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	British Film Institute - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The BFI takes a global view of cinema, programming films from all over the world at its venues: it runs the National Film Theatre and IMAX theatre, both located on the south bank of the River Thames in London.
		It is also maintains the world's largest film archive, the National Film and Television Archive, containing in total about 500,000 works of television and film.
		The BFI also devotes a large amount of its time to the preservation and study of British television programming and its history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/British_Film_Institute (591 words)

	BFI Top 100 British films - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1999 the British Film Institute surveyed 1000 people from the world of UK film and television to produce the BFI 100 list of the greatest British films of the 20th century.
		A few of the selected films were wholly or partly produced by non-UK companies, but were perceived by voters as having significant British involvement.
		The earliest film chosen was from 1935 (The 39 Steps), with only two other 1930s films featuring in the list.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BFI_Top_100_British_films (213 words)

	100 Top British Films of the 20th Century
		Participants were asked to consider (and vote for up to 100) 'culturally British' feature films, released in cinemas during the 20th century, which they felt had made a strong and lasting impression on the art form and the culture.
		The key to the BFI 100, though, is that it does provoke an argument.
		Of course there may be films that are not on this list which one could argue passionately merit a place...The list is intended, and offered, as a starting-point for any discussion, rather than as an end to one.
	www.filmsite.org /brit100.html (403 words)

	bfi \| Features\| The bfi 100
		Early in 1999, the British Film Institute produced a selection booklet and sent copies to 1,000 people embracing all strands of the film, cinema and television industries throughout the UK - producers, directors, writers, actors, technicians, academics, exhibitors, distributors, executives and critics.
		The spread of films throughout the bfi 100 is equally fascinating.
		That films from the 1960s feature so strongly points to an appreciation of the great changes in British cinema during that decade, when angrier voices like those of Lindsay Anderson, Karel Reisz, Tony Richardson, John Schlesinger and Joseph Losey led the way and were allowed to focus on social issues as well as pure drama.
	www.bfi.org.uk /features/bfi100 (804 words)

	Indians Abroad - HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The British Film Institute (BFI) is compiling a list of top 100 Hindi films since the days of the first Indian movie.
		Dwyer said the yardstick she used to select the films was popularity, historical significance and aesthetics, "not necessarily in that order though".
		Various Indian publications, particularly film magazines, have come out with their own list of top 100 Hindi films, but this is perhaps for the first time that a book is being written explaining why the films chosen made the list.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/5967_1164980,001600060001.htm (387 words)

	MovieFreak.com - Weekly Favorites Film Reviews by Rachel Sexton
		The voice-over that begins the film, explaining about the state of Vienna at the time of the story, is good, as is a montage later in the film that reveals some of the details of Harry’s life.
		Film buffs, film noir fans, or just plain regular moviegoers will all recognize how simply entertaining this film is. Rent it, it’s a classic for a very good reason.
		Thompson also drops the British accent for an American one as the amnesiac, all the while proving why she is one of the best actresses working today.
	www.moviefreak.com /features/rachel (2663 words)

	The Falls
		Since a film consideration of each of the nineteen million VUE victims, like a full-scale map of the world, would mock human effort, it was thought appropriate to narrow the field, if not the intention, and find a representative but random cross-section of victims whose experiences could help to elucidate the phenomenon.
		Zeitgeist Films are to release a (region 1) DVD of The Falls on April 11th.
		But the film is also an ironic examination of all the ways the world could end, and it is not entirely irrelevant that ninety-two is the atomic number of uranium.
	vue.org.uk /falls.htm (3178 words)

	British Film Institute BFI Top 100 - Movies 21-30 - Rent these films online from 1dvd.co.uk
		One of the great British comedies of the '90s (and one of the biggest hits, too, with worldwide box-office takings of $258 million), this remains a thoroughly enjoyable experience, full of fine performances, some wonderful settings and hilarious lines that linger in the memory.
		With a splendid script by Simon Beaufoy, the film established Robert Carlyle as a leading man and was a massive hit in the US as well as the UK, receiving four Oscar® nominations and critical acclaim along the way.
		An impressively original film from writer-director Neil Jordan, produced by Stephen Woolley and Nik Powell, that proved to be a significant critical success and intrigued audiences with its clever plot twists.
	www.1dvd.co.uk /bfi-21-30.html (1070 words)

