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...makeover is just one part of the British film industry's new self-esteem boost. Last year, a near record amount of money was spent on making movies in Britain. And after British talent came home weighed down with Golden Globes last month, it's a good bet the same will happen at the Oscars on Feb. 25. This kind of success can get people overexcited, thinking that maybe - just maybe - this is the year that Britain will finally step out of Hollywood's shadow. But it will never happen. Britain's industry is far too small to compete with...
...Britain's been here before, most famously in 1982, when Chariots of Fire picked up four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and screenwriter Colin Welland accepted his Oscar with the cry, "The British are coming!" Few British films have done that well since - but, then, it's getting harder to define a British film. According to the Treasury, Britain's Finance Ministry, a film is considered British if it fulfills a certain number of cultural points: one point if the director is a British citizen, two if over 50% is shot in Britain, and so on. What's a little...
...best directing Oscar nomination for United 93 shows how a British perspective can also work for a very American event. Both films were made with a mix of British and U.S. funding, but both directors know how to get the best stories out of the smallest budgets. "In Britain, you don't necessarily have $50 million to throw at a movie, so you need to come up with something that works on a deeper, more emotional level," says Vaines. "That means you have to be smarter, more moving, funnier. It challenges you more as a filmmaker...
British screenwriters aren't the only ones who are good with words. In front of the camera, Britain's leading sirs and reigning dames are known for their cool, clipped precision. Peter O'Toole, Judi Dench and Helen Mirren all have bafta and Oscar nominations this year, and, despite their ability to change accents and appearance, everything they say or do is wrapped in an irrepressible Britishness...
...Void. "Winning a bafta is like winning a literary award," he says. "You're happy, your friends phone you up, and a week later everyone's forgotten about it. But even now, whenever my name appears in any U.S. publication, it's prefaced with 'Oscar-winning documentary maker ? ' In Britain, you get knighted. In the U.S., you get an Oscar. It's a title which you will thenceforth carry with you forever...