Erik Aadahl and
Ethan Van der Ryn
Argo
FILM SYNOPSIS
When six Americans take refuge in the Canadian embassy in Tehran during the
1979 hostage crisis, U.S. government agent Tony Mendez turns to Hollywood
for help. Working with a producer and a makeup artist, he devises a rescue
mission that centers on the creation of a fake film production company
scouting locations in Iran.
Wylie Stateman
Django Unchained
FILM SYNOPSIS
German bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz buys a slave named Django and promises
him his freedom once he has helped Schultz track down the criminals he is
seeking. But Django has a wife who was sold off years ago, and his
partnership with Schultz may offer him a chance to find her.
Eugene Gearty
and Philip Stockton
Life of Pi
FILM SYNOPSIS
Young Pi, the son of zookeepers in Pondicherry, India, finds the world he
knows swept away when his family sells the zoo and sets sail for Canada with
a few of its remaining animals. A storm capsizes the ship and only Pi
escapes, set adrift in a lifeboat that is also the refuge of an enormous
Bengal tiger.
Per Hallberg
and Karen Baker Landers
Skyfall
FILM SYNOPSIS
After M's orders lead to James Bond's near-fatal shooting by a colleague, he
returns to duty before he is fully recovered to track down a cyber-terrorist
named Silva, a sinister figure from M's past. Bond's efforts to protect M
will force him to confront memories from his own past as Silva unleashes a
wave of violence in his efforts to destroy M.
Paul N.J.
Ottosson
Zero Dark Thirty
FILM SYNOPSIS
In the aftermath of 9/11, as the trail in the hunt for Osama bin Laden seems
to grow cold, a determined CIA agent begins a painstaking, decade-long
search for the Al Qaeda leader. For Maya, direct experience of terrorism
steels her resolve to find bin Laden and leads her to trust her own
instincts regarding the best course of investigation to pursue.
