It has had industry award-winning success with classic British television. Now independent film and home entertainment company Network Distributing will launch “The British Film” collection, an ambitious initiative to establish a strong umbrella brand for the films within its library and mark the company as the primary destination for vintage British films in the UK with film-loving members of the public. The films will be championed by “The British Film Ambassadors” – critics acknowledged as experts in their field – as well each title receiving dedicated traditional and digital media campaign support for their individual releases.
All titles within the broad range will carry THE BRITISH FILM logo irrespective of its genre. This new film brand will not just aim to educate, enthuse andinform film lovers about the incredibly diverse output from all the British film studios at a later stage.
As well as working with The British Film Ambassadors Network will also be building a community by launching a dedicated social media destination for fans of the sub-label at the Facebook link above. Along with a specific twitter presence at #TheBritishFilm it is hoped that these channels will engage, inform and create debate with members of the public interested in THE BRITISH FILM. Some of the titles will also be available through its in house On Demand service which is currently being developed.
Titles being launched as part of the first phase between April and June 2013 include:
The House in Nightmare Park - Comedy horror with Frankie Howerd in the main role
Spanish Fly - Raunchy British comedy starring Terry-Thomas and Leslie Philips
Man at the Top - Hard-hitting gritty and sexually charged 70s film starring Kenneth Haigh and Nanette Newman
Konga - King Kong-inspired ‘B’ movie starring Michael Gough
Some People - Swinging London film about teenage rebellion starring Kenneth More and Anneke Wills
The Lovers - Richard Beckinsale and Paula Wilcox star in the big screen version of the Jack Rosenthal comedy
Keep it Up Downstairs - Sex comedy starring Diana Dors, Mary Millington and Willie Rushton
Devil Girl From Mars - Patricia Laffan stars as a vinyl-clad, ray gun-toting Martian on the hunt for Earthmen to repopulate her home planet
The Man Who Haunted Himself (Blu-ray and DVD) - Roger Moore stars in a Basil Dearden thriller where he plays a businessman who finds himself in strange circumstances after a car accident
Horrors from the Black Museum - British exploitation at its very best starring Michael Gough in this 1959 chilling horror
