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The History of British Cinema: 1983 |
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11/1 - |
The British Film Institute celebrates its jubilee, planning two royal performances to mark the occasion. [ADD] |
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31/5 - |
Universal Pictures are awarded $6,620,768 against a London pirate lab and distribution network, the highest amount ever awarded against video piracy. [ADD] |
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Samuel Fuller’s 1981 film, White Dog, receives a March 1984 UK release date following its success at the London Film Festival. The film, about a dog that has been trained to attack black people, stars Kristy McNichol, Burl Ives and Paul Winfield. [ADD] |
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– The Sankofa film workshop, part of the new wave of Black cinema, opens in London. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1983 |
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Another Time, Another Place (Michael Radford) [ADD] |
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The Dresser (Peter Yates) [ADD] |
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Educating Rita (Lewis Gilbert) [ADD] |
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The Happy Alcoholic (Karl Francis) [ADD] |
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Heat and Dust (James Ivory) [ADD] |
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Local Hero (Bill Forsyth) [ADD] |
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Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence (Nagisa Oshima) [ADD] |
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Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life (Terry Jones) [ADD] |
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The Ploughman’s Lunch (Richard Byre) [ADD] |
