Warp films was established by Warp records founded by Rob Mitchell and Steve Beckett. It originally produced a number of short films. Rob Mitchell died in 2001, but Steve Beckett decided to continue with Warp Films with the help of friend Mark Herbert. Warp films is an independent film company based in Sheffield.
One film they produced was This Is England. The films budget was originally £1,500,000. 93% of critics gave the film a positive review (based on 82 reviews). The film had an average score of 86/100 based on 23 reviews. It appeared on several US top ten lists of 2007. Director Gillies Mackinnon rated the film the best film of the year and critic and film maker David Thompson rated it third. The film was also ranked fourteen in The Guardian’s list of 2007 best films. I would say overall this film was a success not only in the UK but in the US also. It definitely benefited the UK film industry as a whole as it then had a spinoff of two channel 4 series. Northern independent realist films became a big hit I think after this film was made.
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