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Daniel Richard Perri (born August 11, 1945) is an American film and television title sequence designer. He has worked in film title design since the 1970s, and has been responsible for the main titles of several notable films including The Exorcist (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Star Wars (1977), Raging Bull (1980), Airplane! (1980),[1] and Suspiria (2018). Perri made contact with the film graphics designer Saul Bass and began to pester him for work at his studio on Sunset Boulevard. Eventually, Perri found work with Bass through his illustrator, Art Goodman. During his service in the US Navy, Perri served on the USS Repose and designed an on-board newspaper, entitled The Repose Reprise. After serving in the Navy, Perri went to work with Cinefx alongside Phill Norman, Wayne Fitzgerald Don Record, and a former school friend, Steve Smith. After a year, both Perri and Smith quit and went on to form their independent design studio, Perri & Smith. The pair worked together from 1969 to 1973, mostly on small, low-budget television features, but their credits also included films such as Electra Glide in Blue and several of Gene Corman's blaxploitation films. The designers were often exploited and clients sometimes failed to pay, and eventually, the business folded. Perri's big break came in 1973 when he was commissioned by Billy Friedkin to produce the main titles for The Exorcist, his first solo project. With a blockbuster film in his portfolio, Perri was now able to attract more work and soon found himself working on high-profile titles. For Nashville (1975), Robert Altman commissioned a main title sequence and a logo to be used in marketing. Perri produced an unusual, kitschy sequence inspired by low-budget K-Tel Records television commercials, complete with a loud, brash voiceover by Johnny Grant. In 1976, Martin Scorsese brought Perri in to design the titles for Taxi Driver. Perri took second unit footage and color-treated the film through a process of film copying and slit-scan, resulting in a highly stylized graphic sequence that evoked the "underbelly" of New York City through lurid colors, glowing neon signs distorted nocturnal images and deep black levels, accompanied by Bernard Herrmann's jazz soundtrack. Possibly Perri's best-known title sequence project came about in 1976 when his friend James Nelson was working on post-production for a new space fantasy film, Star Wars. Nelson recommended Perri to director George Lucas, who invited Perri to Industrial Light & Magic, Lucasfilm's post-production operation at Van Nuys, California. Lucas briefed Perri to take inspiration from old 1930s cinema serials such as Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers that had inspired Lucas to write much of his Star Wars story. After struggling to come up with a concept that Lucas liked, Perri eventually developed a concept for presenting a textual introduction based on the opening credits of the 1939 Cecil B. DeMille film, Union Pacific, in which the credits are shown distorted by a sharp perspective and rolling along a railroad track towards a distant vanishing point. Lucas approved of the idea and Perri produced sketches and prototype mechanical artwork, supported by storyboard artwork drawn by the production artist Alex Tavoularis. This gave birth to the now-familiar opening crawl sequence that appears in the Star Wars films.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1945-08-11
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Girlfriends
1978-08-11
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She's All That
1999-01-29
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Circus
1984-01-01
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Pound of Flesh
2011-04-29
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Sam Morril: Same Time Tomorrow
2022-09-01
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Dead for a Dollar
2022-09-30
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FM
1978-04-20
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Suspiria
2018-10-26
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California Split
1974-08-07
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Rio Lobo
1970-04-01
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The Double McGuffin
1979-06-01
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987-02-27
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Flesh Gordon
1974-07-30
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The Grissom Gang
1971-05-28
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Mr. Sycamore
1975-12-12
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Lucky Lady
1975-12-25
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Taxi Driver
1976-02-09
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The Exorcist
1973-12-26
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Blue Collar
1978-02-10
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The Warriors
1979-02-01
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Dreamer
1979-04-27
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Electra Glide in Blue
1973-05-17
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Dream Lover
1986-02-21
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Fritz the Cat
1972-04-12
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The Swinging Cheerleaders
1974-09-25
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Lepke
1975-05-23
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Once Is Not Enough
1975-06-20
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The Late Show
1977-02-10
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Capricorn One
1977-12-10
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The Concert for Bangladesh
1972-03-23
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Hit Man
1972-12-20
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The Day of the Locust
1975-05-07
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The River Niger
1976-04-14
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Sorcerer
1977-06-24
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She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'
1999-01-01
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Heavy Traffic
1973-08-08
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Nashville
1975-06-11
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The Out-of-Towners
1970-05-28
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The White Buffalo
1977-05-01
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FTA
1972-07-21
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The Hiding Place
1975-05-04
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All the President's Men
1976-04-09
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Marathon Man
1976-10-08
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993-12-09
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Beat Street
1984-06-08
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The Goodbye People
1984-09-11
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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'
1999-01-01
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Time to Run
1973-01-24
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House Calls
1978-03-15
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F.I.S.T.
