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The History of British Cinema: 2002

18/1 -

Iris, Richard Eyre's biopic of the English author Iris Murdoch, is released.   Judi Dench stars as the author, battling against Alzheimer’s in her twilight years, with Kate Winslet playing her as a young woman, in love with fellow academic John Bayley (Hugh Bonneville) upon whose memoirs the film’s script is based.   Jim Broadbent plays the elderly Bayley. [ADD]

12/3 -

Hwerow Hweg is released.   Filmed in Cornwall it is the first feature film to be made in the Celtic language of Kernuak. [ADD]

26/4 -

Chris and Paul Weitz’s adaptation of Nick Hornby's best-seller About a Boy is released.     Hugh Grant stars as a charming but shallow 30-something who pretends to have a child to make himself more attractive to single mothers, and then finds himself developing a friendship with 12-year-old Marcus (Nicholas Hoult), son of a suicidal hippy mother (Toni Collette).   Rachel Weisz co-stars as Grant’s love interest. [ADD]

10/7 -

The Film Four studio announces its closure due to financial difficulties. [ADD]

18/10 -

Mike Leigh’s latest social drama All or Nothing is released.   Timothy Spall and Lesley Manville stars as married couple attempting to make ends meet on a rundown South London council estate. [ADD]

1/11 -

Morvern Callar, Lynne Ramsay's award-winning adaptation of Alan Warner’s novel, is released.   Samantha Morton stars in the title role as a woman who passes her dead boyfriend’s unpublished novel off as her own to finance a new life for herself.   Kathleen McDermott also stars. [ADD]

3/11 -

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, the second in the series of J. K. Rowling adaptations, is released.   Directed by Chris Columbus, the film sees Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reprise their roles.  Also appearing are Kenneth Branagh and Jason Isaacs. [ADD]

Other Key British Films of 2002

28 Days Later… (Danny Boyle) [ADD]

Bend it Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha) [ADD]