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The Movies is an episode of the British comedy television series The Goodies — a BAFTA-nominated series for Best Light Entertainment Programme.
This episode is also known as “The British Film Industry” also as “BBC” and “The choices of film creation”.
As always, the episode was written by members of The Goodies.
The Goodies won the Silver Rose in 1975 for this episode at the Festival Rose d’Or, held in Montreux, Switzerland.
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Hollywood Video Marketing Efforts: 21 Jump Street Shows How It's Done

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Despite Disney apparently doing everything in its power to try to make John Carter into something it isn't, it mustered a disappointing $30 million in its opening weekend and fell short to The Lorax in its second week.  However, one thing everyone needs to keep ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons - Guacamole Edition

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You simply can't have your finger on the pulse of the viral video audience--their wants and needs as viewers--without keeping an eye on the current crop of popular videos. Brands and individuals find viral success every week, and each one can help teach video creators ...

Hollywood Marketing Efforts: The Curious Case Of John Carter

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So last week I said Project X would run neck-and-neck with The Lorax over the weekend.  I figured that the estimates were too low for Project X and too high for The Lorax, and it turned out that Project X's estimates were just a bit ...

Hollywood's Online Video Marketing Efforts For Friday, March 2

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Last week's hyper-marketed Act of Valor ended up being the #1 movie last weekend, and its efforts to strive for realism (real bullets, real SEALs) paid off for a movie that normally might get overlooked.  The videos for Act of Valor didn't get a tremendous ...

When In Doubt, Leverage Star Wars For Online Video

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Let's take a step back for a moment from the George Lucas hate-a-thon and take a look at Star Wars, the brand, for a moment.  Star Wars is bigger than you or I can imagine.  It's so big that it has created other universes outside ...

How Will Hollywood's Online Video Marketing Efforts Impact Box Office?

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Last week we saw the top 2 movies from the previous week switch places and take the top spots from the new releases, as the Ghost Rider sequel failed to emulate any of the success of its predecessor.  Still, it made over $20 million and ...

Want To Succeed With "Content As Marketing"? Then Be All You Can Be

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I spend a lot of time on this site, and with clients, talking about how important it is for brands and businesses to think about creating online video content as opposed to merely making ads. The branded videos that go viral and gather all kinds ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons - Star Wars Guitar Edition

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The week's best viral videos contained a mix of the old standbys and new trailblazers. We've got branded social video successes, both the kind created by the brand itself and the kind that tends to come from consumers who are super-fans. We've also got some ...

Online Movie Trailers For Friday, February 17: Crazy Nicolas Cage, Secret Worlds, & Love Triangles

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I think we can almost officially rule out a correlation between view counts of certain online movie trailers with the kind of money we can expect them to make.  For instance, last week's movies, which went on to blow away all expectations, all had different ...

Online Movie Trailers For Friday, February 10: Denzel, Amnesia, and 3D Star Wars

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Chronicle's high view count for its various trailers online did not translate into a super-huge hit, but the movie performed well above expectations, as did the view-deprived Woman in Black.  Those movies each made over $20 million last weekend and continued a winning streak for ...

The Week's Best Viral Videos & Video Marketing Lessons - Ping Pong Baby Edition

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I always send various videos that I collect throughout the week for this column to friends and family, and it usually gives me a pretty good indication of whether or not the column has a good cross-section of different video types and tones. And this ...

RedBox And Verizon Team Up On Streaming Service To Challenge Netflix

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According to TechCrunch, RedBox and Verizon are likely teaming up on a new streaming video service that is aiming to hit OTT boxes and game consoles as well as iOS and Android. This could be big news, or it could be too little too late. Their ...

Avid Studio Heads To The iPad For Mobile Moviemakers

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Avid just announced that the first version of Avid Studio for the iPad is now available on the Apple App Store. If you have been using Avid Studio at home for years and always wanted to use it on the road, now you will be ...

Online Movie Trailers For Friday, February 3: Telekinesis, Saving Whales, & Life After Harry Potter

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This past January was a good one for Hollywood, although it goes to show that year-over-year comparisons for specific months is a pretty short-sighted way of looking at this particular business, which entirely relies on product.  Subjective product.  And whenever Hollywood has a comparatively bad ...

Sometimes Movies Don't Need A Big Screen, They Just Need Any Screen

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Back in the day, when people actually visited video rental places, movies that either had a short life in theaters or went straight to video basically had to hope the millions of people sifting through the new release shelves would find their video cover and ...

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