Express
(1974) and
Death on the Nile
(1978) were critically acclaimed.
British musical comedy film
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
(1975)
featuring Tim Curry, is the longest-running theatrical release in film history.
In the mid-1970s, seminal British comedy team Monty Python switched their
attention to films, beginning with
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
(1975),
followed by
Monty Python's Life of Brian
(1979), the latter regularly voted
the funniest film of all time by the British public.
Hollywood blockbusters
that were filmed at major British studios in 1977–79, include
Star
Wars
(featuring Alec Guinness, and 'the dean of special effects' John Stears)
at Elstree
Studios,
Superman
(featuring Terence
Stamp)
at Pinewood,
and
Alien
(directed by Ridley Scott) at Shepperton.
British films won back to back Academy Award for best picture in the
1980s, with
Chariots of Fire
(1982), followed by
Gandhi
(1983). John
Hurtwon the BAFTA Award for Best Actor for his titular role as 19th-century
Englishman Joseph
Merrick in
The
Elephant
Man
(1980). Richard
Marquand directed
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi
in 1983, the only
non-American to direct a Star Wars film. The 1985 dark comedy fantasy
film,
Brazil
, is regarded as one of the best British films of the mid 1980s,
while the 1987 black comedy,
Withnail and I
, has been described as "one of
Britain's biggest cult films".
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During the late 1980s,
a number of young
British actors who were becoming major stars, such as Gary Oldman, Daniel
Day-Lewis, Colin Firth, Tim Roth and Rupert Everett, were dubbed the 'Brit
Pack'.
The 1990s saw a large number of traditional British period dramas,
including
Sense
and
Sensibility
(1995),
Restoration
(1995),
Emma
(1996),
Mrs. Brown
(1997),
The
Wings of the Dove
(1997),
Shakespeare in Love
(1998) and
Topsy-
Turvy
(1999). Anthony Minghella's biggest directorial success was
The
English Patient
(1996), winning nine Academy Awards.
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composer Michael Nyman wrote the critically acclaimed score for
The
Piano
(1993). Elton John and lyricist Sir Tim Rice collaborated to write
music for Disney's
The Lion King
(1994), winning
the Academy Award for
Best Original Song, as did Phil Collins for Disney's
Tarzan
(1999). Scottish
composer Craig Armstrong wrote the award winning score for the modern
version of Shakespeare's
Romeo + Juliet
(1996). BAFTA award
winning
British films included Danny Boyle's drama
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