2. WARP & Working Titles films
Warp Films is an
independent UK film
production company. It is
based in Sheffield & London,
UK with a further office in
Melbourne, Australia
Warp Films was established
by Warp Records founding
partners Rob Mitchell &
Steve Beckett.
Working Title Films, co-
chaired by Tim Bevan and Eric
Fellner since 1992, is one of
the world’s leading film
production companies.
3. WARP VS. Working Title films
WARP
This England
Dead Man’s Shoes
Four Lions
Rubber Johnny
Kill List
This is England 86’
Working Titles
Love Actually
Shaun of the Dead
Les Misérables
Notting Hill
Romeo is Bleeding
Bridget Jones films
Hot Fuzz
4. WARP- Dead man’s shoes
RECEPTION
The film was ranked number 180 in Empire magazine's "201
Greatest Movies of All Time" featured in the March 2006 issue. It
also made other appearances in the magazine's 2008 list of the 500
greatest movies of all time where it was ranked at number 462 and
in October 2011 where it came 27th in the "100 Best British Films
Ever.“ In celebration of their 200th issue in October 2012, Total Film
named it the twelfth best film of the magazine's lifetime.[4] It was
ranked number 92 in Time Out's list of the 100 best British films.
Paddy Considine won "Best British Actor" at the 2005 Empire
Awards, beating, amongst others, Simon Pegg for Shaun of the Dead
and Daniel Craig for Layer Cake. Toby Kebbell was nominated for the
Most Promising Newcomer at the British Independent Film Awards.
5. Dead Man’s Shoes
Details
Country: UK
Language: English
Release Date: 1 October 2004 (UK) See more »
Also Known As: Dead Man's Shoes See more »
Filming Locations: Bonsall, Matlock Bath, Derbyshire, England, UK See more »
Box Office
Opening Weekend: $1,825 (USA) (12 May 2006)
Gross: $6,013 (USA) (26 May 2006)
Company Credits
Production Co: Warp Films, Big Arty Productions, EM Media
Technical Specifications
Runtime : 1 hr 30 min (90 min)
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Colour : Black and White (flashback scenes)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85 : 1
Negative Format: 16 mm
Cinematographic Process: Super 16
Printed Film Format : 35 mm (blow-up
6. WARP- Four lions
Reception
Critical response
Four Lions received mostly positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film a "Certified Fresh" score of 81% based on 110
reviews with an average rating of 7.2 out of 10. The site's general consensus is that its "premise suggests brazenly tasteless
humour, but Four Lions is actually a smart, pitch-black comedy that carries the unmistakable ring of truth.
The Daily Telegraph wrote. Chris Morris's evocations of the claustrophobic mundanity of the Muslims' lives, their quarrelous
banter, their flimsily pick 'n’ mix approach to the Koran all feel painfully, brilliantly real. The Daily Express rated Four Lions
4/5 and praised the performances in particular, calling the film "brilliantly cast with all the actors displaying sharp comic
timing and both Riz Ahmed and Kayvan Novak also bringing out the touching humanity of their characters.
Upon its screening at Sundance, The Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter gave the film extremely positive
reviews, the latter describing the film as "a brilliant takedown of the imbecility of fanaticism" drawing comparisons with
This Is Spinal Tap and The Three Stooges.
Amongst the reviewers that gave the film negative and mixed reviews were Nigel Andrews of The Financial Times, who
called the film a "spectacular miss” and The Guardian's Jeremy Kay, who wrote "as a satire on terror, Four Lions seems to be
a missed opportunity". Andrew Pulver, writing for The Guardian, gave the film a more favourable review, stating that "Chris
Morris is still the most incendiary figure working in the British entertainment industry.
The UK premiere at the National Media Museum in Bradford was followed by a question and answer session with Chris
Morris, Jesse Armstrong, Sam Bain, three of the principal actors and two of the producers. Morris stated that he does not
find the film at all controversial and that attempting to cause controversy is "one of the most boring things you can do".
