Warp Films Research

Warp Films:
Is an independent film production company based in sheffield & London in the Uk with a further affiliated company Warp Films Australia based in Melbourne, Australia. 

Warp films was established by Warp Records founding partners Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett and it was initially created with financial support from NESTA (National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts). And had a remit to produce a number of short films.

After the death of Rob Mitchell in 2001 Steve Beckett decided to hire the expertise of Mark Herbert who was also his friend to run the company. (Mark Herbert had just produced the critically acclaimed first series of Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights for channel 4)

The first film, Chris Morris' My Wrongs#8245-8249 & 117, was shot in 2002. It won the award for Best Short Film at the 2003 BAFTA Film Awards and became the first short film DVD single in the UK market.

Through the star of My Wrongs, Paddy Considine, Herbert met director Shane Meadows and asked them to generate an idea for a film. Herbert raised the funding and the result was Warp Films debut feature, Dead Man's Shoes, directed by Shane Meadows in 2004.

Shot in 22 days on a tight budget, and produced from Warp Films’ Sheffield office (at that time a shed in Herbert’s garden), it earned a BAFTA nomination, was nominated for a record eight British Independent Film Awards, won the Hitchcock D’or at the Dinard Festival, and won the Southbank award for Best Film. It received strong critical acclaim and has been hailed as a landmark in British cinema. It was ranked #27 in Empire magazines list of the best British films ever.

In 2005, Warp Films produced Rubber Johnny, an experimental short and 42-page book by director Chris Cunningham, featuring music by Warp Records artist Aphex Twin. To this day it continues to shock and amaze audiences.

Warp Films breakout success came with Shane Meadows’ This Is England, the story of Shaun, a boy who is adopted by a local skinhead gang after his father is killed in the Falklands war. Since its release in early 2007 it has gained many awards including the Best Film at the British Independent Films Awards, the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film Festival and Best British Film at the BAFTAs.

At the same ceremony, Warp Films received its third BAFTA as Paddy Considine’s directorial debut Dog Altogether won the Best Short Film award.

Film	Year	Director	Notes
My Wrongs #8245–8249 & 117	2002	Chris Morris	Short film
Dead Man's Shoes	2004	Shane Meadows
Rubber Johnny	2005	Chris Cunningham	Short film
Scummy Man	2006	Paul Fraser	Short film/Music video
This Is England	2006	Shane Meadows
Grow Your Own	2007	Richard Laxton
Dog Altogether	2007	Paddy Considine	Short film
Fur TV	2008	Chris Waitt
A Complete History of My Sexual Failures	2008	Chris Waitt
Arctic Monkeys At the Apollo	2008	Richard Ayoade
Donkey Punch	2008	Oliver Blackburn
The Mighty Boosh Live: Future Sailors Tour	2009	Paul King
Curtains	2009	Julian Barratt	Short film
Hush	2009	Mark Tonderai
Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee	2009	Shane Meadows
Bunny and the Bull	2009	Paul King
All Tomorrow's Parties	2009	All Tomorrow's People & Jonathan Caouette
Four Lions	2010	Chris Morris
This Is England 86	2010	Shane Meadows & Tom Harper	TV
Submarine	2010	Richard Ayoade
Tyrannosaur	2011	Paddy Considine
Kill List	2011	Ben Wheatley
This is England '88	2011	Shane Meadows	TV
The Organ Grinders Monkey	2011	Jake & Dinos Chapman	Short film
Snowtown	2011	Justin Kurzel	Warp Films Australia
The Minor Character	2012	Richard Curson Smith	TV
The Snipist	2012	Matthew Holness	TV
Care	2012	Amanda Boyle	TV
Swimmer	2012	Lynne Ramsay	Short film
The Midnight Beast	2012	Ben Gregor	TV series
Berberian Sound Studio	2012	Peter Strickland

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: 

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 2011 Anglo-French espionage film directed by Tomas Alfredson. The screenplay was written by Bridget O'Connor and Peter Straughan based on the 1974 novel Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré. The film stars Gary Oldman asGeorge Smiley, and co-stars Colin Firth, Tom Hardy, John Hurt, Toby Jones, Mark Strong, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ciarán Hinds. Set in London in the early 1970s, the story follows the hunt for a Soviet double agent at the top of the British secret service.

