Section B research - Film 4

Film 4 was launched on November 1st 1998 and is owned by the Channel 4 corporation. Film 4 is only televised in the United Kingdom and its slogan is "Great films for free". Film 4 was originally called "FilmFour"from 1998-2006. It has many sister channels such as Channel 4, E4, More4, 4music etc which already give Film4 a good name before it has even launched. This helped the Channel as many people were eager to tune in and watch before the channel even launched as the other "4" channels have been extremely successful.
FilmFour was Channel 4s second channel and when it launched in 1998 was only available subscription only at £5.99-£6.00 a month and in some cases rising to £7.00 for Sky owners.
This is England was written and directed by Shane Meadows and was released on April 27th 2007 and distributed by Optimum Producing. Its budget was $2,380,000 which is extremely low in comparison to Kill Bills $55 million. This shows how films benefit hugely and are given the upper hand if they are from a well known and successful company such as Miramax. Although Film 4 is very successful in England it is still a small film company and is only known in the UK - not worldwide like other film companies. It earned $8,176,544 in the box office. Because of the success of the movie TV series were made about the characters life after the film called "This Is England 86" and "This is England 88". There is also a third and final series "This Is England 90" due in 2012.
The film won the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the 2007 British Academy Awards. It also won Best Film Category at the 2006 British Independent Film Awards. It became the 9th best film of the year in the Los Angeles Times in 2007 showing that it is a popular film worldwide and was particularly successful in America. Also Thomas Turgoose won the most promising newcomer award.