7 April 2011

What is a British Film?

The Kings Speech
  • British historical drama film. Story of King George VI and how he overcomes his speech impedement.
  • Actors, majority English. Colin Firth, Lionel Logue, both English.
  • Directed by Tom Hooper, also English. Directed Elizabeth I and The Damned United aswell.
  • Fits into the Drama genre, it is a fairly basic and traditional style.
  • UKFC funded the film, no where else would.
  • Distrubuted by: Paramount Pictures (Australia), The Weinstein Company (USA), Momentum Pictures (UK).
  • Released: 6 September 2010 (Telluride Film Fesitval, USA), 7 January 2011 (UK).
127 Hours
  • Biographical adventure film, based on events of a real man who had to cut his arm off to survive after being trapped by a rock.
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  1. JW19 April 2011 at 13:26

    OK so far Hannah. Don't forget to research the other films too, and for each consider their 'Britishness' in light of the different elements that go into putting them together.

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