blinded by the light

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indie film directed by

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gurrinder chaunder

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she had directed bend it like Beckham before which

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had huge success and amassed a cult following

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based on the book greetings from bury park

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which is about a boy that loves bruce Springsteen music this minimises risk as it attracts existing audiences

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getting bruce Springsteen in on the idea was essential

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as the film was going to need to feature a lot of his music, luckily his wife was a huge fan of bend it like beckham and she helped encourage him to the idea

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umpg sold the rights to the music at a discounted rate which was great as otherwise they wouldn’t have been able to afford it

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film had a budget of 15m and made 18 m at box office

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film was made in 2019

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when there was a lot of negative discourse about ethnic minorities

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Sundance film festival

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distribution rights won by new line cinema

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big marketing campaign

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trailer posters social media

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ingenious media helped aquaria funds