Stig svendsen biography

2011 American film

Elevator is a 2011 American mysterythriller film directed by Stig Svendsen.^[1] It follows the struggles and conflicts of nine strangers trapped in a Wall Street elevator 49 floors above Manhattan on the way to a company party.

One of the group has a bomb.

Stig svendsen biography

The film's events follow the group's attempts to escape, with racism, greed and revenge playing key elements as they all fight to survive.^[2]

Plot

Nine people board an elevator in a New York City skyscraper 52 stories tall: security guard Mohammed, television reporter Maureen and her fiance Don, comedian George, newly widowed Jane, overweight employee Martin, pregnant Celine, and the building owner Henry Barton with his spoiled ten-year-old granddaughter Madeline, who are on their way to a company party on the top floor.

On the way up, George, a claustrophobe, panics and, on the 49th floor, Madeline hits the emergency stop button to torment him. Henry presses