Dan Perri

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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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  • school Known for: Art
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  • info Birth Place New York City, New York, U.S.
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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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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987-02-27

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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993-12-09

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Flesh Gordon

1974-07-30

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The Double McGuffin

1979-06-01

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The Road to 'Dracula'

1999-12-21

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She's Alive! Creating 'The Bride of Frankenstein'

1999-01-01

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Monster by Moonlight! The Immortal Saga of 'The Wolf Man'

1999-01-01

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The Out-of-Towners

1970-05-28

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Rio Lobo

1970-04-01

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The Grissom Gang

1971-05-28

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Fritz the Cat

1972-04-12

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Cool Breeze

1972-03-29

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The Concert for Bangladesh

1972-03-23

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FTA

1972-07-21

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Hit Man

1972-12-20

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Time to Run

1973-01-24

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Heavy Traffic

1973-08-08

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Electra Glide in Blue

1973-05-17

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I Escaped from Devil's Island

1973-09-01

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The Exorcist

1973-12-26

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The Swinging Cheerleaders

1974-09-25

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Freebie and the Bean

1974-12-25

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Lepke

1975-05-23

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The Day of the Locust

1975-05-07

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The Hiding Place

1975-05-04

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Las Vegas Lady

1975-06-01

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Nashville

1975-06-11

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Once Is Not Enough

1975-06-20

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The Four Deuces

1975-07-03

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Russian Roulette

1975-08-20

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The Legend of Bigfoot

1975-10-31

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Mr. Sycamore

1975-12-12

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Lucky Lady

1975-12-25

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King Arthur, the Young Warlord

1975-01-01

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Taxi Driver

1976-02-09

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Griffin and Phoenix

1976-02-27

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All the President's Men

1976-04-09

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The River Niger

1976-04-14

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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

1976-06-24

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Paco

1976-06-04

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Marathon Man

1976-10-08

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Welcome to L.A.

1976-11-12

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The Late Show

1977-02-10

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3 Women

1977-04-10

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The White Buffalo

1977-05-01

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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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Sorcerer

1977-06-24

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Close Encounters of the Third Kind

1977-12-14

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Capricorn One

1977-12-10

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The Betsy

1978-02-02

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Blue Collar

1978-02-10

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Coming Home

1978-02-15

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House Calls

1978-03-15

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F.I.S.T.

1978-04-26

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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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Girlfriends

1978-08-11

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Days of Heaven

1978-09-13

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Stony Island

1978-11-17

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The Warriors

1979-02-01

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Norma Rae

1979-03-02

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Dreamer

1979-04-27

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Hanover Street

1979-05-18

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Players

1979-06-08

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Bloodline

1979-06-29

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Americathon

1979-08-10

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Promises in the Dark

1979-11-02

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An American Christmas Carol

1979-12-16

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Going in Style

1979-12-25

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American Gigolo

1980-02-01

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The Long Riders

1980-05-16

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The Stunt Man

1980-06-27

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Airplane!

1980-07-02

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My Bodyguard

1980-07-11

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Caddyshack

1980-07-25

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Why Would I Lie?

1980-08-10

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Blood Beach

1980-09-01

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Times Square

1980-10-17

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The Idolmaker

1980-11-14

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Raging Bull

1980-11-14

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First Family

1980-12-25

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Cutter's Way

1981-03-19

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The Hand

1981-04-24

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The Fan

1981-05-15

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Honky Tonk Freeway

1981-08-21

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If You Could See What I Hear

1982-01-07

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White Dog

1982-07-07

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An Officer and a Gentleman

1982-07-28

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The King of Comedy

1982-12-18

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Curtains

1983-03-04

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Spring Break

1983-03-25

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Star 80

1983-11-10

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Streamers

1983-09-05

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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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Grace Quigley

1985-05-17

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Beat Street

1984-06-08

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Blood Simple

1984-03-26

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The Goodbye People

1984-09-11

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A Nightmare on Elm Street

1984-10-31

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The Last Dragon

1985-03-22

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Key Exchange

1985-08-14

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Compromising Positions

1985-08-30

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Beer

1985-08-30

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After Hours

1985-08-16

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White Nights

1985-11-22

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Dream Lover

1986-02-21

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Quicksilver

1986-02-14

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Nine 1/2 Weeks

1986-02-09

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Wise Guys

1986-04-17

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Where the River Runs Black

1986-09-19

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Tough Guys

1986-10-03

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The Color of Money

1986-10-17

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Deadly Friend

1986-10-10

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Quiet Cool

1986-11-08

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Willy/Milly

1986-11-14

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Streets of Gold

1986-01-01

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Platoon

1986-12-19

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors

1987-02-27

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Raising Arizona

1987-03-13

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The Allnighter

1987-05-01

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In the Mood

1987-09-16

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La Bamba

1987-07-24

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Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise

