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8Feb2018

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The Revenant | 2015 | UK Quad

The Revenant is a 2015 film directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu. It was co-produced by Arnon Milchan, Steve Golin, Alejandro G. Iñárritu, Mary Parent, Keith Redmon and James W. Skotchdopole. The screenplay was co-written by Mark L. Smith and Alejandro G. Iñárritu based in part on Michael Punke's 2002 novel which describes frontiersman Hugh Glass's experiences in 1823. The Revenant stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hardy, Domhnall Gleeson, Will Poulter, Forrest Goodluck, Paul Anderson, Kristoffer Joner, Joshua Burge and Duane Howard. The storyline follows Hugh Glass exploring uncharted wilderness in 1823 where he sustains injuries from a brutal bear attack. When his hunting team leaves him for dead, Glass must utilise his survival skills to find a way back home while avoiding natives on their o...

American Sniper | 2015 | Advance | UK Quad

6Feb2018

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American Sniper | 2015 | Advance | UK Quad

American Sniper is a 2015 film directed by Clint Eastwood who also co-produced the film with Robert Lorenz, Andrew Lazar, Bradley Cooper and Peter Morgan. The screenplay was written by Jason Hall and is based on the memoirs American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History by Chris Kyle. American Sniper stars Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Luke Grimes, Max Charles, Kyle Gallner, Brando Eaton and Jake McDorman. The storyline follows Chris Kyle who grew up in Texas and became a ranch hand and rodeo cowboy. When he was young his father taught him how to shoot a rifle while hunting deer. After seeing the news coverage of the 1998 U.S. Embassy bombings he enlists in the Navy and later joins the U.S. Navy Seals specialising as a sniper. Chris became a 'lege...

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 ...

The Birth of a Nation | 2016 | Advance | UK One Sheet

5Sep2017

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The Birth of a Nation | 2016 | Advance | UK One Sheet

The Birth of a Nation is a 2016 film directed by Nate Parker, in his directorial debut. It was co-produced by Nate Parker, Kevin Turen, Jason Michael Berman, Aaron L. Gilbert and Preston Holmes. The screenplay was written by Nate Parker based on his and Jean McGianni Celestin’s story. It stars Nate Parker, Armie Hammer, Colman Domingo, Aja Naomi King, Jackie Earle Haley, Penelope Ann Miller and Gabrielle Union. The story is set in the antebellum South and follows Nat Turner, who is a literate slave and preacher. His financially strained owner, Samuel Turner, accepts an offer to use Nat's preaching to subdue unruly slaves. As he witnesses, countless atrocities - against himself and his fellow slaves - Nat orchestrates an uprising in the hopes of leading his people to freedom. Principl...

18Aug2017

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JFK | 1991 | Final | UK Quad

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 ...

Bridge Too Far | 1977 | Style B | UK Quad

14Aug2017

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Bridge Too Far | 1977 | Style B | UK Quad

A Bridge Too Far is a 1977 film directed by Richard Attenborough. It was co-produced by Joseph E. Levine and Richard P. Levine. The screenplay was written by William Goldman based on the 1974 novel of the same name by Cornelius Ryan. A Bridge Too Far features an all-star cast of Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell and Liv Ullmann. The storyline tells the story a failed mission during World War II called Operation Market Garden. It was intended that the Allies would break through the German lines and seize several bridges in occupied country, Netherlands including one located in Arnhem. The objective of the mission was to outflank the German force...

Anthropoid | 2016 | Advance | US One Sheet

11Feb2017

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Anthropoid | 2016 | Advance | US One Sheet

Anthropoid is a 2016 film directed by Sean Ellis. He co-wrote the film with Anthony Frewin and co-produced with Mickey Liddell, Pete Shilaimon and David Ondříček. The film stars Cillian Murphy, Jamie Dornan, Harry Lloyd, Toby Jones, Charlotte Le Bon and Bill Milner. It tells the story of Operation Anthropoid, the World War II assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by Exile Czechoslovak soldiers on 27th May 1942. The film shot was conducted entirely in Prague. Sean Ellis used the actual locations of the events told in the film. During an interview, Sean Ellis said that scenes in the Orthodox Cathedral of Saints Cyril and Methodius were filmed on exact replicas of the church in a studio. This was to make the scene recognisable to Czech viewers. Reports gathered from 1942 allowed the dir...

27Jan2017

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Legend | 2015 | Final | UK Quad

Legend is a 2015 film written and directed by Brian Helgeland, his 5th as director. It was produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Chris Clark, Quentin Curtis and Brian Oliver. The film stars Tom Hardy, Emily Browning, David Thewlis, Duffy, Christopher Eccleston and Chazz Palminteri. The film is adapted from John Pearson's book The Profession of Violence: The Rise and Fall of the Kray Twins, which deals with the rise and fall of the Kray twins; the relationship that bound them together, and charts their gruesome career to their eventual downfall and imprisonment for life in 1969. Principle photography took place in London with scenes being filmed Falmouth Road, St Anne's Limehouse, Windmill Walk area around London Waterloo and Caradoc Street in Greenwich. Legend has received mixed re...

9Jan2017

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Black Hawk Down | 2001 | US Lobby Card

Black Hawk Down is a 2001 film co-produced and directed by Ridley Scott. The screenplay by Ken Nolan is adapted from the non-fiction book of the same name by Mark Bowden, which in turn is based on a series of articles published in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The 29-part series chronicled the events of a 1993 raid in Mogadishu by the U.S. military aimed at capturing faction leader Mohamed Farrah Aidid and the ensuing firefight, known as the Battle of Mogadishu. The film features a large ensemble cast, including Josh Hartnett, Ewan McGregor, Eric Bana, Tom Sizemore, William Fichtner, Jason Isaacs, Tom Hardy, and Sam Shepard. It won two Oscars for Best Film Editing and Best Sound Mixing at the 74th Academy Awards. The movie was received positively by American film critics, but was strongly ...

27Nov2016

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Everest | 2015 | Cast Style | UK Quad

Everest is a 2015 film directed by Baltasar Kormákur and written by William Nicholson and Simon Beaufoy, starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, John Hawkes, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Sam Worthington, Keira Knightley, Emily Watson, and Jake Gyllenhaal. It is adapted from Beck Weathers' memoir Left for Dead: My Journey Home from Everest (2000). The storyline follows mountaineer Robert Hall from New Zealand, as begins guiding amateur climbers to the summit of Mount Everest in 1992. His company, Adventure Consultants, successfully led 19 climbers to the summit without a single fatality. The 1996 Everest expedition consisted of eight climbers and three guides and was for a magazine story about the commercialisation and the increasing demand for expeditions to Everest. On the morning of the 1...