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The History of British Cinema: 1993 |
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The former manager of London’s Scala Cinema is convicted of breach of copyright for screening Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange. Kubrick ordered the film to be withheld from distribution in the UK in 1973 following public outrage over its violent content. [ADD] |
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17/5 - |
The £4 million Planet Hollywood burger restaurant opens at the corner of Coventry and Rupert Streets. [ADD] |
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A fire at Henderson’s film laboratory destroys or damages over 150 prints belonging to the National Film & Television Archive. [ADD] |
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Elstree Film Studios closes. [ADD] |
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Merchant-Ivory’s adaptation of Kazui Ishigara 's The Remains of the Day, written by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, is released. Anthony Hopkins stars as the repressed butler whose personal feelings are subservient to the notion of service, and Emma Thompson is the housekeeper who tries to win his affection. James Fox also stars. [ADD] |
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17/12 - |
At a sale of movie memorabilia at Christies, Charlie Chaplin’s hat and cane sell for £55,000. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1993 |
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The Baby of Macon (Peter Greenaway) [ADD] |
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Bhaji on the Beach (Gurinder Chadha) [ADD] |
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Blue (Derek Jarman) [ADD] |
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The Cement Garden (Andrew Birkin) [ADD] |
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In the Name of the Father (Jim Sheridan) [ADD] |
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Leon the Pig Farmer (Vadim Jean, Gary Sinyor) [ADD] |
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Naked (Mike Leigh) [ADD] |
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Shadowlands (Richard Attenborough) [ADD] |
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Wittgenstein (Derek Jarman) [ADD] |
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