Working title films

Working Title Films

Ryan Anderson

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Working Titles parent company is Universal Studios (Pictures). This is the company they will look

to when they want to produce a larger budgeted

film, because they will have

the money to produce this

film and have expertise in

marketing and other departments which would

be vital for the film production – if they want to

make any success.

Hist

ory

Founded in 1983 by Tim Bevan

Sarah Radclyffe.In 1992, PolyGram became the

company's corporate backer.

Sarah Radclyffe left Working Title,

and Eric Fellner, an independent

film producer, joined the company.In 1999, PolyGram was sold to the

Seagram company and merged

with MCA Music Entertainment, to

form Universal Music Group.

PolyGram Films was sold and

folded into Universal Studios in

1999

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n Working title films are a production company who get their money for production from their parent company Universal Pictures (Studios).

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My Beautiful Laundrette was the

first film that Working Title Films

produced. The budget for this

film was $650,000 and the box

office takings were $2,451,545.

This shows a huge success for

their first film. It was also produced by Channel

4 films and distributed by Orion

Classics. This film was released in two

different languages- English and

Urdu, it was probably released

in Urdu because one of the main

characters is British Pakistani.

Everest (2015)Produced by Working Title films

Distributed by Universal Pictures

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On February 12, 2014, the first photo from the set of the film was revealed featuring Clarke. On June 4, 2015, the first trailer for the film was released online, with an appeal for relief for the April 2015 Nepal earthquake through Oxfam America in the coda.

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Working title films specialize in smaller budget films $12 million or less but occasionally have much larger budgeted films such as Nanny McPhee at $25 million, Les Miserables $61 million and Everest at $55 million

The Danish Girl (2015)

Produced By: Working Title, Pretty Pictures,

Revision Pictures, Senator Global Productions

Distributed By: Focus Features, Universal Pictures

International

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5th September 2015 (Venice) – Released at a film festival because it is guaranteed an audience and potentially accolades which will make people want to watch your film, as they think it is an award winning film.

27th November 2015 (USA) By Focus Features

1 January 2016 (UK) by Universal Pictures International.

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– Working Title and Mike Zoss Productions.

Distributed by – Universal Pictures

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g The official trailer was released on October 9, 2015. On December 29, 2015, the first poster for the film was released. On January 7, 2016, another set of posters was released.