Analysis of "Working Title" Films

Basic Info

• Distributor: Universal
• Genre: Family
• MPAA Rating: PG (the significance of a PG rating is that it allows a wider audience access to watch the film. E.G. a rate R limits the audience, but PG allows everyone to watch.)

The appeal of "Nanny McPhee" is that it is a comedic, heart-warming family film centering around an upper-middle class family with posh English accents in the scenic countryside of England - this is the ideal image of England which so enchants audiences (especially American audiences.) This film also has very well known British actors such as Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, and Angela Lansbury.

Income

• American (Domestic) Gross: $47,144,110
• UK Gross: $29,183,838
• Foreign Gross: $75,345,712
• World Wide Gross: $122,489,822

It is very important to note how the US Gross was considerably higher than the UK Gross. With a production budget of $25m, "Nanny McPhee" did remarkably well. 

Directed by: Kirk Jones

Distributor: Universal

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PART 2

Johnny English Brief Analysis

Genre : Comedy
Filming locations:
London - Canary Warfe
              -  Westminster Abby
Kent


Gross:
USA - $28 M
UK - £19.2 M

Directed By: Peter Howitt

Cast:

• Rowan Atkinson as MI7 agent, Johnny English
• Ben Miller as MI7 agent, Angus Bough
• John Malkovich as Pascal Edward Sauvage
• Natalie Imbruglia as Interpol Agent Lorna Campbell
• Oliver Ford Davies as the Archbishop of Canterbury
• Tim Pigott-Smith as Pegasus
• Kevin McNally as the Prime Minister
• Douglas McFerran as Klaus Vendetta
• Steve Nicolson as Dieter Klein
• Greg Wise as Agent One

Johnny english is set in the South of England and portrays the stereotypical view of England of  Posh and rich

It portrays a candied view of England that appeals to both British and American audiences.

Pride And Prejudice

Pride And Prejudice is a working title film set in the upper class Britain. The characters are all posh white and live in a large family home. The main character, Elizabeth Bennet is one of 9 sisters all looking for marriage of a 'well off husband'. It was released in 2005:

• The main character is Elizabeth Bennet, white upper class looking for love.
• Keira Knightly is playing Elizabeth.
• The plot clearly states that Elizabeth is looking for the love in the relationship instead of the economics in which the rest of her family (and the white upper class nation of the 1800's) were looking into. 
• The film is based on a Jane Austin novel. The novel is the second best selling novel in British history. This gives the movie a pre-audience. 
• The film had a gross of $38 million.
• Pride And Prejudice is a satire and a novel of manners. The fact that the movie is based in white upper class is very appealing to foreign countries, such as america.
• Pride and Prejudice may be of these genres however it is also a love story therefore aimed at Jane Austin fans, which are mainly of a female audience. This is why there is Matthew Macfayden. There is large build up evening the trailer.
• It is a PG rated film. Production companies involved were Universal and CanalStudios.