Working title films : a creative and commercial history / Nathan Townsend.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Townsend, Nathan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture studios--History--Great Britain.

Motion picture studios.

Motion pictures--Great Britain--History.

Motion pictures.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh, Scotland : Edinburgh University Press, [2021]

Summary:

Drawing on over 30 interviews with key personnel from Working Title, Polygram and Universal, the author examines not only how this remarkable company has evolved but also why it has evolved in the way that it has by situating its history within the ever-changing landscape of the British and Hollywood film industries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Creativity and Commerce: A Disagreement

Introduction

CHAPTER 1 Transatlantic British Cinema and the Political Economy of Film

CHAPTER 2 The Independent Years: Hand-to-mouth Production and Social Art Cinema (1984–8)

CHAPTER 3 The PolyGram Years Part I: Founding a Studio and Making a Subsidiary (1988–92)

CHAPTER 4 The PolyGram Years Part II: Development, Green-lighting and Distribution (1993–8)

CHAPTER 5 Swapping Studios: From PolyGram to Universal (1998–9)

CHAPTER 6 The Universal Years Part I: Development, Green-lighting and Distribution (1999–2006)

CHAPTER 7 The Universal Years Part II: Retrenchment and Reorientation (2007–12)

CHAPTER 8 The Universal Years Part III: New Relationships (2012–)

CHAPTER 9 The Global Market for Working Title’s Films

CHAPTER 10 Transatlantic British Cinema: Creative Risk, Commercial Risk and the Issue of Diversity

Bibliography

Filmography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4744-5196-9

1-4744-5195-0

OCLC:

1252418493