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Released 1973 Rating A Director George Roy Hill Writer/s David S Ward Starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw Source of story Book, The Big Con by David W Maurer Elevator Pitch For their own reasons a couple of con men decide to swindle a gang boss out of a large sum of money by … Continue reading
Released 2013 Rating R in USA Director Joon-ho Bong Writer/s Joon-ho Bong, Kelly Masterson Starring Chris Evans, Kang-ho Song, Ed Harris, John Hurt, Tilda Swinton Source of story A graphic story Le Transperceneige by Jaques Lob, Bejamin Legrand, Jean Marc Rochette Elevator Pitch A ragged bunch of men women and children are crammed into the … 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 2016 Rating 15 in UK Director Billy Ray Writer/s Billy Ray Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Nicole Kidman, Julia Roberts, Dean Norris Source of story A 2009 Argentinian film of the same name. Elevator Pitch A former FBI officer returns to Los Angeles to tell his former colleagues that he has found the identity of a … Continue reading
Released 1986 Rating PG Director Leonard Nimoy Writer/s Leonard Nemoy, Harve Bennet, Steve Meerson, Peter Krikes, Nicholas Meyer Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelly, James Doohan, George Takei, Walter Koenig, Nichelle Nichols, Catherine Hicks Source of story Startrek TV, and actually this is a continuation of Star Trek III: The Search for Spock. Elevator … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 12A in UK Director Simon West Writer/s David Guggenheim Starring Nicolas Cage, Josh Lucas, Malin Akerman, Danny Huston Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch Eight years after a failed bank robbery a criminal gets out of jail, only to find himself having to pursue his former partner, who had has … Continue reading
Released 2007 Rating 15 in UK Director Danny Boyle Writer/s Alex Garland Starring Cillian Murphy, Rose Byrne, Chris Evans, Michelle Yeoh, Mark Strong Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch A space craft is sent from earth to revive the dying sun with a large atomic bomb. They are the second mission, the first … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating PG Director John Madden Writer/s John Madden, Ol Parker Starring Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Richard Gere, David Strathairn, Celia Imrie, Ronald Pickup Source of story A sequel to the Best Marigold Hotel Elevator Pitch Sonny is aiming to expand the hotel but his efforts are being frustrated by … Continue reading
Released 2011 Rating 12A in UK Director Guy Richie Writer/s Michele Mulroney, Kieran Mulroney Starring Robert Downey Jr, Jude Law, Noomi Rapace, Jared Harris, Rachel McAdams, Stephen Fry, Kelly Reilly, Geraldine James, Eddie Marsan Source of story Characters created by Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle and a previous outing for this lot in 2009. Elevator Pitch Prof … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 15 in UK Director Stephen Gaghan Writer/s Stephen Gaghan Starring George Clooney, Matt Damon, Jeffrey Wright, Mazhar Munir, Christopher Plummer, Chris Cooper, Amanda Peet, William Hurt, Mark Strong. Source of story Book by Robert Baer Elevator Pitch A multi-stranded tale involving the US oil industry, the CIA and middle eastern potentates. There … Continue reading
Released 2003 Rating PG Director Lawrence Guterman Writer/s Lance Khazei Starring Jamie Kennedy, Traylor Howard, Alan Cumming Source of story An original screenplay – based on the original Jim Carey film. Elevator Pitch Odin has send Loki down to earth to recover “the mask” which has been lost, but recovered by the Avery’s Jack Russell. … Continue reading
Released 1998 Rating 15 in UK Director Edward Zwick Writer/s Lawrence Wright, Edward Zwick Starring Denzel Washington, Bruce Willis, Annette Bening, Tony Shalhoub, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch New York is under attack from terrorist cells, making increasingly violent attacks on the infastructure. A senior FBI agent leads the search for the … Continue reading
