The British film industry

Most of the films that people go to see at the cinema in Britain are made in Hollywood. The British film industry does exist, but it is very small. The films do not have big budgets, so they cannot compete easily with American films. British people who want to make films often go to America. Hollywood is full of British actors, directors, writers, editors and camera people.

A few films made by British film companies receive some money from American companies. This means that British films often have to use American actors to appeal to an American cinema-going audience. Some films made in Britain, like Four Weddings and a Funeral, Trainspotting, The Full Monty and Notting Hill, have been very successful around the world.

Michael Vaughan-Rees, Geraldine Sweeney, Picot Cassidy: In Britain; Cornelsen Verlag, 2000, page 46