{"id":2969,"date":"2012-05-04T15:59:29","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T15:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=2969"},"modified":"2015-03-31T11:30:15","modified_gmt":"2015-03-31T11:30:15","slug":"hmv-calls-for-votes-on-best-of-british-films-and-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecliffedge.com\/?p=2969","title":{"rendered":"HMV calls for votes on Best of British films and albums"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Queen Elizabeth II’s 1953 Coronation Parade on Oxford Street, London \/ Photo: EMI Music<\/p><\/div>\n

By Ray Bennett<\/p>\n

HMV has launched a national poll on Facebook that asks fans to choose the best British movie and record album from the past 60 years to mark the Queen\u2019s Diamond Jubilee.<\/p>\n

The Best of British campaign lists 60 titles in both categories with votes open to Facebook users until May 20. Fans may select five films and five albums released since 1952 from HMV\u2019s suggested long-lists and nominate their own titles. Results of the survey will be published just ahead of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations in the first week of June. Entrants have the chance to win a complete set of all 60 albums on CD and the 60 films on DVD.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo said, \u201cThe beginning of Elizabeth II\u2019s reign and the bright new future it represented didn\u2019t just coincide with a flowering of British popular culture, it helped to provide the very spark that lit the touch-paper for an explosion in music and film talent.\u201d<\/p>\n

The film list runs from \u201cA Clockwork Orange\u201d to \u201cZulu\u201d with Harry Potter, the Pythons and James Bond well represented plus war pictures, art films, epics, crime dramas, comedies, and Oscar winners. The term British is extended to include Steve McQueen\u2019s much-loved \u201cThe Great Escape\u201d.<\/p>\n

The album list runs from Adele to the Who with plenty of classic rock including the Beatles, Rolling Stones and David Bowie plus the Coldplay, Kasabian, Dizzee Rascal and the Smiths but curiously no Kinks.<\/p>\n

HMV said, \u201cThe two long-lists that voters can choose from reflect our nation\u2019s rich post-war cultural heritage, and feature a broad and diverse selection of iconic and contemporary artists, musical genres and cinematic styles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The retailer said it will feature many of the titles named in its poll in a Best of Britain online and in-store promotion including releases priced at two for \u00a310. Window and in-store displays in all 240 outlets will support the campaign in the last week of May and first week of June. Advertising will highlight a special version (pictured) of HMV\u2019s traditional dog and trumpet with a nod to the Queen\u2019s favourite corgi instead of the traditional mascot Nipper.<\/p>\n

This story\u00a0appeared in Cue Entertainment.<\/p>\n

The survey long-lists follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diamond Jubilee: 1952 – 2012: GREATEST BRITISH FILMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

2001: A Space Odyssey<\/p>\n

28 Days Later<\/p>\n

A Clockwork Orange<\/p>\n

A Fish Called Wanda<\/p>\n

A Room With a View<\/p>\n

Alfie (1966)<\/p>\n

Atonement<\/p>\n

Battle of Britain<\/p>\n

Billy Elliot<\/p>\n

Brassed Off<\/p>\n

Bridget Jones\u2019 Diary<\/p>\n

Chariots of Fire<\/p>\n

Control<\/p>\n

Dead Man\u2019s Shoes<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Look Now<\/p>\n

