BBC Motion Gallery’s Real-Life Footage Illuminates The Film Industry
BBC Motion Gallery, the clip sales arm of BBC Worldwide with ever-expanding stock footage collections, today announces a roundup of highly-acclaimed feature films debuting this fall and winter featuring footage from BBC Motion Gallery’s vast collection of archives. Studios including Lionsgate, Dreamworks and Universal consistently look to BBC Motion Gallery as a creative partner when telling their story. Eight forthcoming and recently released films depicting real-life events and historical moments have used footage from BBC Motion Gallery’s high quality motion collections.
Soon to be released:
The UK film “Age of Stupid” starring Pete Postlethwaite as a man who wakes up in 2015 and looks back at the past at why we didn’t do anything to save the environment when we had the chance. The film’s raw images bring to life the state of the environment with a colorful selection of BBC Motion Gallery’s environmental clips and exclusive footage from the CBS News archive. (Studio: Spanner Films; Release: March 2009)
The films featuring BBC Motion Gallery footage which are currently available to view are:
Oliver Stone’s “W,” the real-life story of George.W.Bush. “Milk” depicts the real life story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected to public office.Ron Howard’s “Frost/Nixon,” the real-life story of the post-Watergate Nixon interviews by David Frost includes CBS news footage available exclusively from BBC Motion Gallery. “The Express,” depicting the real life story of Ernie Davis, the first African American to win the Heismen trophy. “The Soloist,” the story of a homeless musician meeting a journalist who helps him get off the streets. “Religulous,” a documentary following, host, writer and debater Bill Maher as he offers his opinionated take on the world’s religions features a multitude of clips from the BBC Motion Gallery collection. “Man on Wire,” the highly-acclaimed UK film about a daredevil tightrope walker who performed between New York’s twin towers, used BBC Motion Gallery’s exclusive CBS footage of the Twin Towers and a clip of a cable walker at the World Trade Center.
Website: http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com
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