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	Film \| Willy Wonka and wizards conjure up profits for studios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Intimidation Game - the latest film in the Batman franchise - and rights to revenues from hiring the the company's largest stage (called 007 in honour of the 18 Bond movies filmed at the studios) have also contributed to the rise in operating profits.
		The results are the first since the group, which owns Shepperton studios in Staines and Pinewood studios in Slough, floated on the stock exchange in May.
		Pinewood Shepperton was formed after a management team led by chairman Michael Grade bought Pinewood studios from the Rank Group in 2000 and then purchased rival Shepperton studios in February 2001.
	film.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5001418-3156,00.html (255 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Historic studios look to future
		Film studios Pinewood, Shepperton and Ealing have formed the backbone of the British film industry for the last 70 years.
		Pinewood and Elstree too have undergone a huge redevelopment as they aim to compete with the wealth of facilities offered by US studios.
		The first film to be completed at the studio was London Melody while Talk of the Devil, in 1936, directed by Carol Reed, was the first film made entirely at the studio.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/2895791.stm (722 words)

	james bond multimedia \| Pinewood Studios in London
		Located approximately 20 miles outside of London, Pinewood Studios was formerly manor houses dating back to the 17th century, however the site at Pinewood was not created until 1935.
		Pinewoods stages and back-lots have become ice palaces, Cambodian tombs, space ships, Paris Operas - in fact anywhere in the World and absolutely anything that can be dreamed up from the imaginations of famous directors, is created here.
		Actual filming inside a tanker was out of the question due to insurance and financial reasons, so the creation of the 007 stage, a massive set with one of the largest water tanks was given.
	www.jamesbondmm.co.uk /locations/pinewood-studios.php (465 words)

	screenonline: Pinewood Studios Biography
		The idea was to save on running costs and to create a single studio business which could cater to every kind of filmmaker's demands, however big or small.
		Pinewood, built in 1936, hasn't always been the cheapest place to shoot movies.
		Pinewood was closed for most of WW2 (it was used by the Government for storage).
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/479433 (527 words)

	Pinewood Studios - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The studios have acted as the base for two long-running British film series, the James Bond films and the Carry On films, both of which also used the studio's main buildings to represent various locations, including SPECTRE Island in From Russia with Love.
		Filming had been completed on the sets just days before and they were being struck, but it is not known if the fire will delay production of the $72 million (£39m) film.
		In the meantime the other 35 filming stages and 9 television studios across the group are fully operational and open for business.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pinewood_Studios (571 words)

	BBC News \| BUSINESS \| Grade buys Pinewood Studios
		He led a consortium of investors backed by investment trust 3i which is buyingthe film studio from Rank, the leisure and entertainment group.
		Pinewood was the home of many classic British films, and was built in the l930s by J. Arthur Rank.
		He is the nephew of Lew Grade, a famous film producer in his own right and one of the founders of the ITV network.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/low/business/652166.stm (245 words)

	RTE Business - Pinewood studios IPO priced at £82.5m
		British film studio Pinewood Shepperton, home to the James Bond and Harry Potter films, raised £46.2m sterling in its initial public offering of shares.
		Pinewood said it had sold shares at 180 pence each in the flotation, at the top of the indicated price range, and the offer was 'comfortably oversubscribed' at the sale price.
		Pinewood, chaired by new BBC Chairman Michael Grade, has previously said it planned to use proceeds to reduce debt to about £45m from £89.2m and to fund growth.
	www.rte.ie /business/2004/0507/pinewood.html (213 words)

	ModelMaker - Pinewood Studios (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		the film was shot at RAF Mildenhall in 1941 with Wellington Mk.Ic, (possibly from 149 Squadron) and Avro Ansons, and a Wellington fuselage in the studio
		During the filming of Green for Danger, one scene required Cockrill to hammer on an operating theatre door, as he believed one of the characters was about to kill another.
		Filmed (and based in) the Welcome Islands, this photo is of the crew (126 Kb, JPEG), my grandfather can be seen at the rear right, wearing a white carpenters apron.
	shipofdreams.net /pinewood/index.htm (1844 words)

	Incentive imbroglio unsettling film industry
		LONDON: Well known film studios Pinewood Shepperton, the home for legendary Harry Potter, Batman and James Bond movies, lost 20 per cent of its value in a day after it gave a second profit warning in three months and its shares took a dip in the market Monday.
		Pinewood Shepperton's chief executive, Ivan Dunleavy, said a three-month industry consultation that had been due to start in June is not likely to begin before the end of July.
		He said most of the film companies are holding off from converting provisional bookings because of the uncertainty.
	www.abcmoney.co.uk /news/212005266.htm (412 words)

	Pinewood Studio - August 1985
		Pinewood Studios is a name well known to film and television buffs.
		This means that when a film wraps, the producers must remove any sets from the grounds, so Pinewood does not have a standing backlot like you will find at Universal, etc. Pinewood is not open to the public and tours are not available.
		As the name implies it was built for the James Bond film series, and over the years has housed many of the impressive sets such as the submarine docks from "The Spy Who Loved Me".
	www.billcotter.com /places/pinewood.htm (558 words)

