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William Broyles Jr. has 0 writing credits in the Nutevio catalogue.

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William Broyles Jr. 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.
Jr. 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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Tom Hanks
Actor
5 shared titles · Apollo 13

Robert Zemeckis
Director
5 shared titles · The Polar Express

Clint Eastwood
Director
3 shared titles · Flags of Our Fathers

Ronald Bass
Executive Producer
3 shared titles · Entrapment

Sean Connery
Actor
2 shared titles · Entrapment

Arnon Milchan
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · Unfaithful

Adrian Lyne
Director
2 shared titles · Unfaithful

Don Burgess
Director of Photography
2 shared titles · The Polar Express

Jack Rapke
Executive Producer
2 shared titles · The Polar Express

Alan Silvestri
Original Music Composer
2 shared titles · The Polar Express

Steve Starkey
Producer
2 shared titles · The Polar Express
Michael Hertzberg
Producer
2 shared titles · Entrapment
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