 The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. The Dimension Films label of Miramax followed the brothers to their new company. Advisors to the new studio include Paul Newman and Robert Redford.[1] Image File history File links Weinstein_company_logo. ...
A film studio is a controlled environment for the making of a film. ...
Harvey Weinstein at Cannes, 2002 Harvey Weinstein CBE (Hon) (born March 19, 1952) is an American film producer. ...
Bob Weinstein, along with brother Harvey Weinstein, was head of Miramax Studios. ...
2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) is one of the largest media and entertainment corporations in the world. ...
Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ...
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Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ...
Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award, Golden Globe, Cannes Award, and Emmy Award winning American iconic actor and film director. ...
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Background Their first releases in 2005 included the dramatic thriller Derailed (starring Jennifer Aniston and Clive Owen), the offbeat comedy-drama Transamerica (starring Felicity Huffman) the computer-animated family film Hoodwinked, the World War II-era dramedy Mrs. Henderson Presents (starring Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins) and the caper comedy The Matador (starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear). 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Derailed is a 2005 American thriller/drama film based on a James Siegel novel by the same name adapted by Stuart Beattie. ...
Jennifer Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American film and television actress. ...
Clive Owen (born October 3, 1964), is a critically acclaimed English actor, now a regular performer in Hollywood and independent American films. ...
Transamerica is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2005 comedy-drama produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. ...
Huffman as Lynette Scavo on Desperate Housewives Felicity Huffman (born December 9, 1962) is an Academy Award-nominated American film and television actress, who is best known for her award-winning role in Transamerica and as Lynette Scavo on the hit ABC drama Desperate Housewives. ...
Computer animation is the art of creating moving images via the use of computers. ...
A family film is a film genre that, like a childrens film, is suitable for young children, but with the difference that a family film has been carefully written, directed, cast and acted so that it will appeal to all members of a typical family (or if not typical...
Hoodwinked is an American computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. ...
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Dame Judith Olivia Dench, CH, DBE (born 9 December 1934), usually known as Dame Judi Dench, is an Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony, three-time BAFTA, and six-time Laurence Olivier Award-winning English actress. ...
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The Matador is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Richard Shepard and starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. ...
Pierce Brendan Brosnan OBE[1] (born May 16, 1953) is an Irish actor and producer best known for portraying James Bond in four films: GoldenEye (1995), Tomorrow Never Dies (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999) and Die Another Day (2002). ...
Greg Kinnear (born June 17, 1963 in Logansport, Indiana) is an Academy Award nominated American actor. ...
In March 2006, The Weinstein Company announced a distribution pact with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. MGM will distribute the product domestically in theaters, while the Weinstein Company will retain long-term ownership of their product (in fact, upon their films release on DVD, full distribution rights will revert to Weinstein under Genius Products).[2] March 2006 : ↠- January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December- → Fijian Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase announces that the 2006 Fiji general elections will be held in the second week of May 2006 from the 6th to the 13th. ...
For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ...
In July 2006, the Weinsteins and Robert L. Johnson announced the creation of a joint venture studio titled Our Stories Films, which will distribute African-American-oriented films. [3] Early elections in November are announced in the Netherlands. ...
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An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black) is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
In late August 2006, it was announced that the Weinstein Company and co-investors Hubbard Media Group had purchased Ovation TV, an arts-focused cable channel [4]. August 2006 is the eighth month of that year, and has yet to occur. ...
Hubbard Broadcasting Corporation is a broadcasting company based in St. ...
Ovation: The Arts Network is a digital cable television channel that airs programming dedicated to the Fine Arts. ...
In November 2006, the Weinstein Company announced a three-year deal with Blockbuster Video to give the video renting company exclusive rights for rentals starting on January 1, 2007. [5]. However, under the First Sale Doctrine, other rental companies are able to rent the company's movies. 67 die and about 300,000 people are affected by floods in Ethiopias Somali Region of Ogaden after the Shabelle River bursts its banks. ...
Blockbuster video store This article is about the chain of video stores. ...
The first-sale doctrine is an exception to copyright codified in the US Copyright Act, section 109. ...
The company is the co-producer, along with Miramax, of the Bravo reality series Project Runway. This article is about the U.S. cable network. ...
Project Runway is an American reality television series on the Bravo network that focuses on fashion design. ...
In recent months, rights to films originally produced by Miramax (under the leadership of the Weinsteins), as well as some films either distributed by or had rights reverted to Miramax (such as the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night) now lie with the Weinstein Company. For example, Genius Products/Weinstein Company Home Entertainment has reissued both released versions of Cinema Paradiso, originally distributed theatrically and on home video by Miramax. The Beatles were an English rock band from Liverpool whose members were John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. ...
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Weinstein films
Weinstein releases Derailed is a 2005 American thriller/drama film based on a James Siegel novel by the same name adapted by Stuart Beattie. ...
The Libertine is a movie that was released in the United Kingdom on November 25, 2005, and on March 10, 2006 in the United States. ...
Transamerica is a Golden Globe-winning and Academy Award-nominated 2005 comedy-drama produced by IFC Films and The Weinstein Company. ...