7. Four Lions
Details
Country: UK | France
Language: English | Urdu | Arabic
Release Date: 7 May 2010 (UK)
Also Known As: Four Lions
Filming Locations: Almería, Andalucía, Spain
Box Office
Opening Weekend: $41,512 (USA) (5 November 2010)
Gross: $304,137 (USA) (18 February 2011)
Company Credits
Production Co: Film4, Warp Films, Wild Bunch
Technical specifications
Runtime 1 hr 37 min (97 min)
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera Sony CineAlta HDW-F900
Laboratory Technicolor Creative Services, London, UK (digital intermediate)
Technicolor, UK (digital intermediate)
Negative Format Digital
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format)
HDCAM (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (spherical) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI)
D-Cinema
8. WARP-This Is England
Reception
On 5 January 2008, the review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 93% of critics gave
the film positive reviews, based on 82 reviews. Metacritic reported the film had an average
score of 86/100, based on 23 reviews — indicating "universal acclaim". This made it the tenth
best reviewed film of the year.
The film appeared on several US critics' top ten lists of 2007; it was third on the list by
Newsweek's David Ansen, seventh on the list by The Oregonian's Marc Mohan, and ninth on
the list by Los Angeles Times' Kevin Crust.
In Britain, director Gillies Mackinnon rated the film the best of the year and David M.
Thompson, critic and film-maker, rated it third. The film was ranked fourteenth in The
Guardian's list of 2007's Best Films and fifteenth in Empire's Movies of the Year.
Accolades
The film won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 2007 British Academy Film
Awards. It also won the Best Film category at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards,
Turgoose winning the Most Promising Newcomer award.
9. This is England
Details
Country: UK
Language: English
Release Date: 27 April 2007 (UK)
Filming Locations: Boston, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Box Office
Budget: £1,500,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $18,430 (USA) (27 July 2007)
Gross: $327,919 (USA) (16 November 2007)
Production Co: Warp Films, Big Arty Productions, EM Media
Technical specifications
Runtime 1 hr 41 min (101 min)
Sound Mix Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Laboratory DeLuxe, UK
Film Length 2,775 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
2,822 m (Norway)
Negative Format 16 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (master format)
Super 16 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (blow-up)
10. Working Titles- Love Actually
Reception
While Love Actually received generally positive reviews in Britain, United States reviews were generally mixed.
The review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 63% of critics gave the film a positive rating,
based on 191 reviews, with an average score of 6.4/10. Its consensus states "'A sugary tale overstuffed with too
many stories. Still, the cast charms. On Metacritic, which uses a normalized rating system, the film holds a
55/100 rating, based on 41 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". In 2013, the movie was analysed on
whether the movie was a modern day Christmas classic.
Todd McCarthy of Variety called it "a roundly entertaining romantic comedy," a "doggedly cheery confection,"
and "a package that feels as luxuriously appointed and expertly tooled as a Rolls-Royce" and predicted "its
cheeky wit, impossibly attractive cast, and sure-handed professionalism... along with its all-encompassing
romanticism should make this a highly popular early holiday attraction for adults on both sides of the pond".
Michael Atkinson of The Village Voice called it "love British style, handicapped slightly by corny circumstance
and populated by colourful neurotics".[19] Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film 3½ out of 4
stars, describing it as "a belly-flop into the sea of romantic comedy The movie's only flaw is also a virtue: It's
jammed with characters, stories, warmth and laughs, until at times Curtis seems to be working from a checklist
of obligatory movie love situations and doesn't want to leave anything out [...] It feels a little like a gourmet
meal that turns into a hot-dog eating contest."[20] Susan Wloszczyna of USA Today wrote "Curtis' multi-tiered
cake of comedy, slathered in eye-candy icing and set mostly in London at Christmas, serves sundry slices of
love—sad, sweet and silly—in all of their messy, often surprising, glory.
.
