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Released 2010 Rating U in UK Director Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Writer/s Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio Starring Voices of: Steve Carell, Jason Segal, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Kristen Wiig Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Gru, the most villanous person in the world, has only one rival the youthful Vector, who … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 18 in UK Director Sylvester Stallone Writer/s Sylvester Stallone, Dave Callahan Starring Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, Jet Li, Dolph Lundgren, Steve Austin, Charisma Carpenter, Mickey Rourke Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of mercenaries are given the job of civilising an island governed by a dictator and engaged … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Craig Gillespie Writer/s Marti Noxon Starring Anton Yelchin, Colin Farrell, Toni Collette, David Tennant, Imogen Poots, Christopher Mintz-Plasse Source of story The original Fright Night written by Tom Holland. Elevator Pitch In the outskirts of Las Vegas Charlie’s mum fancies the man who has moved in next door, … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 18 in UK Director Andrew Dominik Writer/s Andrew Dominik Starring Brad Pitt, Scoot McNairy, Ben mendelsohn, James Gandolfini, Richard Jenkins, Ray Liotta Source of story A book by George V.Higgins Elevator Pitch After a pretty amateur stick-up of a mob financed poker game a hit man is tasked with identifying the protragonists … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Tom Tykwer Writer/s Andrew Birkin, Bernd Eichinger, Tom Tykwer Starring Ben Whishaw, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Hurd-Wood, Alan Rickman, John Hurt (Narrator) Source of story A book by Patrick Süskind Elevator Pitch A young man, raised in the grimy underbelly of 18th century Paris, is driven by his heightened … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A in UK Director Clint Eastwood Writer/s Todd Komarnicki Starring Tom Hanks, Aaron Eckhart, Mike O’Malley, Anna Gunn, Laura Linney Source of story Real events and book by Chelsey Sullenberger Elevator Pitch When a bird strike disables both engines of an Airbus A320 shortly after take-off from LaGuardia, the pilots have moments … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 18 in UK Director Danny Boyle Writer/s Alex Garland Starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Christopher Ecclestone, Brendan Gleeson Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Millions of people are infected by a virus accidentally released from an animal testing laboratory, turning them into rage filled “zombies”. A few survivors head out … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating PG in UK Director Mark Steven Johnson Writer/s David Diamond, David Weissman Starring Kristen Bell, Josh Duhamel, Angelica Huston, Danny DeVito Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A young woman who puts her career above any personal relationship goes to her sister’s wedding in Rome, and in a moment of … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Paul Katis Writer/s Tom Williams Starring No-one we’ve ever heard of Source of story Based on real events Elevator Pitch Afghanistan 2006. One of a patrol of British soldiers accidentally steps on a mine. Others rush to his aid. There are more explosions, and several of them are … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Alex Garland Writer/s Alex Garland Starring Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A young computer programmer wins a competition to spend a week at the home of his reclusive billionaire boss. When he gets there he finds that he is … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 Director Rebecca Miller Writer/s Rebecca Miller Starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, Julianne Moore Source of story A short story by Karen Rinaldi Elevator Pitch A young woman, whose job is to bring young enterpeneurs to notice of industry, decides to become a single mother, but at the moment she is putting … Continue reading
Released 2001 Rating 15 in UK Director J.B.Rogers Writer/s Adam Herz, David H Steinberg Starring Jason Biggs, Shannon Elizabeth, Alyson Hannigan Source of story The first movie Elevator Pitch The boys are now in college and in pursuit of continuing to get laid rent a beach house for the summer and take the job of … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A Director D.J.Caruso Writer/s John Glenn, Travis Wright, Hillary Seitz, Dan McDermott Starring Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Billy Bob Thornton, Rosario Dawson Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch The White House authorises a risky drone attack in the Middle-East. A new super explosive in the form of a crystal is … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director David Frankel Writer/s Vanessa Taylor Starring