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Harvey Weinstein CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer and movie studio chairman. Image File history File linksMetadata HarveyWeinstein(CannesPH). ...
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Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross...
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Film is a term that encompasses individual motion pictures, the field of film as an art form, and the motion picture industry. ...
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Education and career Born to Jewish parents in Flushing, New York, Weinstein and his younger brother, Bob Weinstein, grew up in New York City, residing in a housing co-op named Electchester. He attended and graduated from John Bowne High School, and then the State University of New York at Buffalo. He currently lives in Westport, Connecticut. Flushing is a section of the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. ...
Bob Weinstein, along with brother Harvey Weinstein, was head of Miramax Studios. ...
A housing co-operative is a legal entity, usually a corporation, that owns real estate, one or more residential buildings. ...
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as University at Buffalo or simply UB) is a coeducational public research university, which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, USA. Offering over 100 bachelors, 112 masters and 98 doctoral degrees, it is...
Location in Connecticut Coordinates: NECTA Bridgeport-Stamford Region South Western Region Incorporated 1835 Government type Representative town meeting First selectman Gordon F. Joseloff Town meeting moderator Alice H. Shelton Area - City 86. ...
After graduating college Weinstein, along with his brother Bob Weinstein, independently produced rock concerts as Harvey & Corky Productions in Buffalo through most of the 1970s. Both Weinstein brothers had grown up with a passion for movies and they nurtured a desire to enter the film industry. In the late 1970s, using profits from their concert promotion business, the brothers created a small independent film distribution company called Miramax, named after their parents - Miriam and Max. The company's first releases were primarily music-oriented concert films such as Paul McCartney's Rockshow. In the early 1980s Miramax acquired the rights to two British films of benefit shows filmed for human rights organization Amnesty International. Working closely with Martin Lewis the producer of the original films, the Weinstein brothers edited the two films into one movie tailored for the American market. The resulting film was released as The Secret Policeman's Other Ball in May 1982 and it became Miramax's first hit. The movie raised considerable sums for Amnesty International and was credited by Amnesty with having helped to raise its profile in the US. Bob Weinstein, along with brother Harvey Weinstein, was head of Miramax Studios. ...
Miramax is a Big Ten film distribution and production company. ...
Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born June 18, 1942) is an iconic Grammy Award-winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ...
Rockshow is a film by Paul McCartney & Wings, from his 1976 North American tour. ...
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.[1] Founded in the UK in 1961, AI compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these...
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The Secret Policemans Other Ball was the fourth of the benefit shows staged by the British Section of Amnesty International to raise funds for its research and campaign work in the human rights field. ...
Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) comprising a worldwide movement of people who campaign for internationally recognized human rights.[1] Founded in the UK in 1961, AI compares actual practices of human rights with internationally accepted standards and demands compliance where these...
The Weinsteins slowly built upon this success throughout the 1980s with arthouse films that achieved critical attention and modest commercial success. Harvey Weinstein and Miramax gained wider attention in 1988 with the release of Errol Morris's documentary The Thin Blue Line which detailed the struggle of Randall Adams, a wrongfully convicted inmate sentenced to death row. The publicity that soon surrounded the case resulted in the release of Adams and nationwide publicity for Miramax. The following year, their successful launch release of Steven Soderbergh's Sex, Lies, and Videotape propelled Miramax to become the most successful independent studio in America. Errol Morris Errol Morris (born February 5, 1948) is an American Academy Award winning documentary film director. ...
The Thin Blue Line is a 1988 documentary film concerning the murder of a Texas police officer who had stopped a car for a routine traffic citation. ...
Randall Dale Adams (born in 1949) is an anti-death penalty activist. ...
For information about the Record company see Death Row Records For information about the computer game see Deathrow (game) Death Row is a term which refers to the section of a prison that houses individuals awaiting execution. ...
Steven Andrew Soderbergh (born January 14, 1963 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an American film producer, screenwriter, cinematographer, editor, and Oscar-winning director. ...
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Also in 1989, Miramax released two art-house films, The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover and director Pedro Almodóvar's film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!, both of which the MPAA rating board gave an X-rating, effectively stopping nationwide release for these films. Weinstein sued the MPAA over their rating system and while his lawsuit was thrown out, the MPAA agreed to introduce the new NC-17 rating following this episode. The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (punctuated onscreen as The Cook The Thief His Wife & Her Lover) is a 1989 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway starring Richard Bohringer, Michael Gambon, Helen Mirren and Alan Howard in the titular roles. ...
The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ...
Pedro Almodóvar Caballero (pronounced ) (born September 24, 1951, in Calzada de Calatrava, Spain) is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer. ...
