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31Jan2018

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Wall Street | 1987 | UK Lobby Card

Wall Street is a 1987 film directed by Oliver Stone. It was produced by Edward R. Pressman. The screenplay was co-written by Oliver Stone and Stanley Weiser. Wall Street stars Michael Douglas, Charlie Sheen, Daryl Hannah, Martin Sheen, Hal Holbrook and Terence Stamp. The storyline follows Bud Fox, a young and impatient stockbroker who is willing to do anything to get to the top, including trades on illegal insider information. After becoming involved with Gordon Gekko, a wealthy, unscrupulous corporate raider who takes the him under his wing. When Stanley Weiser wrote the first draft, it was initially called Greed. In the first draft, the lead character was a young Jewish broker named Freddie Goldsmith, but Oliver Stone changed it to Bud Fox to avoid any stereotype that Wall Street w...

30Jan2018

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The Commitments | 1991 | UK Lobby Card

The Commitments is a 1991 film directed by Alan Parker. It was co-produced by Roger Randall-Cutler and Lynda Myles. The screenplay was co-written by Dick Clement, Ian La Frenais and Roddy Doyle based on the 1987 novel The Commitments by Roddy Doyle. The Commitments stars Robert Arkins, Michael Aherne, Angeline Ball, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Dave Finnegan, Bronagh Gallagher, Glen Hansard, Dick Massey and Johnny Murphy. The film is set around the Northside of Dublin and tells the story of Jimmy Rabbitte, a young music fanatic who aspires to manage an Irish soul band in the tradition of the 1960s African-American recording artists. After placing an advert in a local newspaper he assembles a group of working-class youths to form a soul band called The Commitments. Principle photography took ...

29Jan2018

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JFK | 1991 | US Lobby Card

JFK is a 1991 film directed by Oliver Stone who co-produced the film with A. Kitman Ho. He also co-wrote the screenplay with Zachary Sklar who adapted the film based on the books On the Trail of the Assassins by Jim Garrison and Crossfire: The Plot That Killed Kennedy by Jim Marrs. Oliver Stone described this accounts in the books as a "counter-myth" to the Warren Commission's "fictional myth”. JFK stars Kevin Costner, Kevin Bacon, Tommy Lee Jones, Laurie Metcalf, Gary Oldman, Michael Rooker, Jay O. Sanders and Sissy Spacek. The storyline for JFK examines the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy and alleged cover-up through the eyes of former New Orleans district attorney Jim Garrison. Garrison filed charges against New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw for his alleged ...

20Oct2017

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Robocop | 1987 | UK FOH Lobby Card

Robocop is a 1987 film directed by Paul Verhoeven, in his first major Hollywood production and was produced by Arne Schmidt. The screenplay was co-written by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner. The novel, released around the same time as Robocop and written by Ed Naha, differed in several ways from the film as it followed one of the earlier drafts of the screenplay. It expanded on Alex Murphy's struggle with being part man and part machine, and his memories. It also included more "humanised" dialogue from RoboCop, as opposed to the minimal, cold dialogue heard in the film. Robocop stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Daniel O'Herlihy, Ronny Cox, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, Robert DoQui, Ray Wise, Felton Perry and Paul McCrane. The storyline is set in a crime-ridden Detroit, Michigan in th...

14Sep2017

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The Dogs of War | 1980 | UK Lobby Card

The Dogs of War is a 1980 film directed by John Irvin. It was co-produced by Larry DeWaay, Norman Jewison and Patrick J. Palmer. The screenplay was co-written by Gary DeVore and George Malko based on the 1974 novel also called The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth. The tagline is based on a phrase from the William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar "Cry, 'Havoc!', and let slip the dogs of war”. The Dogs of War stars Christopher Walken, Tom Berenger, Colin Blakely, Hugh Millais, Paul Freeman, Jean-Francois Stevenin, JoBeth Williams, Robert Urquhart, Winston Ntshona, Pedro Armendáriz Jr, Ed O'Neill, Shane Rimmer and George Harris. The storyline follows soldier of fortune Jamie Shannon, a mercenary who will stage a coup or revolution for the right price. He is hired by a British tycoon to dis...

