Film Research

BRITISH FILM

Man on Wire (2008)

Genre: documentary

Directed by : James Marsh

Produced by : Simon Chinn - Wall to Wall

Starring : Philippe Petit

It competed in the World Cinema Documentary Competition at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, where
it won the Grand Jury Prize: World Cinema Documentary and the World Cinema Audience Award: Documentary.
In February 2009, the film won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Film, the Independent Spirit Awards and the
Academy Award for Best Documentary.
£1.1m budget

box-office stands at $4.8m

HOLLYWOOD FILM

Tropic Thunder (2008)

Genre: Comedy

Directed by : Ben Stiller

Produced by : Stuart Cornfeld
Eric McLeod
Ben Stiller

Written by : Ben Stiller
Justin Theroux
Etan Cohen

Starring : Ben Stiller
Robert Downey, Jr.
Jack Black
Brandon T. Jackson
Jay Baruchel


The film and its cast were nominated for several awards from various groups including the Screen Actors Guild,
Broadcast Film Critics Association, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences."Hollywood Comedy of
the Year Award" at the 12th annual Hollywood Film Festival on October 27, 2008.nominated for Best Motion Picture,
Comedy or Musical, for the Satellite Awards.Downey nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role.Broadcast Film
Critics Association nominated Downey for Best Supporting Actor and awarded Tropic Thunder Best Comedy Movie at the
BFCA's Critics' Choice Awards.Downey and Cruise received nominations from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association
for Golden Globes for Best Supporting Actor.Boston Society of Film Critics recognized the cast with its Best Ensemble
award.Downey was also nominated by both the Screen Actors Guild and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts
for Best Supporting Actor awards.

grossed $180 million in theaters

couldn't find cinema attendance.