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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814982503321

Autore

Caterer James

Titolo

The people's pictures : National Lottery funding and British cinema / / by James Caterer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newcastle upon Tyne, : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2011

ISBN

1-283-30884-3

9786613308849

1-4438-3322-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (250 p.)

Disciplina

361.70681

Soggetti

Motion pictures - Production and direction - Great Britain - Finance

Motion picture industry - Subsidies - Great Britain

Lottery proceeds - Government policy - Great Britain

Motion pictures - Great Britain

Motion picture audiences - Great Britain - Attitudes

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

TABLE OF CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; LIST OF TABLES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CONCLUSION; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

When John Major launched the UK's National Lottery in 1994 he christened it ""the people's Lottery"" and handed it to the mythical stewardship of the Everyman. But when the proceeds began to be distributed to worthy causes, including the British film indust