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Duration 1h 54m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Rian Johnson Additional Info The director has subsequently been employed to write and direct the latest trio of StarWars films. Director Rian Johnson Starring Rachel Weisz, Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo, Rinko Kikuchi, Robbie Coltrane, Maximilian Schell Elevator Pitch A couple of brothers … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Marc Lawrence Additional Info Despite what seems to many of us to have been a dire script Marc Lawrence went on to write better films for Sandra Bullock and to direct one. Director Bronwen Hughes Starring Sandra Bullock, Ben Affleck, Maura Tiernwy, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 39m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Matthew Newman Additional Info Some other names “How to Make Love Like an Englishman” in Canada and “Some Kind of Beautiful” in USA (this must mean something!). Director Tom Vaughan Starring Pierce Brosnan, Salma Hayek, Jessica Alba, Malcolm McDowell, Ben McKenzie Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Ed Decter, John J Strauss, Peter Farrelly, Bobby Farrelly Additional Info Cameron Diaz won several awards, the film is in several “Best Comedy” lists and it made a lot of money. Director Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly Starring Cameron Diaz, Matt Dillon, Ben … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script David Wain, Ken Marino Additional Info This is a Jud Apatow movie Director David Wain Starring Paul Rudd, Jennifer Aniston, Justin Theroux, Alan Alda, Malin Akerman, Kathryn Hahn Elevator Pitch A young couple become unemployed in New York and take off for … Continue reading
Duration 2h 9m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story Apparently a self help book of the same name by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, itself inspired by a single phrase in Sex and the City. Writers/Script Abby Kohn, Marc Silverstein Additional Info The film was made by Drew Barrymore’s production company. Director Ken Kwapis Starring … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Ian Helfer, Jay Reiss Additional Info No-one is telling us how much it cost, but takings up to October 2012 were $364,875 Director Julian Farino Starring Hugh Laurie, Oliver Platt, Allison Janney, Catherine Keener, Leighton Meester, Adam Brody Elevator Pitch In suburban … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Cameron Crowe Additional Info This movie is moderately famous for casting a white female in the role of a Hawaiian who is a quarter native Hawaiian, and a quarter Asian. Director Cameron Crowe Starring Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 28m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Tess Morris Additional Info Lake Bell is an American actress well known for a number of sitcoms. Director Ben Palmer Starring Lake Bell, Ophelia Lovibond, Simon Pegg, Ken Stott, Harriet Walter, Rory Kinnear, Olivia Williams Elevator Pitch A thirty something year … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Daniel Waters Director Daniel Waters Starring Simon Baker, Winona Ryder Elevator Pitch Out in the world a woman is attacking men and causing them to become comatose, and is being chased by the police. Meanwhile the owner of a fast food … Continue reading
Duration 1h 56m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screen play Writer/s Script David Sheffield, Barry W Blaustein Writer/s Story Eddie Murphy – although the producers were sued by Art Buchwald who claimed that it was a rehash of a script which had been optioned by Paramount. He won. Director John Landis Starring … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story An original screenplay – although apparently the idea had been about for a long time. Writer/s Script Barry Farano, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor, Writer/s Story Lew Gallo (Treatment) Director Dennis Duggan Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Jessica Biel, Dan Aykroyd, Ving Rhames, Steve Buscemi, Richard Chamberlain, … Continue reading
Duration 1h 57m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Richard Curtis Director Mike Newell Starring Hugh Grant, James Fleet, Simon Callow, John Hannah, Kristen Scott Thomas, Charlotte Coleman, Andie MacDowell, Nicola Walker, Rowan Atkinson, Kenneth Griffith, David Haig, Anna Chancellor Elevator Pitch A bunch of friends go to a posh … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A memoir by Beth Raymer – apparently leaving out her time as a boxer. Writer/s Script D.V.DeVincentis Director Stephen Frears Starring Rebecca Hall, Corbin Bernsen, Laura Prepon, Bruce Willis, Frank Grillo, Vince Vaughn, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Joshua Jackson, John Carroll Lynch Elevator Pitch A young woman gives … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating (UK) 15 (R in America) Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Tom Gormican Director Tom Gormican Starring Zac Efron, Michael B Jordan, Miles Teller, Imogen Poots, Mackenzie Davis, Elevator Pitch Three young men, two of them book cover designers and one a doctor, get together just to have fun and … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Joel Hopkins, Tess Morris Director Joel Hopkins Starring Pierce Brosnan, Emma Thompson, Timothy Spall, Celia Imrie, Tuppence Middleton Elevator Pitch A divorced couple whose financial security has been destroyed by a hedge fund owner, decide to get together to recover their losses, … Continue reading
