The United Kingdom has had a major influence on modern cinema with the first moving pictures being developed in London in 1889. The British film industry experienced a 'golden age' in the 1940s and has produced many important and successful films, though it has also been characterized by debates around its identity and foreign influences. While British films often involve American producers and actors, British talent also features prominently in Hollywood productions. Key British genres include rock music, which originated in the late 1950s with influences from American rock and roll, and punk rock led by bands like the Sex Pistols in the 1970s. Many top-grossing films also have significant British elements.

2. Cinema Of The United Kingdom
The United Kingdom has had a
major influence on
modern cinema
The first moving pictures
developed on celluloid film were
made in Hyde Park, London
in 1889 by William Friese
Greene, a British inventor, who
patented the process in 1890
The British film industry
enjoyed a 'golden age' in the
1940

3. Despite a history of
important and successful
productions, the industry has
often been characterized by
a debate about its identity
and the level of American
and European influence.
Film production in the UK
has undergone a series
of booms and recessions.

4. Many British films are co-productions with American producers,
often using both British and American actors, and British actors
feature regularly in Hollywood films.

5. Relationship with Hollywood
Many Hollywood films with a British dimension (based on British
people, stories or events) have had enormous worldwide commercial
success.
Six of the top seven have some British historical, cultural or creative
dimensions:
• Titanic
• The Lord of the Rings
• Pirates of the Caribbean
• Harry Potter

6. Star Warsat number 9, was filmed principally in the UK. Adding four
more Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings films, plus three about a
Scottish ogre in British fairy tale setting (Shrek), had a substantial
British dimension

7. British influence can also be seen with the 'English Cycle‘ of Disney
animated films, which include:
• Alice in Wonderland
• Peter Pan
• Tarzan
• Robin Hood
• One Hundred and One Dalmatians
• The Sword in the Stone
• The Rescuers
• The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

8. British Film Industry VS American Film Industry
The British film industry
has a complex attitude to
Hollywood. It has been
argued that the size of the
domestic British cinema
market makes it
impossible for the British
film industry to
successfully produce
Hollywood-
style blockbusters over a
sustained period without
U.S. involvement.

9. The Best British Films in last 25 years
1. Trainspotting
2. Withnail & I
3. Secrets and Lies
4. My Beautiful Laundrette
5. Distant Voices, Still Lives
6. Nil By Mouth
7. Sexy Beast
8. Ratcatcher (1999)
9. Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
10. Cuatro bodas y un funeral (1994)
11. Touching The Void (2003)
12. Control (2007)
13. Naked (1993)
14. Under The Skin (1997)
15. Hunger (2008)
16. This Is England (2006)
17. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
18. Dead Man’s Shoes (2004)
19. Red Road (2006)
20. Riff-Raff (1981)
21. Man On Wire (2008)
22. My Summer of Love (2004)
23. 24 Hour Party People (2002)
24. El paciente inglés (1996)

11. Origins
The British Rock was
born around the end of
the 50’s with some
influences from rock
and roll and rhythm and
blues of the United
States. Singers like
Elvis Presley, Chuck
Berry y Little Richard
was the most important
in rock and roll.

12. British Invasion
British rock was popularized with the arrival of
"British invasion" which lasted for almost everyone
but was reflected mainly in the United States. The
Beatles were one of the band that started this
movement In There were other bands that also
caused the expansion of this movement.

13. With the end of the concert of The Beatles the
American bands begin to dominate the music world.
Appear Jim Morrison with The Doors, The Beach
Boys and famous guitarist like Jimi Hendrix
However some british bands like Pink Floyd return
with the British Rock, recovering a much of what
had been achieved in the British invasion.

14. Sex Pistols
In the next years appear a new rock genre: The punk
genre. The Sex Pistols are considered the first band set
the punk movement in the United Kingdom. Their songs
“God Save the Queen”, “Anarchy in the U.K.” are the
most controversial songs that the lyrics speak abaout the
Queen and the Crown.

15. appeared new rock genres like psychedelic rock,
hard rock, progressive rock, and other sounds
that currently are heard in many of our radios.
Some bands are: Colplay, The Stone Roses,
Muse,

16. Some British Songs
1. Oasis - Live Forever
2. Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger
3. Oasis - Wonderwall
4. The Stone Roses - I Am The Resurrection
5. Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
6. The Verve - Bitter Sweet Symphony
7. The Who - My Generation
8. Arctic Monkeys - I Bet You Look Good On The
Dancefloor
9. The Clash - London Calling
10. Oasis - Champagne Supernova
11. The Smiths - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out
12. Muse - Knights Of Cydonia
13. Pulp - Common People
14. The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
15. The Beatles - Hey Jude
26. David Bowie - Life On Mars

17. Theatre