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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 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
Released 1990 Rating 12 in UK Director Penny Marshall Writer/s Steven Zaillian Starring Robin Williams, Robert de Nero, Julie Kavner, Max von Sydow, Source of story Book by Oliver Sachs Elevator Pitch A group of people in a nut house, apparently suffering from a type of sleeping sickness, encephalitis, and having been unresponsive for many … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Ben Affleck Writer/s Chris Terrio Starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, John Goodman, Alan Arkin, Kyle Chandler, Omid Abtahi Source of story A Wired magazine article by Joshuah Bearman, and part of a book by Tony Mendez Elevator Pitch Six American embassy workers are trapped in a friendly embassy … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Richard Linklater Writer/s Richard Linklater Starring Ellar Coltrane, Patricia Arquette, Ethan Hawke Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A film literally spanning 12 years in the life of a boy from the age of six to eighteen while his mother goes through an number of relationships … Continue reading
Released 1963 Rating PG in UK Director Terence Young Writer/s Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood Starring Sean Connery, Robert Shaw, Daniela Bianchi, Pedro Armendariz, Lotte Lenya, Bernard Lee, Walter Gotell, Lois Maxwell, Desmond Llewelyn Source of story Book of the same name by Ian Fleming Elevator Pitch Bond is sent to Istanbul to recover a Russian … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Asger Leth Writer/s Pablo F Fenjves Starring Sam Worthington, Elizabeth Banks, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Genesis Rodriguez, Anthony Mackie, Edward Burns, Kyra Sedgwick Source of story Original Screenplay Elevator Pitch A man stands on a ledge at the top of a hotel, apparently intending to commit suicide, and … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 18 Director Elliot Lester Writer/s Nathan Parker Starring Jason Statham, Paddy Considine, Aiden Gillen, David Morrissey, Mark Rylance Source of story A Novel by Ken Bruen Elevator Pitch A habitual criminal is killing police officers in London, but even when the team on the case arrest him they have no proof and … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul Greengrass Writer/s Billy Ray Starring Tom Hanks, Barkhad Abdi, Catherine Keener, Source of story A book by Captain Richard Phillips with Stephan Talty itself based on real events. Elevator Pitch The American container ship Maersk Alabama was taken over by Somali pirates in 2009, resulting in intervention … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Denis Villeneuve Writer/s Taylor Sheridan Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro Source of story An original sceenplay Elevator Pitch A female FBI officer joins a small team of specialists whose task is to manipulate the drug cartels based on the Mexican border. As time passes she … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 15 in UK Director Alejandro G Iñárritu Writer/s Director, Nicolas Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Armando Bo Starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, Edward Norton, Zach Galifianakis, Naomi Watts, Lindsay Duncan Source of story An original screenplay – some say based on Michael Keaton’s real life after he refused to continue to be Batman. Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating 18 in UK Director David Fincher Writer/s Gillian Flynn Starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris Source of story Book of the same name by Gillian Flynn Elevator Pitch When his wife disappears the husband finds himself the subject of media attention, in the end becoming a suspect in the possible … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Michael Mann Writer/s Stuart Beattie Starring Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx, Jada Pinkett Smith, Mark Ruffalo Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A hitman, with a list of victims, forces a cab driver to take him from place to place as he extinguishes his targets, but the … Continue reading
Released 1972 Rating 15 in UK Director Francis Ford Coppola Writer/s Coppola, Mario Puzo Starring Marlon Brando, Al Pacino, James Caan, Robert Duvall, Sterling Hayden, Richard Conti, Diane Keaton, Talia Shire, Source of story Novel by Mario Puzo Elevator Pitch Rival families battle for control of neighbourhoods in 1940s New York. When the Godfather is … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Alejandro G Iñárritu Writer/s Alejandro G Iñárritu, Mark L Smith Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Paul Anderson, Source of story Basically an American legend, turned into a novel by Michael Punke, and used in part as a source Elevator Pitch An American woodsman leading … Continue reading
Released 1969 Rating U in UK Director Peter Collinson Writer/s Troy Kennedy-Martin Starring Michael Caine, Noel Coward, Rossana Brazzi, John le Measurer Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of London criminals set up a caper to steal a shipment of gold in Italy, by creating a traffic jam in Turin, and … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Todd Haynes Writer/s Phyllis Nagy Starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Kyle Chandler Source of story Novel by Patricia Highsmith (The Price of Salt) Elevator Pitch In 1950s New York, a society wife forms a relationship with a young female shop assistant, who aspires to become a photographer, but … Continue reading
Released 1973 Rating A in UK Director Guy Hamilton Writer/s Tom Mankiewicz Starring Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Jane Seymour, Clifton James, Geoffrey Holder, Bernard Lee, Lois Maxwell, Source of story A story in the 007 franchise – named after but not necessarily based on an Ian Fleming book. Elevator Pitch Bond is sent to New … Continue reading
Released 2010 Rating 18 in UK Director William Monahan Writer/s William Monahan Starring Colin Farrell, Keira Knightly, Ray Winston, David Thewlis, Eddie Marsan, Sanjeev Baskar, Source of story Book by Ken Bruen Elevator Pitch A hardened criminal comes out of jail and in trying to go straight gets a job minding a fragile celebrity who … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 15 in UK Director Anand Tucker Writer/s Steven Martin Starring Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman Source of story A novel by… Steve Martin Elevator Pitch A young woman moves to LA and gets a job in Sachs Fifth Avenue. She is briefly lonely but soon becomes involved with a rich older … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 18 (in UK) Director Xavier Gens Writer/s Skip Woods Starring Timothy Olyphant, Olga Kurylenko, Doughy Scott, Source of story A computer shoot em up Elevator Pitch An assassin belonging to a mystery organisation whose members can be identified by a barcode tattooed on the back of their heads, is ensnared in a … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Andrew Haigh Writer/s Andrew Haigh Starring Charlotte Rampling, Tom Courtney, Geraldine James Source of story Apparently a short story by David Constantine Elevator Pitch The life of a married couple, approaching their 45th wedding anniversary party, is disrupted by a letter announcing that the body of the husband’s … Continue reading