1987-07-10

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Chuck Berry - Hail! Hail! Rock 'n' Roll

1987-10-09

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Wall Street

1987-12-10

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Leonard Part 6

1987-12-18

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The Seventh Sign

1988-04-01

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A Time of Destiny

1988-04-22

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The Beat

1988-06-03

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Bull Durham

1988-06-15

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Midnight Run

1988-07-20

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Vibes

1988-08-05

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A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master

1988-08-19

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1969

1988-08-18

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Miracle Mile

1988-05-19

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Mystic Pizza

1988-10-13

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Everybody's All-American

1988-11-04

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Fresh Horses

1988-11-18

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Tequila Sunrise

1988-12-02

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Talk Radio

1988-12-21

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Out Cold

1989-03-03

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Field of Dreams

1989-04-21

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Internal Affairs

1990-01-12

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Stella

1990-02-02

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Men Don't Leave

1990-02-02

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Lord of the Flies

1990-03-16

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The First Power

1990-04-06

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RoboCop 2

1990-06-22

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Pacific Heights

1990-09-28

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The Rescuers Down Under

1990-11-16

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Prison Stories: Women on the Inside

1991-01-26

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Guilty by Suspicion

1991-03-15

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Palomino

1991-10-21

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The Taking of Beverly Hills

1991-10-10

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The Player

1992-04-03

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Deep Cover

1992-04-15

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Original Intent

1992-05-13

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Traces of Red

1992-11-13

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Night and the City

1992-10-16

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The Distinguished Gentleman

1992-12-04

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Alive

1993-01-15

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Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story

1993-05-07

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Iron Monkey

1993-09-03

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Mr. Wonderful

1993-10-15

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Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit

1993-12-09

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Picture Bride

1995-05-05

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Color of Night

1994-08-19

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Safe Passage

1994-12-01

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Congo

1995-06-09

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Species

1995-07-07

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Separate Lives

1995-09-08

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Dazzle

1995-10-15

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Mallrats

1995-10-20

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Rainbow

1996-07-26

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Freeway

1996-08-23

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Mulholland Falls

1996-04-26

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Curdled

1996-09-06

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House Arrest

1996-08-14

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Harvey

1996-10-19

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Love Jones

1997-03-14

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Gridlock'd

1997-01-29

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This World, Then the Fireworks

1997-07-11

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Traveller

1997-04-18

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Cold Around the Heart

1997-11-07

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Soul Food

1997-09-26

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Tinseltown

1997-01-01

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Playing God

1997-10-17

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A Price Above Rubies

1998-03-26

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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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Sinbad: The Battle of the Dark Knights

1998-06-11

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54

1998-08-28

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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

1998-09-13

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A Night at the Roxbury

1998-10-01

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Varsity Blues

1999-01-15

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Freak City

1999-01-16

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Thick as Thieves

1999-04-09

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East Is East

1999-05-14

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In Too Deep

1999-08-25

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Vendetta

1999-09-12

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Luckytown

2000-08-04

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Bartleby

2001-03-10

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15 Minutes

2001-03-01

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James Dean

2001-08-04

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Speaking of Sex

2001-10-18

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Sorority Boys

2002-03-22

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Insomnia

2002-05-24

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American Gun

2002-06-13

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The 'Frankenstein' Files: How Hollywood Made a Monster

2002-11-01

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Gangs of New York

2002-12-14

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The Battle of Shaker Heights

2003-08-22

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Mojave

2004-01-01

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The Aviator

2004-12-17

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Tropix

2002-12-31

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Pizza

2005-05-27

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Santa's Slay

2005-10-25

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Eight Below

2006-02-17

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Even Money

2007-03-13

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Hoot

2006-11-03

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The House of Usher

2007-09-11

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Spinning Into Butter

2007-01-01

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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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Have Dreams, Will Travel

2007-05-21

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Spread

2009-01-16

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The Warm-Up Guy

2010-12-31

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The Beaver

2011-05-05

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Sharkskin

2015-01-01

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Sharkskin

2015-01-01

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Sharkskin

2015-01-01

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Sharkskin

2015-01-01

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Internet Famous

2016-06-21

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All Saints

2017-08-25

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First House on the Hill

2017-11-26

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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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Star Wars

1977-05-25

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Plaza Suite

1971-05-12

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Mosquito State

2021-10-29

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Lake of Death

2019-11-01