Projects matching: Jones

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Martin is a up and coming writer who has the idea for his first novel. He lives with his girlfriend Kate who truly believes in him. As Martin begins the novel against some disapproval from novelist and mentor Rod Jonas he starts to become obsessed with completing his book. Martin starts to push away everyone in his life as he spirals into depression and succumbs to alcoholism. Martin has to realize that to finish his work he must realize what life is truly about. A drama about the transformation of human beings, exploring the dark and painful faucet of our existence as a race and why we create.

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Alex, a young and unemployed actor, is chosen by a film-maker to make a documentary. The film-maker records Alex’s daily life. Alex is initially excited, thinking perhaps it will lead to stardom. When Alex lands a part in a stage play about a film-maker turned serial-killer Alex’s life takes an unexpected turn. A strange figure follows him, young girls circle him, he is attacked for no apparent reason but the ‘documentary’ is starting to look better. Alex realises that this is all too much to be random. He suspects the cast from the play, then his new ‘girlfriend’, then anyone else who happens to cross his mind. At the dress rehearsal of the play, it becomes clear to Alex that the film-maker is behind the unexpected events but it is too late for Alex to escape his close-up - roll camera!

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The King sends his three best knights from the battlefield on a quest to find a stone that would save their lands. The knights travel under ground, descending into darkness. Without their knowledge their souls are separated from their bodies. They search for the legend, but their ignorance doesn’t last long, when the souls of all who went before them are looking for a body of their own so they can get out of the tunnels. The knights are now trapped themselves, their bodies slowly weakening as they become possessed. Regardless of their predicament they press on and come to a ritual chamber where they find the stone and learn that the creators of the tunnels are imprisoned in the water contained in the chamber. They release one of the creators' beast who by instinct wants to recover the stone - and it kills one of the knights. Putting their grief and anger aside, the two knights, using the stone, trick the beast and imprison him. Finding their way back to the entrance, another knight has followed them down into the tunnels to deliver bad news about life on the surface. There is no escape now.

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SUMMERTIME is a new, modern film musical with a wholly original screen story, songs and musical score that captures the spirit and updates the traditions of folk-operas such as Gershwin's Porgy and Bess fusing it with the grit and substance of contemporary fables such as Dancer in the Dark.   Set against the backdrop of a tough estate during a blisteringly hot summer, 'Summertime' tells the story of Janey, a determined young mother who dreams of a bright future for her three young sons. Seen through the eyes of a Narrator, we see Janey enchant and inspire her boys by painting a picture of a world full of hope, possibility and magic.   But harsh reality is never far away and Janey finds she must take on an unforgiving, inflexible reality and a violent gang who intimidate the locals and worse, wish to recruit her eldest son into a life of crime and violence. Her struggle to keep her three sons on the right path leads to her increasing isolation until finally, standing alone, Janey is forced to face the gang head on with devastating consequences.

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Documentary film of the British band Mott The Hoople.

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When five ordinary guys from a Welsh fishing village are offered the deal of a lifetime all hell breaks loose. This hilarious plot follows Barry and his friends as they smuggle drugs worth ten million pounds in cod shipped to London. The deal was simple, the Firm's boss Mr MacAvoy sends two of his men on a stakeout to recover the rest of the drugs. The two kidnap a prized sheep from one of the Welsh gang, shave it and dress it in women’s underwear and tie it to a bed. A ransom note with a photo is left at the farm. When a coach load of unsuspecting Japanese tourists arrive at the village and purchase cod with the missing cocaine inside, it only makes things worse. The London Firm are convinced the tourists are Yakuza, Japanese mafia trying to muscle in on the deal. When Barry and his friends take a trip to London dressed as gangsters they manage to save Agnes the sheep and con their way out of the deal. When a London Firm writes off five million pounds how would you spend it?

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A man alone, awakes to noises. It is the day he has been informed that he is to die. Nervous and shaken by proceedings he decides to film his last day, but what wants him dead, and is it something he can defeat?

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Acclaimed actor David Morrissey is the complex and compelling character Detective Inspector Tom Thorne in this nail-biting crime thriller adapted from the best-selling novel by Mark Billingham.   Featuring an all-star cast including Sandra Oh, Aidan Gillen and Eddie Marsan, Scaredy Cat is a startling new take on the detective story, destined to thrill and chill audiences in equal measure. Heading up a new team whose aim is to crack the cases that leave other forces stumped, Thorne finds himself on the hunt for not one, but two serial killers, who seem to be working together, yet killing separately.

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A man awakens from a coma, only to discover that someone has taken on his identity and that no one, (not even his wife), believes him. With the help of a young woman, he sets out to prove who he is.

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In 2004, aged UK punk rocker - Johnny Jones of the famed Welsh 80's band 'The Weapons Of Happiness' - hoodwinked top record labels, radio DJ's, and the entire rock music world by releasing his new punk-pop single under a fictitious band name. After being rejected by his former record label for being too old, Johnny passes off the single to a Radio DJ and says it's by a young, unknown Welsh rock band he is managing. Much to everyone's surprise, it receives immediate air play. Johnny and his old band assemble a rowdy bunch of teenagers to be the face of the song and through the process teach them how to have true punk rock spirit. The emotional core of the film centers on Johnny's relationship with his wife, Jules - an aged groupie who feels the heavy hands of her biological clock ticking away. The film chronicles this outlandish moment in music history from Johnny's point of view, and recounts his tumultuous journey with his wife.

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When two urban teenagers are trapped in the wilds of the Peak District, they are forced to put aside their rivalry in order to survive and find mutual respect and the start of friendship.

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From the award winning team behind Death of a President and The Last King of Scotland, and inspired by real life events, I Am Slave is a controversial thriller about London's shocking slave trade, and one woman's fight for freedom. Continuing to attract the finest names in film production, I Am Slave is shocking to the core, while at the same time is one of the most inspiring stories of our time.