2. Background
We are a British film production company based in London.
Our company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcylffe in 1983. We produce feature films
and also some television productions.
We first made a short film in 1984 called the man who shot Christmas.
We started producing films in 1985, the first film we produced was called my beautiful launderette.
We are one of the last British film studio company, We have been deemed the best by various
critics.
Even though we are a British film company we still made American movies. We do this to appeal to
an international market.
We generally make low to mid budget films.
We can spend $35 million of our money on a film before having to consult universal.
3. What types of films we
produce.
We produce a wide range of films all spanning
different genres. These genres include:
Comedy- Mr Beans Holiday
Romance – Bridget Jones Diary
In more recent films sci-fi – Paul
and hard hitting action.
4. Why we make films.
We didn’t want to be like Hollywood, in Hollywood
you are judged by what you have done recently and
not what you have done over the years.
5. Most successful.
Love actually has been our biggest selling film to
date with a profit of $244,931,766 (Worldwide) (May
2004). Our budget was $30,000,000.
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in
dealing with their love lives in various loosely and
interrelated tales all set during a frantic month
before Christmas in London, England.
Perhaps one of our most successful because of
international marking and a ideal release date
(Christmas holidays).
6. most successful film 2.
Our second most successful film was Four Weddings and a
Funeral with a profit of $244,100,000 (Worldwide). Our
budget for our film was $3,500,000.
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed
bachelor must consider the notion that he may have
discovered love.
This film put us on the map as a
company. This film was also deemed an
unexpected success. This film received an
academy award nomination for best pict
picture.
7. Least successful film.
One of our least successful film was fools of fortune
(1990). It was slow released over 5 years but only
made $80,000 and our budget was $2,500,000.
8. Relationship with film
makers?
One of our best relationship we have is Richard
Curtis.
He has been involved with:
Love actually, Bridget Jones Diary, Bean and Mr.
beans Holiday.
9. What are we best at
producing?
Our best production has been through rom-coms
which we releases worldwide, most of our rom-coms
have had huge success.
