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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