Working Title Films

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Working Title Films is a British film production company, based in London, England. The company was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in the late 1980s. It produces feature films and some television productions.

Among the company's films are Richard Curtis-scripted romantic comedies and Coen Brothers' films, but has in recent times moved into many other types of film, such as United 93.

In 2004 it made a profit of £17.8 million pounds sterling.^{[citation needed]} As of 2007, all its films distributed by Universal Pictures, which owns a 67% stake in the company, and many of its recent films are co-productions with StudioCanal. The remaining shares are owned by the company's founders, BBC Films, and private investors.^{[citation needed]}

The film company also has a smaller low-budget film brand, WT2 (Working Title 2) which has produced films such as Billy Elliot (2000) and Shaun of the Dead (2004).^[1]

Contents 1 List of films produced by Working Title Films 2 1991 ITV franchise bid 3 External links 4 Notes and references

[edit] List of films produced by Working Title Films

• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (announced)^[2]
• Lost for Words (2009)
• State of Play (2009)
• A Serious Man (2009)
• Frost/Nixon (2008)
• Burn After Reading (2008)
• Wild Child (2008)
• Definitely, Maybe (2008)
• Mr Bean's Holiday (2007)
• Atonement (2007)
• Hot Fuzz (2007)
• Smokin' Aces (2007)
• Below the Fold (2007)
• Bran Mak Morn (2007)
• Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
• Catch a Fire (2006)
• United 93 (2006)
• 100 Weddings (2006)
• Everest (2006)
• Nanny McPhee (2005)
• Pride & Prejudice (2005)
• The Interpreter (2005)
• Mickybo and Me (2005)
• Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
• Inside I'm Dancing (2004)
• Wimbledon (2004)
• Thunderbirds (2004)
• The Calcium Kid (2004)
• Shaun of the Dead (2004)
• Double Bill (2003) (TV)
• Love Actually (2003)
• Johnny English (2003)
• Ned Kelly (2003)
• The Shape of Things(2003)
• Thirteen (2003)
• My Little Eye (2002)
• The Guru (2002)
• About a Boy (2002)
• Ali G Indahouse (2002)
• 40 Days and 40 Nights (2002)
• Long Time Dead (2002)
• The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
• Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
• Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
• The Man Who Cried (2000)
• Billy Elliot (2000)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
• High Fidelity (2000)
• Notting Hill (1999)
• Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
• The Hi-Lo Country(1998)
• Elizabeth (1998)
• What Rats Won't Do (1998)
• More Tales of the City (1998) (mini)
• The Big Lebowski (1998)
• Eight (1998)
• The Borrowers (1997)
• The MatchMaker (1997)
• Bean (1997)
• Huitième jour, Le (1996)
• Fargo (1996)
• Loch Ness (1996)
• Dead Man Walking (1995)
• Moonlight and Valentino (1995)
• French Kiss (1995)
• Panther (1995)
• Land and Freedom (1995)
• That Eye, the Sky (1994)
• The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
• Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
• The Return of the Borrowers (1993)
• Romeo Is Bleeding (1993)
• Posse (1993)
• Map of the Human Heart (1993)
• The Young Americans (film) (1993)
• Bob Roberts (1992)
• Dakota Road (1992)
• The Comic Strip Presents...: Red Nose of Courage (#6.1) (1992)
• London Kills Me (1991)
• Edward II (1991)
• Robin Hood (1991)
• Barton Fink (1991)
• Smack and Thistle (1991)
• Drop Dead Fred (1991)
• Rubin and Ed (1991)
• Fools of Fortune (1990)
• Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990)
• The Tall Guy (1989)
• Diamond Skulls (1989)
• Paperhouse (1988)
• Echoes (1988)
• For Queen and Country (1988)
• A World Apart (1988)
• Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
• Wish You Were Here (1987)
• My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
• The Man Who Shot Christmas (1984)

[edit] 1991 ITV franchise bid

In 1991 Working Title was involved in a bid for the London weekend ITV licence. Mentorn, Palace, Polygram and Working Title wanted to take over from London Weekend Television and broadcast to London under the name London Independent Broadcasting. In the event LWT retained its licence; London Independent Broadcasting's proposals were deemed by the Independent Television Commission, which was overseeing the bid process, to fail the quality threshold.^[3]

[edit] External links

• Official web site
• Working Title Films at the Internet Movie Database
• Profile of the founders on BBC News

[edit] Notes and references