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  2. Cinema of the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    Following the Cinematograph Film Production (Special Loans) Act 1949, the National Film Finance Corporation (NFFC) was established as a British film funding agency. The Eady Levy , named after Sir Wilfred Eady was a tax on box office receipts in the United Kingdom in order to support the British Film industry.

  3. Hollywood and the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The British film industry has a complex attitude to Hollywood. It has been argued that the size of the domestic British cinema market makes it impossible for the British film industry to successfully produce Hollywood-style blockbusters over a sustained period without U.S. involvement. [19]

  4. List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    British film is well represented, with about half the films on the list qualifying as British productions; however, due to the globalization of the film industry most successful British productions since the start of the twenty-first century have been co-produced with other countries. While there is no universally accepted definition of a film ...

  5. The Rank Organisation - Wikipedia

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    The Rank Organisation (founded as the J. Arthur Rank Organisation) is a British entertainment conglomerate founded in 1937 by industrialist J. Arthur Rank.It quickly became the largest and most vertically integrated film company in the United Kingdom, owning production, distribution, and exhibition facilities as well as manufacturing projection equipment and chairs. [1]

  6. British Film Institute - Wikipedia

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    The BFI was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British ...

  7. List of British film studios - Wikipedia

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    Denham Film Studios: Denham, Buckinghamshire: 1936 [1] Dickenson Road Studios: Rusholme, Manchester: Disney UK: Hammersmith, London Dragon International Film Studios: Llanilid, Wales Ealing Studios: Ealing, London Elstree Film Studios (Associated British Picture Corporation) Borehamwood, Hertfordshire Elstree Studios: Elstree and Borehamwood ...

  8. Category:British film industry - Wikipedia

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    British film people (24 C, 10 P) Pages in category "British film industry" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.

  9. Lists of British films - Wikipedia

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    This is a chronological list of films produced in the United Kingdom split by decade. There may be an overlap, particularly between British and American films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either British produced or strongly associated with British culture.