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Despicable Me 2 (2013)

Duration 1h 38m Rating (UK) U Source of story The characters and environment from the first film Writer/s Script Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio Director Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Benjamin Bratt, Russell Brand, Steve Cougan, Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Elevator Pitch In order to apprehend a new villain the Anti-Villain League … Continue reading

Despicable Me 3 (2017)

Duration 1h 30m Rating (UK) U Source of story The characters and themes from the previous movies. Writer/s Script Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio Director Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin, Eric Guillon Starring Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, Trey Parker, Steve Coogan, Julie Andrews, Elevator Pitch Gru, now married to Lucy, is expelled from the Anti-Villain League for … Continue reading

Divergent 2: Insurgent (2015)

Duration 1h 59m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story Novel of the same name by Veronica Roth – although the film goes is own way – apparently. Writer/s Script Brian Duffield, Akiva Goldsman, Mark Bomback Director Robert Schwentke Starring Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Miles Teller, Octavia Spencer, Ashley Judd, Naomi Watts, … Continue reading

Driven (2001)

Duration 1h 56m Rating (UK) PG Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Sylvester Stallone Writer/s Story Jan Skrentny, Neal Tabachnick Director Renny Harlin Starring Sylvester Stallone, Burt Reynolds, Kip Pardue, Stacy Edwards, Til Schweiger, Gina Gershon, Estella Warren, Robert Sean Leonard plus a number of real drivers. Elevator Pitch When a young very … Continue reading

Divergent (2014)

Duration 2h 19m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story A book of the same name by Veronica Roth Writer/s Script Evan Daugherty, Vanessa Taylor Director Neil Burger Starring Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Ashley Judd, Jai Courtney, Ray Stevenson, Zoe Kravitz, Miles Teller, Maggie Q, Kate Winslet, Ansel Elgort Elevator Pitch After an unspecified conflict the … Continue reading

Death Race

Released 2008 Rating (UK) 15 Source of story “Inspired by” previous Death Race movies. Writer/s Script Paul W.S.Anderson Writer/s Story Paul W.S.Anderson, Robert Thom, Charles B Griffith, Ib Melchior (all except the first from the 1975 film) Director Paul W.S.Anderson Starring Jason Statham, Joan Allen, Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez Elevator Pitch A former … Continue reading

Drive

Released 2011 Rating (UK) 18 Source of story A book by James Sallis Writer/s script Hossein Amini Director Nicholas Winding Refn Starring Ryan Gosling, Carey Mulligan, Bryan Cranston, Albert Brooks, Oscar Isaac, Ron Perlman Elevator Pitch A young talented car driver divides his time between working as a mechanic, stunt driving and acting as a … Continue reading

The Day the Earth Stood Still

Released 2008 Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The Edmund H North 1951 screenplay and a story by Harry Bates. Writer/s script David Scarpa Director Scott Derrickson Starring Keanu Reeves, Jennifer Connelly, Kathy Bates, Jaden Smith, John Cleese, John Hamm. Kyle Chandler Elevator Pitch A spacecraft lands in Central Park and disgorges a human like … Continue reading

Dan in Real Life

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

Daddy Day Care

Released 2003 Rating PG in UK Director Steve Carr Writer/s Geoff Rodkey Starring Eddie Murphy, Jeff Garlin, Steve Zahn, Regina King, Anjelica Huston, Elle Fanning Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch When two executives from a food company lose their jobs, their wives go out to work and they stay home to look … Continue reading

Deepwater Horizon

Released 2016 Rating 12A in UK Director Peter Berg Writer/s Matthew Michael Carnahan, Matthew Sand Starring Mark Wahlberg, Kurt Russell, Gina Rodriguez, John Malkovich, Kate Hudson Source of story Real events and a newspaper article by David Rohde and Stephanie Saul Elevator Pitch When the new crew join the oil rig Deepwater Horizon they find … Continue reading

Despicable Me

Released 2010 Rating U in UK Director Pierre Coffin, Chris Renaud Writer/s Sergio Pablos, Cinco Paul, Ken Daurio Starring Voices of: Steve Carell, Jason Segal, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Kristen Wiig Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Gru, the most villanous person in the world, has only one rival the youthful Vector, who … Continue reading

Drop Zone

Released 1994 Rating 15 in UK Director John Badham Writer/s Tony Griffin, Guy Manos, Peter Barsocchini, John Bishop Starring Wesley Snipes, Gary Busey, Yancey Butler Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A gang rescue a prisoner from a Boeing 747 at 40,000 ft, blowing a hole in the side and jumping out. He … Continue reading

Date Night

Released 2010 Rating 15 in UK Director Shawn Levy Writer/s Josh Klausner Starring Steve Carell, Tina Fey, Mark Wahlberg, Taraji P.Henson, Kristen Wiig, Mark Ruffalo, James Franco, Mila Kunis Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A couple whose lives have become a bit boring initiate “date night” where they go out and dine … Continue reading

DodgeBall

Released 2004 Rating 12A in UK Director Rawson Marshall Thurber Writer/s Rawson Marshall Thurber Starring Ben Stiller, Christine Taylor, Vince Vaughn, Rip Torn, Gary Cole, Jason Bateman, Chuck Norris, William Shatner, David Hasselhoff Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In order to pay the mortgage on his gym, the owner and his bunch … Continue reading

Dragonfly

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

Death at a Funeral

Released 2007 Rating 15 in IK Director Frank Oz Writer/s Dean Craig Starring Matthew MacFadyen, Peter Dinklage, Keeley Hawes, Daisy Donovan, Jane Asher, Kris Marshall, Rupert Graves, Peter Vaughan, Peter Egan Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A funeral takes place in the country house formerly owned by the man in the coffin. … Continue reading

Dredd (2012)

Released 2012 Rating 18 in UK Director Pete Travis Writer/s John Wagner, Carlos Ezquerre Starring Karl Urban, Olivia Thereby, Lena Headey, Domhnall Gleeson Source of story A character and series in Uk comic 2000 AD Elevator Pitch In a world where the judges are the source of law enforcement, judgement and sentencing (using a sophisticated … Continue reading

Demolition Man

Released 1993 Rating 15 in UK Director Marco Brambilla Writer/s Peter M Lenkov, Robert Reneau Starring Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, Nigel Hawthorne, Benjamin Bratt, Denis Leary, Jack Black Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch When an ultra criminal is released from cryo-suspension and begins to wreak havoc in a peaceful society the … Continue reading

Delivery Man (2014)

Released 2014 Rating 12A in UK Director Ken Scott Writer/s Ken Scott Starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, Cobie Smulders Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch David Wozniak, a delivery man working in the family meat business, is being chased by loan sharks for $80,000 which we are to discover is a debt which has … Continue reading

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