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Tuesday 1 November 2011

Working Title Fact Sheet


1. The Company was co-founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radcliffe
2. The Company was founded in 1983
3. The company is based in Marylebone in London, England
4. The Co-Chair-people  are Tim Bevan and Eric Fellner
5. Working title has won the Audience Award for Best International Feature at the LA Film Festival, For its Film Senna, They won the best costume design for the film Elizabeth: The Gold Age, and an Oscar for The Best Original Score, for Atonement.
6. Working title employs 58 people full time.
7. The Philosophy that Working title has it that it should always make films for a wide audience, 8.and play films in a multiplex cinema
9. Hits Include: Four Weddings and a funeral, Bridget Jones, Atonement, Elizabeth: The Golden 10.Age, Pride & Prejudice
11. Flops include: Captain Corelli's Mandolin, The Boat that Rocked, Drop Dead Fred, The 12.Hudsucker Proxy, Moonlight and Valentino.
13. Richard Curtis has wrote the script for many working title films, Including Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral
14. Working title have worked with numerous directors but one of the most famous being Mike Newell who won a BAFTA award in 1994 for Four Weddings and a Funeral whilst also directing “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire in 2005”. Sharron Maguire is another famous director Working Title have worked with, who is well known for directing “Bridget Jones Dairy” and is now currently working with Film4 on a film called ‘Mail’.
15. Hugh Grant was part of the cast for the award winning Four Weddings and a Funeral.
16. The Coen Brothers (Joel & Ethan) both worked with Working Title when directing and producing the film Burn after Reading.
17. Working Title partnered with PolyGram in 1992 (much of its funding from here) and when Polygram was bought out by Seagram and then later sold to Universal. Tim Bevon and Sarah Radcliffe who founded the company own 67% - 1983
18. Atonement was produced by Working Title and distributed worldwide by Universal in 2007. It had a budget of $30 million and grossed $129,266,061.
19. Hot Fuzz had a budget of £8 million and grossed $80,573,774.
20. Working Title is famous for their variety within the genre of comedy, but are also accounted for films categorized in romance. 
21. They are also produce many comedy romance films, drama films.
22. WT2 was formed in 1999 by Bevan and Fellner. It’s known for the production of Shaun of the Dead, Billy Elliot and The Calcium Kid.
23. I can see the new releases they have been part of, the production of their new films

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