Meryl Streep, Tommy Lee Jones, Steve Carell Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch After 31 years of marriage a couple have fallen into a deep rut, involving two eggs and a strip of bacon for the husband’s breakfast daily, him … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 15 in UK Director Joe Wright Writer/s Christopher Hampton Starring Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Saoirse Ronan Source of story Book of the same name by Ian McEwan Elevator Pitch A teenager with a crush on the son of a family retainer, frustrated by his impending relationship with her older sister, points the … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating PG in UK Director John Lee Hancock Writer/s Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith Starring Emma Thompson, Tom Hanks, Annie Rose Buckley, Colin Farrell Source of story Based on (as opposed to “inspired by”) real events. Elevator Pitch In 1961, with money running short PL Travis, the author of Mary Poppins, is persuaded to … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Tate Taylor Writer/s Erin Cressida Wilson Starring Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux Source of story Book by Paula Hawkins Elevator Pitch A divorced woman regularly takes the train between her home and central New York, passing the house where she and her former husband lived. She also sees another … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating 15 in UK Director Mimi Leder Writer/s Michael Schiffer Starring George Clooney, Nicole Kidman, Armin Mueller-Stahl Source of story Newspaper article by Leslie and Andrew Cockburn Elevator Pitch A train crash and nuclear explosion in Russia are detected by the surveillance teams in America. A White House nuclear expert and a no … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Jonathan Demme Writer/s Daniel Pyne, Dean Georgaris Starring Denzel Washington, Liev Schreiber, Meryl Streep Source of story A novel by Richard Condon, the 1962 screenplay by George Axelrod Elevator Pitch Raymond Shaw, a former soldier, is nominated to become vice-president of the USA with the assistance of his … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A Director John Luessenhop Writer/s Peter Allen, Gabriel Casseus, Avery Duff Starring Matt Dillon, Idris Elba, Paul Walker Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A bunch of super smart thieves undertake a heist prompted by the return of one of their number from jail, who is in some way involved … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 Director Philip Martin Writer/s Richard D’Ovidio Starring John Travolta, Christopher Plummer, Tye Sheridan Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An art forger is legally extracted from prison by a gang leader so that he can paint a copy of a Monet picture which is being exhibited at the Boston … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A Director Paul McGuigan Writer/s David Bourla Starring Dakota Fanning, Chris Evans, Camilla Belle Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A bunch of young Americans with special powers, to move things, to change people’s views of things, to make people believe things and to see the future (not all at … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 12A In UK Director James March Writer/s Anthony McCarten Starring Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, David Thewlis, Source of story Book by Jane Hawking Elevator Pitch Stephen Hawking is a young brilliant theoretical scientist whose life is predicted to be short when he is diagnosed with motor-neurone disease. But he has married a … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating PG Director Travis Knight Writer/s Marx Haimes, Chris Butler, Shannon Tindle Starring The voices of Charlize Theron, Art Parkinson, Matthew McConaughey Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In ancient Japan a boy with some magical powers goes on a quest for his father’s armour and a legendary sword, guided by … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 18 in UK Director Patrick Tatopoulos Writer/s Danny McBride, Dirk Blackman and others Starring Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Rhona Mitra Source of story The previous two Underworld stories Elevator Pitch There was a time in the distant past when the vampires used the lycans as slaves in their dark citadel, but then … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Phil Lord, Christopher Miller Writer/s Michael Bacall, Jonah Hill Starring Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum, Ice Cube, Brie Larson Source of story A 1980s TV show Elevator Pitch After failing as bicycle policement two inept young cops are sent under cover into a high school where drugs are being … Continue reading