1978-04-26
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The Legend of Bigfoot
1975-10-31
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind
1977-12-14
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The Betsy
1978-02-02
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Blood Beach
1980-09-01
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Compromising Positions
1985-08-30
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Deadly Friend
1986-10-10
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Men Don't Leave
1990-02-02
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Freeway
1996-08-23
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Gridlock'd
1997-01-29
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Cool Breeze
1972-03-29
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Russian Roulette
1975-08-20
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King Arthur, the Young Warlord
1975-01-01
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Griffin and Phoenix
1976-02-27
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Paco
1976-06-04
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3 Women
1977-04-10
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Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977-06-17
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New York, New York
1977-06-21
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Players
1979-06-08
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The Long Riders
1980-05-16
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A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984-11-09
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Streets of Gold
1986-01-01
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Mystic Pizza
1988-10-13
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Fresh Horses
1988-11-18
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Freebie and the Bean
1974-12-25
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Americathon
1979-08-10
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Times Square
1980-10-17
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Platoon
1986-12-19
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The Four Deuces
1975-07-03
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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976-06-24
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Welcome to L.A.
1976-11-12
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The Hand
1981-04-24
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Blood Simple
1984-03-26
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The Taking of Beverly Hills
1991-10-10
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Iron Monkey
1993-09-03
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Species
1995-07-07
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Rainbow
1996-07-26
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A Time of Destiny
1988-04-22
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Vibes
1988-08-05
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The First Power
1990-04-06
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Pacific Heights
1990-09-28
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The Rescuers Down Under
1990-11-16
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Palomino
1991-10-21
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Mr. Wonderful
1993-10-15
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This World, Then the Fireworks
1997-07-11
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A Night at the Roxbury
1998-10-01
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Freak City
1999-01-16
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The Battle of Shaker Heights
2003-08-22
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Leonard Part 6
1987-12-18
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1969
1988-08-18
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Miracle Mile
1989-05-19
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Harvey
1996-10-19
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The Road to 'Dracula'
1999-12-21
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I Escaped from Devil's Island
1973-09-01
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Las Vegas Lady
1975-06-01
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Coming Home
1978-02-15
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Beer
1985-08-30
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Quiet Cool
1986-11-08
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Prison Stories: Women on the Inside
1991-01-26
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Raging Bull
1980-11-14
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The Fan
1981-05-15
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White Dog
1982-07-07
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Spring Break
1983-03-25
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Star 80
1983-11-10
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A Night in Heaven
1983-11-18
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Against All Odds
1984-03-02
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Key Exchange
1985-08-14
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The Color of Money
1986-10-17
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The Seventh Sign
1988-04-01
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Everybody's All-American
1988-11-04
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Internal Affairs
1990-01-12
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Traces of Red
1992-11-13
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Dazzle
1995-10-15
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Original Intent
1992-05-13
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Picture Bride
1995-05-05
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54
1998-08-28
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Bloodline
1979-06-29
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An American Christmas Carol
1979-12-16
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The Idolmaker
1980-11-14
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Wise Guys
1986-04-17
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Willy/Milly
1986-11-14
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The Distinguished Gentleman
1992-12-04
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Color of Night
1994-08-19
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Mallrats
1995-10-20
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Mulholland Falls
1996-04-26
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Varsity Blues
1999-01-15
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James Dean
2001-08-04
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I Wanna Hold Your Hand
1978-04-01
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The Last Waltz
1978-05-01
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Stony Island
1978-11-17
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Norma Rae
1979-03-02
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My Bodyguard
1980-07-11
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If You Could See What I Hear
1982-01-07
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Grace Quigley
1985-05-17
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Nine 1/2 Weeks
1986-02-09
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors
1987-02-27
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Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll
1987-10-09
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Deep Cover
1992-04-15
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Alive
1993-01-15
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15 Minutes
2001-03-01
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Going in Style
1979-12-25
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Quicksilver
1986-02-14
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La Bamba
1987-07-24
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Bull Durham
1988-06-15
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Stella
1990-02-02
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Lord of the Flies
1990-03-16
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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit
1993-12-09
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Congo
1995-06-09
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Curdled
1996-09-06
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Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights
1998-06-11
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Tropix
2002-12-31
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Promises in the Dark
1979-11-02
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The Stunt Man
1980-06-27
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The King of Comedy
1982-12-18
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Curtains
1983-03-04
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Where the River Runs Black
1986-09-19
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Raising Arizona
1987-03-13
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The Beat
1988-06-03
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Midnight Run
1988-07-20
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Field of Dreams
1989-04-21
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A Price Above Rubies
1998-03-26
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The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster
2002-11-01
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Days of Heaven
1978-09-13
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Hanover Street
1979-05-18
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Why Would I Lie?
