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Duration 1h 33m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A novel “A Painted Devil” by Thomas P Cullinan and possibly the 1971 film written by Albert Maltz and Irene Kamp Writer/s Script Sofia Coppola Director Sofia Coppola Starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst, Elle Fanning Elevator Pitch When an injured Union soldier is given … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Edgar Wright Director Edgar Wright Starring Ansel Elgort, Jon Bernthal, Jon Hamm, Eiza Gonzales, Lily James, Kevin Spacey, Jamie Foxx, Walter Hill Elevator Pitch Baby is a talented get-away driver with tinitus, who therefore listens to an IPod all the time. … Continue reading
Duration 2h 8m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A novel of the same name by David Ignatius Writer/s Script William Monahan Director Ridley Scott Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong, Golshifteh Farahani, Oscar Isaac, Simon Mc Burney, Michael Stuhlbarg, Elevator Pitch A field agent based in Jordan tries to run a terrorist leader, … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and the previous outing – Get Shorty Writer/s Script Peter Steinfield Director F Gary Gray Starring John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Vince Vaughn, Cedric the Entertainer, Andre Benjamin, Christina Milian, Harvey Keitel, Dwayne Johnson, James Woods Elevator Pitch Chilli … Continue reading
Released 1990 Rating (UK) PG Source of story The second of the trilogy Writer/s Script Bob Gale Writer/s Story Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis Director Robert Zemeckis Starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F Wilson, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue, Richard Dysart Elevator Pitch At the end of BTTF II Doc in the Delorean … Continue reading
Released 1989 Rating (UK) PG Source of story The first Back to the Future film. Writer/s Script Bob Gale Writer/s Story Bob Gale, Robert Zemeckis Director Robert Zemeckis Starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Thomas F Wilson, Elisabeth Shue Elevator Pitch Doc and Marty go forward in time to 2015, but while there … Continue reading
Released 2017 Rating (UK) PG Source of story This work has a lot of history starting off with an 18th century fairy tale intended, believe it or not, to prepare young women for arranged marriages. Also the 1994 Disney animated picture and the Broadway stage musical. Writer/s Script Evan Spiliotopoulos, Stephen Chbosky Director Bill Condon … Continue reading
Released 1999 Rating (UK) Source of story Short stories and novels by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg Writer/s Script Nicholas Kazan Director Chris Columbus Starring Robin Williams, Embeth Davidz, Sam Neill, Oliver Platt Elevator Pitch A domestic robot, purchased to carry out menial tasks, proves to have intelligence and to be capable of advanced … Continue reading
Released 1985 Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Robert Zemeckis, Bob Gale Director Robert Zemeckis Starring Michael J Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover, Thomas F wilson, Claudia Wells Elevator Pitch Marty a 17 year old skateboarder is accidentally sent back to 1955 in his friend Doc’s DeLorean time … Continue reading
Released 1995 Rating (UK) 12 Source of story The Batman comics and the earlier films Writer/s Script Lee Batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Akiva Goldsman Writer/s Story Lee batchler, Janet Scott Batchler, Bob Kane (Characters) Director Joel Schumacher Starring Val Kilmer, Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman, Chris O’Donnell, Michael Gough, Pat Hingle, Drew Barrymore … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 12 Source of story DC Comics and directly the previous Batman films Writer/s Script Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan Writer/s Story Christopher Nolan, David S Goyer, Bob Kane (characters) Director Christopher Nolan Starring Christian Bale, Gary Oldman, Tom Hardy, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Anne Hathaway, Marion Cotillard, Morgan Freeman, Michael Caine Elevator Pitch Years … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s script Steven Knight Writer/s story Michael Kalesniko Director John Wells Starring Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Daniel Brühl, Omar Sy, Emma Thompson, Uma Thurman, Alicia Vikander, Lily James Elevator Pitch A chef returning from disaster due to alcohol and drugs, takes over a restaurant … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The Bourne outings and the character in books by Robert Ludlum Writer/s script Tony Gilroy, Dan Gilroy Writer/s story Tony Gilroy Director Tony Gilroy Starring Jeremy Renner, Scott Glen, Stacy Keach, Edward Norton, Rachel Weisz, Albert Finney, Joan Allen Elevator Pitch Jason Bourne is still out there, … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A graphic novel by Alexis Nolent “Du plomb dans la tête”. Writer/s script Alessandro Camon Director Walter Hill Starring Sylvester Stallone, Sung Kang, Sarah Shahi, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Jason Momoa, Christian Slater Elevator Pitch In the New Orleans underworld a hitman finds himself under threat, and so must … Continue reading
Released 1984 Rating 15 in UK (R in US) Director Martin Brest Writer/s Daniel Petrie Jr, Danilo Bach Starring Eddie Murphy, Judge Reingold, John Ashton, Lisa Eilbacher, Ronny Cox, Steven Berkoff Source of story An original but much rewritten and rehandled screenplay Elevator Pitch A undisciplined Detroit detective goes on the hunt for the killers … Continue reading
