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Released 2006 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A 2001 Italian film “L’Ultimo Bacio”. Writer/s script Paul Haggis Director Tony Goldwyn Starring Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Casey Affleck, Rachel Bilson, Eric Christian Olsen, Harold Ramis, Blythe Danner, Tom Wilkinson Elevator Pitch A man approaching thirty, whose partner has announced that she is pregnant, begins to … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) PG Source of story A short story by Stephen Vincent Benet, and a play by Archibald Macleish both called “The Devil and Daniel Webster”. Writer/s script Peter Dexter, Bill Condon, Nancy Cassaro Writer/s story Peter Dexter Director Harry Kirkpatrick (But actually Alec Baldwin who withdrew his name from the production.) Starring … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating (UK) Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Ernest Cline, Adam F. Goldberg Writer/s story Ernest Cline, Dan Pulick Director Kyle Newman Starring Sam Huntington, Chris Marquette, Dan Fogler, Jay Baruchel, Kristen Bell, Seth Rogan, Danny Trejo, William Shatner, Carrie Fisher, Kevin Smith Elevator Pitch When one of a group of … Continue reading
Released 2001 Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Pamela Falk, Michael Ellis Writer/s Story Director Adam Shankman Starring Jennifer Lopez, Matthew McConaughey, Bridgette Wilson-Sampras, Justin Chambers, Judy Greer Elevator Pitch When a wedding planner breaks the rules and falls for the potential groom she is forced to decide on her … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Pierce Gardner, Peter Hedges Writer/s Story Director Peter Hedges Starring Steve Carell, Juliette Binoche, Dane Cook, Alison Pill, Dianne Wiest, John Mahoney, Amy Ryan, Emily Blunt Elevator Pitch A widower with three difficult daughters goes to the family home on Rhode Island … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 12A in UK Director Jeffrey Nachmanoff Writer/s Jeffrey Nachmanoff, Steve Martin Starring Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Said Taghmaoui, Neil McDonough, Archie Panjabi, Jeff Daniels Source of story An original screenplay from an idea by Steve Martin Elevator Pitch In the violent world of the jihadists a former special forces engineer in deep … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A in UK Director Robert Schwentke Writer/s Bruce Joel Rubin Starring Eric Bana, Rachel McAdams, Ron Livingston, Stephen Tobolowsky Source of story Book of the same name by Audrey Niffenegger Elevator Pitch A young man and woman meet in a library apparently for the first time, but she knows him because in … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 12A in UK Director Frank Coraci Writer/s Steve Koren, Mark O’Keefe Starring Adam Sandler, Kate Beckinsale, Christopher Walken, David Hasselhoff, Henry Winkler, Julie Kavner, Jonah Hill Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch An architect obsessed with his work to the detriment of his family life, is gifted with a remote … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director Beeban Kidron Writer/s Helen Fielding, Andrew Davies, Richard Curtis, Adam Brooks Starring Renee Zellweger, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Celia Imrie, Colin Firth, Neil Pearson, Hugh Grant, Jacinda Barrett, Sally Phillips, James Callis, Shirley Henderson, Alex Jennings Source of story Novel by Helen Fielding and the previous film. Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 15 in UK Director James Foley Writer/s Doug Jung Starring Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Paul Giamatti, Luis Guzman, Dustin Hoffman, Andy Garcia, John Carroll Lynch, Morris Chestnut Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A group of confidence tricksters have a standard scam which usually involved people pretending to be shot, … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 18 in UK Director Ridley Scott Writer/s Steven Zaillian Starring Denzel Washington, Russell Crowe, Chewetel Ejiofor, Josh Brolin, John Ortiz, Cuba Gooding Jr, Armand Assante, Idris Elba (a walk-on) Source of story Inspired by true events and an article by Mark Jacobson Elevator Pitch When a gangland overlord dies his right hand … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating 15 in UK Director The Wachowskis Writer/s The Wachowskis Starring Monica Bellucci, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jada Plinkett-Smith, Keanu Reeves, Bruce Spence, Hugo Weaving Source of story The earlier Matrix offerings and actually some legendary SF. Elevator Pitch The earth is dark and desolate and somewhere machines are using humans to produce … 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 12A in UK Director Steven Brill Writer/s Fred Wolf, Harris Goldberg, Tom Nursall, Jay Leggett, Mitch Rouse Starring Matthew Lillard, Seth Green, Dax Shepard Source of story An original screenplay, but involving D.B.Cooper a man who exhorted $200,000 from an airline owner and parachuted out of one never to be seen again. … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 15 in UK Director Matt Reeves Writer/s Drew Goddard Starring Mike Vogel, Jessica Lucas, Lizzy Caplan, Michael Stahl-David Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch During a party to celebrate the departure from New York of one of them, there is upheaval in the city, and they see buildings falling. They … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 13 in UK Director Woody Allen Writer/s Woody Allen Starring Woody Allen, Scarlett Johansson, Hugh Jackman, Ian McShane Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A dead investigative reporter, on the boat across the Styx gets a whiff of a dramatic story, and manages to communicate with an American journalism student … Continue reading
Released 1971 Rating X in UK Director Stanley Kubrick Writer/s Stanley Kubrick Starring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Warren Clarke, Michael Bates, Miriam Karlin, Margaret Tyzack, Steven Berkoff Source of story Book of the same name by Anthony Burgess Elevator Pitch A gang of violent delinquents terrorise the urban area they inhabit until their leader is … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director John Hillcoat Writer/s Joe Penhall Starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Kodi Smit-McPhee Source of story Novel of the same name by Cormac McCarthy Elevator Pitch A father and son make their way towards the sea, in a post apocalypse world where civilisation has failed, against almost insurmountable odd. … Continue reading
As time has passed I have gradually provided more means of searching the website. There is a box which allows you to search for a film, but of course there are at the time of writing only 950 films on the site, only a fraction of what is available. If you are searching for a … Continue reading
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