My three favourite filmsBy Leonna Mulraney

Notting Hill

Who were the production companies behind the film. What can you find out about them…(ie where are they based, what other films have they made). Notting Hill was based in London. The production company was Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Working Title Films, Bookshop Productions and Notting Hill Pictures.

Who distributed the film in the US and UK. It was distributed by Polygram in the UK and Universal in the US.

How much money has the film made at the US box office, UK box office and globally over its lifetime? How much money did it make in its opening weekend?Budget: $42,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend: $27,689,760 (USA) (30 May 1999) (2747 Screens) Gross: $116,006,080 (USA) (3 October 1999) £30,403,825 (UK) (19 September 1999)

Who directed the film? What else has s/he directed? Directed by Roger Michell. He’s directed -Persuasion (1995) (For TV)My Night with Reg (1996)Titanic Town (1998)Notting Hill (1999)Changing Lanes (2002)The Mother (2003)Enduring Love (2004)Venus (2006)Morning Glory (2010)Who was the Producer (which individual….find the actual Producer rather than Associate Producer/Executive Producer. What else has s/he produced? Duncan Kenworthy – He also produced - Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Lawn Dogs (1995), Notting Hill (1999) and Love Actually (2003). His television productions include Jim Henson's The Storyteller and the 1996 version of Gulliver's Travels (1996). Who was the Screenwriter. What else has s/he produced. Richard Curtis - The Tall Guy (1989), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (Writer/Co-Executive Producer), Bean (1997) (Writer/Executive Producer), Bridget Jones's Diary (2001) (Writer), Love Actually (2003) (Director/Writer), The Boat That Rocked (2009) (Director/Writer/Producer) (titled Pirate Radio in the USA), War Horse (2011) (Writer)

Holes

Who were the production companies behind the film. What can you find out about them…(ie where are they based, what other films have they made).

Walt Disney Pictures, Walden Media, Chicago Pacific Entertainment, Phoenix Pictures. It was set in the US.

Who distributed the film in the US and UK.

Buena Vista Pictures

How much money has the film made at the US box office, UK box office and globally over its lifetime? How much money did it make in its opening weekend?

Budget $20 million

Gross revenue $71,406,573

Release date(s) April 18, 2003 (2003-04-18)

Opening Weekend:$16,300,155 (USA) (20 April 2003) (2331 Screens)

Who directed the film? What else has s/he directed? Andrew Davis - 1978: Stony Island, 1982: The Final Terror, 1985: Code of Silence, 1988: Above the Law, 1989: The Package, 1992: Under Siege, 1993: The Fugitive, 1995: Steal Big Steal Little, 1996: Chain Reaction, 1998: A Perfect Murder, 2002: Collateral Damage, 2006: The Guardian.Who was the Producer (which individual….find the actual Producer rather than Associate Producer/Executive Producer. What else has s/he produced?Andrew Davis - Code of Silence, The Fugitive, Chain Reaction, Collateral Damage and Under Siege.Who was the Screenwriter. What else has s/he produced.Sideways Stories From Wayside School seriesSideways Stories From Wayside School (1978), Wayside School is Falling Down (1989). Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (1989), More Sideways Arithmetic From Wayside School (1994), Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (1995), Marvin Redpost seriesKidnapped at Birth? (1992), Why Pick on Me? (1993), Is He a Girl? (1993), Alone In His Teacher's House (1994), Class President (1999), A Flying Birthday Cake? (1999), Super Fast Out of Control! (2000), A Magic Crystal? (2000)Holes seriesHoles (1998), Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake (2003), Small Steps (2006)Other booksJohnny's in the Basement (1981), Someday Angeline (1983), Sixth Grade Secrets (1987) (known as Pig City in the UK[6]), There's a Boy in the Girls' Bathroom (1988), The Boy Who Lost His Face (1989), Dogs Don't Tell Jokes (1991), Monkey Soup (1992) (illustrated by Cat Bowman Smith), The Cardturner (May 11, 2010).

Freaky Friday

Who were the production companies behind the film. What can you find out about them…(ie where are they based, what other films have they made).

Casual Friday Productions, Gunn Films, Walt Disney Pictures. They are based in the US.

Who distributed the film in the US and UK.

Buena Vista Pictures (2003) (USA) (theatrical), Buena Vista International (2003) (UK) (theatrical), Walt Disney Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD).

How much money has the film made at the US box office, UK box office and globally over its lifetime? How much money did it make in its opening weekend?

Budget - $20 million

Gross revenue - $160,846,332

Opening Weekend:$22,203,007 (USA) (10 August 2003) (2954 Screens)

Who directed the film? What else has s/he directed?

Mark Waters -Mr. Popper's Penguins (TBA) – director, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009) – director, The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) – director, Just Like Heaven (2005) – director, Mean Girls (2004) – director, Head Over Heels (2001) – director, The House of Yes (1997) - writer (adaptation); director.Who was the Producer (which individual….find the actual Producer rather than Associate Producer/Executive Producer. What else has s/he produced?Race to Witch Mountain (March 2009), Bedtime Stories (2008), College Road Trip (2008), Sky High (2005), The Haunted Mansion (2003), The Country Bears (2002)Who was the Screenwriter. What else has s/he produced.Leslie Dixon - Overboard (1987), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Loverboy (1989) (producer / writer), Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), Look Who's Talking Now (1993) (producer / writer), That Old Feeling (1997) (producer / writer), The Thomas Crown Affair (1999), Pay It Forward (2000), Just Like Heaven (2005), Hairspray (2007), The Heartbreak Kid (2007), Limitless (2011).

Bibliography Notting Hillhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125439/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notting_Hill_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Michell http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duncan_Kenworthy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Curtis Holeshttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0311289/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holes_(film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Davis_(film_director) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Sachar Freaky Fridayhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt0322330/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freaky_Friday_(2003_film) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Waters_(director) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Gunn_(producer)