Jonathan Gems

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The War Of The Worlds: The Prophetic Novel TrailerWho Killed British Cinema? Trailer

Jonathan Gems (born 1952, London) is a British playwright and screenwriter mostly known for his work on Mars Attacks!, directed by Tim Burton. He also wrote the film's novelization. The son of the playwright Pam Gems, Jonathan Gems wrote a number of plays for theatres on the London fringe before gradually turning to screenwriting. As well as Mars Attacks!, Gems did uncredited rewrite work on Batman. Gems has written a number of unproduced scripts for Burton, including a Beetlejuice sequel titled Beetlejuice Goes Hawaiian, an updating of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" set in Burbank, California, The Hawkline Monster, a cowboy/monster movie that was to star Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson and Go Baby Go, a beach movie in the style of Russ Meyer.

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Mars Attacks! Trailer

Mars Attacks! Trailer (1996)

13 December 1996

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace.

White Mischief Trailer

White Mischief Trailer (1987)

10 November 1987

A millionaire past his prime and his young wife arrive in Kenya circa 1940 to find that the other affluent British expatriates are living large as the homefront gears up for war.

The Treat Trailer

The Treat Trailer (1998)

10 September 1998

The lives of four strange prostitutes will change forever when they go to the Mayor's birthday party.

Who Killed British Cinema? Trailer

Who Killed British Cinema? Trailer (2018)

26 November 2018

A feature length documentary about the real state of the British film industry in relation to UK structures past, present and currently for the future.

Van Morrison in Ireland Trailer

Van Morrison in Ireland Trailer (1981)

31 March 1981

The first official video by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison, showing footage of the band whilst touring in Ireland and images of Belfast, including Hyndford Street and Cyprus Avenue.

Nightshift Trailer

Nightshift Trailer (1981)

14 August 1981

As night falls, the receptionist of a small hotel dutifully performs her routine tasks while strange lodgers descend upon the dark corners of the inn.

The War Of The Worlds: The Prophetic Novel Trailer

The War Of The Worlds: The Prophetic Novel Trailer (2025)

10 May 2025

First published in 1898, H.G. Wells’s The War of the Worlds was a veritable literary and cultural revolution.