Great British Movie Event raises £400,000 in support of the National Film and Television School's Fundraising Appeal

18 June 2008: Our Great British Movie Event last night at Old Billingsgate was a huge success, with a crowd of A-list stars in attendance including Daniel Craig, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, NFTS President Lord Attenborough, Christopher Lee, Honor Blackman, Bond producer Barbara Broccoli and of course our host for the evening, Jonathan Ross.

Highlights of the main after-dinner auction, which raised over £100,000 for the School, were a bidding war between Hugh Grant and Daniel Craig for the signed uncorrected proof of the first Harry Potter book; and Hugh Grant bidding both for a walk-on part in the next Working Title film - we didn't realise things were that bad! - and a chance to kiss Daniel Craig and Robbie Coltrane. Unluckily for Hugh, he was outbid on both items, the kisses going to Barbara Broccoli for a lipsmacking £19,000.

A silent auction, which included a variety of items from holidays in France to a bowling ball from The Big Lebowski signed by the Coen brothers, brought in a further £85,000, and altogether the event raised some £400,000 for the School.

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