Delivering Dreams

A Century of British Film Distribution

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by Geoffrey Macnab

Type

Studies

Subject

Countries > Great Britain

Keywords

Great Britain, distribution, economics

Publishing date

2016

Publisher

I.B.Tauris

Language

English

Relative size

Physical desc.

Paperback • 272 pages
5 ½ x 8 ½ inches (14 x 21.5 cm)

ISBN

978-1-78453-489-9

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Book Presentation:
Film Distributors are the unsung heroes of cinema. Without them, the film industry would grind to a halt. Drawing on the archives of the Film Distributors’ Association (FDA), as well as on interviews with leading British distributors of today, Delivering Dreams tells the, largely unacknowledged, story of how films were, and are, brought to British cinema-goers. It profiles some of the most flamboyant and controversial figures involved in UK distribution over the last 100 years, ranging from the founders of huge companies to visionaries who have launched small art house labels. Geoffrey MacNab also explores how the sector has reacted to a rapidly changing market and technological environment, from the transition to sound in the late 1920s to the spectre of TV in the 1950s and the move to digital in the 2000s. Ranging from the films of Charlie Chaplin to The King’s Speech, and published to coincide with the centenary of the FDA’s creation in December 1915, this book highlights the crucial role that distributors have played in maintaining the solid foundations of the British film industry.

About the Author:
Geoffrey MacNab is a journalist and critic. His previous books include Ingmar Bergman: The Life and Films of the Last Great European Director (I.B.Tauris); The Making of Taxi Driver; Searching for Stars: Stardom and Screen Acting in British Cinema and J. Arthur Rank and the British Film Industry.

Press Reviews:
‘Geoffrey Macnab's book provides an insight into how the real business of film has evolved and works today. It should be required reading for anyone with an interest in the world of film or working in the industry.' – Nik Powell, Director of the National Film & Television School (Nik Powell, Director of the National Film & Television School)

See the publisher website: I.B.Tauris