Trainspotting
(1996) that centres
on life in Edinburgh, the 1997 comedy
The Full Monty
set in Sheffield, and
the biographical drama
Elizabeth
(1998). Richard Curtis's 1994 film
Four
Weddings and a Funeral
set a pattern for British-set romantic comedies,
including
Sliding Doors
(1998) and
Notting Hill
(1999).
At the start of the 21st century, three major international British
successes were the romantic comedies Bridget Jones's Diary (2001),
sequel Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004), and Richard Curtis's
directorial
debut Love
Actually(2003).
In
2000, Leavesden
Film
Studios began filming the first instalment of the Harry Potter film series.
English composer Clint Mansell's score for Requiem for a Dream has been
well received, and its main theme Lux Aeterna has gained wide usage in
popular culture and has featured in a number of film trailers. Famous for his
creation Mr. Bean, the much celebrated comedian Rowan Atkinsonstarred
in Johnny English (2003). Wallace and Gromit creator and four time
Academy Award winning animator Nick Park directed Chicken Run (2000)
and Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit (2005). Helen
Mirren starred as Elizabeth II in The Queen (2006), winning Academy and
Bafta Awards for best actress. Acclaimed British sci-fi films, 28 Days
Later (2002), and Children of Men (2007), depict a dystopian Britain. Danny
Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire (2008) was the most successful British film of
the decade, receiving critical acclaim and won eight Academy Awards.
Based on Mark Millar's comic, the superhero action comedy-film Kick-
Ass (2010), directed by Matthew Vaughn and starring Aaron Taylor-
Johnson as the title character, won the Empire Award for Best British Film.
Historical drama The King's Speech (2010), featuring Colin Firth as George
VI, received widespread acclaim and was hailed as the most successful
independent British film ever. In 2012, the twenty-third James
Bond film Skyfall became the highest-grossing film of all-time in the UK.
Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watsonand Rupert Grint of the Harry Potterfilm
series at a London premiere
The five most commercially successful British directors in recent years
are David Yates, Christopher Nolan, Mike Newell, Ridley Scott and Paul
Greengrass. Other contemporary British film directors include Guy
Ritchie, Alan Parker, Tony Scott, Terry Gilliam, Richard Attenborough,
Kenneth
Branagh, Paul
W.
S.
Anderson, Tom
Hooper, Edgar
Wright, Matthew
Vaughn, Richard
Curtis, Danny
Boyle, Gareth
Edwards, Steve McQueen and Sam Mendes.
British actors and actresses have always been significant in
international cinema. Well-known currently active performers include the
likes of Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ian McKellen, Clive Owen, Jude Law, Rachel
Weisz, Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, Daniel
Radcliffe, Daniel
Craig, Emma
Watson, Keira
Knightley, Ralph
Fiennes, Orlando Bloom, Tilda Swinton, Christian Bale, Jason Statham, Idris
Elba, Paul
Bettany, Sacha
Baron
Cohen, Emma
Thompson, Kate
Beckinsale, Michael Sheen, Helena Bonham Carter, Hugh Laurie, Ben
Kingsley, Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, Jason Isaacs, John Hurt, Emily
Blunt, Benedict
Cumberbatch, Sienna
Miller, Bill
Nighy, Carey
Mulligan, Ray Winstone, Peter O'Toole, Jeremy Irons, Gary Oldman, Helen
Mirren, Liam Neeson, Tim Roth, Robert Pattinson, Julie Andrews,Sean
Bean, Gemma
Arterton, Gerard
Butler, Tom
Hiddleston, Maggie
141
Smith, Russell Brand, Andrew Garfield, Henry Cavill, Simon Pegg,Chiwetel
Ejiofor, Tom Hardy, Emilia Clarke, Patrick Stewart, Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi
Dench, Anthony Hopkins and Michael Caine.
Hollywood films with a British dimension have had enormous
worldwide commercial success. Many of the highest-grossing films
worldwide of all time have a British historical, cultural or creative theme.
Films based on British historical events; RMS
Titanic
,
Piracy in the
Caribbean,
Mutiny on the Bounty,
The Great Escape, historical
people; William Wallace, Lawrence of Arabia, King Arthur,Elizabeth I,
British stories;
The Lord of the Rings
,
Harry Potter
,
James Bond
,
The
Chronicles of Narnia
,
Sherlock Holmes
,
Frankenstein
,
A Christmas
Carol
,
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
,
Treasure Island
,
The War of the
Worlds
among many others, while British video game
Tomb Raider
featuring
English archaeologist Lara Croft, has been made into feature films. British
influence can also be seen with the 'English Cycle' of Disney animated films,
which feature
Alice in Wonderland
,
Peter Pan
,
The Jungle Book
,
Robin
Hood
,
The Hundred and One Dalmatians
,
The Sword in the Stone
,
The
Rescuers
and
Winnie the Pooh
.
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