	Pinewood & Shepperton Studios Upgrades AMS Neve DFC
		Pinewood & Shepperton Studios are upgrading the 56-fader, two-position AMS Neve DFC in theater 1 to a 68-fader, three-position console.
		Expansion of the DFC puts the studios on par with the major film facilities in the United States and is one of three DFC facilities in Europe.
		Pinewood Shepperton continues to attract the world’s most talented film mixers including John Heywood, Gary Summers and Randy Thom, and projects such as Die Another Day, Tomb Raider 2: Lara Croft, Cradle of Life, Blackball, Cody Banks II and Jonny English.
	mixonline.com /news/audio_pinewood_shepperton_studios/index.html (218 words)

	Pinewood could lose £2.2m contract
		FILM studios Pinewood Shepperton confirmed last night it was braced for the loss of a major contract because of the cost of movie-making in the UK.
		Lloyd Levin, the film's producer, gave an interview to movie website ScreenDaily.com where he said the issue was "the expense of shooting in the UK with the exchange rate and the loss of certain rebates".
		Pinewood - headed by BBC chairman Sir Michael Grade - warned last month that movie-makers had been reluctant to get their cameras rolling until it was known whether the Government would continue to offer tax relief for larger films.
	www.manchesteronline.co.uk /business/general/s/153/153681_pinewood_could_lose_22m_contract.html (480 words)

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		Lastman made his remark at a news conference to announce that Studios of America Corp. signed a 30-year lease for an old power-generating station and half its grounds, and planned to turn it into a major film stage.
		Pinewood is the company behind box office blockbusters such as 1988's "Batman," "The Mummy Returns" and "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider." The 20th James Bond film - starring Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry and Rosamund Pike - is now in production at Pinewood.
		As part of the effort to draw more film production to the city and province, Harris announced that foreign producers will now be able to claim 85 percent of their estimated tax credits within six weeks of filing their claim, instead of waiting for up to two years for their rebate.
	www.fredonia.edu /department/communication/schwalbe/torfilm.htm (430 words)

	Pinewood Studios 70th Anniversary
		Pinewood Studios has been home to British film-making for 70 years.
		Each day, one film from each of the seven decades that the studios have been in operation will be shown.
		Pinewood is now part of the Pinewood Studios Group which consists of not only Pinewood, but Shepperton and Teddington Studios too.
	www.filmlondon.org.uk /news_details.asp?NewsID=862 (231 words)

	Made in Pinewood: Grade to rake in millions from flotation of Independent, The (London) - Find Articles
		Mr Grade, 61, the chairman of the west London film studios, which merged in 2001, owns a 4.2 per cent stake in the company, which announced yesterday that it was planning to float on the main London Stock Exchange this summer.
		Those include the introduction of television studios where programmes such as Anne Robinson's BBC quiz show The Weakest Link are filmed, and the merger with Shepperton, previously Pinewood's rival for more than 60 years.
		The first film to be made in its entirety at Pinewood was Talk of the Devil, directed by Carole Reed in 1936.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040402/ai_n12776820 (939 words)

	Film London : Pinewood Shepperton
		Pinewood Shepperton is Europe's leading film studios. The world-renowned facilities are used for major national and international film production, filmed television, studio television recording, the filming of commercials and post production sound services.
		The group consists of Pinewood Studios, Shepperton Studios and Teddington Studios.
		Further information about newly published authorised history of Shepperton Studios (foreword by Sir John Mills CBE and introduction by Sir Ridley Scott).
	www.filmlondon.org.uk /content.asp?CategoryID=871 (160 words)

	Cinema Eye: Blaze at Pinewood Studios
		According to the news reports, the blaze was so extensive, that it caused the roof fall in on itself causing severe damage to the facilities and props inside the studio.
		The James Bond stage at Pinewood had been used as a film set to recreate scenes from the Italian city of Venice for the 21’st James Bond 007 outing.
		Filming on Casino Royal just finished at Pinewood and the film sets were still assembled and in place.
	www.cinemaeye.com /index/movienews/more/2150 (200 words)

	Pinewood Studios - Icons of England
		In more down-to-earth fashion, Pinewood was also the back drop to the Carry On films, nominated as an Icon in their own right.
		In 2001, Pinewood merged with Shepperton Studios, a move that seems to have given both studios a new lease of life and has helped Pinewood to remain at the forefront of film technology, including the construction of a new underwater stage.
		This famous film studio is the centrepiece of the world renowned British film industry.
	www.icons.org.uk /nom/nominations/pinewood-studios?b_start:int=69 (218 words)

	Tax credits for British Film Industry - Film247.net - Film News, Movie News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		The new rate for film tax relief is designed to support British films and is worth 20% (net) to low budget films (under 20 million pounds) and 16% for big budget films (20 pounds and over).
		The rates apply to the spend of a film's budget in the UK, and are sure to be welcomed by British film makers.
		The relief will also make the UK a very attractive place for US studios to make big budget films such as Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Batman Begins, both of which were made in the UK at Pinewood film studios.
	www.film247.net /features/filmnews/20050512.php (507 words)

