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4Aug2017

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Convoy | 1978 | Final | UK One Sheet

Convoy is a 1978 film directed by Sam Peckinpah. It produced by Robert M. Sherman with Bill Norton known as B. W. L. Norton writing the screenplay. Convoy stars Kris Kristofferson, Ali MacGraw, Ernest Borgnine, Burt Young, Madge Sinclair, Franklyn Ajaye, Brian Davies, Seymour Cassel, Cassie Yates and Walter Kelley. The storyline follows three truckers, Martin 'Rubber Duck' Penwald, Bobby ‘Pig Pen’ and Spider Mike as they set off across the country. Harassed by a local Sheriff, Lyle 'Cottonmouth' Wallace, who uses his powers to extort money and has a particular dislike for truckers. Rubber Duck has a long-standing feud with the Sheriff which boils over when the truckers refuse to give into his extortion attempts. This results in a cross-state, even interstate chase, and grows in magnitud...

Escape from New York | 1981 | Plissken Style | Japanese B2

25May2017

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Escape from New York | 1981 | Plissken Style | Japanese B2

Escape from New York is a 1981 film directed by John Carpenter. It was co-produced with Larry Franco and Debra Hill. The screenplay was co-written by John Carpenter and Nick Castle who collaborated with Carpenter previously by portraying Michael Myers in Halloween. Escape from New York stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau. The storyline is set in dystopian crime-ridden United States of 1997. Manhattan Island in New York City has been converted into the country’s sole maximum security prison. Following a crash involving Air Force One, the US President is captured by prisoners currently held on Manhattan Island. An ex-soldier and federal prisoner Snake Plissken is given 24 hours to find and save the US P...

Escape from New York | 1981 | Liberty Style | Japanese B2

23May2017

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Escape from New York | 1981 | Liberty Style | Japanese B2

Escape from New York is a 1981 film directed by John Carpenter. It was co-produced with Larry Franco and Debra Hill. The screenplay was co-written by John Carpenter and Nick Castle who collaborated with Carpenter previously by portraying Michael Myers in Halloween. Escape from New York stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton and Adrienne Barbeau. The storyline is set in dystopian crime-ridden United States of 1997. Manhattan Island in New York City has been converted into the country’s sole maximum security prison. Following a crash involving Air Force One, the US President is captured by prisoners currently held on Manhattan Island. An ex-soldier and federal prisoner Snake Plissken is given 24 hours to find and save the US P...

9Jan2017

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The Dirty Dozen | 1967 | UK Lobby Card

The Dirty Dozen is a 1967 film directed by Robert Aldrich, released by MGM, and starring Lee Marvin. The picture was filmed in the United Kingdom and features an ensemble supporting cast including Ernest Borgnine, Charles Bronson, Jim Brown, John Cassavetes, Telly Savalas, Robert Webber, and Donald Sutherland. The film is based on E. M. Nathanson's novel of the same name that was inspired by a real-life group called the "Filthy Thirteen". In 2001, the American Film Institute placed the film at number 65 on their 100 Years... 100 Thrills list. The storyline is based in London around March 1944, and follows US Army Major John Reisman, who is assigned, or as his superiors put it volunteers for a near suicide mission. Prior to the Allied forces invading continental Europe, he and his team, ...