Poster for ¡Ãtame! Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (¡Ãtame!) is a 1990 film by Pedro Almodóvar, an offbeat Spanish drama starring Antonio Banderas and Victoria Abril. ...
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is a non-profit trade association formed to advance the interests of movie studios. ...
The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and territories and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ...
X-rated, X certificate, X classification or similar terms are labels for movies implying strong adult content, typically pornography or violence. ...
The MPAA film rating system is a system used in the United States and instituted by the Motion Picture Association of America to rate a movie based on its content. ...
Miramax continued to grow its library of films and directors until, in 1993, Disney offered Harvey and Bob $80 million for ownership of Miramax. Agreeing to the deal that would cement their Hollywood clout and ensure that they would remain at the head of their company, Miramax followed the next year with their first blockbuster, Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ...
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...
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Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ...
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1996 brought Miramax its first Best Picture Academy Award with the victory of The English Patient. This started a string of critical successes that included Shakespeare in Love and Good Will Hunting. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...
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Shakespeare in Love is an award-winning 1998 romantic comedy film. ...
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In 2000, Harvey Weinstein was bestowed an honorary doctorate in Humane Letters, from the State University of New York at Buffalo despite not completing his course of study there, having dropped out to form Miramax Films in 1979. 2000 (MM) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
University at Buffalo, The State University of New York (also known as University at Buffalo or simply UB) is a coeducational public research university, which has multiple campuses located in Buffalo and Amherst, New York, USA. Offering over 100 bachelors, 112 masters and 98 doctoral degrees, it is...
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For the song by the Smashing Pumpkins, see 1979 (song). ...
On March 29, 2005, it was announced that the Weinstein brothers would leave Miramax on September 30 to form their own production company, named The Weinstein Co. with several other media executives as well as, reportedly, directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez. The new studio immediately garnered Academy Award nominations for Transamerica and Mrs. Henderson Presents, and box office success through Hoodwinked and Scary Movie 4. March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (89th in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Weinstein Company is a film production firm. ...
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ...
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is a Mexican-American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ...
Transamerica Corporation is an insurance and investment company in the United States. ...
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Hoodwinked is an American computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. ...
Scary Movie 4 is a sequel to Scary Movie 3 that is directed by David Zucker, written by Craig Mazin and Pat Proft, and produced by Craig Mazin and Robert K. Weiss. ...
Weinstein was awarded an Honorary CBE in November 2004 for services to the British Film Industry. Many of his films, including Shakespeare in Love and The English Patient, were shot at least partially in British studios. Commanders Badge of the Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V. The Order includes five classes in civil and military divisions, in order of seniority: Knight or Dame Grand Cross...
Shakespeare in Love is an award-winning 1998 romantic comedy film. ...
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In 2006, Weinstein acquired a stake in the exclusive Web community aSmallWorld, and a DVD distributor, Genius Products. aSmallWorld is an online social network service similar to Friendster. ...
Genius Products (also known as Genius Entertainment) is a home video company based in Santa Monica, California. ...
Criticism of Weinstein While lauded for opening up the independent film market and making it financially viable, Weinstein has been lambasted for some of the techniques he has applied in his business dealings. He has been accused of purchasing some films solely to keep them off the market during the awards season.[citation needed] The most specific criticisms have come from his purchases of Asian films including Shaolin Soccer and Hero. These films were huge critical successes in Asia and Hong Kong but languished on Miramax's shelves for years. Shaolin Soccer specifically was redubbed into English and the soundtrack was altered. His demands to trim films' running times—sometimes drastically—earned him the nickname "Harvey Scissorhands", after the Tim Burton film Edward Scissorhands. An independent film, or indie film, is usually a low-budget film that is produced by a small movie studio. ...
Shaolin Soccer is a 2001 Hong Kong comedy film directed by acclaimed Hong Kong comedian, actor and director, Stephen Chow. ...
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In filmmaking, dubbing or looping is the process of recording or replacing voices for a motion picture. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
// In film formats, the sound track is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ...
Timothy William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer known for his off-beat and quirky style. ...
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In a 2002 piece in The New Yorker, Weinstein appeared somewhat repentant for his often aggressive discussions with directors and producers.[citation needed] The New Yorker is an American magazine that publishes reportage, criticism, essays, cartoons, poetry and fiction. ...
While Weinstein was head of Miramax, the company often produced controversial films. Priest told the story of a gay priest struggling with the problems of an inner-city parish. Dogma lampooned many aspects of Catholicism. The filmmakers, including Miramax and its parent company Disney, were heavily criticized for these films by some Catholics. Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 presented a detailed critique of the Bush Administration's response to the September 11 attacks, and generated much controversy. In the end, the latter two films were distributed by Lions Gate Entertainment. Priest is a British film, made in Liverpool, which was shown in 1994 at the Toronto International Film Festival. ...
