Stairways to heaven [electronic resource] : rebuilding the British film industry / Geoffrey Macnab ; foreword by David Puttnam.
What has brought about the transformation of the British film industry over the last few decades, to the beginnings of what is arguably a new golden era? In the mid-1980s the industry was in a parlous state. The number of films produced in the UK was tiny. Cinema attendance had dipped to an all-time...
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London ; New York :
I.B. Tauris,
2018.
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Stairways to Heaven: Rebuilding the British Film Industry |
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Contents:
- Introduction: the Downing Street Summit
- Back to the 1980s
- The video revolution
- PolyGram forever
- The working title magic
- The great British lotto bonanza
- The life and death of the film council
- Potter gold
- The name is still bound
- An uneasy partnership: British film and TV
- A taxing business
- Flying the flag: marketing Britain on screen
- Stepping up.