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The History of British Cinema: 1981 |
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The country’s last remaining ‘cartoon cinema’ at Victoria Station closes after 46 years. Its last show is the 1960 Disney film The Hound that Thought He was a Raccoon. [ADD] |
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– Rank announces it is closing 29 cinemas, reducing the number of cinemas in the country to 94 (compared to 956 in 1950) [ADD] |
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– Goldcrest Films and Television is established. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1981 |
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An American Werewolf in London (John Landis) [ADD] |
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Burning an Illusion (Menelik Shabazz) [ADD] |
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Gregory’s Girl (Bill Forsyth) [ADD] |
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Memoirs of a Survivor (David Gladwell) [ADD] |
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The Missionary (Richard Loncraine) [ADD] |
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| Time Bandits (Terry Gilliam) [ADD] | ||||
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