The film was produced through the British company Working Title Films and financed by France's StudioCanal. It premiered in competition at the 68th Venice International Film Festival. The film was a critical and commercial success and was the highest-grossing film at the British box office for three consecutive weeks. At the 84th Academy Awards, the film received three nominations: theAcademy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Academy Award for Best Original Score and Oldman received a nomination for theAcademy Award for Best Actor.

Cast: 

• Gary Oldman as George Smiley, "Beggarman"
• Colin Firth as Bill Haydon, "Tailor"
• Tom Hardy as Ricki Tarr
• Mark Strong as Jim Prideaux
• Ciarán Hinds as Roy Bland, "Soldier"
• Benedict Cumberbatch as Peter Guillam
• David Dencik as Toby Esterhase, "Poorman"
• Stephen Graham as Jerry Westerby
• Simon McBurney as Oliver Lacon
• Toby Jones as Percy Alleline, "Tinker"
• John Hurt as Control
• Svetlana Khodchenkova as Irina
• Kathy Burke as Connie Sachs
• Roger Lloyd-Pack as Mendel
• Christian McKay as Mackelvore
• Konstantin Khabensky as Polyakov
• Michael Sarne as Karla
• Tomasz Kowalski as Boris
• Zoltán Mucsi as Hungarian agent

Development: 

The project was initiated by Peter Morgan when he wrote a draft of the screenplay, which he offered to Working Title Films to produce. Morgan dropped out as the writer owing to personal reasons, but still served as an executive producer.^[2] Following Morgan's departure, Working Title hired Peter Straughan and his wife, Bridget O'Connor, to redraft the script.Park Chan-wook considered directing the film but ultimately turned it down.^[3] Tomas Alfredson was confirmed to direct on 9 July 2009. The production is his first English-language film.^[4][5] The film was backed financially by France's StudioCanal and had a budget corresponding to $21 million.^[6] The film is dedicated to O'Connor, who died of cancer during production.

Casting:

The director cast Gary Oldman in the role of George Smiley, and described the actor as having "a great face" and "the quiet intensity and intelligence that's needed". Many actors were connected to the other roles at various points, but only days before filming started, Oldman was still the only lead actor who officially had been contracted.^[7] David Thewlis was in talks for a role early on.^[8] Michael Fassbender was in talks at one point to star as Ricki Tarr, but the shooting schedule conflicted with his work on X-Men: First Class. Tom Hardywas cast instead.^[9] On 17 September 2010 it was confirmed that Mark Strong had joined the cast.^[10] Jared Harris was cast but had to drop out because of scheduling conflicts withSherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows. He was replaced by Toby Jones.^[11] John le Carré appears in a cameo as a guest in a party scene.^[12]

Filming:

The events which take place in Czechoslovakia in the novel were moved to Hungary, because of the country's 20% rebate for film productions. The teams filmed in Budapest for five days. Right before Christmas the team also filmed in Istanbul for nine days.^[6] The production reunited Alfredson with cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema and editor Dino Jonsäter, with whom he had made his previous film, Let the Right One In.^[16]Principal photography took place between 7 October and 22 December 2010.^[13] Studio scenes were shot at a former army barracks in Mill Hill, north London.^[6] Blythe House in Kensington Olympia, West London, was used as the exterior for "The Circus."^[14] The interior hall of Budapest's Párizsi Udvar served as the location for the café scene, in which Jim Prideaux is shot.^[15] Empress Coach Works in Haggerston was used as the location for the Merlin safe house. Other scenes were filmed on Hampstead Heath and in Hampstead Ponds, where Smiley is shown swimming, and in the physics department of Imperial College London. The exterior shots of the Islay Hotel, a run-down hotel described in the film as being near Liverpool Street station, which Smiley uses as a base, were shot in Wilkin Street, London NW5.^{[citation needed]}

Post-production:

The film took six months to edit. The final song in the film, a rendition by Julio Iglesias of the French song "La Mer" set against a visual montage of various characters and subplots being resolved as Smiley strides into Circus headquarters to assume command, was chosen because it was something the team thought George Smiley would listen to when he was alone; Alfredson described the song as "everything that the world of MI6 isn't". A scene where Smiley listens to the song was filmed, but eventually cut to avoid giving it too much significance.

