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Movie Connections (2007)

Movie Connections poster
Genre
documentary film
Country
United Kingdom
Length
2 seasons, 16 episodes
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This documentary series explores how popular British films were made and how they connect to other movies through shared actors or crew. Each episode features interviews with cast and crew along with classic footage.

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What happens

Movie Connections is a BBC One documentary series which looks at the stories behind the production of popular British films, showing how they tie in with the production of other movies through the actors or actresses. The shows feature interviews with some of the cast and crew of the subject film, as well as classic footage. The series follows Comedy Connections (2003) and Drama Connections (2005), which used the same format to look at the history of popular television comedies and dramas respectively. The series consist of eight episodes each, all of which are narrated by Ashley Jensen. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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