Best British film given away free by a newspaper?

[BruIrn]

Finally got round to watching the original The Browning Version DVD that was given away with the Sunday Telegraph and I was blown away with how brilliant it was. It just pips The Long Good Friday that was given away with The Sun of all things a few years back for the sole fact that The Browning Version is very difficult to get hold of DVD.

[Wolfgang]

The Observer gave away "Don't Look Now" last year. Most surprising giveaway must have been "Donnie Darko: Special Edition" by The Sunday Times.

[BruIrn]

name='Wolfgang']The Observer gave away "Don't Look Now" last year. Most surprising giveaway must have been "Donnie Darko: Special Edition" by The Sunday Times.

I have yet to see Don't Look Now although I keep meaning to. Shame I missed that freebie. I too was surprised by the Donnie Darko giveaway. Must be one of the most recent films to be given away.

[joe bloke]

Kind Hearts and Coronets, given away with the Sun. They did a whole week's worth of Ealing classics. Free Ealing. How cool is that? The Times also gave away the Godard Sympathy For The Devil film, although I always throught that was called One Plus One ( maybe I'm getting it mixed up with something else ).

[rose ellen]

Mike Leigh`s High Hopes was given away with The Guardian last november.Unfortunatly I didn`t find out about it until a few weeks after but this must be one of the best films to be given away with a newspaper.

[Ljelja]

These still can be found cheaply on e-bay. I managed to get The Browning Version and Pygmalion for 50p both.

[codsall]

The Mail on Sunday gave away The Ipcress File - in widescreen throughout - and Brief Encounter on ONE disk a few years ago - that takes a bit of beating I think!

[ChristineCB]

It's no wonder I hate this thread... IPCRESS FILE doesn't even have a recent Region-1 release! It gets shown once a year on TV and if you're lucky enough to have a newborn that wakes up just in time, you can watch it. Whew... there ARE miracles, after all...

[codsall]

Sorry about that Christine. I left one bit out too - my neighbours gave me the disk, so I didn't even have to buy the newspaper!

[vaggmk1938]

I just bought "The Go-Between" on Ebay, not realizing it was a Daily Telegraph giveaway. It is a marvellous film which I had not seen since it came out in 1970.



Of course, I don't know what else has been used as a premium, apart from the few mentioned on this thread, but I would think that TG-B might qualify as one of the best.



I'm with Christine on this, you resident Brits are sooooo lucky. And as for being given dvds without buying the paper--well

[Wolfgang]

I actually went out and bought The Telegraph for that giveaway. Has anyone ever looked more ravishing than Julie Christie in that film? - I think only Jenny in Walkabout can rival her.

[Piccadilly]

The Daily Mail gave away free DVDs of classic British films about two years ago. Mostly from Ealing Studios heyday - Kind Hearts and Coronets, Lavender Hill Mob, etc. There were about twelve in the full collection.