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Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Greg Mottola Writer/s Simon Pegg, Nick Frost Starring Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Jason Bateman, Kristen Wiig Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple of geeks are on a trip round the “alien sites” in America in an RV after going to Comicon, when they come … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Ridley Scott Writer/s Jon Spailts, Damon Lindelof Starring Noomi Rapace, Michael Fassbender, Charlize Theron, Idris Elba, Guy Pearce, Rafe Spall Source of story The story was prompted by the Alien franchise, although this is a prequel. Elevator Pitch Earth scientists identify the possible source of humanity on a … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating PG Director McG Writer/s John Brancato, Michael Ferris Starring Christian Bale, Sam Worthington, Moon Bloodwood, Helena Bonham Carter, Anton Yelchin, Bryce Dallas Howard Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch The war between humans and the machines goes on, but then a mystery man appears in the desolate destructed landscape, appearing … Continue reading
Released 1994 Rating 18 in UK Director Quentin Tarantino Writer/s Quentin Tarantino, Roger Avery Starring Tim Roth, John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Uma Therman , Harvey Keitel Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A number of connected stories in the LA underworld involving a violent mafia boss and his … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director Neal Brennan Writer/s Andy Stock, Rick Stempson Starring Jeremy Piven, Ving Rhames, James Brolin Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A failing car dealership hires a group of supersalesmen to mastermind a July 4th Sale, and amid their success their leader falls for the boss’s daughter … Continue reading
Released 1982 Rating 15 in UK Director Taylor Hackford Writer/s Douglas Day Stewart Starring Richard Gere, Debra Winger, Louis Gusset Jr, David Caruso Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of young men and women enrol in Navy flight school training during which some of them take up with the young women … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Steven Soderbergh Writer/s Lem Dobbs Starring Gina Carano, Ewan McGregor, Michael Fassbender, Channing Tatum, Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A female “black ops” specialist is betrayed and marked for elimination after a particularly sensitive operation, forcing her to go on the … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating PG in UK Director Tim Story Writer/s Don Payne, Mark Frost Starring Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans, Michael Chiklis Source of story The characters including the Silver Surfer, from Marvel Comics by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby Elevator Pitch Two of the Fantastic 4 are getting married when they are disturbed … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in Uk Director Joel Edgerton Writer/s Joel Edgerton Starring Jason Bateman, Rebecca Hall, Joel Edgerton Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple recently moved from Chicago to California accidentally meet a former fellow pupil from the husband’s school. The husband is striving for promotion in his new employment, … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director Robert Luketic Writer/s Nicole Eastment, Karen McCullah Starring Katherine Heigl, Gerard Butler Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An outrageous TV presenter who gives romantic advice is hired to revive a morning show which is produced by an earnest and controlling producer. He helps her with … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating 12 in UK Director Gary Sinyor Writer/s Steve Cohen Starring Chris O’Donnell, Renee Zellweger, Edward Asner, Hal Holbrook, James Cromwell, Peter Ustinov, Mariah Carey, Sarah Silverman, Jennifer Esposito, Brooke Shields Source of story A play by Roi Cooper Megrue and a 1925 film “Seven Chances” Elevator Pitch A determined 30 year old … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating PG Director John Madden Writer/s John Madden, Ol Parker Starring Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Richard Gere, David Strathairn, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup Source of story A sequel to the Best Marigold Hotel Elevator Pitch Sonny is aiming to expand the hotel but his efforts are being frustrated by … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 15 in UK Director Len Wiseman Writer/s Danny McBride Starring Kate Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Bill Nighy, Scott Speedman. Source of story An original screenplay – to be followed by sequels, although it was claimed by White Wolf Inc that it was based on one of their published short stories. Elevator Pitch Not … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director Tony Scott Writer/s Brian Helgeland Starring Denzel Washington, John Travolta, James Gandolfini, John Turturro, Source of story Originally a novel by John Godey then a film in 1974 Elevator Pitch A group of criminals take control of a single metro car containing a number of passengers and issue … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Guy Richie Writer/s Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney Starring Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams, Stephen Fry, Kelly Reilly, Geraldine James, Eddie Marsan Source of story Characters created by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle and a previous outing for this lot in 2009. Elevator Pitch Prof … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director Jim Jarmusch Writer/s Jim Jarmusch, Marion Bessay Starring Tilda Swinton, Tom Hiddleston, Mia Wasikowska, Anton Yeltsin, Jeffrey Wright, John Hurt Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple get together after time apart, she from Tangier, he in Detroit. They are vampires living in the 21st … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating U Director Andrew Stanton Writer/s Andrew Stanton, Pete Docter Starring (Voices) Ben Birtt, Elissa Knight, Jeff Garlin, Sigourny Weaver Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Earth has been abandoned except for a small rubbish collecting robot, accidentally left behind, but the former inhabitants now living on a vast space ship … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A Director Dan Trachtenberg Writer/s Josh Campbell, Matthew Stuecken Starring John Goodman, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, John Gallagher Jr Source of story A script called The Cellar which apparently has been knocking around for years. Elevator Pitch After a car crash a young woman wakes in an underground bunker with two men and … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Kathryn Bigelow Writer/s Mark Boal Starring Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Chris Pratt, Kyle Chandler, Jennifer Ehle, Mark Strong, James Gandolfini, John Barrowman Source of story Possibly real events – at least inspired by them. Elevator Pitch When the CIA find out where Osama bin Laden is holed up … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 15 in UK Director Stephen Gaghan Writer/s Stephen Gaghan Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Mazhar Munir, Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Mark Strong. Source of story Book by Robert Baer Elevator Pitch A multi-stranded