	The Unital Films Team
		Debi worked in distribution, marketing South African features internationally for Intertrade Film Distributors and Genesis Releasing Inc. before moving to the UK where she was employed as Head of Development and Acquisitions at a London-based international film financing and distribution company.
		Subsequently working at Pinewood, Shepperton and other major UK studios, he was fortunate to be trained by some of the great British cinematographers.
		Filming in British and American studios and on remote locations on various continents, Vincent became adept at resolving technical problems in order to achieve the best images.
	www.unitalfilms.com /theteam (1139 words)

	Film London News Bulletin 30 August 2004
		UK filmmakers today received a careers boost from A Bigger Future, the UK Film Skills Strategy, with the appointment of four new film practitioners as careers advisors and the launch of Skillset Film Futures skills development grants to support 150 individuals.
		Skillset Film Futures are available to freelancers and employees with a minimum of two years experience to fund training in business skills and new technologies.
		Film London funded films screening include Phil Mulloy’s Intolerance* and Vivienne Jones’ The House* as well as Pulse 2004 awardee Leigh Hodgkinson’s Moo(n)*.
	www.filmlondon.org.uk /news_details.asp?NewsID=131 (413 words)

	National Film and Television School
		The finger of blame was pointed at the Americans for dumping their films on Britain; a quota was called for and in 1928 the Films Bill limited foreign films to 22.5% of the market.
		The Crown Film Unit, with many of the staff from the GPO Blackheath Unit, moved in and the government spent a lavish £146,000 on refurbishment and equipment.
		Today, Beaconsfield Studios comprises film and television stages, animation and production design studios, edit suites, sound post-production facilities, a music recording studio and a dubbing theatre, all furnished with new generation digital equipment equivalent to that used at the highest level in today's film and television industry.
	www.nftsfilm-tv.ac.uk /index.php?module=Content&template=who_historyStudios (632 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: The Studio Impresario -- April 1, 2002/Vol. 159 No. 13 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-11)
		Still, Pinewood has been kept busy with the next James Bond flick, and Shepperton's schedule is filling up with films like the second Harry Potter movie.
		Pinewood's chief overseas rivals — studios in Canada, Australia and Central Europe — allow filmmakers to trim costs, thanks to favorable exchange rates, tax breaks and cheap labor.
		Two state-of-the-art digital TV studios were recently built at Pinewood at a cost of $3.56 million.
	www.time.com /time/europe/magazine/printout/0,13155,901020401-220058,00.html (650 words)

	Ananova - Harry Potter helps studio profits
		Profits at Pinewood Shepperton, which hires out studios, rose 15.8% to £6.7m ($12m) in the first half of the year.
		Pinewood Shepperton was formed after a management team bought Pinewood Studios from the Rank Group in 2000.
		The company is to build an underwater filming stage at Pinewood Studios and plans to extend existing workshops at Shepperton Studios.
	www.ananova.com /entertainment/story/sm_1077412.html (175 words)

	FILM DESIGN INTERNATIONAL HOME PAGE
		FDI was set up at Pinewood Film Studios in 2001 by Terry Ackland-Snow, to offer draughtsmanship courses for the film and television industry.
		Terry is passionate about the industry which he has devoted his career to, and his courses are intensely practical and designed to give comprehensive knowledge of film techniques on the drawing board.
		Ideally located at Pinewood Studios, both the Art Direction Course and the Advanced Art Direction Course promise the student a total immersion in the film and television world, and a vitally important first step towards becoming a successful Art Director and Production Designer.
	www.filmdi.com (180 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Film studio seeks market listing
		Pinewood Shepperton, which carries the names of two of the UK's most famous film studios, has announced plans to float on the London Stock Exchange.
		The group was formed after a management team bought Pinewood Studios from the Rank Group in 2000 and added Shepperton Studios in February 2001.
		Pinewood Studios began film production in 1936 following the involvement of J Arthur Rank, and has been the setting for more than 650 feature films.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/business/3588835.stm (577 words)

	James Bond gets a new landlord as Grade buys Pinewood
		JAMES BOND'S home changed hands yesterday when Pinewood, the studio outside London, was sold to a consortium headed by Michael Grade, the colourful ex-Channel 4 chief, for £62m.
		Pinewood has been at the heart of the British film industry since it was founded in 1936.
		The most recent blockbuster to be filmed there is The World is Not Enough, starring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond.
	www.telegraph.co.uk /htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/2000/02/23/cnpine23.html (221 words)

	screenonline: Denham Studios Biography
		Unfortunately, many believed the 'madness' was in actually building the studios so large in the first place and taking on the financial burden of 2,000 employees.
		The design of the studios was also criticised, with its ribbon layout requiring lengthy walks between departments that were next-door neighbours in other facilities.
		For a man seemingly able to re-invent himself and relaunch his career at will the loss of Denham Studios was a crushing blow nonetheless.
	www.screenonline.org.uk /people/id/460162/index.html (400 words)

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