Britain's Film Boycott Blues. (World).British actors have been instructed by Equity, the actors' trade union, to boycott any films being made in Britain starting in December, after talks with employees over bonus disputes failed to produce satisfactory results. Unlike in America, where repeated showings of a film on TV or the sale of a movie for home viewing garners increased fees for a film's stars, British actors receive no payment beyond their initial acting fees. The actors' lone request is that they be given a flat fee in advance when their movies are shown on TV or sold to video. Should its 36,000 members heed Equity's directions, the proposed strike, which is backed by many of England's top stars including Moulin moulin (m  lăN`): see pothole. Rouge's Ewan McGregor, Harry Potter villain Alan
Rickman, and veteran actresses Julie Walters Julia Mary Walters, OBE (born February 22, 1950) is an award-winning English actress and a novelist. BiographyEarly life Walters was born in Smethwick, Birmingham, West Midlands, England to Thomas Walters, a builder and decorator, and Mary Bridget O'Brien, an and Vanessa Redgrave Vanessa Redgrave, CBE (born 30 January, 1937) is an Academy Award-winning English actress and member of the Redgrave family, one of the enduring theatrical dynasties. She is also a social activist for human rights. , has the potential to bring Britain's film industry to a standstill standstill /stand·still/ (stand´stil?) cessation of activity, as of the heart (cardiac s.) or chest (respiratory s.) . stand·still n. Complete cessation of activity or progress. . However Equity hopes to negotiate a settlement before that becomes necessary. |
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