British & Non-British Low Budget Films

Paranormal activity (2007) (American)
Genre: Suspense & Romance
Director: Oren Peli
Cast: Micah Sloat, Katie Featherston, Mark Fredrichs, Amber Armstrong, Tim Piper, Randy McDowell
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures & DreamWorks Pictures
Budget: $15,000
Gross revenue: $141,917,283

The Blair Witch Project (American)
Genre: Horror, Suspense
Director: Daniel Myrick & Eduardo Sánchez
Cast: Heather Donahue, Joshua Leonard, Michael C. Williams
Distributed by: Artisan Entertainment
Budget: $500,000-$750,000
Gross revenue: $248,639,099

Sholay (Indian)
Genre: Actions, Romance, Suspense
Director: Ramesh Sippy
Cast: Amitabh Bachan, HemaMalini, Dharmendra, Jaya Baduri, Amjad Khan, Sanjeev Kumar
Distributed by: Sippy films
Budget: $400,000
Gross revenue: $160,000,000

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (American)
Genre: Romance, Action, Kung Fu
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Chow Yung-Fat, Michelle Yeoh, Zhang Ziyi, Chang
Distributed by: Columbia Pictures
Budget: $15,000,000
Gross revenue: $213,525,736

British Low Budget Films

The United Kingdom has had a large impact on modern cinema and has one the most respected film industries in the world. Despite a history of successful productions, the industry is characterised by an ongoing debate about its identity (including economic and cultural issues) and the influences of American and European cinema, although it is fair to say a brief 'golden age' was enjoyed in the 1940s from the studios of J. Arthur Rank and Alexander Korda. The British film industry has produced some of the greatest actors, directors and motion pictures of all time including Sir Alfred Hitchcock, Powell and Pressburger, David Lean, Laurence Olivier, David Niven, Michael Caine and Anthony Hopkins. Many British film-makers learnt their craft making these films, including Michael Powell and Alfred Hitchcock.

The new century has so far been a relatively successful one for the British film industry. Many British films have found a wide international audience, and some of the independent production companies, such as Working Title, have secured financing and distribution deals with major American studios. Working Title scored three major international successes, all starring Hugh Grant, with the romantic comedies Bridget Jones's Diary (2001), which grossed $254 million worldwide; the sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, which earned $228 million; and Richard Curtis's directorial debut Love Actually (2003), which grossed $239 million. At the same time, critically-acclaimed films such as Gosford Park (2001), Pride and Prejudice (2005), The Constant Gardener (2005), The Queen (2006) and The Last King of Scotland (2006) also brought prestige to the British film industry. The turn of the new century saw a revival of the British horror film. Lead by Danny Boyle's acclaimed hit 28 Days Later (2002), other examples included Dog Soldiers, The Descent and the comedy Shaun of the Dead.

BAFTA Award for Best British Film
Ay the 1993 British Academy Awards ( BAFTA) the Alexander Korda Award for the best British film was introduced. Although the idea was dropped in the 1960sm, the BAFTA’s had included the best British film category. However since 1993 the winners have been:

1993 The Crying Game, 1994 Shadowlands, 1995 Shallow Grave, 1996 The Madness of King George, 1997 Secret and lies, 1998 Nil by Mouth, 1999 Elizabeth, 2000 East is East, 2001 Billy Elliot, 2002 Gossford Park, 2003 The Warrior, 2004 Touching the Void, 2005 My Summer of Love, 2005 Wollace and Grommit of the were-rabbit, 2007 The Last King of Scotland, 2008 This is England and 2009 Man On Wire.

1997 Secret and lies
Genre: Romance, Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Marianne Jean-Baptise, Timothy Spall, Phyllis
Distributed by: October
Budget: $4.5 million

2000 East is East
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director: Damien O’Donnell
Cast: Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jordan Routledge, Archie Panjabi
Distribute: Miramax Films
Budget: £1.9 million

Source from Wikipedia

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