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Pinewood Shepperton has blamed uncertainty over UK film taxpolicy and the weak US dollar for disappointingfirst-half results.The studio reported stanley cup today that pre-tax losses for the firstsix mon stanley cup ths of 2005 were 拢10 stanley cup 8,000 compared with 拢1.63m for the same period lastyear. Revenues tumbled from 拢20.4 million to 拢13.3 million.Pinewood chief executive Ivan Dunleavy said that it had beendifficult to convert provisional film bookings into contracts in the first halfof the year. This was principally dueto the protracted uncertainty over future UK film fiscal policy and to a lesserextent the adverse dollar/sterling exchange rates, he said.Thestudio pointed out that the results reflected a broader picture of reduced filmproduction investment in the UK in the first half of 2005. It said that overallUK production spend halved to 拢335m compared to 拢668m in the same period of2004. Pinewood said that only two significant Hollywoodproductions shot in the UK in the first half, both of which are being servicedat Pinewood Shepperton: The Da Vinci Code and Basic Instinct II. It added that 36 films overall beganshooting in the UK during the period.The studio said that the protracted process of theGovernment s formal consultation on UK film tax incentives will continue toimpact trading for the rest of 2005 and into 2006. Pinewood Shepperton chairman Michael Grade commented: We welcome the Government s commitment to continuingfiscal incentives for the UK film sector, and the fact that the issue Xukp Les Mis茅rables records hat-trick at the UK box office
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