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Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Jay Roach Writer/s John McNamara Starring Bryan Cranston, Diane Lane, Helen Mirren, Elle Fanning Source of story Real events and book by Bruce Cook Elevator Pitch Screenwriter Dalton Trumbo and nine others are called before Congress to answer allegations that they are members of the communist party. They … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Lee Daniels Writer/s Danny Strong Starring Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, Mariah Carey, Vanessa Redgrave, David Oyelowo, Cuba Gooding Jr, Lenny Kravitz, Robin Williams, John Cusack, Liev Schreiber, Alan Rickman, Jane Fonda. Source of story Inspired by real events and an article by Wil Haygood in the Washington Post … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A in UK Director Marc Forster Writer/s Paul Haggis, Neil Purvis, Robert Wade Starring Daniel Craig, Olga Kurylenko, Judi Dench, Gemma Arterton, Jeffrey Wright, Rory Kinnear, Tim Pigott-Smith, Source of story A continuation of Casino Royal, title apparently an Ian Fleming short story. Elevator Pitch The secret organisation Quantum has penetrated the … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Billy Ray Writer/s Billy Ray Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris Source of story A 2009 Argentinian film of the same name. Elevator Pitch A former FBI officer returns to Los Angeles to tell his former colleagues that he has found the identity of a … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 15 in UK Director John Michael McDonagh Writer/s John Michael McDonagh Starring Brendan Gleeson, Don Cheadle, Mark Strong, Liam Cunningham Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A country policeman on the west coast of Ireland has his own sense of right and wrong. This involves paying prostitutes and returning a … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Vondie Curtis-Hall Writer/s Vondie Curtis-Hall, Darin Scott Starring Tyrese Gibson, Meagan Good Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A former criminal recently released on probation when his car, with the son in it, is hijacked. The cost of getting the boy back from a fearsome gang … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Simon West Writer/s David Guggenheim Starring Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Malin Akerman, Danny Huston Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Eight years after a failed bank robbery a criminal gets out of jail, only to find himself having to pursue his former partner, who had has … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 15 in UK Director Mikael Hafstrom Writer/s Miles Chapman, Jason Keller Starring Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, 50 Cent, Jim Caveizel, Sam Neill, Vinnie Jones Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An expert in prison security, who usually determines the weaknesses in such facilities by escaping from them, is incarcerated in … 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
