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| Hello, I'm Ken Korda - filmmaker. Welcome to my Manifesto for the Future of British Film. | |
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Why do we overlook Britain's huge acting talent pool? Household names like Ainsley Harriet, Toyah Wilcox, PJ and Duncan and Keith Chegwin could "open" a movie easily in this country. Who needs Jim Carrey when you've got Jim Bowen? Come on Britain, wake up! |
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Let's be proud of our national film heritage! It's time to give movies like 'Morons From Outer Space', 'Nuns on the Run', 'Absolute Beginners', 'Give my Regards to Broad Street' and that feature length 'Heartbeat' episode the respect they deserve! |
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If Hollywood can make hits out of 'Mission Impossible' and 'The Flintstones', why do we ignore the big screen potential of shows like 'Birds of a Feather', 'Hollyoaks', 'Bugs', 'Bodger and Badger' and 'Tarrant on TV?' These are our national mythologies! |
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If we can't afford to make big blockbusters, we should learn from low-budget American films like 'Weekend at Bernie's', 'Turner and Hooch' and 'Mannequin'. A film like 'Baby Boom' for instance, could easily have been set in the Docklands starring Pauline Quirk. Now there's an idea! |
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The more shocking we can make our films, the more successful they will be. Always be sure to glorify one or all of these things; drugs, guns, swearing, deviant sex, random violence, copper-killing and ill thought-out criminal escapades. Now get Nick Berry to play the lead and you've got yourself a movie! |
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