24Jul2017

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Octopussy | 1983 | US Lobby Card

Octopussy was released in 1983 and is the 13th film in the James Bond series. It was directed by John Glen and produced by Albert R. Broccoli. The screenplay was co-written by George MacDonald Fraser, Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum based on the character created by Ian Fleming. Octopussy stars Roger Moore, Maud Adams, Louis Jourdan, Kristina Wayborn and Kabir Bedi. Octopussy was released in the same year as the non-Eon Productions film Never Say Never Again starring Sean Connery as 007, James Bond. The film's title, Octopussy comes from the Ian Fleming’s 1966 collection of short stories called Octopussy and The Living Daylights, although the film's plot is original. However, the scene at Sotheby's is drawn from the short story The Property of a Lady which was included in 1967 and...

Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | US Lobby Card

21Jul2017

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Tomorrow Never Dies | 1997 | US Lobby Card

Tomorrow Never Dies was released in 1997 and is the 18th film in the James Bond series. It was directed by Roger Spottiswoode and co-produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. It was the first James Bond film made after the death of producer Albert R. Broccoli, to whom the movie pays tribute in the end credits. The screenplay was written by Bruce Feirstein based on the character created by Ian Fleming. Tomorrow Never Dies stars Pierce Brosnan, Jonathan Pryce, Michelle Yeoh, Teri Hatcher, Joe Don Baker and Judi Dench. The storyline follows James Bond as he tries to stop Elliot Carver, a power-mad media mogul who plans to induce war between China and the UK in order to obtain exclusive global media coverage. Filming for Tomorrow Never Dies took place at Peyresourde Airport in ...

17Jul2017

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Goldeneye | 1995 | US Lobby Card

GoldenEye was released in 1995 and is the 17th film in the James Bond series. It was directed by Martin Campbell and co-produced by Michael G. Wilson and Barbara Broccoli. The screenplay was co-written by Jeffrey Caine and Bruce Feirstein. Goldeneye is the first film in the series to not take story elements from the works of Ian Fleming and is based on a story conceived and written by Michael France. The film stars Pierce Brosnan - in his first appearance as James Bond, Sean Bean, Izabella Scorupco, Judi Dench, Famke Janssen and Joe Don Baker. The film's title, GoldenEye is a homage to James Bond's creator, Ian Fleming. While he was working for British Naval Intelligence as a Lieutenant Commander, Fleming liaised with the American OSS to monitor developments in Spain after the Spanish C...

12Jul2017

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A View To A Kill | 1985 | US Lobby Card

A View to a Kill released in 1985, is the 14th film in the James Bond series. It was directed by John Glen and co-produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The screenplay was co-written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum. Although the title was adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From a View to a Kill", the film has an entirely original screenplay. A View to a Kill stars Roger Moore, Tanya Roberts, Grace Jones, Patrick Macnee and Christopher Walken. This was the 7th and final time Roger Moore played MI6 agent James Bond. The third James Bond film to be directed by John Glen, and the last to feature Lois Maxwell as Miss Moneypenny. The storyline follows James Bond on an investigation into horse-racing scam which leads to a mad industrialist, Max Zorin. Zorin prot...

10Jul2017

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Licence to Kill | 1989 | US Lobby Card

Licence to Kill, released in 1989, is the 16th film in the James Bond series. It is one of the first not to use a title of an Ian Fleming story. The film was directed by John Glen and co-produced by Albert R. Broccoli and Michael G. Wilson. The screenplay was co-written by Michael G. Wilson and Richard Maibaum. Licence to Kill stars Timothy Dalton, Carey Lowell, Robert Davi, Talisa Soto and Anthony Zerbe. It marks the second and final appearance of Timothy Dalton in the role of James Bond. The storyline Bond who has been suspended from MI6 as he pursues drugs lord Franz Sanchez, who has ordered an attack against his CIA friend Felix Leiter which results in his and his wife’s murder during their honeymoon. Licence to Kill was originally titled Licence Revoked as per the plot of the fi...

Diamonds Are Forever | 1971 | US Lobby Card

5Jul2017

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Diamonds Are Forever | 1971 | US Lobby Card

Diamonds Are Forever (1971) is the 7th film in the James Bond series and the sixth and final Eon film to star Sean Connery as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. Sean Connery reprised the role of James Bond in 1983 for the Thunderball remake, Never Say Never Again. It was directed Guy Hamilton and co-produced by Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli. Richard Maibaum and Tom Mankiewicz wrote the screenplay based on Ian Fleming's 1956 novel, Diamonds Are Forever. The film stars Sean Connery, Jill St. John, Charles Gray, Lana Wood, Jimmy Dean and Bruce Cabot. The storyline follows James Bond as he impersonating a diamond smuggler to infiltrate a smuggling ring. He uncovers a plot by his old nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld to use the diamonds to build a space-based laser weapon. James Bond has...

