100 Films and a Funeral

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100 Films and a Funeral
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Directed by Michael McNamara
Written byMichael McNamara
Denise Seguin
Produced by Jody Holm
Starring Stephan Elliott
Jodie Foster
Geoffrey Gilmore
Gilles Jacob
Alan Parker
Cinematography John M. Tran
Edited byRoderick Deogrades
Release date
  • 3 December 2007 (2007-12-03) [1]
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

100 Films and a Funeral is both a memoir by Michael Kuhn and a 2007 documentary film adaptation by filmmaker Michael McNamara about the rise and fall of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (PFE), [2] the company that produced Four Weddings and a Funeral , The Usual Suspects , and Trainspotting . Kuhn headed PFE from 1991 till 1999, when Philips sold it to the Seagram conglomerate. The selling of PFE also ended the prominent role of the company in the British film industry revival of the 1990s.

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Accolades

AwardCategoryNameOutcome
2008 Gemini Awards Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or SeriesRoderick DeogradesWon
Best History Documentary ProgramJudy Holm, Michael McNamaraNominated

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