The Movies, currently in
development at Lionhead has reached a point where it's now possible to create the
sort of films that players want to see. To test the system, some of the team have
come up with a few film ideas. Can you match the film idea to the brief description
of the team member below?
(Answers at the bottom)
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Adrian Moore
Adrian's twin obsessions with small islands and the conflict inherent in the cultures
of Micronesia naturally complement his undying love for early 80s music. He wears
very tight spangly trousers to work. |
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James Brown
Conniving James is as untrustworthy a character as ever set foot inside a development
company. His weaselly abilities enable him to pit friend against friend and foe
against foe. He's also keen on extortion. |
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Rohan Knuckey
Ex-military man Rohan knows more about combat than anyone north of the Guildford-Farncombe
parallel. But few realise his great uncle, at 101, is the oldest serving paratrooper
in the Surrey DMZ Gt. Unc. also covered himself in glory fighting in the Far East
as a relatively young man of 44 in the Second World War. |
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Ollie Dawson
Ollie grew up in Montana, in deepest Arapahoe country. He was raised by feral cougars
until he reached school age. Gradually he was tamed and, after changing his name
from Grrrr to Ollie Dawson, he became a leading authority on both North American
native myths and the processes of air purification, specifically direct catalytic
oxidation.
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Cliff Harris
Born in Switzerland, Cliff was named after the rocky outcrop where he was conceived.
Indeed, his mother, Annie, a chronic claustrophobe, spent many happy hours huddled
under Harris Rock with his father, the now famous agoraphobic clockmaker, Tag Heuer.
Heuer lay with his head canted to the snowy Alpen skies, Annie, face down with a
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The
Films:
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NEAR THE RIVER OF FROZEN SPIRITS
(2003)
Some children find an ancient Indian burial ground and awake some playful spirits,
who become their servants. But they have also awoken the Wendigo, a powerful smoke-demon
capable of making them cough nastily and even render them unconscious. The only
way to defeat the Wendigo is to trap it in the giant car catalytic converter factory
in the valley. But how to lure it there? That's where those pesky spirit servants
come in…
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THE GIG
(2003)
The tiny, remote Pacific island of Pooarooa is facing invasion from larger, bullying
neighbour, Pooaronga.. Then a 747 carrying Kandyboyz, a popular poodle-rock band
crash-lands on Pooarooa and the locals are suddenly overwhelmed with musical instruments
and crates and crates of rock opera stage props for the rock opera show, entitled
Robot Space Zombies. The Pooarooans realise that a combination of music and experimental
theatre might be the key to defeating Pooaronga and driving out the evil aggressors
forever…
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INSIDE OUT LOVE
(2003)
Annie, an agoraphobic girl, who hasn't left her house in five years, falls in love
with Pete, a claustrophobic man who hasn't been inside a building for ten years.
Their love affair blossoms on the phone and on e-mail, but will they ever find a
way to be together? Plan after hilarious plan fails and the couple are ready to
give up when into their lives walks Dr Theobolis Pelhammer, an expert on mental
illness. Pelhammer takes them to his mountaintop clinic to cure them but he dies
in a skating accident before the treatment is complete. Annie and Pete are alone
and running out of time. Can they cure themselves and live happily ever after?
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THE ATOLL
(2003)
A platoon of Japanese infantrymen are mistakenly still fighting WW2 in 2002. They
get taken to a Hawaii military hospital but escape, run amok and try to continue
the war. Such is their combat ability after fighting for over sixty years that,
although they are in their eighties, they are the only people capable of flushing
out Osmiel del Largo, the world's most wanted terrorist. But first they have to
be captured and persuaded to take on the mission…
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DIRTY INSIDE
(2003)
A man gets blackmailed by the police. Despite warnings not to, he approaches the
underworld who arrange a takedown. After a gun battle the police are wiped out and
the army fill the power-vacuum. But it isn't long before the underworld start blackmailing
them…
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Answers
Adrian Moore - Inside
Out Love
James Brown - The Gig
Rohan Knuckey - Near The River Of Frozen Spirits
Ollie Dawson - Dirty Inside
Cliff Harris - also Dirty Inside. No one came up with The Atoll.
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