Category?
Category B: Films
co-funded with money from British and from foreign investment, but for which
the majority of finance, cultural content and personnel are British.
Which company produced the film (where the funding came from)?
The studio, and the funding came from Germany and England, because Germany is really sportive and they would have helped fund it. Labour gave money to film productions to help make a bigger film production.
What was the production budget?
$6 million (£3.7 million)
What year was it filmed?
2001
How long filming took/where it was filmed?
It took about 3-4 months to film and 9 months for the post production and the location was Merton, United Kingdom and Hillingdon, United Kingdom.
What Equipment was used for filming?
Sound mix - Dolby Digital
Negative format - 35mm (fuji)
Cinematography process - spherical
Printed film format - 35 mm (kodak vision 2383)
Nationality?
England
Who owns the source material?
There was a book made for the film however the book came out just after the film so the source material belongs to the studio, production company.
Who the main Producer, Director, Cinematography, Editor and Music providers?
Producer - Gurinder Chadha
Director - Gurinder Chadha, Deepak Nayare
Cinematography - Jong Lin
Editor - Justin Krish
Music providers - Craig Pruess
Who the principle cast members are (star vehicles)?
Parminder Nagra as Jesminder Kaur Bhamra (Jess)
Keira Knightly as Juliette Paxton (Jules)
Archie Panjabi as "Pinky" Bhamra
Jonathan Rhys Meyers as Joe
Distribution
Distribution company US/UK?
Redbus Film Distribution (UK)
Fox Searchlight Pictures (US)
Marketing Budgeting?
£10,000
Release pattern?
It was released in the UK on 12th of April 2002 and then was released on 1st August 2003 in the USA
Examples of marketing and promotion?
It would of had a posters made for it, and there would have been a advert produced for it
What other media is it available on?
You can get a DVD for the film and you could watch the film online now
Was there any difficulties getting a distributor?
Probably yes, because the budget for the film was so low because it is a English film. Then it would have gone out in the UK and Fox searchlight pictures saw it was quite good so they then distributed it
Exhibition
Types of cinemas shown in?
Art House
Independent
Multi Plex
How long was it in the cinema for?
About 3-4 weeks, and it did not go back into the cinema after
Box office figures?
$76,583,333
Age classification UK/USA?
PG - 13
Who the primary target audience was?
Social grade C1-E
Aged - 13-30
Ethinic - White British and Sikh
Success (compare to DVD/Blue-Ray/Download?
It would have made more through DVD as it would have came on DVD before Blue-ray and download
Did it stay in cinemas longer than planned due to how successful it proved?
No, it only stayed on for 3-4 weeks, then didn't go back into the cinema after because it wasn't really popular.
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