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UK FC backs four BBC films

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The UK Film Council has teamed up with BBC Films on My Week With Marilyn and the film adaptations of best-selling novels Coram Boy, Bomber and Brideshead Revisited.

UK author Colin Clark, who was 23 when he was hired as an assistant to Laurence Olivier on The Prince and the Showgirl, had a one-week romance with Marilyn Monroe. Scriptwriter Adrian Hodges (Tom & Viv) will adapt Clark’s personal memoirs about the Hollywood icon for filmmaker Simon Curtis. The project, awarded £45,750, is being produced by David Parfitt (Shakespeare in Love).

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Coram Boy, based on Jamila Gavin’s epic children’s novel, will be produced by Alison Owen (Elizabeth) and Scott Rubin (Closer). Set in 18th century Britain, this gothic tale follows the lives of two orphaned boys – Aaron (who does not know he is the son of a wealthy composer) and Toby (the son of an African slave) – who grow up together in the Coram Hospital for children. When Aaron is awarded an apprenticeship with a young composer, his passion for music and his beautiful voice prompt those around him to question his mysterious origins. The film was awarded £69,291.

Bomber is based on Len Deighton’s acclaimed novel about 24 hours in the Allied bombing campaign against Germany seen from both sides of the conflict. Writer Stuart Beattie (Collateral) will adapt it for filmmaker Pete Travis (Omagh) and producers Roger Randall-Cutler and Rob Cheek (The First Film Company). The film was awarded £75,475.

Julian Jarrold’s upcoming Brideshead Revisited is based on Evelyn Waugh’s novel and was adapted by scriptwriters Andrew Davies ( Bridget Jones’ Diary) and Jeremy Brock (The Last King of Scotland [+see also:
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). The romantic epic about forbidden love and the loss of innocence set in the pre-WWII era is being produced by Ecosse Films with HanWay Films handling world sales. The film received £37,000 from the UK FC’s Development Fund and £1.2m from its Premiere Fund.

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