Who set it up and when?
Bevan had founded Working Title in 1984 with Sarah Radclyffe,
What were they first successful with? How much money did they make?
Working Title's breakthrough hit was 1994's Four Weddings and a Funeral, a romantic comedy which made the term British blockbuster seem less of an oxymoron. It was made on a pauper's budget but eventually made £3,500,000 (estimated).
Filmography, critical and financial success?
Films:
Critical and financial success films:
Notting Hill, Bridget Jones’s Diary
and Love Actually.
Notting Hill made around
$116,006,080
Bridget Jones's Diary made around
$71,500,556
Love Actually made around
$59,365,105
How did they effect the reputation of the UK Film Industry?
In all, the company has produced more than 70 films since its launch in 1983, with a combined gross in excess of $2.5 billion worldwide; its films have won four Oscars and 20 Baftas. This year, the company was awarded the prestigious Michael Balcon Bafta Award for its contribution to the British film industry.
NEWS STORY - BBC NEWS FEB 2004
"Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner have been described as the "Brit flick's twin towers of power", Britain's "movie moguls" and "gamblers with excellent taste and instincts".
But whatever tag you want to apply to the two producers and founders of Working Title films, one thing is certain: the British film industry would be poorer without them.
They have been listed as the most powerful figures in the British industry and in 2002 Premiere magazine put them at 41st in the world-wide movie power list.
A roll call of their films is a virtual name check of all of the biggest British films of the last 10 years."
When and why
NEWS STORY - BBC NEWS FEB 2004
"Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner have been described as the "Brit flick's twin towers of power", Britain's "movie moguls" and "gamblers with excellent taste and instincts".
But whatever tag you want to apply to the two producers and founders of Working Title films, one thing is certain: the British film industry would be poorer without them.
They have been listed as the most powerful figures in the British industry and in 2002 Premiere magazine put them at 41st in the world-wide movie power list.
A roll call of their films is a virtual name check of all of the biggest British films of the last 10 years."
When and why
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