Tag: Roger Donaldson

Cocktail Script

Script by:Heywood Gould (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:1988
IMDb:tt0094889

Plot:After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
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Bank Job Script

Script by:Dick Clement (Screenplay), Ian La Frenais (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:2008
IMDb:tt0200465

Plot:Terry is a small-time car dealer trying to leave his shady past behind and start a family. Martine is a beautiful model from Terry's old neighbourhood who knows that Terry is no angel. When Martine proposes a foolproof plan to rob a bank, Terry recognises the danger but realises this may be the opportunity of a lifetime. As the resourceful band of thieves burrows its way into a safe-deposit vault at a Lloyds Bank, they quickly realise that, besides millions in riches, the boxes also contain secrets that implicate everyone from London's most notorious underworld gangsters to powerful government figures, and even the Royal Family. Although the heist makes headlines throughout Britain for several days, a government gag order eventually brings all reporting of the case to an immediate halt.
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The Recruit Script

Script by:Roger Towne (Screenplay), Mitch Glazer (Screenplay), Kurt Wimmer (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:2003
IMDb:tt0292506

Plot:A brilliant CIA trainee must prove his worth at the Farm, the agency's secret training grounds, where he learns to watch his back and trust no one.
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The Getaway (1994) Script

Script by:Jim Thompson (Novel), Walter Hill (Screenplay), Amy Holden Jones (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:1994
IMDb:tt0109890

Plot:Doc McCoy is put in prison because his partners chickened out and flew off without him after exchanging a prisoner with a lot of money. Doc knows Jack Benyon, a rich "business"-man, is up to something big, so he tells his wife (Carol McCoy) to tell him that he's for sale if Benyon can get him out of prison. Benyon pulls some strings and Doc McCoy is released again. Unfortunately he has to cooperate with the same person that got him to prison.
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The November Man Script

Script by:Karl Gajdusek (Screenplay), Michael Finch (Screenplay), Bill Granger (Novel)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:2014
IMDb:tt2402157

Plot:An ex- CIA operative is brought back in on a very personal mission and finds himself pitted against his former pupil in a deadly game involving high level CIA officials and the Russian president-elect.
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Dante’s Peak (1997) Script

Script by:Leslie Bohem (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:1997
IMDb:tt0118928

Plot:Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante's Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.
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Dante’s Peak Script

Script by:Leslie Bohem (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:1997
IMDb:tt0118928

Plot:Volcanologist Harry Dalton comes to the sleepy town of Dante’s Peak to investigate the recent rumblings of the dormant volcano the burg is named for. Before long, his worst fears are realized when a massive eruption hits, and immediately, Harry, the mayor and the townspeople find themselves fighting for their lives amid a catastrophic nightmare.
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Thirteen Days Script

Script by:David Self (Screenplay)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:2000
IMDb:tt0146309

Plot:The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the discovery by the Americans of missile bases established on the Soviet-allied island of Cuba.
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The Bounty Script

Script by:Robert Bolt (Screenplay), Richard Hough (Novel)
Directed by:Roger Donaldson
Year:1984
IMDb:tt0086993

Plot:The familiar story of Lieutenant Bligh, whose cruelty leads to a mutiny on his ship. This version follows both the efforts of Fletcher Christian to get his men beyond the reach of British retribution, and the epic voyage of Lieutenant Bligh to get his loyalists safely to East Timor in a tiny lifeboat.
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