2. KEY MOMENTS
The Recession effected the film industry as the GDP decreased by
3.9%. (1973 – 1975)
Invention of VCR meant that films could produce profit after the
film finished in the cinemas.
Hollywood Studios tried to sue Sony over VCR’s as they feared
piracy.
3. KEY FILM DIRECTORS
& PRODUCERS
Directors: Alan Parker, Blake Edwards, Stanley Kubrick, Lionel
Jeffries, Robin Hardy, Michael Powell, J’ Lee Thompson, Bryan
Forbes.
Producers: Alan Marshall, Blake Edwards, Stanley Kubrick, Robert
Lynn, Peter Snell, Emeric Pressburger.
They’re all men! :o
4. ICONIC ACTORS
Christopher Lee – The Wicker Man
Michael Caine – Get Carter
Malcolm McDowell – Clockwork Orange (Banned)
Susan George – Straw dogs (Banned)
6. GOVERNMENT
INTERVENTION
The loosening of the censorship rules brought on a minor boom of sex
comedies and softcore porn movies. BBFC [British Broadcasting Film
Classification] increased film age restrictions for X rated films from 16 to 18.
Introduction of VAT includes Cinema tickets.
The Obscene Publications Act is extended to distribution and exhibition.
Protection of Children Act prohibits the distribution and possession of
images of unsimulated sexual activity involving children, regardless of context.
7. BOOM TIME FOR BRITISH
FILMS
The British horror boom of the 1960’s carried on throughout to
the beginning of the 1970’s.
A minor boom of low-budget softcore porn and sex comedies.
For example: Confessions of a Window Cleaner