Released 2001 Rating 15 in UK Director Gregory Poirier Writer/s Gregory Poirier Starring Jerry O’Connell, Shannon Elizabeth, Jake Busey Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of young men make an investment each contributing a sum of money, to be collected by the last one left single. When, years later there are … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A Director Ron Howard Writer/s Mark Monroe, P.G.Moergan Starring The Beatles, Larry Kane, some celebs Source of story Newsreels, documentaries and found footage Elevator Pitch The film charts the development of the group from their early years, through their extraordinary rise to fame and their gradual burn out as the pressure of … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Alexander Witt Writer/s Paul W.S. Anderson Starring Milla Jovovich, Sienna Guillory, Eric Malbus, Iain Glen Source of story Originally the computer game, and the first film Elevator Pitch Alice is released by the Umbrella Corp into the T-Virus contaminated Racoon City where she and a small group of … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A Director Antoine Fuqua Writer/s Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzolatto Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Source of story The original western and, it is claimed, the Seven Samurai Elevator Pitch When the inhabitants of a small western town are threatened by a violent mine owner, determined to steal their land, they … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating PG Director Stephen Frears Writer/s Nicholas Martin Starring Meryl Streep, Hugh Grant, Simon Helberg Source of story Real events Elevator Pitch A New York socialite gives increasingly ambitious operatic performances despite her limited ability as a singer. She is aided by her pianist who alters rhythm and key to suit her, and … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Simon West Writer/s Richard Wenk, Lewis John Carlino Starring Jason Statham, Ben Foster, Donald Sutherland Source of story A 1972 film of the same name Elevator Pitch A sophisticated assassin whose hits are programmed by a shadowy organisation, is required to carry out the termination of his mentor, … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Seth Gordon Writer/s Michael Markowitz, John Francis Daley Starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Aniston, Colin Farrell, Jason Bateman Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Three friends have trouble with their superiors at work, one is a despot, one is an idiot and one is a sexual predator. … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A in UK Director Jonathan Mostow Writer/s Michael Ferris, John Brancato Starring Bruce Wills, Radha Mitchell, Rosamund Pike, James Cromwell Source of story Graphic novel by Robert Venditti and Brett Weldele Elevator Pitch In the near future the population is represented in the workplace and at play by their surrogates, remotely operated … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating PG Director Shawn Levy Writer/s Robert Ben Garant, Thomas Lennon Starring Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke, Ricky Gervais, Robin Williams, Steve Coogan, Owen Wilson Source of story A book by Milan Trenc Elevator Pitch An out of work inventor manages to get a job as night-watchman in the NY Museum of Natural … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Luke Scott Writer/s Seth W Owen Starring Kate Mara, Anya Taylor-Joy, Toby Jones, Rose Leslie Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch When a scientifically created humanoid injures a scientist a young woman is sent in by “corporate” to the remote location of the experiment to sort … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 18 in UK Director The Farrellys Writer/s Scot Armstrong, Leslie Dixon, The Farrellys, Kevin Barnett Starring Ben Stiller, Malin Akerman, Michelle Monaghan Source of story A short story by Bruce Jay Friedman and a screenplay by Neil Simon Elevator Pitch A forty year old single man is prompted by his friends to … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating PG13 Director Ellory Elkayem Writer/s Stephen Mazur Starring Oliver James, Kristopher Turner, Rik Young Source of story A sequel to the original “Without a Paddle”. Elevator Pitch Two young men in search of adventure pursue the object of a schoolboy crush into the backwoods of Oregon, where she and a female friend … Continue reading
Released 1974 Rating X (over 18s) in UK Director Francis Ford Coppola Writer/s Mario Puzo, Francis Ford Coppola Starring Al Pacino, Robert De Nero, Robert Duvall, Diane Keaton Source of story A development from The Godfather Elevator Pitch We move between the early life of Vito Corleone from his youth in Sicilly to his early … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating 15 in UK Director Clint Eastwood Writer/s Larry Gross, Paul Brickman, Stephen Schiff Starring Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, James Woods, Bernard Hill Source of story A novel by Andrew Klavan Elevator Pitch A veteran reporter who is screwing his immediate boss’s wife, is given the job of covering an execution which is … Continue reading
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