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Handmade Films - The makers of iconic films such as Time Bandits, Withnail and I, The Long Good Friday and Mona Lisa. Making film history since 1979. Founded by a Beatle, to support The Pythons and contains the cult classic Withnail and I and the wondrous journey of Time Bandits.
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Arguably Handmade helped project the careers of Bob Hoskins,...
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HandMade Films was a British film production and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, The Long Good Friday and Withnail and I. [1]
Arguably Handmade helped project the careers of Bob Hoskins, Helen Mirren, Richard E Grant, Paul McGann and establish the existing credentials of many actors, actresses, directors, producers and authors.
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- The Long Good Friday. Directed by John Mackenzie • 1980 • United Kingdom. Bob Hoskins delivers a powerhouse performance in his breakthrough film role as a London crime boss fast losing control of his gangland empire.
- Time Bandits. Directed by Terry Gilliam • 1981 • United Kingdom. Starring John Cleese, Sean Connery, Shelley Duvall. In this fantastic voyage through time and space from Terry Gilliam, a boy named Kevin (Craig Warnock) escapes his gadget-obsessed parents to join a band of time-traveling dwarfs.
- Withnail and I. Directed by Bruce Robinson • 1986 • United Kingdom. Starring Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths. London. The 1960s. Two unemployed actors—acerbic, elegantly wasted Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and the anxiety-ridden “I” (Paul McGann)—drown their frustrations in booze, pills, and light...
Jun 14, 2020 · A new independent British company was born: Handmade films. For the following decade they produced a number of films.
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The film depicts the lives and misadventures of two “resting” (struggling and unemployed) young actor friends in late-1969 London. They are the flamboyant alcoholic Withnail and “I” (named “Marwood” in the published screenplay but not in the credits) as his more level-headed, anxiety-prone, and ennui-crippled friend and the film’s ...
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A list of 19 films compiled on Letterboxd, including The Long Good Friday (1980), Time Bandits (1981), Scrubbers (1982), Bullshot (1983) and Privates on Parade (1983). About this list: Cofounded by former Beatle George Harrison in 1978, the storied production studio and distribution company HandMade Films gave new life to British cinema in the ...
