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The incredible, hilarious insider's story of Britain's favourite film company!
It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s (Withnail and I, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong... This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened...
It all started when Beatle George Harrison stepped in to fund Life of Brian when Monty Python's original backers pulled out. His company, HandMade films, went on to make some of the best British films of the 80s (Withnail and I, Time Bandits and Mona Lisa among them), but then things started to go wrong... This is the incredible and often hilarious insiders' story of what happened...
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Robert Sellers is the author of more than ten books on popular culture, including Don't Let the Bastards Grind You Down, Hellraisers, Hollywood Hellraisers, An A-Z of Hellraisers, as well as the definitve book on the genesis of the Bond franchise, The Battle for Bond, and the true history of Handmade Films, Always Look on the Bright Side of Life.
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