben Affleck, and directed by Don Roos. Advertising executive Buddy (Affleck) has just signed an airline in Chicago as a big client. Ironically Buddy is delayed by a snow storm waiting for a flight...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 15, 2000

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 106 min (63.6 hs )

Produced by:

Return of the Living Dead Part II

Return of the Living Dead Part II is an American zombie horror comedy film that was released in 1988. It was written and directed by Ken Wiederhorn. The film was released by Lorimar Motion Pictures on January 15, 1988, and was a minor box office...

Initial release date:

  • Jan 8, 1988

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 89 min (53 hs )

Screenplay by:

Syriana

Syriana is a 2005 geopolitical thriller film written and directed by Stephen Gaghan, and executive produced by George Clooney, who also stars in the film with an ensemble cast. Gaghan's screenplay is loosely adapted from Robert Baer's memoir See No...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 9, 2005

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 128 min (76.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 50,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Moving Violations

Moving Violations is a 1985 comedy film starring John Murray, Jennifer Tilly, Brian Backer, Sally Kellerman, Nedra Volz, Clara Peller, Wendie Jo Sperber and Fred Willard. It was directed by Neal Israel. It is notable for starring the lesser-known...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 19, 1985

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

Good Night, and Good Luck.

Good Night, and Good Luck is a 2005 film directed by George Clooney. The film was written by Clooney and Grant Heslov and portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 7, 2005

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 90 min (54 hs )

There Will Be Blood

There Will Be Blood is a 2007 American drama film directed, written and co-produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. The film is loosely based on the Upton Sinclair novel Oil! (1927). It tells the story of a silver-miner-turned-oil-man on a ruthless quest...

Initial release date:

  • Dec 26, 2007

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 158 min (94.8 hs )

Screenplay by:

American Dreamz

American Dreamz is a 2006 comedy/parody film that satirizes both American politics and popular entertainment. Director/producer/writer Paul Weitz has stated that the movie is meant to satirize both the TV show American Idol and the Bush...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 21, 2006

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 107 min (64.2 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 19,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Bad Influence

Bad Influence is a 1990 American film starring Rob Lowe and James Spader. In this noirish film, Spader plays a yuppie who meets a mysterious stranger (Lowe) who encourages him to explore his darker side. Michael is a sheepish person who is pushed...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 9, 1990

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

The River Wild

The River Wild is a 1994 American thriller film directed by Curtis Hanson and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Bacon, David Strathairn, John C. Reilly, and Joseph Mazzello. The story involves a family on a whitewater rafting trip who encounter two...

Initial release date:

  • Sep 30, 1994

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 108 min (64.8 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 45,000,000 (US$)

Screenplay by:

Boys

Boys is a 1996 American film starring Winona Ryder and Lukas Haas. The film was originally titled The Girl You Want. The film earned $516,349 in the United States box office. It is based on a short story called "20 Minutes" by James Salter. The film...

Initial release date:

  • 1996

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

How I Got Into College

How I Got Into College is a 1989 romantic comedy film directed by Savage Steve Holland. The story follows a girl named Jessica and her attempt to get into Ramsey College, a fictional college in Pennsylvania, and Marlon, a boy who tries to get into...

Initial release date:

  • May 19, 1989

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 86 min (52 hs )

Produced by:

Michael Clayton

Michael Clayton is a 2007 American dramatic film written and directed by Tony Gilroy and produced by Sydney Pollack. It stars George Clooney, Tom Wilkinson, Tilda Swinton, and Sydney Pollack. It chronicles the attempts of attorney Michael Clayton to...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 5, 2007

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 119 min (71.4 hs )

Screenplay by:

Trick or Treat

Trick or Treat is a 1986 horror film by DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group, starring Marc Price (of “Family Ties”), Tony Fields, and Lisa Orgolini, with special appearances by Gene Simmons and Ozzy Osbourne. All Sammi Curr music done by the band...

Initial release date:

  • Oct 24, 1986

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 98 min (59 hs )

Desert Hearts

Desert Hearts is a 1985 lesbian-themed romantic drama film loosely based on the Jane Rule novel Desert of the Heart. Directed by Donna Deitch, the film stars Helen Shaver and Patricia Charbonneau with a supporting performance by Audra Lindley....

Initial release date:

  • Aug 28, 1985

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 96 min (58 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Amazing Grace and Chuck

Amazing Grace and Chuck is a 1987 film starring Gregory Peck, Jamie Lee Curtis and William Petersen. Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field...

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 114 min (68.4 hs )

Produced by:

Screenplay by:

Behind the Red Door

Initial release date:

  • 2003

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 105 min (63 hs )

Shine a Light

Shine a Light is a 2008 documentary film directed by Martin Scorsese documenting the Rolling Stones' 2006 Beacon Theatre performance on their A Bigger Bang Tour. The Scorsese film also includes archive footage from the band's career and marked the...

Initial release date:

  • Apr 2008

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 122 min (73.2 hs )

Produced by:

Redbelt

Redbelt is a martial arts film written and directed by David Mamet and starring Chiwetel Ejiofor. The film opened in wide release in the United States and Canada on May 9, 2008. The movie opens in a Jiu-Jitsu studio where Mike Terry (Chiwetel...

Initial release date:

  • May 9, 2008

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 99 min (59 hs )

The Burning Plain

The Burning Plain is a 2009 drama film directed and written by Guillermo Arriaga, the screenwriter of Amores perros (2000), 21 Grams (2003), and Babel (2006). The film stars Charlize Theron, Jennifer Lawrence, Kim Basinger and Joaquim de Almeida. In...

Initial release date:

  • 2009

Directed by:

Screenplay by:

Duplicity

Duplicity is a 2009 American romantic comedy spy-thriller film written and directed by Tony Gilroy, and starring Julia Roberts and Clive Owen, about two corporate spies with a romantic history who collaborate to carry out a complicated con. The film...

Initial release date:

  • Mar 20, 2009

Directed by:

Rating:

PG-13 (USA)

Runtime:

  • 125 min (75 hs )

Estimated budget:

  • 60,000,000 (US$)

Salt

Salt is an upcoming American action thriller film directed by Phillip Noyce, written by Kurt Wimmer and Brian Helgeland, and starring Angelina Jolie as Evelyn Salt, accused of being a Russian sleeper spy. The official release date is July 23, 2010...

Initial release date:

  • Jul 23, 2010

Directed by:

A Dangerous Woman

A Dangerous Woman is a 1993 film from Amblin Entertainment and Gramercy Pictures directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and written for the screen by his then wife Naomi Foner. The film stars Laurie Metcalf, Debra Winger, Barbara Hershey and Stephen and...

Initial release date:

  • 1993

Directed by:

Runtime:

  • 102 min (61.2 hs )

The Men Who Stare at Goats

The Men Who Stare at Goats is a 2009 comedy film directed by Grant Heslov and written by Peter Straughan and released in theaters on November 6, 2009. It is based on the book of the same title by author Jon Ronson, an account of Ronson's...

Initial release date:

  • Nov 6, 2009

Directed by:

Rating:

R (USA)

Runtime:

  • 93 min (56 hs )

Screenplay by:

The Town

The Town is a 2010 drama film written by Ben Affleck and Peter Craig, directed by Ben Affleck.

Initial release date:

  • Sep 10, 2010

Directed by:

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