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Handmade Films is an iconic brand in British film history and carries enormous gravitas in the UK, USA and rest of the world. The company invariably has up to eight titles in any analysis of the top 100 greatest British films.
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HandMade Films was an English 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 .
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...
Hear the story behind musician George Harrison’s HandMade Films, the small British production company behind such maverick hits as "Life of Brian," "The Long...
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HandMade Films was a production company founded by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien. It was formed primarily to back Monty Python's Life of Brian after the original financiers dropped it.
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Plot. 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 narrator.
