GOLDCREST FILMS

'Goldcrest Films' is a British film production company founded by Jake Eberts in 1980. It enjoyed great success in the 1980s with films such as ''Local Hero'' (1983), ''The Killing Fields'' (1984) and ''Hope and Glory'' (1987) mostly produced by David Puttnam on modest budgets. The company also benefited from the new investment of Channel 4 in film production. The company won two Academy Awards for Best Picture, for ''Chariots of Fire'' in 1981 and ''Gandhi'' in 1982. After these initial successes the company backed more expensive productions with established Hollywood stars that often ran over schedule and budget culminating in ''The Mission'' (1986), ''Revolution'' and ''Absolute Beginners'' that all turned out to be major box office flops.
The company was also involved in television production, including the popular series ''Robin of Sherwood''.
The company's history is detailed in Jake Eberts' and Terry Ilott's book ''My Indecision is Final: The Rise and Fall of Goldcrest''.

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Films and series

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Films and series

★ ''Chariots of Fire'' (1981)

★ ''Gandhi'' (1982)

★ An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (1982)

★ Pink Floyd The Wall (1982)

★ Secrets (1983)

★ Forever Young (1983)

★ ''Local Hero'' (1983)

★ The Ploughman's Lunch (1983)

★ Runners (1983)

★ The Dresser (1983)

★ Winter Flight (1984)

★ The Frog Prince (1984)

★ Concealed Enemies (1984)

★ (1984)

★ Robin of Sherwood (1984-1986) (TV series)

★ Another Country (1984)

★ These Glory Glory Days (1984)

★ P'tang Yang Kipperbang (1984)

★ Cal (1984)

★ The Killing Fields (1984)

★ Nemo (1984)

★ Mr. Love (1985)

★ Dance with a Stranger (1985)

★ Smooth Talk (1985)

★ Revolution (1985)

★ Sharma and Beyond (1986)

★ Arthur's Hallowed Ground (1986)

★ Absolute Beginners (1986)

★ The Mission (1986)

★ Knights & Emeralds (1986)

★ White Mischief (1987)

★ Matewan (1987)

★ Hope and Glory (1987)

★ Black Rainbow (1989)

★ All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

★ Rock-a-Doodle (1991)

★ Being Human (1993)

★ Driftwood (1997)

★ Clockwatchers (1997)

★ Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis (1997)

★ Elvis and Anabelle (2007)

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