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The Brit List: 2009 Version

Inspired by The Black List, the UK has their own version of the top unproduced screenplays: The Brit List. And here is the 2009 list:

Good Luck Anthony Belcher by George Kay (Ruby Films)
Corsica 72
by Neil Purvis & Rob Wade (Ruby Films)
Now Is Good
by Ol Parker (Blueprint Pictures)
Salmon Fishing In The Yemen
by Simon Beaufoy (Kudos Pictures)
Balance Of Power
by Deborah Davis (Element Pictures/Scarlet Pictures)
Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
by Deborah Moggach & Ol Parker (Blueprint Pictures)
The Rapture
by Daniel Hardy & Rupert Wyatt (Warner Bros)
Conviction
by Bill Gallagher (Neal Street/Red Productions)
Frank Sidebottom
Jon Ronson & Peter Straughan (Producers: David Barron & Stevie Lee)
I Wish I Wish
by Peter Souter (Hartswood Films)
Love Minus Zero
by Emma Forrest (Origin Pictures)
A Million Miles An Hour
by Brendan Grant (Big Talk)
The Shimmering Essence Is Approaching Its Target
aka Ponte’s Tower by Michael Thomas (Sprout Pictures)
A Bear Called Paddington
by Hamish McColl & Paul King (Heyday Films/Warner Bros)
The Beautiful Fantastic
by Simon Aboud (Producer: Kami Naghdi)
Cuckoo
by Francesca Brill & Luke Watson (CMP Film)
Embassy
by Jon Baird (Producer: Stefan Haller)
Eurovision
by Dan Mazer (Working Title)
Flawless Skin Of Ugly People
by Jack Thorne (Big Talk)
Grabbers
by Kevin Lehane (Forward Films)
Great Expectations
by David Nicholls (Number Nine Films)
The Haven
by Mike Lesslie (Element Pictures)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
by Terry Gilliam & Tony Grisoni (Recorded Picture Company)
Now, Love
by Virginia Gilbert (Element Pictures)
Rafta Rafta
by Ayub Khan Din (Left Bank)
Red Circle
by Steve Knight (StudioCanal)
Rookwood
by Steve Sarossy
Snatched
by Lee Patterson
Trap For Cinderella
by Iain Softley (Forthcoming Productions)
Treasure Island
by Nail Johnson Under
The Skin
by Jonathan Glazer (Producers: James Wilson & Nick Wechsler)
The Wettest County
by Nick Cave (Red Wagon/SPE)
What Was Lost
by Jeremy Brock (Heyday Films)
Wingman
by Mat Kirkby (Peapie Films)

Find the article at Screen International.

2 thoughts on “The Brit List: 2009 Version

  1. I find this quote particularly apropos to screenwriting:

    "This paper, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read." — Winston Churchill.

    Now, replace "paper" with the word "script"…

    "This script, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."

    Thus the 120 pg (or more) screenplay defends itself nicely from the very task the writer wishes to encourage.

    Food for thought.

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