“I built up a knowledge of 1960s and '70s British films because my dad used to work nights, and I'd sit up with my mum and watch films - 'How I Won the War' and the films of Richard Lester, Karel Reisz and John Schlesinger.” WarFilmUsedNightWatchesDadBuiltMy DadBritishMum1960sBritish Film Author:Nick Moran
“Pop managers are fixed in the dramatic stock character repertoire too, ever since the first British pop film musical, Wolf Mankowitz's 'Expresso Bongo' of 1959, with Cliff Richard as Bongo Herbert and Laurence Harvey as his manager. The key components were cast as X parts gay, X parts Jewish and triple X opportunistic.” FirstsCharacterFilmKeysGayMusicalCastsPopsBritishManagersFixedDramaticComponentsCliffsHarveyBongos Author:Peter York
“Many things have changed in our culture here in England as a direct result of the Pistols: the whole street-fashion thing in London, for example, or the coverage of popular culture in the national press, or the fact that the film industry is now about young people making films about young British issues.” PeopleWholeFactsFilmYoungCultureResultsIssuesStreetsFashionExampleChangedIndustryDirectEnglandPressesBritishLondonCoveragePopular CultureFilm IndustryPistolsThings Have Changed Author:Julien Temple
“To her British lover about to climb in bed with 80-something Mae: She said that she hoped soon to be able to say what Paul Revere said - 'The British are coming'. This was the last one-liner Mae ever uttered on film.” SaidAbleLastsFilmLoversBedBritishClimbsOne LinerMae Author:Mae West
“On one occasion, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jeremy Irons and myself were due to appear at the Sarajevo film festival and were turned off a UN plane on orders from Geneva. We had to get local journalists to transport the films in for us. I tell you this only to demonstrate that festivals can be a lifeline. But, after all the difficulties I'd had in getting there, in 1996 I found myself being flown in on a four-seater RAF plane as an official guest, endorsed by the British Embassy. Ironically, the film I was to present was Mission: Impossible.” FilmOrderFoundFourImpossibleDifficultyMissionsBritishDuesLocalsOccasionsJournalistPlanesOfficialsIronGuestsFestivalsTransportGenevaTurned OffEmbassyFilm FestivalsLifelinesDaniel Day LewisMission ImpossibleRaf Author:Vanessa Redgrave
“As a black actress, all I was offered in British film was the best friend role, whereas in television, I was offered a whole spectrum of parts.” WholeFilmBlackRolesTvsBritishActressesSpectrumBritish Film Author:Sophie Okonedo
“My first job was a film called 'Storm Damage' for the BBC. I was 16 and working with really respected British actors. I didn't have an agent at the time, and it kind of threw me into real acting.” FirstsKindRealJobsFilmActorsActingBritishStormAgentsDamage Author:Ashley Madekwe
“British films are all "room with a view and a staircase and a pond."” FilmRoomsViewsBritishPondsStaircasesRoom With A ViewBritish Film Author:Ben Dreyfuss
“It's weathered many a storm, but the British film industry is, thankfully, still afloat.” StillsFilmIndustryBritishStormFilm IndustryWeatheredBritish Film Author:Peter Capaldi
“Id love to work in the States; Id love to work anywhere where you get a good script and a good part to play. But I do love British film as well.” WellsStatesPlayFilmScriptsBritishBritish Film Author:Laura Carmichael
“I'm a big fan of British cinema; I think we make some unbelievably brilliant films, but they can quite often have a dark feel.” ThinkingFeelsBigsFilmDarkFansBritishBrilliantCinema Author:Ed Speleers
“In England "The Day After," though unpopular with viewers, seems to have confirmed the average Englishman's mindless prejudice against Kansas. Shortly after the film portrayed that state being turned into an overused barbecue pit by nuclear weapons, support for British nuclear weapons rose a full percentage point.” StatesSeemsFilmSupportWeaponsPrejudiceEnglandRoseAverageBritishNuclearNuclear WeaponsViewersPercentagesPitsEnglishmenMindlessKansasBarbecueOverused Author:Emmett Tyrrell