Working Title questions

1. Who were the co-founders of working title?
Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe.

2. When was the company founded?
1983

3. Where is Working Title based?
London

4. Who are the co-chairpersons of Working Title now?
Rowan Atkinson, Eric Fellner and Bevan

5. What awards have Working Title won?
Various awards - main awards are 26 BAFTAS and 6 oscars

6. How many full-time staff does Working Title employ?
42 employed

7. What is Working Title's philosophy?
Make movies that the audience can appreciate

8. List 5 box-office hits that Working Title have made
Four weddings and a funeral, Bridget Jones' Diary, Notting Hill, Elizabeth and Bean

9. List 5 flops that Working Title have made
The boat that rocked, Thunderbirds, Green zone, Captain Correli's Mandollin and A serious man

10. What is Richard Curtis' relationship with Working Title?
He has directed a lot of their films that have become a good success.

11. List 2 famous directors that Working Title have worked with
Richard Curtis and Kirk Jones

12. What is Hugh Grants' relationship with Working Title?
He has starred in a few of their films.

13. Find out about the Coen Brothers (films,genres,status) and what do they have to do with Working Title?
They are Joel David Coen and Ethan Jesse Coen, they are two brothers which together are American film makers, who write, produce and direct movies.

14. Who owns 67% of the Working Title films? When did this happen? Why did this happen?
The company Universal saw the potential Working Title had to offer so brought 67% of the company.

15. List two of Working Title's big blockbuster films and find out their budgets.
Four weddings and a funeral had a budget of $4.4 million, Bridget Jones had a budget of $26 million.

16. What genre of films is Working Title most famous for?
Comedy films

17. What other genres do Working Title films like to make?
Range of genres like comedy, romance, blockbuster thrillers and horrors.

18. Find out as much about WT2? (When established, films made, budgets, awards)
in 1999, Bevan and Fellner launched a subsidary company names Working Title 2 Productions, the company is an independent film production arm run by Natascha Wharton. Produced films such as Billy Elliot, Shaun of the dead and The Calcium Kid.

19. What information can you find out about Working Title through their web page?
On the film page you can find out the film of the month, films released on DVD, films on release and films in production. On the trailers page, you can watch all the trailers for all the films that have been created by Working Title. On the news page you can read articles that are relevant to Working Title. On the features page you can look at various features such as, downloads, galleries, articles, featurettes etc. On the theatre page is shows which film is released in theatres and the highlights of it. On the TV page, it shows the three productions which broadcast on TV.

20. Find out one other interesting fact about Working Title
Working Title currently has the film 'Rush' in production, starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl. The movie focuses on action based real-life events, which show the unique sporting rivalry between English boy racer James Hunt (Hemsworth) and his tough, methodical, brilliant oponent Niki Lauda (Bruhl) and the ledendary Formula 1 season of 1976.