Film4 Celebrates 30th Anniversary with 30 Films for 30p

31 October 2012

Film4 is celebrating its 30th anniversary by giving audiences the chance to watch 30 of its most iconic films from the past 30 years for just 30p.

From the 1st November a different film from Film4's back catalogue will be available to download each day from Film4OD for 30p per film (http://film4od.film4.com), so audiences can rediscover great films they know, and discover great films they don't.

The 30 films for 30p showcase some of the very best in British film making from the past 30 years, and include My Beautiful Laundrette, Rita, Sue and Bob Too, Trainspotting, East is East, Secrets and Lies, Sexy Beast, Dead Man's Shoes, This is England, Last King of Scotland, Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours, Attack the Block and Four Lions.

Film4's 30 Films for 30p in the order they will be available are:

MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDERETTE (Stephen Frears)
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (Danny Boyle)
NOWHERE BOY (Sam Taylor-Wood)
FOUR LIONS (Chris Morris)
RAINING STONES (Ken Loach)
GENOVA (Michael Winterbottom)
THE LAST KING OF SCOTLAND (Kevin Macdonald)
ME & YOU & EVERYONE WE KNOW (Miranda July)
HUNGER (Steve McQueen)
EAST IS EAST (Damien O'Donnell)
CAREER GIRLS (Mike Leigh)
LOOKING FOR ERIC (Ken Loach)
GARAGE (Lenny Abrahamson)
LOCAL HERO (Bill Forsyth)
HAPPY-GO-LUCKY (Mike Leigh)
127 HOURS (Danny Boyle)
THIS IS ENGLAND(Shane Meadows)
THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES (Walter Salles)
THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN: JOE STRUMMER (Julien Temple)
SECRETS AND LIES (Mike Leigh)
BRICK LANE (Sarah Gavron)
KILL LIST (Ben Wheatley)
ATTACK THE BLOCK (Joe Cornish)
SUBMARINE (Richard Ayoade)
SEXY BEAST (Jonathan Glazer)
BRASSED OFF (Mark Herman)
RITA, SUE AND BOB TOO (Alan Clarke)
DEAD MAN'S SHOES (Shane Meadows)
TYRANNOSAUR (Paddy Considine)
TRAINSPOTTING (Danny Boyle)

Download 30 Films for 30p at: http://film4od.film4.com
For further information on titles see: http://www.film4.com/features/article/30-films-for-30p.

 

Editor's Notes

Film4, headed by Tessa Ross, is Channel 4 Television's feature film division. Film4 develops and co-finances films and is known for working with the most innovative talent in the UK, whether new or established.

Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, films like Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire  and 127 Hours, Martin McDonagh's In Bruges, Steve McQueen's Hunger and Shame, Mike Leigh's Another Year, Chris Morris' Four Lions , Richard Ayoade's Submarine,  Joe Cornish's directorial debut Attack The Block , Lone Scherfig's One Day, Ben Wheatley's Kill List, Paddy Considine's Tyrannosaur and Ben Palmer's The Inbetweeners Movie.

Recent releases include Andrea Arnold's Wuthering Heights, Terence Davies' The Deep Blue Sea, Carol Morley's Dreams of a Life, Phyllida Lloyd's The Iron Lady, Pawel Pawlikowski's The Woman In The Fifth, Bart Layton's The Imposter, Peter Strickland's Berberian Sound Studio and Walter Salles' On the Road.

Forthcoming releases include Sophie Fiennes' The Pervert's Guide to Ideology, Roger Michell's Hyde Park on Hudson, Ben Wheatley's Sightseers, Martin McDonagh's Seven Psychopaths, Jonathan Glazer's Under the Skin, Shane Meadows' The Stone Roses, Kevin Macdonald's How I Live Now, James Griffiths' Cuban Fury, Richard Ayoade's The Double, Danny Boyle's Trance  and Michael Winterbottom's Untitled Paul Raymond Story (working title)

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