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Apr 29, 2019 · Learn how former Beatle George Harrison created and financed HandMade Films, a studio that produced Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, and more. Watch interviews with Harrison and his collaborators, see footage and clips, and read reviews and ratings.
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- Documentary
- Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt, Ben Timlett
- 2019-04-29
The early days of HandMade Films from the perspective of the filmmakers, key personnel, and former Beatle George Harrison.
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- Documentary, Music
- Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt, Ben Timlett
Synopsis. In the early 1980, British filmmaking was dominated by only two studios, EMI and the Rank Organization. In 1982 they made only 23 films, famously rejecting many projects put before them. Despite the existence of magnificent cinemas, movie viewership was dropping rapidly.
Through unseen archival footage of Harrison and interviews with the artists he championed like Terry Gilliam and Bob Hoskins, AN ACCIDENTAL STUDIO explores HandMade’s baptism by fire, the risks it took in producing uniquely crafted and intelligent films, and the stories that grew up around it.
An Accidental Studio: An Accidental Studio charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.
- Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt
- George Harrison
Jul 28, 2020 · Overview. Charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison. Ben Timlett. Director. Kim Leggatt. Director. Bill Jones. Director.
An Accidental Studio charts the early years of HandMade Films seen through the eyes of the filmmakers, key personnel, and the man who started it all: former Beatle George Harrison.
