There's a B&W film from around the same time, it's about someone who creates an indestructable jacket. There are problems with the workers and union, from what I can remember.
Although my two picks are both from this year, but neither feels like a British movie in the traditional 'grey-skies and dodgy wallpaper' sense that was a mark of British Films while I was growing up.
Kick Ass. I find it astonishing that this film was rejected by every major studio, only for Matthew Vaughan to fund it with the help of some rich mates and the UK film council, it looks and feels like a Hollywood blockbuster, only it's clever, funny and daring in a way that Hollywood wouldn't even attempt to be. The fact that it was made and funded entirely in the UK astounded me when I found out (long after seeing the film).
Monsters. While it's far less glossy, once again this is a film that is far greater than the sum of it's parts, and it proves that you do not need tens, even hundreds of millions of pounds to make a great film. If Avatar is Chelsea and Inception is Arsenal, then Monsters is Blackpool: entertaining, punching above it's weight and proving that buckets of cash are not always the answer to people's problems!
Studios liked it but didn't want it to have Hit Girl as it made them look bad having a 10 year old girl shooting people and getting shot herself.
Kick Ass
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Following
A Fish Called Wanda
Sherlock Holmes??
Snatch
RockNRolla
In Bruges
There's a B&W film from around the same time, it's about someone who creates an indestructable jacket. There are problems with the workers and union, from what I can remember.
The Man in the White Suit (1951), directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness.
Black Narcissus
The 39 Steps
Great Expectations
Trainspotting
The Man in the White Suit
Kes
Oliver Twist (David Lean)
Get Carter
Brief Encounter
The Lady Killers
Withnail and I
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Life Of Brain
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Oliver (Musical)
All Mike Leigh films, especially Naked and Secret And Lies
The War Zone
Trainspotting
This Is England
This Sporting Life
Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
Rebecca
The Lady Vanishes
Nil By Mouth
Whistle Down The Wind
Green For Danger
Brief Encounter
10 Rillington Place
as said on the previous harry potter is not British film. The rights to the franchise where sold to American film company making it American film with British actors.
Mine would have to be the The original Italian Job
as said on the previous harry potter is not British film. The rights to the franchise where sold to American film company making it American film with British actors.
Mine would have to be the The original Italian Job
Well like I said before I;m classing it as british. It's written by a British authour and the actors/actresses are British.
Well like I said before I;m classing it as british. It's written by a British authour and the actors/actresses are British.
Which, like other supposedly British films, doubtless goes some way to giving the film a British feel, and perhaps seems British in character. But as others have stated, technically it's American, because that's how the industry works.
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Peter Sellers as a trade union leader .
Thanks. I'm getting them mixed up.
There's a B&W film from around the same time, it's about someone who creates an indestructable jacket. There are problems with the workers and union, from what I can remember.
Studios liked it but didn't want it to have Hit Girl as it made them look bad having a 10 year old girl shooting people and getting shot herself.
Kick Ass
Shaun of the Dead
Hot Fuzz
Following
A Fish Called Wanda
Sherlock Holmes??
Snatch
RockNRolla
In Bruges
These threads are great for jogging the memory.
I like The Company of Wolves, another Neil Jordan one.
The Man in the White Suit (1951), directed by Alexander Mackendrick and starring Alec Guinness.
Thank you, thank you.
I'd looked on imdb but couldn't find it. It's years since I last saw it so couldn't remember enough to search properly.
The Red Shoes.
A Matter of Life and Death.
(the amazing colour photography of these films was by Jack Cardiff, "technicolor pioneer" ........)
http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Reviews/Jack/JackC01.html
(i was there, in the audience!).
Here's the amusing coffee scene with Elanor Bron (a very sexy actress, still goin' strong! )
http://www.videosurf.com/video/o-lucky-man-75920021
Roughly correct, I think. Though it still doesn't stop A Canterbury Tale (Powell & Pressburger) from being one of my very favourite films ever.
Black Narcissus
The 39 Steps
Great Expectations
Trainspotting
The Man in the White Suit
Kes
Oliver Twist (David Lean)
Get Carter
Brief Encounter
The Lady Killers
Withnail and I
The Lavender Hill Mob
The Life Of Brain
Goodbye Mr. Chips
Oliver (Musical)
The War Zone
Trainspotting
This Is England
This Sporting Life
Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
Rebecca
The Lady Vanishes
Nil By Mouth
Whistle Down The Wind
Green For Danger
Brief Encounter
10 Rillington Place
Quadrophenia
Scum
This is England
The Krays
Charlie
Not sure if Green Street counts?
None of the money goes into the British industry's pocket.
It all goes to america/hollywood
Imo it's a british film
as said on the previous harry potter is not British film. The rights to the franchise where sold to American film company making it American film with British actors.
Mine would have to be the The original Italian Job
Well like I said before I;m classing it as british. It's written by a British authour and the actors/actresses are British.
That's because our best stuff was on tv (much of it then got wiped).
Yeah, I forgot Withnail. Original and wonderful.