Tuesday 8 February 2011

Working Title Films

Who set it up and when?
Working Title films was set up by Tim Bevan and  Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. Sarah Radclyffe left and was replaced with Eric Fellner


What were they first successful with? How much money did they make?

Filmography
About a Boy 
Ali G Indahouse
Atonement
Bean
The Big Lebowski
Billy Elliot
Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy
The Boat That Rocked
Bob Roberts
The Borrowers (1997)
Bridget Jones's Diary
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
Burn After Reading
The Calcium Kid
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Catch a Fire
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl
The Comic Strip
Dead Man Walking
Definitely, Maybe
Drop Dead Fred
Edward II
Elizabeth
Elizabeth: The Golden Age
Fargo
For Queen and Country
40 Days and 40 Nights
Four Weddings and a Funeral
French Kiss
Frost/Nixon
Gone
Green Zone
The Guru
The Hi-Lo Country
Hippie Hippie Shake
Hot Fuzz
How to Talk to Girls
The Hudsucker Proxy
Inside I'm Dancing
The Interpreter
Johnny English
Johnny English Reborn
Loch Ness
London Kills Me
Long Time Dead
Love Actually
The Man Who Cried
The Man Who Wasn't There
Map of the Human Heart
Mickybo and Me
Moonlight and Valentino
Mr. Bean's Holiday
My Beautiful Laundrette
My Little Eye
Nanny McPhee
Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang
Ned Kelly (2003)
Notting Hill
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Panther
Paperhouse
Paul (film)
Plunkett & Macleane
Posse (1993)
Pride & Prejudice (2005)
The Return of the Borrowers
Robin Hood (1991 film)
Romeo Is Bleeding
Rubin and Ed
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
A Serious Man
The Shape of Things
Shaun of the Dead
Sixty Six
Smokin' Aces
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball
The Soloist
State of Play
The Tall Guy
Thirteen
Thunderbirds
United 93
Wild Child
Wimbledon
Wish You Were Her
A World Apart
The Young Americans

Critical Successes

Financial Successes

How did they effect the reputation of the UK film industry?


When and why did they make their deal with universal?


Should all UK production companies do this?

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