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Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road collected three Oscar nominations – Michael Shannon as Best Supporting Actor, Achievement in Art Direction (Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt) and Achievement in Costume Design (Albert Wolsky), to add to Kate Winslet's Golden Globe win as Best Actress. Kristi Zea, Debra Schutt and Albert Wolsky are all BAFTA nominees too.

Based on the celebrated novel by Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road is a heart-rending story of thwarted passion and the search for fulfilment. It opens across the UK on 30 January. Producers are John N. Hart, Scott Rudin, Sam Mendes, and Bobby Cohen.

Saul Dibb's best performing independent film at the UK Box Office in 2008, The Duchess, was nominated in two categories – Achievement in Costume Design/Michael O'Connor, also a BAFTA nominee and Achievement in Art Direction (Michael Carlin/Rebecca Alleway).

James Marsh's double Sundance 2008 winner Man On Wire added a Best Documentary Feature Oscar nomination to its two BAFTA nominations. A feature-length documentary produced by Wall to Wall in association with Red Box Films for Discovery Films, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Storyville and the UK Film Council, the producer is Simon Chinn.

And last, but by no means least, is a nomination in the Best Animated Short Film category for This Way Up, directed by Smith and Foulkes at London-based animation studio Nexus – a clever and funny animated short co-produced by ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Comedy and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Film Network, commissioned under the ´óÏó´«Ã½ Comedy Shorts scheme. Producers are Charlotte Bavasso and Christopher O'Reilly, Nexus Productions.

Notes to Editors

The ´óÏó´«Ã½ is committed to the development and production of feature films. ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films, the ´óÏó´«Ã½'s feature film-making arm, is an integral part of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Fiction.

The day to day management of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films and decision-making is the responsibility of the Films Board, comprising Jane Wright (Board Chair, General Manager and Executive Producer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films), Christine Langan (Commissioning Editor, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films), Jamie Laurenson (Executive Producer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films) and Joe Oppenheimer (Executive Producer, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films).

´óÏó´«Ã½ Films' recent productions include: Saul Dibb's The Duchess; Mark Herman's The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas; Julian Jarrold's Brideshead Revisited; John Maybury's The Edge Of Love; Justin Chadwick's The Other Boleyn Girl; David Cronenberg's Eastern Promises, Sam Mendes' Revolutionary Road.

Forthcoming titles include Jane Campion's Bright Star, Tom Hooper's The Damned United, Lone Scherfig's An Education and Armando Iannucci's In The Loop.

David Thompson left ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films in June 2008 to set up Origin Pictures. Origin Pictures have a first look deal with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films and David is continuing as an executive producer on behalf of ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films on many of the projects which he originally commissioned.

The Duchess: Pathé Productions and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films present in association with Pathé Renn Production and BIM Distribuzione, A Qwerty Films / Magnolia Mae Production.

Man on Wire: Discovery Films, ´óÏó´«Ã½, The UK Film Council present a Wall To Wall Production in association with Red Box Films.

Revolutionary Road: DreamWorks Pictures presents in association with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films, an Evamere Entertainment, ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films, Neal Street production.

This Way Up: ´óÏó´«Ã½ Films and ´óÏó´«Ã½ Comedy present in association with ´óÏó´«Ã½ Film Network a Nexus production with the support of The Animation Show. A Smith & Foulkes film.

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