Tim Bevan

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“Scripts are what matter. If you get the foundations right and then you get the right ingredients on top, you stand a shot … but if you get those foundations wrong, then you absolutely don’t stand a shot. It’s very, very rare—almost never—that a good film gets made from a bad screenplay.”

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In commercial terms, Working Title Films, the production company that Tim Bevan helped found and co-chairs, is the most successful UK outfit of its generation. From Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) to Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Notting ...

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