Released 2006 Rating 15 in UK Director Martin Campbell Writer/s Neal Purvis, Robert Wade, Paul Haggis Starring Daniel Craig, Eva Green, Mads Mikkelsen, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright, Giancarlo Giannini Source of story Casino Royale the novel by Ian Fleming (Apparently followed closely) Elevator Pitch Bond is on the trail of a financier who uses terrorist … 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 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 2005 Rating 12 in UK Director Christopher Nolan Writer/s David S Goyer, Christopher Nolan Starring Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Gary Oldman, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Morgan Freeman, Ken Watanabe Source of story A DC comics character – mostly said to be “Batman:Year One” Elevator Pitch Batman uses the resources of … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 15 in UK Director David S. Goyer Writer/s David S Goyer Starring Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Dominic Purcell, Jessica Biel, Ryan Reynolds, Parker Posy Source of story A Marvel comic character by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan Elevator Pitch The vampires resurrect their demonic leader who they think will give them the … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Leslye Headland Writer/s Leslye Headland Starring Kirsten Dunst, Isla Fisher, Lizzy Caplan, Rebel Wilson Source of story A stage play by Lesley Headland Elevator Pitch When possibly the least attractive of a group of girls (nick-named pig-face) announces that she is to be married the other three get … 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 2007 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul Greengrass Writer/s Tony Gilroy, Scott Z Burns, George Nolfi Starring Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, David Strathairn, Paddy Considine, Joan Allen Source of story Book by Robert Ludlum Elevator Pitch Bourne is on the case again when he is named in a Guardian article, requiring him to visit … Continue reading
Released 2004 Rating 12A in UK Director Paul Greengrass Writer/s Tony Gilroy Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Joan Allen, Brian Cox Source of story Novel by Robert Ludlum (more or less) Elevator Pitch Bourne finds himself a target of a KGB killer, and is forced to come out of hiding once more to attempt to … Continue reading
Released 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Michael Petroni Writer/s Michael Petroni Starring Adrian Brody, Sam Neill Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Two boys leave their bikes on a railway line, apparently causing in the derailment of a train and the deaths of 47 people. They are both traumatised, and one, who … Continue reading
Released 2014 Rating PG-13 Director Camille Delamarre Writer/s Luc Besson Starring Paul Walker, David Belle Source of story A remake of French film ´District B13 Elevator Pitch An undercover policeman in search of a dirty bomb, and a vigilante in search of his girl friend must band together to take on the drug gangs … Continue reading
Released 2002 Rating 12A Director Doug Liman Writer/s Tony Gilroy, W.Blake Herron Starring Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper, Brian Cox Source of story Loosely based on the book of the same name by Robert Ludlum Elevator Pitch A fishing boat picks up a man from the sea who is injured and suffering from amnesia. … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A Director Peter Berg Writer/s Jon Hoeber, Erich Hoeber Starring Taylor Kitsch, Rihanna, Liam Neeson, Alexander Skarsgard, Source of story Amazingly – the Hasbro game of the same name Elevator Pitch Alien invaders in five space craft attack earth when their planet is contacted by Hawaian scientists. Their sophisticated sea craft battle … 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 2008 Rating 12A Director Mathieu Kassovitz Writer/s Mathieu Kassovitz Starring Vin Diesel, Michelle Yeoh, Melanie Thierry, Mark Strong, Charlotte Rampling, Gerard Depardieu, David Belle, Source of story A novel by Maurice G Dantec Elevator Pitch In a future where law and order has broken down a former mercenary is hired to take a young … 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 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 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director John Madden Writer/s Ol Parker Starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Penelope Wilton, Ronald Pickup, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel, Tina Desai Source of story Book by Deborah Moggach Elevator Pitch A bunch of British pensioners arrive at the Best Marigold Hotel in Jaipur, for their … Continue reading
Released 1989 Rating 12 in UK Director Tim Burton Writer/s Sam Hamm, Warren Skaaren Starring Michael Keaton, Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Michael Gough, Jack Palance, Jerry Hall, Pat Hingle Source of story DC Comics characters by Bob Kane Elevator Pitch In an increasingly lawless Gotham City a new force for law and order The Dark … 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 2009 Rating 15 in UK Director Richard Curtis Writer/s Richard Curtis Starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman, Bill Nighy, Nick Frost, Kenneth Branagh, Chris O’Dowd, Gemma Arterton, Jack Davenport, Rhys Ifans, January Jones, Emma Thompson Source of story An original screenplay – loosely based on the Radio Caroline story Elevator Pitch In the days when the … 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 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
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