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* Theater/BlitheSpirit: A remarried widower accidentally calls back the ghost of his first wife, HillarityEnsues.

* RosencrantzAndGuildensternAreDead : Hamlet from the perspective of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, [[WorldLimitedToThePlot with absurdism]]

* ''PlanescapeTorment'' has one written out [[AllThereInTheScript in the vision statement]].

* ''PlanescapeTorment'' has one written out [[AllThereInTheScript in the vision statement]].
--> The player is a scarred amnesiac immortal in search of his identity. On the way, the player character will kill a lot of people...[[WhoWantsToLiveForever including himself.]]"

--> -- Diane Kruger in ''NationalTreasure''

* Diane Kruger in ''NationalTreasure'': "You think there's a treasure map.... on the back of the Declaration Of Independence."

* ''TheFountain'': [[TagLine "What if you could live forever...?"]] And the love of your life [[BlessedWithSuck is dying]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever in the meantime?]]

* ''[[Film/AirForceOne Air Force One]]'': DieHard [[DieHardOnAnX on]] AirForceOne with HarrisonFord as [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President]] [[DieHard John McClane]].

{{High Concept}}s can take several specific forms like: "[[XMeetsY Show A meets Show B]]", "[[WunzaPlot One's an X, the other's a Y]]: TheyFightCrime", "ABoyAndHisX", or "Film X in the style of Creator W" as well as the labored [[{{ptitlekt6mtovm4vne}} Recycled]] [[AC:[[{{ptitlekt6mtovm4vne}} IN SPACE!]]]] and DieHardOnAnX. Sometimes a high concept can become so influential and imitable that it becomes a format trope in its own right as is the case of ''DieHard''; see also TheMagnificentSevenSamurai (based on SevenSamurai), WagonTrainToTheStars (named for the high concept pitch for StarTrek). Contrast with BetterThanItSounds which is often taken as a parody of these; unlike BetterThanItSounds, however, these ''do'' get the gist of the experience across.

{{High Concept}}s can take several specific forms like: "[[XMeetsY Show A meets Show B]]", "[[WunzaPlot One's an X, the other's a Y]]: TheyFightCrime", or "Film X in the style of Creator W" as well as the labored [[{{ptitlekt6mtovm4vne}} Recycled]] [[AC:[[{{ptitlekt6mtovm4vne}} IN SPACE!]]]] and DieHardOnAnX. Sometimes a high concept can become so influential and imitable that it becomes a format trope in its own right as is the case of ''DieHard''; see also TheMagnificentSevenSamurai (based on SevenSamurai), WagonTrainToTheStars (named for the high concept pitch for StarTrek). Contrast with BetterThanItSounds which is often taken as a parody of these; unlike BetterThanItSounds, however, these ''do'' get the gist of the experience across.

* ''TheFountain'': [[TagLine "What if you could live forever...?"]] And your lover [[BlessedWithSuck contracts a]] [[WhoWantsToLiveForever fatal illness?]]

* [[BigBad Herrick]] in ''BeingHuman'': "So, [[MonsterMash a werewolf, a ghost and a vampire]] decide to live like humans do. They get jobs, a house, and a TV license..."

* BretEastonEllis [[WordOfGod]] called the premise of ''AmericanPsycho'' a high concept: a serial killer on Wall Street.

* [[BigBad Herrick]] in ''BeingHuman'': "So, [[MonsterMash a werewolf, a ghost and a vampire]] decide to live like humans do. They get jobs, a house, and a TV license..."

* ''[[Film/AirForceOne Air Force One]]'': HarrisonFord is the [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President of the United States]].

* ''[[Film/AirForceOne Air Force One]]'': HarrisonFord is the [[OurPresidentsAreDifferent President of the United States]]''.

* Diane Kruger in ''NationalTreasure'': "You think there's a treasure map.... on the back of the Declaration Of Independence."''

* ''DieHard'': Terrorists take over a building, leaving one man to sneak around and thwart them.

* ''ForrestGump'': An single man obliviously influences dozens of landmark events throughout the BabyBoomer generation's lifetime.