tale involving the US oil industry, the CIA and middle eastern potentates. There … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating PG Director Lawrence Guterman Writer/s Lance Khazei Starring Jamie Kennedy, Traylor Howard, Alan Cumming Source of story An original screenplay – based on the original Jim Carey film. Elevator Pitch Odin has send Loki down to earth to recover “the mask” which has been lost, but recovered by the Avery’s Jack Russell. … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 15 in UK Director Todd Phillips Writer/s Court Crandall, Todd Phillips, Scott Armstrong Starring Luke Wilson, Will Ferrell, Vince Vaughn, Ellen Pompeo, Jeremy Piven, Juliette Lewis, Seann William Scott, Simon Helberg, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Three friends end up living together for a number of reasons, but the … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Guillermo del Toro Writer/s Guillermo del Toro, Matthew Robbins Starring Mia Wasikowska, Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston, Charlie Hunnam, Burn Gorman, Source of story An Original screenplay Elevator Pitch An American heiress falls for a mysterious Englishman who whisks her off to his Gothic castle on the English moors … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 12A in UK Director Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkins Writer/s Andy Hamilton, Guy Jenkins Starring Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller, Celia Imrie, Annette Crosbie Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple in the middle of a divorce get together to take their three children to a family … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A Director John Crowley Writer/s Nick Hornby Starring Saoirse Ronan, Emory Cohen, Domhnall Gleason, Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, Source of story Novel by Colm Toibin Elevator Pitch It is 1952. A young woman from the Irish backwoods emigrates to New York where she finds a new life and a husband, but is … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating PG in UK Director Peter Howitt Writer/s Neil Purvis, Robert Wade, William Davies Starring Rowan Atkinson, Ben Miller, Natalie Imbruglia, John Malkovich, Kevin McNally, Tim Pigott-Smith Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch After the death of all MI7’s agents in a bomb plot, the task of frustrating the attempts by … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director John Madden Writer/s Ol Parker Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel, Tina Desai Source of story Book by Deborah Moggach Elevator Pitch A bunch of British pensioners arrive at the Best Marigold Hotel in Jaipur, for their … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 12A in UK Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Writer/s Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Rip Torn, Gary Cole, Jason Bateman, Chuck Norris, William Shatner, David Hasselhoff Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In order to pay the mortgage on his gym, the owner and his bunch … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director David Barrett Writer/s Tom O’Connor Starring Josh Duhamel, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Vincent D’Onofrio, 50 Cent, Julian McMahon, Vinnie jones, Source of story An Original screen play Elevator Pitch A fireman is the sole witness to a viscious murder, and when witness protection fails, is forced to go … Continue reading
Released 1989 Rating 12 in UK Director Tim Burton Writer/s Sam Hamm, Warren Skaaren Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough, Jack Palance, Jerry Hall, Pat Hingle Source of story DC Comics characters by Bob Kane Elevator Pitch In an increasingly lawless Gotham City a new force for law and order The Dark … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating 15 in UK Director Ridley Scott Writer/s David Franzoni Starring Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Oliver Reed, Richard Harris, Derek Jacobi, David Hemmings, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A Roman general and his family are casualties when an Emperor is murdered by his son, and it is necessary for him … Continue reading
Released 1998 Rating 15 in UK Director Edward Zwick Writer/s Lawrence Wright, Edward Zwick Starring Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch New York is under attack from terrorist cells, making increasingly violent attacks on the infastructure. A senior FBI agent leads the search for the … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 12 in UK Director Tom Shadyac Writer/s Brandon Camp, Mike Thompson Starring Kevin Costner, Susanna Thompson, Kathy Bates Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch After his wife in lost in an accident in Venezuela a doctor finds he is getting messages from her, via children who have had near death … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Duke Johnson, Charlie Kaufman Writer/s Charlie Kaufman Starring David Thewlis, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Noonan Source of story An “audio play” by Charlie Kaufman Elevator Pitch A writer of a book about customer services checks into a hotel in Cincinnati where he is to give a promotional talk … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Alejandro Amenabar Writer/s Alesandro Amenabar Starring Ethen Hawke, David Thewlis, Emma Watson Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A girl who accuses her father of raping her, is “regressed” by a psychologist and seems to have been involved in satanic ritual, leading the detective on the … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Jason Moore Writer/s Kay Cannon Starring Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Elizabeth Banks Source of story Book by Mickey Rapkin Elevator Pitch A female college a cappella group compete against a male group from the same university, gradually making their way to the New York finals. There are tensions … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating 15 in UK Director Paul Verhoeven Writer/s Ed Neumeier Starring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busy, Dean Norris, Amy Smart Source of story A Robert A Heinline book Elevator Pitch When a race of alien insects attack South America, earth sends a vast fleet of space craft to attack … Continue reading
Released 1993 Rating 15 in UK Director John McTiernan Writer/s Shane Black, David Arnott Starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Austin O’Brien, Art Carney, Charles Dance, F.Murray Abraham, Tom Noonan, Anthony Quinn, Mercedes Ruehl, Ian McKellan, Joan Plowright, Tina Turner and lots of people appearing as themselves Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A boy is … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director David Robert Mitchell Writer/s David Robert Mitchell Starring No-one I had ever heard of. Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch After having a brief affair a young woman feels there is something wrong. She finds out that she has become the subject of a curse, and … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Terence Malick Writer/s Terence Malick Starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn, Jessica Chastain Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A journey in fantasy of a family in Texas in the 1950s Content Lots of obscure scenes, apparently with little connection one to another, including at one … Continue reading
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