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American Sniper | 2015 | Advance | UK Quad
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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...
Platoon | 1986 | International | US One Sheet
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Platoon | 1986 | International | US One Sheet

Platoon is a 1986 film directed by Oliver Stone. It was produced by Arnold Kopelson. Platoon was the first in a trilogy of Vietnam War films directed by Oliver Stone, followed by Born on the Fourth of July (1989) and Heaven & Earth (1993). Oliver Stone wrote the screenplay based on his experiences as a soldier with the US Army in Vietnam, to counter the vision of the war portrayed in John Wayne's The Green Berets. It stars Charlie Sheen, Willem Dafoe, Tom Berenger, Richard Edson, Keith David, Forest Whitaker, Kevin Dillon and Johnny Depp. The storyline follows Chris Taylor, a young and naive man who volunteers for combat in Vietnam. He is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division led by the young and inexperienced Lieutenant Wolfe near the Cambodian border. He soon discovers his presen...
Wonder Woman | 2017 | Teaser | UK Quad
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Wonder Woman | 2017 | Teaser | UK Quad

Wonder Woman is a 2017 film directed by Patty Jenkins. It was co-produced by Charles Roven, Deborah Snyder, Zack Snyder and Richard Suckle. The screenplay was written by Allan Heinberg from a story created by Zack Snyder, Allan Heinberg and Jason Fuchs. It stars Gal Gadot, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Danny Huston, David Thewlis, Connie Nielsen and Elena Anaya. The storyline follows Princess Diana, who grows up on the Amazon island of Themyscira. After American pilot Steve Trevor crashes offshore of the island and is rescued by her, he tells the Amazons about the ongoing World War. Diana then leaves her home in order to end the conflict. The original idea for a live action Wonder Woman feature film began in 1996 but took further 19 years to enter production. In 1999, it was hoped that S...
Das Boot | 1981 | Final | German A1
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Das Boot | 1981 | Final | German A1

Das Boot (also known as The Boat) is a 1981 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was co-produced by Günter Rohrbach. The screenplay was written by Wolfgang Petersen and is an adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Das Boot stars Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig and Uwe Ochsenknecht. The storyline follows the crew of U-96 as they are engaged in the Battle of the Atlantic to destroy the British transatlantic fleet. It shows both the excitement and the boredom of the fruitless hunt, examining how they maintained their complete professionalism while attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served. Wolf...
The Boat | 1981 | Final | UK Quad
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The Boat | 1981 | Final | UK Quad

Das Boot (otherwise known as The Boat) is a 1981 film directed by Wolfgang Petersen. It was co-produced by Günter Rohrbach. The screenplay was written by Wolfgang Petersen and is an adaptation of the 1973 novel of the same name by Lothar-Günther Buchheim. Das Boot stars Jürgen Prochnow, Herbert Grönemeyer, Klaus Wennemann, Hubertus Bengsch, Martin Semmelrogge, Bernd Tauber, Erwin Leder, Martin May, Heinz Hoenig and Uwe Ochsenknecht. The storyline follows the crew of U-96 as they are engaged in the Battle of the Atlantic to destroy the British transatlantic fleet. It shows both the excitement and the boredom of the fruitless hunt, examining how they maintained their complete professionalism while attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served. ...
Bridge Too Far | 1977 | Style B | UK Quad
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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...
The Wild Geese | 1978 | Final | Japan B2
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The Wild Geese | 1978 | Final | Japan B2

The screenplay written by Reginald Rose is based on an unpublished novel called The Thin White Line by Daniel Carney. The novel was based on speculative rumours of a 1968 landing by a mysterious aeroplane in Rhodesia. It was said to have been loaded with mercenaries and an African President which was believed to have been a dying Moise Tshombe. Daniel Carney's novel was subsequently published by Corgi Books under the same title as the film. The film's title, The Wild Geese, came from the Wild Goose flag and shoulder patch used by Michael "Mad Mike" Hoare's Five Commando, ANC. He was hired as a technical advisor with Col. Alan Faulkner being modelled on him. One of the actors, Ian Yule, had been an actual mercenary under Hoare's command and before working as a mercenary served in the Bri...
Casualties of War | 1989 | International | US One Sheet
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Casualties of War | 1989 | International | US One Sheet