Dr. No<\/p>\n

Dr. Strangelove<\/p>\n

East Is East<\/p>\n

Four Lions<\/p>\n

Four Weddings and a Funeral<\/p>\n

Gandhi<\/p>\n

Get Carter<\/p>\n

Goldfinger<\/p>\n

Gregory\u2019s Girl<\/p>\n

The Great Escape<\/p>\n

Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows – Part 2<\/p>\n

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<\/p>\n

Hot Fuzz<\/p>\n

Human Traffic<\/p>\n

If<\/p>\n

Kes<\/p>\n

Lawrence of Arabia<\/p>\n

Layer Cake<\/p>\n

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels<\/p>\n

Love Actually<\/p>\n

Monty Python and the Holy Grail<\/p>\n

Monty Python and the Life of Brian<\/p>\n

Moon<\/p>\n

Notting Hill<\/p>\n

Oliver<\/p>\n

Quadrophenia<\/p>\n

Sexy Beast<\/p>\n

Shaun of the Dead<\/p>\n

Slumdog Millionaire<\/p>\n

Snatch<\/p>\n

The Bridge on the River Kwai<\/p>\n

The Dam Busters<\/p>\n

The Descent<\/p>\n

The Full Monty<\/p>\n

The Inbetweeners Movie<\/p>\n

The Italian Job<\/p>\n

The King\u2019s Speech<\/p>\n

The Ladykillers<\/p>\n

The Long Good Friday<\/p>\n

The Railway Children<\/p>\n

This is England<\/p>\n

Trainspotting<\/p>\n

Tyrannosaur<\/p>\n

The Wicker Man<\/p>\n

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy<\/p>\n

Withnail and I<\/p>\n

Zulu<\/p>\n

Diamond Jubilee: 1952 – 2012: GREATEST BRITISH ALBUMS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Adele 21<\/p>\n

Amy Winehouse Back to Black<\/p>\n

Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Works 85 – 92<\/p>\n

Arctic Monkeys Whatever People Say I Am, That\u2019s What I\u2019m Not<\/p>\n

The Beatles Abbey Road<\/p>\n

The Beatles Revolver<\/p>\n

The Beatles Rubber Soul<\/p>\n

The Beatles Sergeant Pepper\u2019s Lonely Hearts Club Band<\/p>\n

The Beatles The White Album<\/p>\n

Black Sabbath Black Sabbath<\/p>\n

Blur Modern Life Is Rubbish<\/p>\n

Blur Parklife<\/p>\n

The Clash London Calling<\/p>\n

Coldplay Parachutes<\/p>\n

The Cure Disintegration<\/p>\n

David Bowie Hunky Dory<\/p>\n

David Bowie The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars<\/p>\n

Depeche Mode Violator<\/p>\n

Dizzee Rascal Boy in da Corner<\/p>\n

Dusty Springfield Dusty in Memphis<\/p>\n

Elbow Seldom Seen Kid<\/p>\n

Elton John Goodbye Yellow Brick Road<\/p>\n

Florence and the Machine Lungs<\/p>\n

Iron Maiden Number of the Beast<\/p>\n

Joy Division Unknown Pleasures<\/p>\n

Kasabian Kasabian<\/p>\n

Kate Bush Hounds of Love<\/p>\n

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin II<\/p>\n

Led Zeppelin Led Zeppelin IV<\/p>\n

Manic Street Preachers The Holy Bible<\/p>\n

Massive Attack Blue Lines<\/p>\n

Mumford & Sons Sigh No More<\/p>\n

Muse Origin of Symmetry<\/p>\n

My Bloody Valentine Loveless<\/p>\n

Oasis Definitely Maybe<\/p>\n

Oasis (What\u2019s the Story) Morning Glory?<\/p>\n

Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon<\/p>\n

Pink Floyd Wish You Were Here<\/p>\n

PJ Harvey Stories from the Cities, Stories from the Sea<\/p>\n

Portishead Dummy<\/p>\n

Primal Scream Screamadelica<\/p>\n

The Prodigy Fat of the Land<\/p>\n

Pulp Different Class<\/p>\n

Queen A Night at the Opera<\/p>\n

Radiohead Kid A<\/p>\n

Radiohead OK Computer<\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones Exile on Main St.<\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones Let It Bleed<\/p>\n

The Rolling Stones Sticky Fingers<\/p>\n

Roots Manuva Run Come Save Me<\/p>\n

Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks<\/p>\n

The Smiths The Queen Is Dead<\/p>\n

The Specials The Specials<\/p>\n

Stereophonics Word Gets Around<\/p>\n

The Stone Roses The Stones Roses<\/p>\n

The Streets Original Pirate Material<\/p>\n

Super Furry Animals Radiator<\/p>\n

Teenage Fan Club Bandwagonesque<\/p>\n

Tinie Tempah Disc-overy<\/p>\n

The Who Who\u2019s Next<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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