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Michael Francis Moore (born April 23, 1954) is an American political-activist, a film director, author, social commentator, and political humorist. ...
Fahrenheit 9/11 is an award-winning documentary film by American filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore, which had a general release in the United States and Canada on June 25, 2004. ...
The Bush administration includes President George W. Bush, Vice President Richard Cheney, Bushs Cabinet, and other select officials and advisors. ...
A sequential look at United Flight 175 crashing into the south tower of the World Trade Center The September 11, 2001 attacks (often referred to as 9/11—pronounced nine eleven or nine one one) consisted of a series of coordinated terrorist[1] suicide attacks upon the United States, predominantly...
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In the Easter holidays of 2007 the film Grindhouse was released. First opened as a double feature film in America, its reasonably poor intake prompted Weinstein to split the three-and-a-quarter hour movie in two, Planet Terror by Robert Rodriguez and Death Proof by Quentin Tarantino. These films are due to be released separately in all non-English speaking countries. Naturally, this has caused outrage as many people see this as a means of making more money out of the films. There have been petitions against this split and some fans have threatened to download the film off the internet rather than pay double the price. Grindhouse is a 2007 anthology film: a double feature consisting of two feature-length segments directed by Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino bookended by trailers for coming attractions, advertisements, and in-theatre announcements reminiscent of those typical in U.S. theaters in the 1970s. ...
Grind House is a 2007 film that consists of two segments, of which both are feature-length attractions. ...
Robert Anthony Rodriguez (born June 20, 1968) is a Mexican-American writer and film director who is known for making profitable, crowd-pleasing independent and studio films with fairly low budgets and fast schedules by Hollywood standards. ...
Grindhouse is a 2007 film expected to be released in the United States on April 6, 2007. ...
Quentin Jerome Tarantino (born March 27, 1963) is an American film director, actor, and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. ...
Personal life In 2004, Weinstein divorced his wife of several years, Eve Chilton Weinstein. He is now widely reported to be dating British fashion industry person Georgina Chapman, co-founder of the Marchesa fashion label. A lot of her label's recent exposure, especially among Hollywood actresses, has been attributed to Mr. Weinstein's influence. A marquess is a nobleman of hereditary rank in Europe, China, and Japan. ...
Trivia Harvey Weinstein was the not-so-subtle basis for the character Harvey Weingard in the Entourage episode "The Sundance Kids". Entourage is an HBO original series created by Doug Ellin that chronicles the rise of Vincent Chase—a young A-list movie star—and his childhood friends from Queens, New York City as they navigate the unfamiliar terrain of Hollywood, California. ...
In early 2005, the pop culture ezine The Brink launched a weekly cartoon celebrating Harvey Weinstein's tumultuous career and spirit entitled "The Last Mogul." It is written by industry veteran, Moss Egan, who also launched, TheLastMogul.com to index the comic.
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Producer True Romance is an American motion picture released in 1993, directed by Tony Scott and written by Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary. ...
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Smoke is an American independent film released in 1995. ...
The Crossing Guard is a 1995 independent film directed and written by American actor Sean Penn. ...
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Scream is a 1996 satire of the horror film genre, directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. ...
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Tarantinos trademark trunk shot. ...
Shakespeare in Love is an award-winning 1998 romantic comedy film. ...
This article relates to the film, The Cider House Rules (film) directed by Lasse Hallström. ...
Gangs of New York is a 2002 film set in the middle 19th century in the Five Points district of New York City. ...
Chicago is an Academy Award-winning 2002 film adaptation of the satirical stage musical Chicago, about celebrity and scandal in Jazz age Chicago. ...
This article is about the film. ...
It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Kill Bill: Vol. ...
Fahrenheit 9/11 is an award-winning documentary film by American filmmaker and political activist Michael Moore, which had a general release in the United States and Canada on June 25, 2004. ...
The Aviator is an Academy Award-winning 2004 biographical drama film, directed by Martin Scorsese. ...
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Sin City (film) Sin City is a gritty 2005 neo-noir anthology film based on the graphic novel series of the same name, directed by Frank Miller, Robert Rodriguez, and Special Guest Director Quentin Tarantino. ...
Exploitation films is a loosely defined term to describe a film genre that typically sacrifice the traditional notions of artistic merit for a more sensationalistic display, often featuring excessive sex, violence, and gore. ...
Director Playing for Keeps is a 1986 comedy film directed by and written by brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein. ...
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