Casualties of War is a 1989 film directed by Brian De Palma. It was produced by Art Linson with the screenplay being written by David Rabe. The film stars Michael J. Fox, Sean Penn, Don Harvey, John C. Reilly, John Leguizamo and Thuy Thu Le. The film is based on the actual events of an incident on Hill 192 during the Vietnam War in 1966. The incident refers to the kidnap, gang rape, and murder of Phan Thi Mao, a young Vietnamese woman on November 19th, 1966 by a group of American soldiers. The primary sources for the screenplay was an article written by Daniel Lang for The New Yorker in 1969 and a subsequent book he wrote. However, all the names and some details of the story were altered for the film. In 1979, David Rabe pitched the idea of the film to Brian De Palma, who was interes...
Anthropoid | 2016 | Advance | US One Sheet
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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...
The Dirty Dozen | 1967 | UK Lobby Card
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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, ...
Black Hawk Down | 2001 | US Lobby Card
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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 ...
Rambo: First Blood Part II | 1985 | Final | US One Sheet
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Rambo: First Blood Part II | 1985 | Final | US One Sheet

Rambo First Blood Part II (also known as Rambo II or First Blood II) is a 1985 film directed by George P. Cosmatos and starring Sylvester Stallone, who reprises his role as Vietnam veteran John Rambo. It is the sequel to the 1982 film First Blood, and the second instalment in the Rambo film series. Picking up where the first film left, the sequel is set in the context of the Vietnam War POW/MIA issue; it sees Rambo released from prison by federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing, thus enabling the government to sweep the issue under the rug. The storyline follows John Rambo after he removed from prison by his former superior, Colonel Samuel Troutman, for a top-secret operation to bring back POW's still held in Vietna...
Rambo III | 1988 | Final | US One Sheet
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Rambo III | 1988 | Final | US One Sheet

Rambo III is a 1988 film directed by Peter MacDonald. The original director Russell Mulcahy was replaced after two weeks of filming MacDonald due to creative differences. The film depicts fictional events during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. It is the third film in the Rambo series following First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. It was in turn followed by Rambo in 2008, making it the last film in the series to feature Richard Crenna as Colonel Sam Trautman before his death in 2003. In Rambo III, the character Masoud, played by Spiros Focás, is a reference to Ahmad Shah Masoud. He was the real life leader of the Afghani resistance against the Russian occupation. After the Russian occupation ended he became the Defence Minister of Afghanistan and later a leader of the resistance ag...
Fury | 2014 | Advance | Brad Pitt Style | UK One Sheet
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Fury | 2014 | Advance | Brad Pitt Style | UK One Sheet

Fury is a 2014 film directed by David Ayer. He wrote the film and also co-produced the film with Bill Block, John Lesher, Alex Ott, Ethan Smith and Brad Pitt. The film stars Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs and Scott Eastwood. The storyline is based on a US tank crew in Nazi Germany during the final days of World War II. The tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. David Ayer was inspired by the military service of members of his own family and reading books about...
Fury | 2014 | Advance | Cast Style | UK One Sheet
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Fury | 2014 | Advance | Cast Style | UK One Sheet

Fury is a 2014 film directed by David Ayer. He wrote the film and also co-produced the film with Bill Block, John Lesher, Alex Ott, Ethan Smith and Brad Pitt. The film stars Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jason Isaacs and Scott Eastwood. The storyline is based on a US tank crew in Nazi Germany during the final days of World War II. The tough Sergeant Don 'Wardaddy' Collier commands a tank and survives a German attack with his veteran crew composed of Boyd 'Bible' Swan, Trini 'Gordo' Garcia and Grady 'Coon-Ass' Travis. He receives a rookie soldier Norman Ellison as the substitute for his deceased gunner and he tries to harden the youth along the way. David Ayer was inspired by the military service of members of his own family and reading books about...
Lone Survivor | 2013 | Advance | UK One Sheet
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Lone Survivor | 2013 | Advance | UK One Sheet

Lone Survivor is a 2013 film written and directed by Peter Berg, and starring Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster, and Eric Bana. The film is based on the 2007 non-fiction book of the same name by Marcus Luttrell with Patrick Robinson. Set during the war in Afghanistan, Lone Survivor dramatises the unsuccessful United States Navy SEALs counter-insurgent mission Operation Red Wings, during which a four-man SEAL reconnaissance and surveillance team were tasked to track down and kill Taliban leader Ahmad Shah. After running into mountain herders and capturing them, they were left with no choice but to follow their rules of engagement or be imprisoned. Now Marcus and his team are left to fight for their lives in one of the most valiant efforts of modern warfare. Berg f...