	News for Chariots of Fire (1981) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Film composer Vangelis, famed for his evocative synthesizer soundtracks for such films as Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner, will be giving Alexander "a grand score," including an orchestral and choral accompaniment orchestrated and conducted by Nic Raine.
		Although he indicated that some 100 minutes of orchestral music had been recorded for the movie, the fact that the film is still being recut may require that some of the orchestral cues be replaced with synthesizer ones, Raine said.
		In releasing its list of 100 top British films, the BFI drew surprisingly little criticism -- unlike the American Film Institute's top-100 list, which was excoriated in some quarters when it was released last year.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0082158/news (1082 words)

	British Film Institute BFI Top 100 - Movies 1-10 - Rent these films online from 1dvd.co.uk
		The film is full of scenes and performances to treasure, though perhaps the best remembered is the arrival at the isolated well of Sherif Ali (Omar Sharif) and the long shot of his ride across the shimmering sand.
		Much-loved and well remembered, the film is regarded as a classic of its time, with Loach commenting poignantly on the lack of opportunities for the working classes.
		This story is, of course, the basis for the film's larger backstage plot concerning the relationship between a megalomaniac impresario (Walbrook) and his young ballerina (Shearer).
	www.1dvd.co.uk /bfi-1-10.html (1332 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Gone with the Wind tops film list
		The most recent film in the top 10 was 1997's Titanic, with 18.9m admissions.
		Figures for films released before the 1970s were collated from figures in trade magazines and anecdotal evidence, as official records were not always filed.
		The only other animated film in the top 20 is The Jungle Book at number seven.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/4049645.stm (372 words)

	BBC News \| Entertainment \| Third Man tops British film chart
		The BFI poll celebrates a century of the British film
		The BFI reckons the film, which starred Orson Welles, "is a bona fide British classic".
		Chariots of Fire, which was lavished with Oscars, is the only film from the 1980s to make it into the top 20.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/454744.stm (605 words)

	LOVEFiLM \| Europe's No.1 online DVD rental service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		A classic example of a film that fudges the issues it raises: Guinness restores the morale of British PoWs by building a bridge which it transpires is of military value to the Japanese, and then...
		The big box-office success of the British New Wave in the early '60s, no doubt because its hero's defiant watchword of 'Don't let the bastards grind you down' struck a responsive chord before everybody started...
		Drunk at a South Armagh fairground, fl British soldier Jody (Whitaker) is abducted by the IRA and held hostage on a farm.
	www.lovefilm.com /collection.php?cl_id=1 (906 words)

	BFI Top 100 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In all, 54 films were directed by 21 directors (Powell and Pressberger counting as two) putting ‘double hit’ directors from Hitchcock to Zinneman and Boulting to Loach in ascendance over the one hit wonders.
		Indeed, if we were to apply the ‘39’ rule to each film, to discard those that did not come up to the highest of expectations in their field, we would only be repeating the ‘15-year’ criteria we applied to the AFI’s list.
		Since the death of Derek Jarman, Greenaway is the only British director who could be described as experimental, and he continues to receive derision (from the likes of Alan Parker, director of The Commitments) and support (from the likes of the BFI) in equal proportions.
	www.winny.com /Movies/bfi.htm (2825 words)

	Missing Believed Lost
		Twelve of the early films of one of Britain's greatest film-makers, Michael Powell, are lost.
		These are just a fraction of the several hundred British features which have gone missing since their first release.
		Each of the missing films is described in detail, with full credits and with illustrative stills, where any survive.
	www.ucpress.edu /books/bfi/pages/PROD0023.html (284 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Film \| \| Computer games
		A film without which the north may never have been thought of as grim, and number seven in the BFI's recent Top 100 British films, Kes chronicles a short time in the young life of Billy Caspar.
		Billy is a Barnsley schoolboy, doomed to a squalid life with his bickering family and bullish PE teacher, sullen in the face of a dreary industrial career that yawns him before like, er, a great big coal-pit in the ground.
		It could have happened, and Hollywood, which rejected the film on account of its impenetrable Yorkshire accents, might have welcomed it in awe-struck wonder.
	film.guardian.co.uk /imagine/story/0,6132,94857,00.html (521 words)

	The “Sight & Sound” of Canons
		Films which appear regularly on television, have had a long shelf life on home video formats (video, laserdisc, DVD), and screen regularly at repertory theatres, art houses, and school classrooms have a huge advantage over those that do not.
		The recent AFI Top 100 American films is a case in point.
		Except where the UK is concerned, since the British seem to be notoriously frigid when it comes to voting for their own films.
	www.horschamp.qc.ca /new_offscreen/canon.html (1810 words)

