Country: GB
Technical: col 97m
Director: Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt, Ben Timlett
Cast: George Harrison, Denis O'Brien, Ray Cooper, Michael Palin
Synopsis:
The story of HandMade Films, the company that Harrison helped bankroll and that sustained UK film production for much of the 80s.
Review:
Standard talking heads documentary, with the film clips mostly well chosen to illustrate the narrative. It has the virtue of bearing much interview footage from the 1990s, around the time the outfit folded, as well as more recent additions from the likes of Palin. With hindsight it is clear that O'Brien was wanting to turn HandMade into a major player, which it was never intended to be, and the talent ran out, particularly on the script front.
Country: GB
Technical: col 97m
Director: Bill Jones, Kim Leggatt, Ben Timlett
Cast: George Harrison, Denis O'Brien, Ray Cooper, Michael Palin
Synopsis:
The story of HandMade Films, the company that Harrison helped bankroll and that sustained UK film production for much of the 80s.
Review:
Standard talking heads documentary, with the film clips mostly well chosen to illustrate the narrative. It has the virtue of bearing much interview footage from the 1990s, around the time the outfit folded, as well as more recent additions from the likes of Palin. With hindsight it is clear that O'Brien was wanting to turn HandMade into a major player, which it was never intended to be, and the talent ran out, particularly on the script front.
