A good question. It would be Ealing, Shepperton and Elstree Studios, but these are a shadow of what they were in the 1950s.
One reason commonly given is very truculent trade unions. The favorable US tax treatment is probably also a major factor.
Most talented Brits (e.g. Ridley and Tony Scott) these days move to Los Angeles.
The interior scenes and some stunt scenes for the Bond films are filmed in Shepperton.
Interior scenes for the Star Wars and Indiana Jones series were filmed in Britain.
Also Aardman Animations ("Wallace & Gromit") are alive and well in Bristol.
Curiously one of the things that kept British cinema alive was that Stanley Kubrick settled in England around 1969 and had an extreme fear of flying.
Hence his films like A Clockwork Orange, Lolita, Full Metal Jacket, Eyes Wide Shut, AI were all filmed in Britain. For "Full Metal Jacket", they recreated Vietnam on the Isle of Dogs in London.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aardman
Aardman Animations, Ltd., is an Academy Award winning animation studio based in Bristol, United Kingdom. Aardman is famous for its claymation/stop-motion animation productions, particularly plasticine duo Wallace & Gromit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ealing_Studios
Ealing Studios, a television and film production company and facilities provider at Ealing Green in West London, claims to be the oldest film studio in the world.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elstree_Studios
Historically, the name "Elstree Studios" refers to any of several film studios that were based in the towns of Borehamwood and Elstree in Hertfordshire, England.
Films partly shot at Elstree:
* Star Wars (1977) The Empire Strikes Back (1980)
* Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
* Return of the Jedi (1983)
* Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
* Willow (1988)
* Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
[Kubrick's]
* Lolita (1962)
* 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
* The Shining (1980)
[Misc]
* One Million Years B.C. (1966)
* Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
* The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
* Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (reshoots)
[Bond]
* Never Say Never Again (1983)
* Casino Royale (2006)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shepperton_Studios
Shepperton Studios, located in Shepperton, Middlesex, England is a film studio with a long history of film making.
- Alien was filmed at Shepperton 1978-9
- The Scott brothers, Ridley and Tony, acquired Shepperton in January 1995.
- In 2001, Pinewood Studios, famed for its James Bond movies, merged with Shepperton Studios to enable the joint company to attract big-budget film-makers.In 2005 Pinewood Shepperton acquired Teddington Studios. Collectively the company now has 41 stages, including 6 digital tv studios, audio post facilities, preview theatres, backlots, gardens & woodland for outdoor shooting, one of Europe’s largest exterior water tanks, and a dedicated underwater stage.
2007-02-25 14:49:54
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answered by smci 7
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They make probably more movies than most European countries, but to give the US it's due:
No other country has devoted an entire CITY or province to PHONY people and PHONY lives; they are distinctly suicidal in their protest against normal believable living...
The damage that bloody town has done to the majority of North American women is beyond comprehension, and completely destructive.
If I was a terrorist, I would be in favor of ridding society of the standards this town supports that make the rest of the world feel so incredibly inadequate.
Another point is that England and the neighboring countries are not so close minded and bigoted that they have to broadcast all their indecencies, because they are not considered indecent.
America gets off on misbehaving. And only Americans appreciate this behavior.
Goes to show why the US has so little respect.
2007-02-25 14:27:35
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answered by Anonymous
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no, they just watch american movies
2007-02-25 14:14:56
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answered by Anonymous
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