Handmade Films
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Handmade Films was a British film production company set up by George Harrison, formerly of The Beatles, and his business partner Denis O'Brien in 1979. It was originally formed to finance the Monty Python film Life of Brian after the original financiers pulled out.
Films produced by the company include:
- Monty Python's Life of Brian (1979)
- The Long Good Friday (1980)
- Time Bandits (1981)
- Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl (1982)
- The Missionary (1982)
- Privates on Parade (1982)
- Bullshot (1983)
- A Private Function (1984)
- Water (1985)
- Mona Lisa (1986)
- Shanghai Surprise (1986)
- Withnail and I (1987)
- How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
- Nuns on the Run (1990)
In 1994, the company was acquired by the Canadian company Paragon Entertainment, who restarted production under the HandMade name. [1] The company's most notable release since then is Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998).