Released 1986 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Although denied by Paul Hogan, others have said that the origin of the story was the survival of an Australian adventurer in the 1970s. Writer/s script Ken Shadie, John Cornell, Paul Hogan Writer/s story Paul Hogan Director Peter Faiman Starring Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, David Gulpilil Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating 12 in UK Director Brett Ratner Writer/s David Diamond, David Weissman Starring Nicolas Cage, Téa Leoni, Don Cheadle, Jeremy Piven, Harve Presnell Source of story An original screenplay, with echoes of other Christmas parables. Elevator Pitch Jack Campbell, the VP of an investment company who cares nothing for anything except money and … Continue reading
Released 2001 Rating 15 in UK Director Sharon Maguire Writer/s Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis Starring Renée Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Celia Imrie, Jim Broadbent, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Shirley Henderson, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Honor Blackman, Neil Pearson Source of story A newspaper column then a book by Helen Fielding Elevator Pitch A thirty … 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 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 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 2013 Rating 12A Director Richard Curtis Writer/s Richard Curtis Starring Domhnall Gleeson, Rachael McAdams, Bill Nighy Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Reaching the age of 21, a young man is told by his father that he has inherited the ability to travel in time. To start with he uses this to … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A in UK Director Gary Marshall Writer/s Katherine Fugate Starring Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Garner, Jessica Biel, Julia Roberts, Bradley Cooper, Anne Hathaway and many others!! Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A set off loosely intertwined stories of singles and couples on Valentine’s Day, possible the main theme being that … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating 15 in UK Director James L Brooks Writer/s Mark Andrus, James L Brooks Starring Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr, Skeet Ulrich, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A rich author who compulsively must follow precise patterns in his life finds everything changes when his gay neighbour … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 12A in UK Director Greg Berlanti Writer/s Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson Starring Katherine Heigl, Josh Duhamel, Josh Lucas, Sarah Burns, Melissa McCarthy Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch When a married couple are killed in a road accident, two of their friends, one male one female, are named as … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 12A in UK Director Stephen Herek Writer/s John Scott Shepherd Starring Angelina Jolie, Edward Burns, Tony Shalhoub, Stockard Channing, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A TV news reporter who apparently has everything, has her death predicted by a street prophet, and as his other preditions come true so it … 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 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Glenn Ficarra, John Reque Writer/s Dan Fogelman Starring Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling, Julianne Moore, Emma Stone, Marisa Tomei, Kevin Bacon Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A wife announces to her husband that she is having sex with someone else, and wants a divorce, so the … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Ivan Reitman Writer/s Elizabeth Meriwether, Michael Samonek Starring Ashton Kutcher, Natalie Portman, Kevin Kline, Cary Elwes, Greta Gerwig, Olivia Thirlby Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Two friends decide they can maintain a relationship based solely on sex, and so they indulge whenever and where-ever they … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 12A in UK Director Tom Dey Writer/s Tom J Astle, Matt Ember Starring Matthew McConaughey, Sarah Jessica Parker, Zooey Deschanel, Bradley Cooper, Kathy Bates, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple hire a young woman who guarantees to get their thirty something son to leave home, but things go … Continue reading
Released 1992 Rating 15 in UK Director Reginald Hudlin Writer/s Eddie Murphy, Barry W Blaustein, David Sheffield Starring Eddie Murphy, Robin Givens, Halle Berry, Grace Jones, Geoffrey Holder, Eartha Kitt, Chris Rock Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An office Lothario finds his life turned upside down when the ad agency he directs … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Nicholas Stroller Writer/s Jason Segel, Director Starring Jason Segel, Emily Blunt, Chris Pratt, Alison Brie, Jackie Weaver, Rhys Ifans, Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch An “amusing” story about a chef and a female graduate who fall in love, but for a variety of reasons defer their … Continue reading
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