Anchor Bay Entertainment is a home video/television distribution company which has released films by Sam Raimi, Werner Herzog, George Romero, Monte Hellman, Dario Argento, John Landis, Peter Jackson, Kathryn Bigelow and Wim Wenders. The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... Sam Raimi Samuel Marshall Sam Raimi (born October 23, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and writer. ... Werner Herzog Werner Herzog (born September 5, 1942) is a Bavarian film director, screenwriter, actor and opera director of Croat descent. ... George A. Romero (born 4 February 1940) is an American director, writer, editor, actor and composer. ... Monte Hellman (born in 1932 in New York City, New York) is an American film director, producer, and film editor. ... Dario Argento Dario Argento (born September 7, 1940) is an Italian film director, producer and screenwriter well known for his work in the typically Italian giallo genre, and for his influence on modern horror and slasher movies. ... John Landis (born August 3, 1950) is a movie actor, director, writer, and producer. ... Peter Jackson in New York (USA), at the premiere of King Kong, December 5, 2005 Peter Jackson CNZM (born October 31, 1961, Pukerua Bay) is a New Zealand-born filmmaker best-known as the director of the epic film trilogy The Lord of the Rings, which he, along with Fran... Kathryn Bigelow (born 27 November 1952) is a movie director having placed her distinctive style on male-dominated genres like science fiction, action and horror. ... Wilhelm Ernst (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German-born film director, author and producer. ...

The company currently holds the home video rights to the Three's Company and Xena: Warrior Princess television series, as well as most of the libraries of Embassy Pictures, Rankin-Bass, EMI Films, HBO Films, and Alexander Salkind (via StudioCanal); Moustapha Akkad's Trancas International Pictures (production company behind the Halloween movie series); George Harrison's Handmade Films (Time Bandits, Mona Lisa, etc.); New World Pictures (Children Of The Corn, Sledge Hammer, etc.); Stephen J. Cannell Productions (The Greatest American Hero, Hunter, 21 Jump Street, etc.); and the Davis-Panzer Production Company (which includes the feature film The Osterman Weekend and the Highlander television series). The home video business rents and sells videocassettes and DVDs to the public. ... Threes Company is an American sitcom that ran from 1977 to 1984 on ABC. // Basic description The show was a remake of the British sitcom Man About the House and revolved around two women and a man sharing an apartment together. ... Xena. ... Embassy Pictures Corporation (aka Embassy Film Associates) was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as The Graduate and The Lion in Winter. ... Rankin-Bass (aka Videocraft International) is an American production company, known for its seasonal television specials. ... EMI Films is a motion picture production arm of The EMI Group, and its films were released between 1939 and 1990. ... HBO Films is a division of the cable television network HBO that produces feature films and miniseries. ... Alexander Salkind (June 2, 1921 – March 8, 1997) was the second of three generations of successful international film producers. ... StudioCanal (aka Le Studio Canal, Canal Plus, Canal + Distribution, and Canal+ Image S.A.), is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. ... Moustapha Akkad (left) directs Anthony Quinn on the set of Mohammad, Messenger of God (1976) Moustapha Akkad (Arabic: مصطفى العقاد) (July 1930 – November 11, 2005) was a Syrian-American film producer and director, best known for producing the series of Halloween films and directing Mohammad, Messenger of God and Lion of the... Michael Myers, unstoppable psycho-killer The Halloween films are a series of horror movies, of which the first film is considered one of the most important and influential of the genre. ... George Harold Harrison, MBE (February 25, 1943 – November 29, 2001) was a popular British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer, and film producer, best known as a member of The Beatles. ... Handmade Films was a British film production company set up by the Beatle George Harrison and his business partner Denis OBrian in 1979, originally to finance the Monty Python film Life of Brian after the original financers pulled out. ... Tagline: Time Bandits (first released on July 13, 1981) is a fantasy film, produced and directed by Terry Gilliam (who created animations for Monty Pythons Flying Circus), and is one of the most famous of more than 30 theatrical features produced by Handmade Films, the London-based independent company... Mona Lisa is a 1986 British film which tells the story of a petty criminal who becomes entangled in the dangerous life of a high-class call girl. ... // New World Communications Company Info •This company no longer exists. ... Sledge Hammer! is a US television satirical sitcom that screened for two seasons on ABC from 1986 to 1988. ... Stephen J. Cannell (born May 2, 1941) (pronounced CAN-ULL) is an Emmy award winning television producer, writer, novelist and occasional actor from the USA. Noted for sophisticated, character-driven writing within genre formats, Cannell has created or co-created nearly 40 different shows, including The Rockford Files, The Greatest... Cover for the second season DVD of Greatest American Hero The Greatest American Hero is an American television series which aired from 1981 to 1983 on ABC. It premiered as a two hour movie pilot on March 18, 1981. ... Hunting is, in its most general sense, the pursuit of a target. ... 21 Jump Street was an hour long police drama television series, developed by Fox Television Network. ... Movie poster for The Osterman Weekend The Osterman Weekend is a 1983 film directed by Sam Peckinpah. ... Highlander may refer to the following: Persons: A person from the Scottish Highlands A person from the Highlands in Southern Poland: Gorals A person from the central plateaux of Madagascar Film and TV: Highlander (film): Highlander I, II, III & IV: fantasy movies. ...

In addition to feature films, the company distributes a popular children's video series, "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends", which has reached platinum-selling status and in 2004 ranks consistently on the VideoScan ranking top 50 chart of children's weekly video sales. The company also has a top market share for fitness videos such as the "Crunch" and "For Dummies" series, with high VideoScan rankings. These fitness videos were produced and directed by: Andrea Ambandos @ Dragonfly Productions with Art Direction by: Roger Ambrose To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Crunch may mean: Nestlé Crunch, a brand of candy and ice cream produced by Nestle. ... ...For Dummies is a series of instructional books intended to serve as non-intimidating guides to various topics. ... Roger Ambrose (credited as Roger C. Ambrose) is an American Art Director and Production Designer in the television and film industry. ...

As a television distribution company, they hold the TV rights to the fourth and fifth films in the aforementioned Halloween movie series.

The company was awarded the Special Achievement Saturn Award from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films in June 2002. 2002 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December A timeline of events in the news for June, 2002. ...

Anchor Bay Entertainment sells to major retail outlets nationwide. The company is located in Troy, Michigan and is an operating unit of IDT Entertainment, a subsidiary of IDT Corporation. Troy is a city located in Oakland County, Michigan. ... IDT Entertainment is a unit of IDT, which owns DPS Film Roman. ... IDT has been known for its telecom services. ...

External links

• Official U.S. site
• Official U.K. site