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03763aam a2200445Ii 4500 001 F0370602101A11EA8DA14E4D97128E48 003 SILO 005 20191126010151 008 180503t20182018enka b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1788310055 020 $a 9781788310055 035 $a (OCoLC)1035751999 040 $a ERASA $b eng $e rda $c ERASA $d YDX $d OCLCF $d YDX $d U3W $d STF $d UKOBU $d GSU $d UAB $d UKMGB $d CHVBK $d OCLCO $d UIU $d UtOrBLW $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- $0 http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/geographicAreas/e-uk 050 4 $a PN1993.5.G7 $b M273 2018 082 04 $a 791.43/0941 $2 23 100 1 $a Macnab, Geoffrey, $d 1965- $e author. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n92063690 245 10 $a Stairways to heaven : $b rebuilding the British film industry / $c Geoffrey Macnab ; foreword by David Puttnam. 264 1 $a London ; $b I.B. Tauris, $c 2018. 300 $a xviii, 332 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320) and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: the Downing Street Summit -- Back to the 1980s -- The video revolution -- PolyGram forever -- The working title magic -- The great British lotto bonanza -- The life and death of the film council -- Potter gold -- The name is still bound -- An uneasy partnership: British film and TV -- A taxing business -- Flying the flag: marketing Britain on screen -- Stepping up. 520 8 $a What has brought about the transformation of the British film industry over the last few decades, to the beginnings of what is arguably a new golden era? In the mid-1980s the industry was in a parlous state. The number of films produced in the UK was tiny. Cinema attendance had dipped to an all-time low, cinema buildings were in a state of disrepair and home video had yet to flourish. Since then, while many business challenges - especially for independent producers and distributors - remain, the industry overall has developed beyond recognition. In recent years, as British films have won Oscars, Cannes Palms and Venice Golden Lions, releases such as Love Actually, Billy Elliot, Skyfall, Paddington and the Harry Potter series have found enormous commercial as well as critical success. The UK industry has encouraged, and benefitted from, a huge amount of inward investment, much of it from the Hollywood studios, but also from the National Lottery via the UK Film Council and BFI. This book portrays the visionaries and officials who were at the helm as a digital media revolution began to reshape the industry. Through vivid accounts based on first-hand interviews of what was happening behind the scenes, film commentator and critic Geoffrey Macnab provides in-depth analysis of how and why the British film industry has risen like a phoenix from the ashes. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $z Great Britain $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Motion picture industry $z Great Britain $x History $y 21st century. 650 7 $a Motion picture industry. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01027150 651 7 $a Great Britain. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204623 650 7 $a Media Studies. $2 ukslc 650 7 $a Media Studies. $2 eflch 650 7 $a Filmwirtschaft. $2 gnd $0 (DE-588)4154384-1 650 7 $a Filmproduktion. $2 gnd $0 (DE-588)4124971-9 650 7 $a Filmmarkt. $2 gnd $0 (DE-588)4395769-9 650 7 $a Erfolgsfaktor. $2 gnd $0 (DE-588)4197034-2 651 7 $a GroÃbritannien. $2 gnd $0 (DE-588)4022153-2 648 7 $a 1900-2099 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 $0 http://id.worldcat.org/fast/1411628 700 1 $a Puttnam, David, $d 1941- $e writer of foreword. $0 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n88013687 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191126021010.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F0370602101A11EA8DA14E4D97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search