3Jul2017

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Hackers | 1993 | US Lobby Card

Hackers is a 1995 film directed by Iain Softley. Produced by Michael Peyser and Ralph Winter with Rafael Moreu writing the screenplay. The film stars Jonny Lee Miller, Angelina Jolie, Renoly Santiago, Matthew Lillard, Jesse Bradford, Lorraine Bracco and Fisher Stevens. The film follows a group of high school hackers and their involvement in a corporate extortion conspiracy. When Hackers was made in the 1990s, the internet was largely unfamiliar to the general public and it reflects the ideals laid out in the Hacker Manifesto quoted in the film: "This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch... We exist without skin colour, without nationality, without religious bias... and you call us criminals... Yes, I am a criminal. My crime is that of curiosity." Iain Softley ...

14Jun2017

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The Krays | 1990 | UK Lobby Card

The Krays is a 1990 film directed by Peter Medak. It was produced by Dominic Anciano and Ray Burdis with Philip Ridley writing the screenplay. The Krays stars Billie Whitelaw, Tom Bell, Gary Kemp, Martin Kemp, Susan Fleetwood, Kate Hardie, Alfred Lynch and Steven Berkoff. The storyline follows the lives of the Krays twins from childhood to adult life. It focuses on the relationship between the twins and their doting mother, Violet. Ronald is the more dominant one and influences his brother Reginald to perform several acts of violence. They rise to lead a powerful and notorious organised criminal gang in 1960s London whilst becoming celebrities in London's stylish East End club scene. Principle photography was filmed in and around London, United Kingdom. Upon its release, The Krays...

Gremlins 2 The New Batch | 1990 | US Lobby Card

7Jun2017

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Gremlins 2 The New Batch | 1990 | US Lobby Card

Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a 1990 film directed by Joe Dante with Chuck Jones directing the animation. It was produced by Michael Finnell with Charles S. Haas writing the screenplay. The Gremlins films are based on characters created by Chris Columbus. Gremlins 2: The New Batch is a sequel to the 1984 film Gremlin. It stars Zach Galligan, Phoebe Cates, John Glover, Robert Prosky, Haviland Morris, Dick Miller, Jackie Joseph, Robert Picardo and Christopher Lee. The film features Tony Randall and Frank Welker providing the voices for two gremlins. The storyline continues the adventures of Gizmo (once again voiced by Howie Mandel), who spawns numerous small monsters when wet. In the first film, Gizmo's offspring rampaged through a small fictional town. In Gremlins 2, Gizmo multiplies with...

19May2017

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The Running Man | 1987 | UK Lobby Card

The Running Man is a 1987 film directed by Paul Michael Glaser. It was produced by George Linder and Tim Zinnemann with Steven E. de Souza writing the screenplay. The film is based on the 1982 novel The Running Man by Richard Bachman who is a pseudonym for Stephen King. It stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, María Conchita Alonso, Jesse Ventura, Jim Brown and Richard Dawson. The storyline is based around a television show called “The Running Man”. Set in the dystopian United States between 2017 and 2019, the show is about convicted criminals who are called ‘Runners’ and the hunters, a gang of professional killers who are called ‘Stalkers’. The prize should the runners win and escape a near-certain death is a chance to be pardoned by the totalitarian police state that the United States has beco...

16Mar2017

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RoboCop 2 | 1990 | UK Lobby Card

RoboCop 2 is a 1990 film directed by Irvin Kershner, unknown at the time was this would be the last film he directed. It was produced by Jon Davison with Frank Miller and Walon Green writing the screenplay. The characters are based creations by Edward Neumeier (also known as Ed Neumeier) who is best known for his work on RoboCop and Starship Troopers. The film stars Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Dan O'Herlihy, Belinda Bauer, Tom Noonan and Gabriel Damon. RoboCop 2 follows the success of RoboCop and again is set in the dystopian metropolitan Detroit, Michigan. The storyline follows a new crime syndicate who produce the narcotic, Nuke. With the onset of the Nuke pandemic, RoboCop struggles to maintain law and order, so OCP decides they need a new and improved cyborg. After many failed protot...