Keep Cinema Screens Open for Uk-Made Films Only - Carlyle

The Scotsman › November 10, 2009

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SCOTS Hollywood star Robert Carlyle has called on UK cinemas to help the British film industry by reserving screens for home-made productions.

Speaking after picking up a Bafta Scotland award for his role in The Unloved, Carlyle claimed some British films were being smothered by Hollywood releases. He said: "I look at these multiplex cinemas, 15 and 20 screens. They are basically wall-to-wall American product. You will be lucky if you find any British subjects in there at all.

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Keep Cinema Screens Open for Uk-Made Films Only - Carlyle

"I don't see why there's anything wrong in giving our industry a wee lift-up, a wee leg-up, and reserving o...

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