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The History of British Cinema: 1978 |
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The UK's Interim Action Committee on the Film Industry’s proposals for the setting up of a British Film Authority are published. [ADD] |
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Roman Polanski announces his intention to remain outside the U.S to avoid facing charges of the corruption of a minor. [ADD] |
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Alan Parker’s Midnight Express, the true story of young American Billy Hayes ordeal while serving a prison sentence in Turkey for drug smuggling, is released. Brad Davis plays Hayes, with John Hurt as a fellow inmate. [ADD] |
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John Waters’ Desperate Living is banned by the BBFC. [ADD] |
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– Columbia-Warner and EMI merge their film distribution activities. [ADD] |
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– Golden Harvest acquire global film distributor Cathay Films Ltd. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1978 |
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Death On the Nile (John Guillerman) [ADD] |
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International Velvet (Bryan Forbes) [ADD] |
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Jubilee (Derek Jarman) [ADD] |
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| The Stud (Quentin Masters) [ADD] | ||||
The History of Cinema: 1978 |
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