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January 19, 2005
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UK Film Production drops rapidly
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John Campea
Bad news for the UK film industry with production reported to have fallen by 40% in 2004. The Guardian reported today:
We talked about the double-dipping before and explained what the UK Government was up to, the effect on movies was quite drastic:
However, some movies weren’t so lucky, and the movie Tulip Fever starring Kera Knightley passed away.
It’s not going well at all. However, it’s not just the tax changes that have affected movie production:
His concern is not for the films that are US financed like Harry Potter, or the smaller film budgets that are developed under people like Channel 4 Films, but the higher profile UK funded movies such as Vera Drake, movies that have a larger budget and are widely acclaimed. The one interesting comment that came out from Andrew Eaton, a producer heavily favoured by Michael Winterbottom, currently at the Sundance Festival with the film Nine Songs, was regarding John’s favourite subject, the growing up of the movie industry and the understanding of the growth of the audience:
Wise words indeed. I think he’s been reading the MovieBlog! There’s an interesting thought for the British Movie industry though, if they can lead the way with the move to the Music industry model, offering Internet downloadable movies, it could be the move that saves them. It could also mean that in the future, for a short time at least, they could pioneer the Movie industry. Now if only people in power would listen to him. This post was written by :
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