A quote from the BBC about Ealing Studios comeback, "Ealing Studios was one of the most loved names in the history of cinema. Now a new generation of film makers are running the studio and making comedies they hope will attract a global audience and win major box office receipts".
The BBC had a lot of insite in to how and why Ealing Studios broke down for a while and how they built themselves back up, this is just an overall part of all of that information:
Despite international success, the growing popularity of television made the film business increasingly more difficult and in 1959 the Studios were sold to the BBC. In 2000 Barnaby Thompson led a consortium that brought the studios back and invested millions in modernising the soundstages and production facilities.
They wanted to create a modern studio business model that could withstand the boom-and-bust nature of the industry. To do this they have opened up other revenue sources by renting Ealing's facilities to other film makers, including Woody Allen and Gurinder Chadha - who is based on the site. Office space is rented out and there's also a comedy club and a film school based on site.
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