Gregory Widen

Writing

Gregory Widen

Born November 30, 1958 · Los Angeles County, California, USA (age 67)

​From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.   Gregory Widen is an American screenwriter and film director. A student in UCLA's screenwriting program, he sold his script for Highlander while still an undergraduate. Before entering the UCLA program, Widen attended Saddleback College in Mission Viejo, California. Widen worked as a firefighter for three years. He witnessed a person killed by an explosi…

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HighlanderHighlander · 1986
Highlander
6.91986
MovieAdventureAction
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
BackdraftBackdraft · 1991
Backdraft
6.71991
MovieDramaThriller
Two feuding siblings carrying on a heroic family tradition as Chicago firefighters. But when a puzzling series of arson attacks is reported, they are forced to set aside their differences to solve the mystery surrounding these crimes.
Highlander III: The SorcererHighlander III: The Sorcerer · 1994
Highlander III: The Sorcerer
4.71994
MovieFantasyAction
Deceived that he had won the Prize, Connor MacLeod wanders through the world; however, he is awakened from his peaceful life when an entombed immortal magician, Kane, escapes and comes seeking the Highlander.
Highlander II: The QuickeningHighlander II: The Quickening · 1991
Highlander II: The Quickening
4.71991
MovieFantasyAction
The Prize has been won. Connor MacLeod is mortal... Now an old man on the verge of death, memories of his past on the planet Zeist resurface, where a vengeful enemy, General Katana, plots to destroy him once and for all.
Highlander: EndgameHighlander: Endgame · 2000
Highlander: Endgame
4.82000
MovieActionAdventure
Immortals Connor and Duncan Macleod join forces against a man from Connor's distant past in the highlands of Scotland, Kell, an immensely powerful immortal who leads an army of equally powerful and deadly immortal swordsmen and assassins. No immortal alive has been able to defeat Kell yet, and neither Connor nor Duncan are skilled enough themselves to take him on and live. The two of them eventually come to one inevitable conclusion; one of them must die so that the combined power of both the Highlanders can bring down Kell for good. There can be only one... the question is, who will it be?
The ProphecyThe Prophecy · 1995
The Prophecy
6.51995
MovieFantasyHorror
The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven. However, it is hidden inside of a Native American girl and only a former priest and a schoolteacher can stop him.
The Prophecy IIThe Prophecy II · 1998
The Prophecy II
6.01998
MovieFantasyHorror
The archangel Gabriel returns to try to destroy the human race he despises so much, with the help of a suicidal teen and the opposition of the angel Danyael.
The Prophecy 3: The AscentThe Prophecy 3: The Ascent · 2000
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
5.82000
MovieFantasyHorror
As the War in Heaven and on Earth rages on, Pyriel, the Angel of Genocide, rises to power, intending to destroy all of mankind. The only one who stands in his way is street preacher Danyael, who was born of an Angel and a woman, the nephilim.

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OtherLifeOtherLife · 2017
OtherLife
6.42017
MovieScience FictionCrime
Ren Amari is the driven inventor of a revolutionary new drug. OtherLife expands the brain's sense of time and creates virtual reality directly in the user's mind. With OtherLife, mere seconds in real life feel like hours or days of exciting adventures. As Ren and her colleagues race around the clock to launch OtherLife, the government muscles in to use the drugs as a radical solution to prison overcrowding. They will create virtual cells where criminals serve long sentences in just minutes of real time. When Ren resists, she finds herself an unwilling guinea pig trapped in a prison cell in her mind. She must escape before she descends into madness, and then regain control of OtherLife before others suffer the same fate.

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