1980-08-10
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First Family
1980-12-25
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White Nights
1985-11-22
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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
1987-07-10
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Wall Street
1987-12-10
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RoboCop 2
1990-06-22
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Night and the City
1992-10-16
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Soul Food
1997-09-26
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Airplane!
1980-07-02
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Honky Tonk Freeway
1981-08-21
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An Officer and a Gentleman
1982-07-28
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Streamers
1983-09-05
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The Last Dragon
1985-03-22
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After Hours
1985-09-13
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Out Cold
1989-03-03
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Safe Passage
1994-12-01
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Traveller
1997-04-18
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Luckytown
2000-08-04
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Speaking of Sex
2001-10-18
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Girlfriends
1978-08-11
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American Gigolo
1980-02-01
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Caddyshack
1980-07-25
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Cutter's Way
1981-03-19
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Tough Guys
1986-10-03
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The Allnighter
1987-05-01
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In the Mood
1987-09-16
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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master
1988-08-19
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Tequila Sunrise
1988-12-02
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Guilty by Suspicion
1991-03-15
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Sorority Boys
2002-03-22
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Cold Around the Heart
1997-11-07
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Since You've Been Gone
1998-06-06
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The Very Thought of You
1998-05-08
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East Is East
1999-05-14
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American Gun
2002-06-13
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Talk Radio
1988-12-21
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The Player
1992-04-03
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Separate Lives
1995-09-08
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Playing God
1997-10-17
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998-09-13
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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story
1993-05-07
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Love Jones
1997-03-14
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In Too Deep
1999-08-25
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Eight Below
2006-02-17
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House Arrest
1996-08-14
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Tinseltown
1997-01-01
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Thick as Thieves
1999-04-09
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Vendetta
1999-09-12
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Bartleby
2001-03-10
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Insomnia
2002-05-24
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Gangs of New York
2002-12-14
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Mojave
2004-01-01
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The Aviator
2004-12-17
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Sharkskin
2015-01-01
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Spread
2009-01-16
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Sharkskin
2015-01-01
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Sharkskin
2015-01-01
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In the Valley of Elah
2007-09-14
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There Will Be Blood
2007-12-26
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All Saints
2017-08-25
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Pizza
2005-05-27
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Even Money
2007-03-13
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Sharkskin
2015-01-01
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Santa's Slay
2005-10-25
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The Warm-Up Guy
2010-12-31
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The House of Usher
2007-09-11
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The Beaver
2011-05-05
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Internet Famous
2016-06-21
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Hoot
2006-11-03
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First House on the Hill
2017-11-26
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Spinning Into Butter
2007-01-01
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Have Dreams, Will Travel
2007-05-21
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The Public
2019-04-05
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Threshold
1981-09-19
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Love Among the Ruins
1975-03-06
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Mosquito State
2021-10-29
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Star Wars
1977-05-25
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Plaza Suite
1971-05-12
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Lake of Death
2019-11-01