Stairways to heaven. Rebuilding the British film industry / Geoffrey MacNab.

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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Main Author: Macnab, Geoffrey, 1965- (Author)
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Language:English
Published: London : I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd., 2018.
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505 0 |a Intro; List of Illustrations; Foreword by Lord Puttnam of Queensgate, CBE, President of Film Distributors' Association; Preface; Introduction The Downing Street Summit; Chapter 1 Back to the 1980s; Chapter 2 The Video Revolution; Chapter 3 PolyGram Forever; Chapter 4 The Working Title Magic; Chapter 5 The Great British Lotto Bonanza; Chapter 6 The Life and Death of the Film Council; Chapter 7 Potter Gold; Chapter 8 The Name Is Still Bond; Chapter 9 An Uneasy Partnership -- British Film and TV; Chapter 10 A Taxing Business 
505 8 |a Chapter 11 Flying the Flag -- Marketing Britain on ScreenChapter 12 Stepping Up; Appendix; Notes; Select Bibliography 
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