Working Title Films: A Creative and Commercial History - Hardcover

Townsend, Nathan

 
9781474451932: Working Title Films: A Creative and Commercial History
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1474451934 ISBN 13: 9781474451932
Verlag: Edinburgh University Press, 2021

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Working Title Films is arguably the most important production company in the history of British cinema. This wide-ranging book charts the creative and commercial history of Working Title, from its origins as an independent in the 1980s, to its integration into PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in the 1990s, and to its current status as a subsidiary of Universal since the 2000s. In doing so, the relationship between the film industries and cultures of Britain and Hollywood is examined through a consideration of the industrial structures, processes and practices which have defined the operation of the company. Moreover, it considers the ways in which these industrial transitions have produced distinct versions of Britain and Britishness onscreen – ranging from My Beautiful Laundrette and Wish You Were Here to Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and from Johnny English and Nanny McPhee to The Theory of Everything and Yesterday. Drawing on over 30 interviews with key personnel from Working Title, PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal, the author examines not only how this remarkable company has evolved but also why it has evolved in the way that it has by situating its history within the ever-changing landscapes of the British and Hollywood film industries.

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Nathan Townsend is Lecturer in Creative Industries in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies at the University of York

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Working Title Films is arguably the most important production company in the history of British cinema. This wide-ranging book charts the creative and commercial history of Working Title, from its origins as an independent in the 1980s to its integration into PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in the 1990s, and to its current status as a subsidiary of Universal. In doing so, the relationship between the film industries and cultures of Britain and Hollywood is examined through a consideration of the industrial structures, processes and practices which have defined the operation of the company. Moreover, it considers the ways in which these industrial transitions have produced distinct versions of Britain and Britishness – ranging from My Beautiful Laundrette and Wish You Were Here to Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and from Johnny English and Nanny McPhee to The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour.Drawing on over 30 interviews with key personnel from Working Title, Polygram and Universal, the author examines not only how this remarkable company has evolved but also why it has evolved in the way that it has by situating its history within the ever-changing landscape of the British and Hollywood film industries.Nathan Townsend is Lecturer in Creative Industries at the Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media at the University of York.Cover image: Notting Hill, 1999, directed by Roger Michell © Universal Pictures/PhotofestCover design:[EUP logo]edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-5193-2Barcode

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Working Title Films is arguably the most important production company in the history of British cinema. This wide-ranging book charts the creative and commercial history of Working Title, from its origins as an independent in the 1980s to its integration into PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in the 1990s, and to its current status as a subsidiary of Universal. In doing so, the relationship between the film industries and cultures of Britain and Hollywood is examined through a consideration of the industrial structures, processes and practices which have defined the operation of the company. Moreover, it considers the ways in which these industrial transitions have produced distinct versions of Britain and Britishness ranging from My Beautiful Laundrette and Wish You Were Here to Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill, and from Johnny English and Nanny McPhee to The Theory of Everything and Darkest Hour. Drawing on over 30 interviews with key personnel from Working Title, Polygram and Universal, the author examines not only how this remarkable company has evolved but also why it has evolved in the way that it has by situating its history within the ever-changing landscape of the British and Hollywood film industries.Nathan Townsend is Lecturer in Creative Industries at the department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media at the University of York.Cover image: Notting Hill, 1999, directed by Roger Michell © Universal Pictures/PhotofestCover design:[EUP logo] edinburghuniversitypress.comISBN 978-1-4744-5193-2Barcode

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Verlag
Edinburgh University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2021
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1474451934
ISBN 13 
9781474451932
Einband
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Anzahl der Seiten
268
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