	Thomas Hibbs on Children's Movies on National Review Online
		Something a bit more significant is going on with the BFI list, released earlier this year, after consultation with some 80 experts in film and education and backed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority, which monitors the national curriculum.
		A number of the films, for example, The Bicycle Thief and The 400 Blows, would likely make any list of, say, top 100 international films, but it's not clear these are the best pedagogical films for children.
		A final oddity in the BFI list is the relative absence of British films, especially when one considers how many solid British films have been based on superb British dramas and novels, from Shakespeare to Austen and beyond.
	www.nationalreview.com /hibbs/hibbs200512290823.asp (1237 words)

	bfi \| Features \| The Ultimate Film
		The Ultimate Film Chart is the definitive list of the all-time top 100 films based on UK cinema admissions estimates.
		The result of bfi research, it is one of the most revealing snapshots of British cinema-going ever produced.
		Many images on these pages are sourced from bfi Stills, Posters and Designs, the world's most comprehensive collection of film and television images.
	www.bfi.org.uk /features/ultimatefilm (370 words)

	British/UK/English films/movies
		Wallace and Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		This film is about girls in the Republic of Ireland who were punished for becoming pregnant when unmarried by being sent to work in Magdalene hospices (run by the Catholic church).
		Below is a much wider selection of films with a British connection, together with the year they were released and a description of the type of film.
	www.ukstudentlife.com /Britain/Films/Guide.htm (2176 words)

	The British Film Institute's top 100 british films of the 20th century presented by The Curious Web Site
		It may surprise you to learn that the British have even made 100 films this century.
		Well, contrary to the opinion of many, British film making, Technicians, Directors and Actors are among the best in the world.
		With 4 films in the top 11, and 7 in the top 100 overall, David Lean, is this centuries top UK Film Director.
	www.curious.org.uk /bfi100.htm (163 words)

	Top 100 British Comedies Resources
		British Film Institute BFI Top 100 - Movies 21-30 - Rent these films o
		Vote for your Top 10 favourite sitcoms, pick your own Top 10, download goodies, and read about actors, writers and producers in the A to Z guide of...
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	www.brassedoff-dvd.co.uk /directory/Top-100-British-Comedies.html (398 words)

	Imdb Glossary letter: B (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Many countries have either government or official movie classification boards who are responsible for determining the suitability of a movie for release in their country or region.
		The first movies were fl and white (as color film stock hadn't been invented), but in more recent times many films have been shot in fl and white either for artistic reasons or because it is cheaper.
		Some films are shot using color film stock with the final print in fl and white.
	us.imdb.com /Glossary/B (1232 words)

	MJ Forums -> BFI's Top 100 British Films
		A few years ago, the British Film Institue compiled their list of the top 100 British movies - similar to the AFI's top 100 list, although I'll note that the AFI included all English-language films, whereas this list is limited to "'culturally British' feature films, released in cinemas during the 20th century".
		Go to the British Film Institue Website for more info and comments on all the movies listed.
		I was surprised to see it in the top 10. Look at all the films it beat out.
	www.moviejustice.com /forums/index.php?showtopic=2937 (1272 words)

	BBC America - Browse Think (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Discover the bigger picture with the British Film Institute It has director biographies and everything you need to be a film buff.
		Or if TV's more your thing, the BFI has compiled a list of the all-time top British television programmes as well as the top 100 British films of the 20th Century.
		A world leader in part-time education and training for working adults, the Open University was founded in the UK over 30 years ago.
	www.bbcamerica.com /britain/browse_think.jsp (618 words)

	Open Directory - Arts: Movies: Cultures and Groups: British (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		British Cinema Greats - A guide to British films, music, actors and actresses, as well as directors.
		British Film Institute - The BFI exists to promote greater understanding and appreciation of, and access to, film and moving image culture in the UK.
		British Film Resource - A library of facts on the first 100 years of British films.
	dmoz.org /Arts/Movies/Cultures_and_Groups/British (243 words)

	Videomatica - VHS, DVD and Laserdisc Rentals
		You can also keep a history of which films you've rented and which ones you may want to rent in your "Save For Later" list.
		BFI Top 100 British Films of the 20th Century
		Searches must be on at least three letters.If you are looking for film titles with less than three letters try an alternate actor/directors search or go to the BrowseDECK by clicking on the "Browse Catalogue" button.
	www.videomatica.bc.ca /system/rental.asp (217 words)

	F-100 -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		highest region of the ionosphere, at altitudes greater than 160 km (100 miles); it has the greatest concentration of free electrons and is the most important of the ionospheric regions.
		March 9, 2003, Philadelphia, Pa.), was honoured as the nation's oldest worker in 1999 when he reached 100.
		British Film Institute's selection of the top 100 British films of the 20th century.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9033502 (902 words)

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