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King swaps film glitz for Birmingham grit; He's already worked on Hollywood films Land Girls and Oscar Wilde, but Birmingham film-maker David King told Helen Gabriel why he has come back to the Midlands with the dream of breaking into the independent

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From: The Birmingham Post (England)
Date: 20040802
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Byline: Helen Gabriel

Shooting a film about attitudes towards HIV on a grey day in Birmingham city centre, David King is a long way from his glamourous dream of walking the red carpet at the prestigious Cannes film festival.

But the Birmingham-based film-maker hopes this is where his latest project will eventually take him.

Mr King has already worked with many stars of the big screen including Jude Law, Stephen Fry, Anna Friel, Rowan Atkinson and Rachel Weisz, and partied with the likes of Brad Pitt, Spike Lee and Nick Moran from Lock, Stock ...

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