11. Love Actually
Details
Country: UK | USA | France
Language: English | Portuguese | French
Release Date: 21 November 2003 (UK)
Filming Locations: Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Box Office
Budget: $45,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $647,984 (Japan) (6 February 2004)
Gross: $5,010,288 (Japan) (5 March 2004)
Technical specifications
Runtime 2 hr 15 min (135 min)
2 hr 9 min (129 min) (Toronto International) (Canada)
2 hr 9 min (129 min) (Asian Edition) (South Korea)
Sound Mix DTS (as dts) | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Framestore CFC (digital grading) (as Framestore CFC London)
Soho Images, London, UK
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Super 35
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)
12. Working Titles- Hot Fuzz
Critical reception
The film met with critical acclaim, and was rated as highly as Shaun of the Dead. The review aggregator
website Rotten Tomatoes reported a 91% approval rating with an average rating of 7.7/10 based on 198
reviews. The website's consensus reads, "The brilliant minds behind Shaun of the Dead successfully take
a shot at the buddy cop genre with Hot Fuzz. The result is a bitingly satiric and hugely entertaining
parody. "It also has a Metacritic score of 81/100. Olly Richards of Empire said of Simon Pegg and Nick
Frost: "After almost a decade together they’re clearly so comfortable in each other’s presence that they
feel no need to fight for the punchline, making them terrific company for two hours". Johnny Vaughan
of The Sun already called it the "most arresting Brit-com of 2007". Phillip French of The Observer, who
did not care for Shaun of the Dead, warmed to the comedy team in this film. The film also received
positive reviews stateside. Derek Elley of Variety praised Broadbent and Dalton as "especially good as
Angel's hail-fellow-well-met superior and oily No. 1 suspect". As an homage to the genre, the film was
well received by screenwriter Shane Black. On Spill.com, it got their 2nd-highest rating of 'Full Price!!'.
The Daily Mirror gave Hot Fuzz only 2/5, stating that "many of the jokes miss their target" as the film
becomes more action-based. Daily Mail also shared The Mirror's view, saying, "It's the lack of any
serious intent that means too much of it is desperately unamusing, and unamusingly desperate".
Anthony Quinn of The Independent said, "The same impish spirit [as in Spaced] is uncorked here, but it
has been fatally indulged".
13. Hot FuzzDetails
Official Sites: Official site [Russia] | Official site [UK] |
Country: UK | France | USA
Language: English
Release Date: 14 February 2007 (UK)
Also Known As: Blue
Filming Locations: Barn Theatre, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK
Box Office
Budget: £8,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $5,848,464 (USA) (20 April 2007)
Gross: $23,618,786 (USA) (20 July 2007)
Technical specifications
Runtime 2 hr 1 min (121 min)
Sound Mix Dolby Digital EX
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Arricam LT
Laboratory Framestore CFC, London, UK (digital intermediate)
Film Length 3,305 m (Sweden)
3,334 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Kodak)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic)
14. Working Titles- Nanny Mcphee
Critical response
The film received generally
positive reviews. Review
aggregation website Rotten
Tomatoes gives Nanny McPhee a
score of 73% based on 130
reviews, a rating deemed Certified
"Fresh".
15. Nanny Mcphee
Details
Official Sites: Universal [United States]
Country: USA | UK | France
Language: English
Release Date: 21 October 2005 (UK)Also Known As: Nanny McPhee Filming Locations: Buckinghamshire,
England, UK
Box Office
Budget: $25,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend: $102,723 (South Africa) (28 April 2006)
Gross: $441,522 (South Africa) (5 May 2006)
Technical Specifications
Runtime 1 hr 37 min (97 min)
1 hr 38 min (98 min) (Philippines)
Sound Mix Dolby Digital | DTS | SDDS
Color Color
Aspect Ratio 2.35 : 1
Camera Panavision Panaflex Millennium, Panavision Primo Lenses
Laboratory Framestore CFC, London, UK (digital intermediate)
Technicolor, London, UK
Film Length 2,720 m (Portugal, 35 mm)
Negative Format 35 mm (Fuji)
Cinematographic Process Digital Intermediate (2K) (master format)
Super 35 (source format)
Printed Film Format 35 mm (anamorphic) (Fuji Eterna-CP 3513DI)