Released 1975 Rating PG in UK Director John Huston Writer/s John Huston, Gladys King Starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira Caine, Source of story A Rudyard Kipling short story Elevator Pitch Two British warrant officers from the Indian Army hike over the Himalayas to countries where they can use their military … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A in UK Director Steven Spielberg Writer/s Matt Charman, the Coens Starring Tom Hanks, Mark Rylance, Alan Alda, Amy Ryan, Jesse Plemons Source of story An account by James Donovan Elevator Pitch A lawyer is hired to defend a captured Russian spy and goes on to negotiate his exchange for the U2 … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Yorgos Tanthimos Writer/s Yorgos Tanthimos, Epthymis Filippou Starring Colin Farrell, Olivia Colman, Ashley Jensen, John C.Reilly, Rachel Weisz, Ben Whishaw Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch In an alternative reality adults are required to have partners in life, and those without them are sent to a hotel … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 12A in UK Director Jonathan Demme Writer/s Peter Stone, J.Demme Starring Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins, Stephen Dillane Source of story Apparently a remake of “Charade” Elevator Pitch A young woman in Paris finds out that she is a widow and a number of people are chasing her, thinking she has … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 18 in UK Director Mark Neveldine, Brian Taylor Writer/s The directors Starring Jason Statham, Amy Smart, Dwight Yoakum Source of story A continuance of the original “Crank” Elevator Pitch An incredibly resilient bad man has his heart replaced by an electric one and is constantly required to find a way of recharging … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating 15 in UK Director Sam Raimi Writer/s Billy Bob Thornton, Tom Epperson Starring Cate Blanchett, Katie Holms, Greg Kinnear, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves, Hilary Swank, Gary Cole, J.K.Simmons Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch The disappearance of a young married woman in a small community focuses attention on the local clairvoyant, … Continue reading
Released 1988 Rating 15 in UK Director Martin Brest Writer/s George Gallo Starring Robert de Nero, Charles Grodin, Yaphet Kotto, Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A bounty hunter has to return a mafia accountant who has jumped bail, from New York to LA, using a variety of forms of transport while being chased … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A in UK Director Sam Mendez Writer/s John Logan, Neal Purvis + Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Walz, Ralph Feinnes, Lea Seydoux, Monica Bellucci, Ben Whishaw, Naomie Harris, Rory Kenner, & others Source of story Loosely based on the interaction between previous Bonds and Spectre Elevator Pitch Bond receives a message from the … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Alfonso Cuarón Writer/s Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón Starring Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch Two astronauts are working outside the Shuttle on the Hubble telescope when it is blown away by a cataclysmic event, and thereafter they have to work out … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Boaz Yakin Writer/s Boaz Yakin Starring Jason Statham, Catherine Chan Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A former elite undercover policemen in New York, down on his luck, sees a young Chinese girl being chased by Russian gangsters. He takes her under his protection which results in … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Danny Boyle Writer/s Aaron Sorkin Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Seth Rogan Source of story Book by Walter Isaacson Elevator Pitch A film about the three critical points in the entrepreneur’s life, a period before the 1984 Mac launch, the 1988 NeXT launch and the 1998 … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating Director Bill Condon Writer/s Jeffrey Hatcher Starring Ian McKellan, Laura Linney, Roger Allam, Frances de la Tour, John Sessions, Source of story A book by Mitch Cullin Elevator Pitch A long retired Sherlock Holmes keeps bees in the grounds of his cliff top house, assisted by the son of his housekeeper, and … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director Jaume Collet-Serra Writer/s David Johnson Starring Vera Farmiga, Peter Sarsgaard, Isabelle Fuhrman Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A family whose third child is a stillbirth decide to adopt, and are charmed by a nine year old girl they find in an orphanage – but she is … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director Roman Polanski Writer/s Yasmina Reza, Roman Polanski Starring Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet, Christopher Waltz, John C Reilly Source of story Stage play “The God of Carnage” by Yasmina Reza Elevator Pitch Two sets of parents meet in the apartment of one of them to discuss an attack by … Continue reading
Released 1989 Rating 18 in UK Director Peter Greenaway Writer/s Peter Greenaway Starring Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren, Alan Howard Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A diabolical mafia boss holds court every day in a restaurant that he owns, and under his nose his wife carries on an affair with a book shop proprietor … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Adam McKay Writer/s Charles Randolph, Adam McKay Starring Ryan Gosling, Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Brad Pitt Source of story Book by Michael Lewis Elevator Pitch Three distinct groups of traders identify the potential 2007 world economic crisis caused by the American mortgage selling process and bet on it … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director George Nolfi Writer/s George Nolfi Starring Matt Damon, Emily Blunt, Terence Stamp, Anthony Mackie Source of story A short story by Phillip K Dick Elevator Pitch A potential US senator who may be even more goes a bit off the rails, so a group of mysterious men arrange … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating Director Tom McCarthy Writer/s Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams Source of story The real events in 2001 Elevator Pitch Spotlight is a Boston Globe investigation team, who are directed by their new editor to look into cases of child abuse by priests. Their discoveries shake the … Continue reading
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