Critical response:

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy received generally positive reviews. The film holds an 83% 'Fresh' approval rating from 200 reviews collected byreview aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus, "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a dense puzzle of anxiety, paranoia, and espionage that director Tomas Alfredson pieces together with utmost skill."^[22] By comparison, Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating in the 0–100 range based on reviews from top mainstream critics, calculated an average score of 85 based on 42 reviews, equating to "universal acclaim".^[23]

Jonathan Romney of The Independent wrote, "The script is a brilliant feat of condensation and restructuring: writers Peter Straughan and the late Bridget O'Connor realise the novel is overtly about information and its flow, and reshape its daunting complexity to highlight that."^[24] David Gritten of The Daily Telegraph declared the film "a triumph" and gave it a five star rating,^[25] as did his colleague, Sukhdev Sandhu.^[26] Stateside, Peter Travers of Rolling Stone wrote, "As Alfredson directs the expert script by Peter Straughan and Bridget O'Connor, the film emerges as a tale of loneliness and desperation among men who can never disclose their secret hearts, even to themselves. It's easily one of the year's best films."^[27] M. Enois Duarte of High-Def Digest also praised the film as a "brilliant display of drama, mystery and suspense, one which regards its audience with intelligence".^[28]

Detractors of the film included Peter Hitchens of The Mail on Sunday, who wrote that the plot would be too baffling for viewers who had not read the book, and that the film's makers had "needlessly messed it up".^[29] David Edwards of the Daily Mirror wrote, "The big question – and one Le Carré himself asked when the film was announced – is whether such a hefty novel can fit comfortably into a feature-length production. In answering this, the writers have pared things back, meaning it's far pacier than the seven-part TV show. Unfortunately, the plot is every bit as bewildering with an overload of spy-speak, a few too many characters to keep track of and a final act that ends with a whimper, rather than a bang."^[30] Writing in The Atlantic, le Carré admirer James Paker favourably contrasted Smiley with the James Bond franchise, but finds this Tinker, Tailor adaptation "problematic" compared to the 1979 BBC mini-series. He writes "To strip down or minimalize le Carré, however, is to sacrifice the almost Tolkienesque grain and depth of his created world: the decades-long backstory, the lingo, the arcana, the liturgical repetitions of names and functions."

Box office:

The film topped the British box-office chart for three consecutive weeks, and earned $80,630,608 worldwide.

Directed by	Tomas Alfredson
Produced by	Tim Bevan Eric Fellner Robyn Slovo
Screenplay by	Bridget O'Connor Peter Straughan
Based on	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Starring	Gary Oldman Colin Firth Benedict Cumberbatch Tom Hardy John Hurt Toby Jones Mark Strong
Music by	Alberto Iglesias
Cinematography	Hoyte van Hoytema
Editing by	Dino Jonsäter
Studio	StudioCanal Working Title Films
Distributed by	StudioCanal UK (United Kingdom) StudioCanal (France)
Release date(s)	5 September 2011(Venice Film Festival) 16 September 2011(United Kingdom))
Running time	127 minutes
Country	United Kingdom France
Language	English
Budget	$21 million
Box office	$80,630,608[1]

