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I vote 'other', because we Brits have official measures of 'Britishness' that jolly well ought to be taken into consideration dear chaps/old boys.

dvdoug, I certainly appreciate all the homework you have done, but seriously, how many of the movies in your collection does this test pertain to?

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The problem is that we then have to take the official meassures of all countries into account, and they are not compatible.
For example, take a movie that is:
1) Directed by a Danish director
2) The main production company is Danish
3) It is based on the work of a Danish writer.
4) The movie is shot in the UK and 80% of the production cost are spend in the UK.

According to 1-3 this is in Denmark officially considered a Danish movie, and according to 4) it is officially a British movie in the UK. So we got nowhere.

Where's the problem? It's a Danish film.

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It's a similar situation to Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. US production of an English story, set in England, using a large UK cast and crew. Great film, but definitely American.

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According to the Danish definition yes.... and according to the English definitions, it might be English.

Ah, but that's what I've been saying all along. Your definition for identifying is the one that should always be followed.
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Generally, it's the companies listed when you get the "A {company} Production" or "{company} in association with {company}" at the start of a film. But some people also believe it should be expanded to include the "{company} Presents" credit too, although most of the time this seems to be the distributor.

I've picked 4 discs to see how this works out:

LoTR: Fellowship -
front: "New Line Cinema presents a WingNut Films Production"
end: "(c) New Line"
- if we take into account both companies mentioned, would make in NZ/US

Eating Raoul -
front: "20th Century Fox International Classics In association with Quartet\Films Incorporated"
end: "(c) Bartel Films"
- if we include all companies mentioned (20th Century Int. Classics could be discounted as they are purely a distribution company, but it makes no difference here.) would make it US

Dead Zone -
front: "Dino De Laurentiis presents"
end: "(c) Dino De Laurentiis"
- makes this one US, as Dino the company is based in the US.

Fifth Element -
front: "Gaumont presents"
end: "(c) Gaumont"
- makes this one FR (I was expecting some US help in there, but no evidence)

So it looks like most of the info can be got from the opening credits, with checking the (c) at the end as a back up only in case anyone is missed seems to be the best way to get the info.