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08:21 GMT, Monday, 30 June 2008 09:21 UK

Four Weddings tops UK movie poll

Four Weddings and a Funeral

Hit comedy Four Weddings and a Funeral has been named best British movie in an internet poll.

The 1994 film narrowly vanquished Monty Python's Life of Brian in the survey of 1,000 adults conducted by Virgin Media.

Sir Anthony Hopkins shared the title of Britain's favourite actor with Sir Sean Connery, while Sir Michael Caine took third place.

Dame Judi Dench was named the country's favourite actress, ahead of Dame Helen Mirren and Julie Walters.

Trainspotting, the latest James Bond film Casino Royale and crime comedy Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels are among the other movies included.

"Seeing so many fantastic films in the list is testament to British film talent," said Virgin Media's James Kydd.

The internet site conducted the poll to mark the closing date of its Virgin Media Shorts competition, which is inviting budding filmmakers to submit short films.




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Related to this story:
Life of Brian named best comedy (01 Jan 06 |  Entertainment )
Get Carter tops British film poll (03 Oct 04 |  Entertainment )
Python's Grail 'best Brit film' (12 Feb 04 |  Entertainment )
British film classics: Four Weddings and a Funeral (21 Feb 03 |  Entertainment )

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