Monday 2 February 2009

Working Title Films

Working Title Films
Working Title Films was founded in 1984 by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe and is a British film production company, based in London. It produces feature films and some television productions.

The company gained mainstream success after the Four Weddings and a Funeral. Working Title Films aims to produce British cinema and independent art films. Working Title Films is famed for its Richard Curtis-scripted romantic comedies, and Coen Brothers' films, but has in recent times moved into many other types of film and genre.

Working Title Films made a profit of £17.8 million in 2004. As of 2007, all its films are distributed by Universal Studios, which owns a 67% stake in the company, and many of its recent films are co-productions with StudioCanal. The remaining shares are owned by the company's founders, BBC Films, and private investors. Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan are now the co-owners of the company.

The film company also has a smaller low-budget film company, WT2 (Working Title 2) which has produced films such as Billy Elliot (2000) and Shaun of the Dead (2004).


Films produced by Working Title Films:
A Kiss Before Dying, A World Apart, About a Boy, Ali G In Da House,
Atonement, Bean, Billy Elliot, Bob Roberts, Bridget Jones's Diary,
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, Burn After Reading, The Big Lebowski,
The Borrowers, Captain Corelli's Mandolin,Catch a Fire, Chicago Joe and the Showgirl,
The Calcium Kid, Dakota Road, Dead Man Walking, Definitely, Maybe,
Diamond Skulls, Drop Dead Fred, Elizabeth, Elizabeth: The Golden Age,
Fargo, Fools of Fortune, For Queen and Country, Four Weddings and a Funeral,
French Kiss, Frost Nixon, Gone, The Guru, Hidden Agenda, High Fidelity,
Hot Fuzz, The Hi Lo Country, The Hudsucker Proxy, Inside I'm Dancing,
The Interpreterm, Johnny English, Libestraum, Loch Ness, London Kills Me,
Long Time Dead, Love Actually, Map of the Human Heart, Mickybo and Me,
Moonlight & Valentino, Mr Bean's Holiday, My Beautiful Laundrette, My Little Eye,
The Man Who Cried, The Man Who Wasn't There, The Matchmaker,
Nanny McPhee, Ned Kelly, No Worries, Panther,Paperhouse,Pascali's Island,
Personal Services, Plunkett & Macleane, Posse, Pride & Prejudice, R
obin Hood, Romeo Is Bleedingm Rubin and Ed, The Rachel Papers,
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid, Shaun of the Dead, Sid and Nancy, Sixty Six,
Smokin' Aces, Straight To Hell, The Shape of Things, That Eye, The Sky,
The Tall Guy, Thirteen, Thunderbirds, United 93, What Rats Won't Do,
Wild Child, Wild West, Wimbledon, Wish You Were Here, The Young Americans,
Year of the Gun, 40 Days and 40 Nights

(information collected from www.wikipedia.org and www.workingtitlefilms.com)

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