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The History of British Cinema: 1996 |
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23/2 - |
Trainspotting, Danny Boyle’s kinetic tale of Edinburgh drug addicts, is released. Ewan McGregor and Robert Carlyle lead a talented young cast. [ADD] |
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Mike Leigh’s social drama Secrets & Lies is released. Brenda Blethyn plays a middle-aged woman whose life is turned upside down when the black daughter (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) she gave away for adoption makes contact. Timothy Spall and Claire Rushbrook play Blethyn’s bewildered husband and daughter. [ADD] |
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The European Court of Human Rights upholds the British Board of Film Classification's decision to ban Visions of Ecstasy on the grounds of blasphemy. [ADD] |
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Other Key British Films of 1996 |
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Brassed Off (Mark Herman) [ADD] |
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Emma (Douglas McGrath) [ADD] |
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The English Patient (Anthony Minghella) [ADD] |
