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Duration 1h 56m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Spain: 7 Source of story A book of the same name by Cormac McCarthy Director Billy Bob Thornton Writers/Script Ted Tally Starring Matt Damon, Henry Thomas, Penélope Cruz, Sam Shepard, Robert Patrick, Lucas Black, Ruben Blades, Jesse Plemons, Bruce Dern Ratings IMDb: 5.8/10 by 14,861 people . Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Gavin O’Connor Writers/Script Brian Duffield, Anthony Tambakis, Joel Edgerton Starring Natalie Portman, Joel Edgerton, Ewan McGregor, Noah Emerich, Ratings IMDb: 5.9/10 by 22,285 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 43% by 80 reviewers. Review2view: 6.5/10. Elevator pitch: Around the end of the … Continue reading
Duration 2h 21m Ratings UK: PG, USA: YV-PG, Spain: 13 Source of story It started off being based on “The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones” by Charles Neider Director Marlon Brando Writers/Script Guy Trosper, Caider Willingham Starring Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado, Ben Johnson, Slim Pickens, Pina Pellicer, Ratings IMDb: 7.1 by 11,273 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 45m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay – but another outing for the man with no name. Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script Ernest Tidyman, Dean Riesner Starring Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill, Walter Barnes, Billy Curtis, Geoffrey Lewis, Ratings IMDb: 7.5/10 by 53,656 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 93% … Continue reading
Duration 2h 10m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story An original screenplay, the script having knocked about for 20 years, Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script David Webb Peoples Starring Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, Frances Fisher, Anna Thomson, Ratings IMDb: 8.2/10 by 396,355 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 2h 15m Ratings UK: 18, USA: PG, Source of story A book by “Forest Carter” a pen name for Asa Earl Carter. Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script Phil Kaufman, Sonia Chernus Starring Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney, John Vernon, Sam Bottoms, Sheb Wooley, Ratings IMDb: 7.8 by 66,823 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 90% … Continue reading
Duration 1h 54m Ratings UK: 18, USA: PG-13, Spain: 18 Source of story An original screenplay, loosely based on American history. Director Ted Post Writers/Script Leonard Freeman, Mel Goldberg Starring Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley, Pat Hingle, Ben Johnson, Bruce Dern, Arlene Golonka, Dennis Hopper, L.Q. Jones, Ratings IMDb: 7.0 by 34,561 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 28m Rating (UK) AA Source of story An original screenplay Director John Sturges Writers/Script Elmore Leonard Starring Clint Eastwood, Robert Duvall, John Saxon, Don Stroud, Stella Garcia, Gregory Walcott, Elevator Pitch: In border country of New Mexico, Luis Chama, a charismatic Mexican leader is attempting to get his people’s historic lands returned, but … Continue reading
Duration 1h 39m Rating (UK) X Source of story A European version of a japanese film “Yojimbo” by Akira Kurosawa Director Sergio Leone Writers/Script Victor Andres Catena, Jaine Comas Gil, Sergio Leone Starring Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Votontè, Joe Egger Elevator Pitch: A an unnamed man rides into the town of San Miguel … Continue reading
Duration 1h 34m Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Director Robert Aldrich Writers/Script Robert Kibbee, James R. Webb (story Borden Chase) Starring Gary Cooper, Burt Lancaster, Cesar Romero, Sara Montiel, Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Elevator Pitch: In the 1860s while Mexico is in the throes of civil war, a group of American … Continue reading
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Duration 1h 47m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Sam Raimi Writers/Script Simon Moore. Josh Whedon Starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo Di Caprio, Tobin Bell, Lance Henriksen, Pat Hingle, Woody Strode, Elevator Pitch: A female gunslinger rides into the town of Redemption to take part in gunfighting competition … Continue reading
Duration 2h 15m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Sam Peckinpah Writers/Script Sam Peckinpah, Walon Green (story Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner) Starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine,Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sánchez, Elevator Pitch: It is 1913 and a gang of bandits are aiming to rob a railroad office, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 8m Rating (UK) U Source of story Based loosley on the Japanese film “The Seven Samurai” Director John Sturges Writers/Script William Roberts (who did rewrites on set) the main scriptwriter was Walter Newman who refued to be credited. Starring Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen, Horst Buchholz, Charles bronson, Robert Vaughn, Brad Dexter, … Continue reading
Duration 2h 12m Rating (UK) X Source of story An original screenplay using at least one character from A Fistful of Dollars, or at least his poncho. Director Sergio Leone Writers/Script Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone (story by Sergio Donati, Enzo Dell’Aquila, Fernando Di Leo) Starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volantè, Klaus Kinski … Continue reading
Duration 2h 7m Rating (UK) PG Source of story The original 1950/60s TV series Director Richard Donner Writers/Script William Goldman (Roy Huggins – TV series) Starring Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, James Garner, Alfred Molina, James Coburn, Denver Pyle, Waylon Jennings, Doug McClure, Henry Darrow, Danny Glover, Margot Kidder Elevator Pitch: Bret Maverick, a gambler and … Continue reading
Duration 2h 10m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Real events and characters through the prism of legend. Director George P. Cosmatos Writers/Script Kevin Jarre (With a lot of uncredited input) Starring Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer, Sam Elliot, Bill Paxton, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Charlton Heston, Jon Tenney, Thomas Haden Church, Billy Bob Thornton, Billy … Continue reading