Hoodwinked is an American computer-animated family comedy produced by Blue Yonder Films with Kanbar Entertainment. ...
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The Matador is a 2005 comedy film written and directed by Richard Shepard and starring Pierce Brosnan and Greg Kinnear. ...
The Magic Roundabout (released in North America as Doogal) is a film based on the television series of the same name. ...
Clerks II is the 2006 sequel to Kevin Smiths 1994 movie Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. ...
Pulse is an American film released on August 11, 2006, based on the 2001 Japanese horror film Kairo directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. ...
Dixie Chicks: Shut Up and Sing (also known simply as Shut Up and Sing) is a 2006 documentary film produced and directed by Barbara Kopple and Cecilia Peck. ...
Lassie is a family-based 2005 film directed by Charles Sturridge. ...
The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. ...
Dimension releases Wolf Creek is a 2005 Australian horror film, written, produced and directed by Greg McLean and starring Cassandra Magrath, Kestie Morassi, John Jarratt and Nathan Phillips. ...
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. ...
Pulse is an American film released on August 11, 2006, based on the 2001 Japanese horror film Kairo directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. ...
School for Scoundrels is a 2006 comedy film, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, and directed by Todd Phillips. ...
Feast is a horror film that is a result of the third season Project Greenlight contest. ...
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Titles distributed by MGM Lucky Number Slevin is a 2006 action/mystery film written by Jason Smilovic, directed by Paul McGuigan and starring Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman, Ben Kingsley, Lucy Liu, Stanley Tucci and Bruce Willis. ...
Clerks II is the 2006 sequel to Kevin Smiths 1994 movie Clerks, and his sixth feature film to be set in the View Askewniverse. ...
School for Scoundrels is a 2006 comedy film, starring Billy Bob Thornton and Jon Heder, and directed by Todd Phillips. ...
This article is about the 2006 film. ...
Killshot, the 1989 novel by author Elmore Leonard, tells the story of a married couple who find themselves in Cape Girardeau, Missouri while on the run from a pair of hitmen. ...
Breaking and Entering,a 2006 romantic drama, is Academy Award-winning director Anthony Minghellas first original screenplay since his 1991 feature debut, Truly, Madly, Deeply. ...
Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ...
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Bobby is a Golden Globe Award-nominated drama film written and directed by Emilio Estevez. ...
Miss Potter is a 2006 Chris Noonan film. ...
Arthur and the Invisibles is a part animated, part live action adaptation of the book by Luc Besson who is directing the film himself. ...
Virgin Territory is a film scheduled for release on January 5, 2007 based upon Giovanni Boccaccios Decameron. ...
The Last Legion is a novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, published in 2002. ...
Hannibal Rising is a novel written by The Silence of the Lambs author Thomas Harris. ...
Other films The official logo that was used on posters of the film until Richard Williams departure Arabian Knight redirects here. ...
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TMNT (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in some countries), to be released March 22, 2007 in Israel and Russia and on March 23, 2007 in the United Kingdom and the United States, It will be the fourth film released in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. ...
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Imagi Animation Studios is a Hong Kong animation studio, specializing in computer animation, with affiliated offices in Los Angeles and Tokyo. ...
Soon to be released For the 1951 movie, see Quebec (1951 film). ...
Grind House is a 2007 film that consists of two segments, of which both are feature-length attractions. ...
Sin City 2 is the sequel to the 2005 movie Sin City, which was based on Frank Millers comic book miniseries Sin City, which were later collected into bound graphic novels. ...
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Black Hole is a graphic novel written and illustrated by Charles Burns. ...
Quelques Jours en Septembre (A Few Days in September) is the first film directed by Santiago Amigorena, who previously wrote screenplays for films by Cédric Klapisch and Catherine Breillat among others. ...
Knight Rider: The Movie is the possible title for a feature film adaptation of the hit 1980s NBC television program, Knight Rider. ...
Teeth is a black comedy horror film written and directed by Mitchell Lichtenstein. ...
Screen Gems is an American subsidiary company of Sony Pictures Entertainments Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group that has served several different purposes for its parent companies over the decades since its incorporation. ...
Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the major American film studios. ...
Other films The Promise (Chinese: æ— æž/無極) is an epic fantasy movie directed by Chen Kaige and starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Cecilia Cheung and Nicholas Tse. ...
WIPs logo, which closely resembles half of the WB shield. ...
Lovewrecked was originally a feature length film that, when the rights were sold, became a television movie that was released in 2007 (even though it sat on the shelf for two years), however after many different attempts at theatrical distribution in the U.S., The Weinstein Company, who obtained the...
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ABC Family is an American cable television network currently owned by Disney/ABC. // The network was founded by Pat Robertson in April 1977 as CBN Cable, an arm of his Christian Broadcasting Network. ...
Nomad (Kazakh: ; Russian: ) is a 2006 historical epic written by Rustam Ibragimbekov, executive produced by Milos Forman, and directed by Ivan Passer, Sergei Bodrov and Talgat Temenov. ...
See also Dimension Films is a motion picture unit currently a part of The Weinstein Company. ...
Dragon Dynasty is a joint venture started by Bob and Harvey Weinstein of The Weinstein Company and Genius Products. ...
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