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient(s) and nominee(s)	Outcome
Academy Awards	26 February 2012	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Nominated
		Best Original Score	Alberto Iglesias	Nominated
Amanda Award[34]	17 August 2012	Best Foreign Film	Tomas Alfredson	Nominated
American Society of Cinematographers[35]	12 February 2012	Best Cinematography in a Feature Film	Hoyte van Hoytema	Nominated
Art Directors Guild[36]	4 February 2012	Period Film	Maria Djurkovic (Production Designer)	Nominated
British Academy Film Awards	12 February 2012	Best Film		Nominated
		Outstanding British Film		Won
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Won
		Best Original Music	Alberto Iglesias	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Hoyte van Hoytema	Nominated
		Best Editing	Dino Jonsater	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Maria Djurkovic, Tatiana MacDonald	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Jacqueline Durran	Nominated
		Best Sound		Nominated
		Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema	John Hurt	Won
British Film Bloggers Circle Awards	21 February 2012	Best Film		Nominated
		Best British Film		Nominated
		Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay		Won
British Independent Film Awards	4 December 2011	Best British Independent Film	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy	Nominated
		Best Director of a British Independent Film	Tomas Alfredson	Nominated
		Best Performance by an Actor in a British Independent Film	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Technical Achievement	Maria Djurkovic (Production Design)	Won
		Best Supporting Actress	Kathy Burke	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Tom Hardy	Nominated
			Benedict Cumberbatch	Nominated
British Film Institute	4 December 2011	Top Ten Films		Won
		Best Film		Tenth place
Central Ohio Film Critics Association	5 January 2012	Best Cast		Won
Chlotrudis Awards	18 March 2012	Best Cast		Nominated
Ciak d'oro	6 June 2012	Best Foreign Film	Tomas Alfredson	Runner-up
Chicago Film Critics Association	19 December 2011	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Nominated
Crime Thriller Awards	18 September 2012	Best Film		Won
Conch Awards	19 September 2012	Best Film Soundtrack	Stephen Griffiths	Won
		Best Film Mix Facility	Goldcrest Post Production	Nominated
		Best Sound Design & Editorial Team	Andy Shelley and Stephen Griffiths	Nominated
Denver Film Critics Society	11 January 2012	Best Cast		Nominated
		Best Original Score	Alberto Iglesias	Nominated
Dublin Film Critics Circle Awards	23 December 2011	Top Ten Films		Won
		Best Film		Fourth place
		Top Ten Directors	Tomas Alfredson	Won
		Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Fourth place
		Top Ten Actors	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Third place
Empire Awards	25 March 2012	Best Film		Nominated
		Best British Film		Won
		Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Nominated
		Best Thriller		Won
European Film Awards	1 December 2012	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Pending
		Best Production Design	Maria Djurkovic	Pending
		Best Cinematography	Hoyte van Hoytema	Pending
		Best Original Score	Alberto Iglesias	Pending
		People's Choice Award – Best European Film	Tomas Alfredson	Pending
Evening Standard British Film Awards	7 February 2012	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Technical Achievement	Maria Djurkovic	Nominated
		Alexander Walker Special Award	John Hurt	Won
Golden Trailer Awards	31 May 2012	Best Drama Trailer		Nominated
		Best Thriller Trailer		Nominated
		Best Independent Poster		Won
		Best Drama Poster		Nominated
Georgia Film Critics Association	1 September 2012	Best Film		Nominated
		Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Tom Hardy	Nominated
		Best Ensemble Cast		Won
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Nominated
		Best Cinematography	Hoyte van Hoytema	Nominated
		Best Production Design	Maria Djurkovic	Nominated
Gotham Independent Film Awards	18 November 2011	Gotham Tribute Award	Gary Oldman	Won
Hollywood Film Festival	24 October 2011	Best Composer	Alberto Iglesias	Won
International Chinephile Society	22 February 2012	Best Cast		Runner-up
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Won
		Best Production Design	Maria Djurkovic	Runner-up
		Best Original Score	Alberto Iglesias	Runner-up
International Federation of Film Critics Award	10 September 2012	Grand Prix for the best film	Tomas Alfredson	Nineth place
Irish Film and Television Awards	11 February 2012	Best International Film		Won
		Actor in a Lead Role in a Feature Film	Ciarán Hinds	Nominated