Released 1997 Rating 15 in UK Director Paul Verhoeven Writer/s Ed Neumeier Starring Casper Van Dien, Dina Meyer, Denise Richards, Jake Busy, Dean Norris, Amy Smart Source of story A Robert A Heinline book Elevator Pitch When a race of alien insects attack South America, earth sends a vast fleet of space craft to attack … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 12A in UK Director Rob Cohen Writer/s W.D.Richter Starring Josh Lucas, Jessica Biel, Jamie Foxx, Sam Shepard, Source of story An original screenplay Elevator Pitch In the near future three pilots in secret warplanes are dispatched on a mission, from an aircraft carrier in the China Sea, with a superdrone which is … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Denis Villeneuve Writer/s Taylor Sheridan Starring Emily Blunt, Josh Brolin, Benicio Del Toro Source of story An original sceenplay Elevator Pitch A female FBI officer joins a small team of specialists whose task is to manipulate the drug cartels based on the Mexican border. As time passes she … Continue reading
Released 2005 Rating 15 in UK Director Anand Tucker Writer/s Steven Martin Starring Steve Martin, Claire Danes, Jason Schwartzman Source of story A novel by… Steve Martin Elevator Pitch A young woman moves to LA and gets a job in Sachs Fifth Avenue. She is briefly lonely but soon becomes involved with a rich older … Continue reading
Released 2012 Rating 15 in UK Director Boaz Yakin Writer/s Boaz Yakin Starring Jason Statham, Catherine Chan Source of story Original screenplay Elevator Pitch A former elite undercover policemen in New York, down on his luck, sees a young Chinese girl being chased by Russian gangsters. He takes her under his protection which results in … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 15 in UK Director Danny Boyle Writer/s Aaron Sorkin Starring Michael Fassbender, Kate Winslet, Jeff Daniels, Seth Rogan Source of story Book by Walter Isaacson Elevator Pitch A film about the three critical points in the entrepreneur’s life, a period before the 1984 Mac launch, the 1988 NeXT launch and the 1998 … Continue reading
Released 1994 Rating PG in UK Director David Carson Writer/s Ronald D. Moore, Brannon Braga Starring Patrick Stewart, William Shatner, Malcolm McDowell, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Doohan, Walter Koenig Source of story The Startrek series Elevator Pitch A mad scientist is intent on destroying the known … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating 12A in UK Director J.J.Abrams Writer/s Lawrence Kasdan, J.J.Abrams Starring Harrison Ford, Daisy Ridley, John Bodega, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Oscar Iaac, Andy Serkis, Domhnall Gleeson, Max von Sydow, Simon Pegg, Warwick Davis, Harriet Walter Source of story The previous Star Wars films Elevator Pitch A new version of the old film, … Continue reading
Released 1996 Rating 12 in UK Director Jonathan Frakes Writer/s Rick Berman, Brannon Braga, Ronald D Moore Starring Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, Brent Spiner, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, James Cromwell, Alice Krige Source of story Developed from Star Trek the Next Generation Elevator Pitch Due to Captain Picard’s knowledge of the … Continue reading
Released 2008 Rating 15 in UK Director Sean Anders Writer/s Sean Anders, John Morris Starring Josh Zuckerman, Amanda Crew, Clark Duke Source of story Book “All the Way” by Andy Behrens Elevator Pitch A teenager meets a girl on line who promises to have sex with him if he goes to Knoxville, Tennessee from Chicago, … Continue reading
Released 2015 Rating Director Tom McCarthy Writer/s Josh Singer, Tom McCarthy Starring Mark Ruffalo, Michael Keaton, Rachel McAdams Source of story The real events in 2001 Elevator Pitch Spotlight is a Boston Globe investigation team, who are directed by their new editor to look into cases of child abuse by priests. Their discoveries shake the … Continue reading
Released 2009 Rating 12A in UK Director Kevin Macdonald Writer/s Matthew Carnahan, Tony Gilroy, Billy Ray Starring Russell Crowe, Ben Affleck, Rachel McAdams, Helen Mirren Source of story A UK TV series by Paul Abbott starring John Sim Elevator Pitch In the murky world of Washington politics a thief is killed and a young woman … Continue reading
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