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Duration 1h 35m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Spain: 16 Source of story A screenplay derived from a book Boudapesti 3, by Desmond Lowden Director John Mackenzie Writers/Script Timothy Prager Starring Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Xander Berkeley, Hermione Norris, Ratings IMDb: 5.2/10 by 2,600 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 0% by two critics. Review2view: 3/10.. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 52m Ratings UK: 18, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A 1970 novel “Jack’s Return Home” by Ted Lewis Director Mike Hodges Writers/Script Mike Hodges Starring Michael Caine, Ian Hendry, Britt Ekland, John Osborne, George Sewell, Geraldine Moffat, Petre Markham, Alun Armstrong, Bernard Hepton, Terence Rigby, Ratings IMDb: 7.3/10 by 34,861 people. … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Sweden: 15 Source of story Frederick Forsyth’s book of the same name. Director John Mackenzie Writers/Script Geroge Axelrod, Frederick Forsyth Starring Michael Caine, Pierce Brosnan, Joanna Cassidy, Michael Gough, Ray McAnally, Ian Richardson, Anton Rogers, Ronald Pickup, Ned Beatty, Ratings IMDb: 6.5/10 by 10,277 people. Rotten Tomatoes: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 38m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15, Source of story An original screenplay Director Gore Verbinski Writers/Script Steve Conrad Starring Nicolas Cage, Michael Caine, Hope Davis, Gemmemme de la Pena, Nicholas Hoult, Ratings IMDb: 6.6/10 by 80,517 people. Rotten Tomatoes: 59% by 136 reviewers. Review2view: 5.5/10. Elevator Pitch: David Spritz is a weatherman … Continue reading
Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: 15, USA: R, Denmark: 15 Source of story A novel of the same name by P.D.James Director Alfonso Cuarón Writers/Script Alfonso Cuarón, Timothy J. Sexton, David Arata, Mark fergus, Hawk Ostby Starring Clive Owen, Miriam Karlin, Michael Caine, Charlie Hunnam, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julianne Moore, Danny Huston, Pam Ferris, Ratings IMDb: … Continue reading
Duration 1h 47m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Source of story An original screenplay Director Woody Allen Writers/Script Woody Allen Starring Woody Allen, Barbara Hershey, Carrie Fisher, Michael Caine, Mia Farrow, Dianne Wiest, Maureen O’Sullivan, Lloyd Nolan, J.T. Walsh, John Turturo, Richard Jenkins, Max von Sydow, Sam Waterston, Ratings IMDb: 7.9 by 66,646 people. Rotten … Continue reading
Duration 1h 43m Rating (UK) 18 Source of story An original screenplay Director Daniel Barber Writers/Script Gary Young Starring Michael Caine, Emily Mortimer, David Bradley, iain Glen, Jack O’Connell, Liam Cunningham, Elevator Pitch: Harry Brown is a pensioner living in a tower block in East London. He has a terminally ill wife in hospital and … Continue reading
Duration 1h 41m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A 1955 novel of the same name by Graham Greene Director Phillip Noyce Writers/Script Christopher Hampton, Robert Schenkkan Starring Michael Caine, Brendan Fraser, Thi Hai Yen Do, Robert Stanton, Pham Thi Mai Hoa Elevator Pitch: It is 1952 in Vietnam, the French are fighting the Viet … Continue reading
Duration 2h 32m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story The characters developed by Bob Kane in the DC comics, and a relationship with the first Christopher Nolan film. Director Christopher Nolan Writers/Script Jonathan Nolan, Christopher Nolan (Story Christopher Nolan, David S. Goyer) Starring Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A team of people who invade the dreams of their victims to steal secrets, is contracted by a Japanese businessman to invade the mmind of the son of a corporate company opwner to plant an idea. To do so they must create dreams at several levels, the environments designed by one of the … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch Dr Evil has kidnapped Austin’s father and smuggles him back to 1975, requiring the spy to travel back in pursuit in a time travelling car. Dr Evil and Mini-Me have also formed an alliance with the similarly evil Goldmember who has developed a tractor beam intended to cause a meteor to hit the … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch Kaulder is a witch hunter, part of an organisation which is ready to eliminate witches who threaten humanity. He is 800 years old, having been cursed by the witch queen back in the days of the Black Death, when he and others hunted her in a remote snowbound environment. In modern day New … Continue reading
Elevator Pitch A young doctor arrives at the gate of a gloomy Victorian mansion in an isolated location, and is welcomed by the superintendent of what is a small asylum where the residents seem to be free to indulge in their madness, whatever it is. Amongst the patients is an attractive woman who gives every … Continue reading
Duration 1h 42m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story A 1971 British film of the same name starring Michael Caine itself derived from a novel by Ted Lewis ”Jack’s Return Home”. Writers/Script David McKenna Additional Info Originally Michael Caine was only given a cameo in this outing, but the audience response to his presence at … Continue reading
Duration 1h 29m Rating (UK) 12 Source of story Very loosely based on some aspects of the previous Jaws films, and involving some characters. Writers/Script Michael De Guzman Additional Info Jaws was originally a book by Peter Benchley. The film is well known for having inspired a quote by Michael Caine who said that he … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating (UK) PG Source of story A novel “The Mysterious Island” by Jules Verne Writer/s Script Brian Gunn, Mark Gunn Writer/s Story Richard Outten, Brina Gunn, Mark Gunn Director Brad Peyton Starring Dwayne Johnson, Michael Caine, Josh Hutcherson, Luis Guzman, Vanessa Hudgens, Kristin Davis Elevator Pitch A young man and his step-father embark … Continue reading
Released 2000 Rating (UK) 12 Source of story An original screenplay Writer/s Script Marc Lawrence, Katie Ford, Caryn Lucas Director Donald Petrie Starring Sandra Bullock, Michael Caine, Candice Bergen, William Shatner, Heather Burns, Benjamin Bratt Elevator Pitch When a beauty contest is threatened by an anonymous killer, a bad tempered and agresssive female FBI agent … 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 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 2014 Rating 12A Director Christopher Nolan Writer/s Jonathan & Christopher Nolan Starring Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, Michael Caine, Matt Damon Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch As the inhabitants of earth grapple with climate change and crop failures, NASA recruits some old stagers to take a space ship through a … 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 1975 Rating PG in UK Director John Huston Writer/s John Huston, Gladys King Starring Sean Connery, Michael Caine, Christopher Plummer, Saeed Jaffrey, Shakira Caine, Source of story A Rudyard Kipling short story Elevator Pitch Two British warrant officers from the Indian Army hike over the Himalayas to countries where they can use their military … Continue reading
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