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James R. Webb has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
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James R. Webb has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.
The recognisable elements are rewatchability, visual style, originality. Watch two of these films back to back and the method separates from the material — the same eye, re-tuned for different registers. It is a style built on what is withheld as much as what is staged.
Webb set terms other filmmakers now work against: the structures, the pacing and the refusal to explain. Awards bodies have often been slower than the work, which is usually the sign of a career built on choices rather than campaigns.
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Gregory Peck
Actor
4 shared titles · The Big Country

Burt Lancaster
Actor
3 shared titles · Vera Cruz

Charles Bronson
Actor
2 shared titles · Vera Cruz

Carroll Baker
Actor
2 shared titles · The Big Country

Alan Crosland, Jr.
Editor
2 shared titles · Vera Cruz

Robert Aldrich
Director
2 shared titles · Vera Cruz

Ernest Laszlo
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · Vera Cruz

William Wyler
Director
2 shared titles · The Big Country
Sy Bartlett
Screenplay
2 shared titles · The Big Country
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