Duration 2h 14m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Scott Cooper Writers/Script Scott Cooper from a manuscript by Donald E. Stewart Starring Rosamund Pike, Christian Bale, Jeese Plemons, Timothee Chalamet, Peter Mullan, Ben Foster Elevator Pitch: In 1892 a veteran cavalry officer is given the task of escorting a Cheyenne chief … Continue reading
Duration 2h 2m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A book of the same name by Patrick DeWitt Director Jacques Audiard Writers/Script Jacques Audiard, Thomas Bidegain Starring John C. Reilly, Joaquin Phoenix, Jake Gyllenhaal, Riz Ahmed, Rutger Hauer, Elevator Pitch: In 1851 Oregon a gold rush is on, and the Commodore has hired a detective … Continue reading
Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Clint Eastwood Writers/Script Michael Butler, Dennis Shryack Starring Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress, Chris Penn, Richard Dysart, Sydney Penny, Richard Kiel Elevator Pitch: When a gold prospector’s camp in the hills of California is attacked by vigilantes working for a banker, … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch In the wilds of Arizona (or Utah) a mail order bride arrives to find the the man she is married to has been killed, leaving her an isolated farmstead which is to be inportant in the development of the approaching railroad. The killer, the railroad boss’s enforcer, implicates a local gang leader, but … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch. A couple of gunmen, running a scam involving getting reward money for one and then preventing him being hanged, hear that there is a fortune in gold hidden in a grave in a cemetery and so must travel across the country during the US Civil War, forced to remain together because one knows … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch. When the father of a girl is killed by an outlaw she determines to hunt him down with the help of Deputy Marshall “Rooster” Cogburn; the murderer, who it seems has disappeared into the badlands with an outlaw gang, is also being hunted by Texas Ranger LaBoeuf for killing a senator, and so … Continue reading
Duration 1h 24m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script John Maclean Additional Info Westerns have been filmed in many countries, but this might be the first one filmed in New Zealand. Rory McCann – the Hound in Game of Thrones Director John Maclean Starring Kodi Smit-McPhee, Michael Fassbender, Rory McCann Elevator … Continue reading
Duration 1h 44m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story The first movie and real events Writers/Script John Fusco Additional Info This film starts by featuring an old man who meets a lawyer in 1950 claiming to be Billy the Kid, and in support of his claim he tells the story. This was a real event. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 56m Rating (UK) A Source of story An original screenplay Writers/Script Albert Maltz Additional Info The story by Budd Boetticher – the action taking place during the French invasion of Mexico between 1862 and 1866. Director Don Siegel Starring Shirley MacLaine, Clint Eastwood – and a lot of Mexicans because they were cheap. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 35m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story Andrew McKenzie Writer/s Script Logan Miller, Noah Miller Additional Info Later known as “Sweet Vengeance” also “Hello to Jason Isaacs”. Director Logan Miller and Noah Miller. Starring Ed Harris, January Jones, Jason Isaacs, Eduardo Noriega, Stephen Root, Luce Rains Elevator Pitch In 19th century New Mexico … Continue reading
Duration 2h 45m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story Said to relate to the 1966 film Django Writer/s Script Quentin Tarantino Director Quentin Tarantino Starring Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington, Samuel L Jackson, Walton Goggins, Don Johnson, Bruce Dern, Jonah Hill Elevator Pitch Two years before the civil war a dentist turned … Continue reading
Duration 1h 59m Rating (USA) R Source of story A book of the same name by Penelope Williamson (Known for her romantic fiction) Writer/s Script Jenny Wingfield Director Randa Haines Starring Tim Daly, Naomi Watts, Keith Carradine, David Carradine Elevator Pitch A young widow in a strict religious community, whose husband has been killed by … Continue reading
Duration 1h 30m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story A book by George Durham (as told to Clyde Wantland) “Taming the Nueces Strip” based on his own experiences. (1962). Writer/s Script Scott Busby, Martin Copeland Writer/s Story This work seems to have gone through a number of iterations before actually being made. There are disgruntled … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Quentin Tarantino Director Quentin Tarantino Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, Channing Tatum Elevator Pitch Years after the Civil War a bounty hunter with a female prisoner, and a couple of … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A novel by Robert B Parker Writer/s Script Robert Knott, Ed Harris Writer/s Story Director Ed Harris Starring Jeremy Irons, Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen, Timothy Spall, Renee Zellweger Elevator Pitch In Appaloosa, New Mexico in 1882 a US Marshall and his deputy are hired by the … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating 12A in UK Director Gore Verbinski Writer/s Justin Haythe, Ted Elliot, Terry Rossio Starring Johnny Depp, Armie Hammer, William fichtner, Tom Wilkinson, Ruth Wilson, Helena Bonham-Carter Source of story The Lone Ranger radio shows – and possibly short cine films Elevator Pitch A posse of Texas Rangers chase a gang of criminals … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 12A Director Antoine Fuqua Writer/s Richard Wenk, Nic Pizzolatto Starring Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, Ethan Hawke Source of story The original western and, it is claimed, the Seven Samurai Elevator Pitch When the inhabitants of a small western town are threatened by a violent mine owner, determined to steal their land, they … Continue reading
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