		International Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
Italian Online Film Actors & Dubbers Award	1 September 2012	Best Foreign Actor	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best Foreign Supporting Actor	Tom Hardy	Nominated
		Best Foreign Cast		Won
		Best Male Dubber	Stefano De Sando	Won
		Public Choice Award for Best Performance	Gary Oldman	Won
Italy Screenplay Prize	13 July 2012	Best Film		Won
		Top Ten Films		Won
		Best Adapted Screenplay – International	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Won
		Special Award for Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Won
		Special Award for Best Performance	Gary Oldman	Won
Las Vegas Film Critics Society	13 December 2011	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Maria Djurkovic	Nominated
		Best Cinematography		Nominated
		Best Editing	Dino Jonsater	Nominated
London Film Critics Circle Award	19 January 2012	Top Ten Film		Won
		Best Film		Fourth place
		Best British Film		Nominated
		Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best British Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Nominated
		Best Technical Achievement	Maria Djurkovic	Won
Los Angeles Film Critics Association	11 December 2011	Best Art Direction	Maria Djurkovic	Runner-up
Metacritic Awards	5 January 2012	Best Reviewed Drama		Third place
		Best Reviewed Thriller		Won
Movie Farm Awards	12 February 2012	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Won
Music & Sound Awards		Best Original Composition in a Film	Alberto Iglesias	Won
Online Film Critics Society Awards	2 January 2012	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay		Won
		Best Editing	Dino Jonsater	Nominated
Online Film & Television Association	5 February 2012	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best Adapted Screenplay		Won
		Best Production Design	Maria Djurkovic	Nominated
		Best Cast		Won
		Best Casting	Jina Jay	Won
Palm Springs International Film Festival	15 January 2012	Best International Star	Gary Oldman	Won
Phoenix Film Critics Society	27 December 2011	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Nominated
Premio Cinema Ludus[37]	19 November 2012	Gran Prix for Best Film	Tomas Alfredson	Won
		Prix for Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best European Film		Won
		Best European Director	Tomas Alfredson	Won
		Best European Actor	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best European Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Won
		Best European Technical Achievement	Maria Djurkovic	Won
		Best Producer	Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner	Won
Richard Attenborough Regional Film Awards	2 February 2012	Best British Film of the year		Won
		Best Actor of the year	Gary Oldman	Nominated
		Best British Actor of the year	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Won
San Francisco Film Critics Circle	25 March 2012	Best Actor	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best Adapted Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Won
Satellite Award	18 December 2011	Best Film – Motion Picture		Nominated
		Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Nominated
		Best Actor – Motion Picture	Gary Oldman	Nominated
Spanish Film Music Critics Awards	29 June 2012	Best Spanish Composer	Alberto Iglesias	Won
Stockholm Film Festival	20 November 2011	FIPRESCI Award		Won
Sydney Film Critics	21 December 2011	Top Twenty Unreleased Films		Won
		Best Unreleased Film		Fourth place
Total Film Hotlist	3 August 2012	Hottest Film		Nominated
		Hottest Actor	Benedict Cumberbatch	Nominated
		Hottest Actor	Tom Hardy	Nominated
Venice Film Festival	10 September 2011	Golden Lion		Nominated
Virgin Media Movie Awards	1 March 2012	Best Film		Nominated
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association	5 December 2011	Best Adapted Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Nominated
YouMovie Awards[38][39]	30 June 2012	Best Film		Won
		Best Drama Film		Won
		Best Thriller		Won
		Best Actor in a Leading Role	Gary Oldman	Won
		Best Supporting Actor	Benedict Cumberbatch	Nominated
		Best Supporting Actor	Colin Firth	Nominated
		Best Cast		Won
		Best Villain	Colin Firth	Nominated
		Best Director	Tomas Alfredson	Won
		Best Trailer		Won
		Best Cinematography	Hoyte Van Hoytema	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Maria Djurkovic	Nominated
		Best Screenplay	Bridget O'Connor, Peter Straughan	Won
		Best Costume Design	Jaqueline Durran	Nominated
World Soundtrack Academy	20 October 2012	Best Score of the Year	Alberto Iglesias	Won
		Best Composer of the Year	Alberto Iglesias	Won

 Won 67 awards altogether.