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The History of British Cinema: 1980 |
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The James Bond film Live and Let Die achieves an audience of 23.5 million, the highest ever for UK commercial television. [ADD} |
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The Rank Organisation withdraws from film production. [ADD} |
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The Film Act receives Royal Assent, meaning the life of the UK film exhibition quota, the Eady levy and the National Film Finance Corporation is extended , and the NFFC’s accumulated debts are written off. [ADD} |
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The filming of Reds, Warren Beatty’s epic saga about American Communist John Reed, is completed on location in London. [ADD} |
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| - John Mackenzie’s gangster thriller The Long Good Friday is released. Originally intended for television, the film is considered good (and violent) enough to be shown on the big screen and proves to be a commercial success. Bob Hoskins stars as Harold Shand, a successful villain who finds himself the target of the IRA just as he is about to cement a deal with an American crime syndicate. Helen Mirren co-stars as his faithful but long-suffering girlfriend. [ADD] | ||||
Other Key British Films of 1980 |
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Babylon (Franco Rosso) [ADD} |
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Bad Timing (Nicolas Roeg) [ADD} |
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The Falls (Peter Greenaway) [ADD} |
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The Great Rock ‘n’ Roll Swindle (Julien Temple) [ADD} |
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| Rude Boy (Jack Hazan, David Mingay) [ADD} | ||||
The History of Cinema: 1980 |
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