Tag: Mike Newell

Mona Lisa Smile Script

Script by:Lawrence Konner (Screenplay), Mark Rosenthal (Screenplay)
Directed by:Mike Newell
Year:2003
IMDb:tt0304415

Plot:The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
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Great Expectations (2012) Script

Script by:Charles Dickens (Novel), David Nicholls (Screenplay)
Directed by:Mike Newell
Year:2012
IMDb:tt1836808

Plot:Miss Havisham, a wealthy spinster who wears an old wedding dress and lives in the dilapidated Satis House, asks Pip's 'Uncle Pumblechook' to find a boy to play with her adopted daughter Estella. Pip begins to visit Miss Havisham and Estella, with whom he falls in love, then Pip—a humble orphan—suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.
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Amazing Grace And Chuck Script

Script by:David Field (Writer)
Directed by:Mike Newell
Year:1987
IMDb:tt0092545

Plot:Chuck Murdock, a 12-year-old boy from Montana and son of a military jet pilot, becomes anxious after seeing a Minuteman missile on a school field trip. He protests the existence of nuclear weapons by refusing to play baseball, which results in the forfeit of a Little League game by his team. "Amazing Grace" Smith, a fictional Boston Celtics player, played by NBA star Alex English, decides to join the boy in his protest by resigning from professional basketball. This gives it nationwide coverage, inspiring more pro athletes to join the protest against nuclear weapons. The film reaches a climax when the President of the United States personally meets with Chuck, admiring his resolve but at the same time explaining the practical difficulties of disarmament. Sinister forces, meanwhile, threaten the lives of Amazing Grace and his agent, Lynn.
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Dance with a Stranger Script

Script by:Shelagh Delaney (Writer)
Directed by:Mike Newell
Year:1985
IMDb:tt0088987

Plot:Based on the true story of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain, Mike Newell's Dance With a Stranger (1985) concentrates on Ellis's (Richardson) short-lived relationship with motor-racing driver David Blakely (Rupert Everett).
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The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society Script

Script by:Thomas Bezucha (Writer), Don Roos (Writer), Annie Barrows (Novel), Mary Ann Shaffer (Novel)
Directed by:Mike Newell
Year:2018
IMDb:tt1289403

Plot:Free-spirited writer Juliet Ashton forms a life-changing bond with the delightful and eccentric Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, when she decides to write about the book club they formed during the occupation of Guernsey in WWII.
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Donnie Brasco Script

Script by:Joseph D. Pistone (Novel), Richard Woodley (Novel), Paul Attanasio (Screenplay)
Directed by:Mike Newell
Year:1997
IMDb:tt0119008

Plot:An FBI undercover agent infilitrates the mob and finds himself identifying more with the mafia life at the expense of his regular one.
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Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time Script

Script by:Boaz Yakin (Screenplay), Doug Miro (Screenplay), Carlo Bernard (Screenplay), Jordan Mechner (Screenstory)
Directed by:Mike Newell
Year:2010
IMDb:tt0473075

Plot:A rogue prince reluctantly joins forces with a mysterious princess and together, they race against dark forces to safeguard an ancient dagger capable of releasing the Sands of Time – gift from the gods that can reverse time and allow its possessor to rule the world.
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