The company was the number one independent feature film
theatrical distribution company on the west coast representing MGM, Rank, and hundreds of well - known titles.
It was the first
theatrical distribution company dedicated to bringing international art - house films to U.S. audiences, including the work of Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergei Eisenstein, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Akira Kurosawa, François Truffaut, and Yasujiro Ozu.
Not exact matches
Major theater chains won't run movies backed by Netflix and the
company was recently banned from competition at the Cannes Film Festival ostensibly because it lacked
theatrical distribution in France.
Produced by venerable exploitation
company Rapi Films, with assistance from South Korean giant CJ Entertainment, «Slaves» went ballistic at the Indonesian box office in its September release, with 4.2 million admissions, and has secured
theatrical distribution in numerous Asian territories.
After a successful and decorated festival run in which it won awards ceremonies Sundance, Venice New York Film Festival and Toronto, In the Soup was acquired by a boutique
distribution company that went out of business a week after the film's
theatrical release, in effect making it unavailable to the public.
In his new role, Reid will oversee the
theatrical distribution of the
company's current specialty, and forthcoming wide release slates, including
theatrical sales, exhibitor relations, in - theatre marketing, and all associated operations in these areas.
«Our long relationship with Quentin Tarantino is one of the cornerstones of this
company, so it's incredibly special to us to be releasing his latest film in such a spectacular way on 70 mm — we can't think of a finer Christmas gift to be giving movie lovers and Tarantino fans this year,» TWC president of
theatrical distribution and home entertainment Erik Lomis said in a statement.
Netflix is the
company that's most aggressively trying to disrupt the current studio system, lobbing films at customers at an unprecedented rate (it's planning to release 80 in 2018 alone) and largely ignoring
theatrical distribution.
The morning after the premiere of «Everybody Knows,» the news broke that Focus Features had acquired the film for U.S.
distribution, beating out Netflix, Variety reported, «because Farhadi and
company wanted a traditional
theatrical release.»
Screen Media Ventures, LLC is a leading global independent motion picture
distribution company with a broad
distribution network that includes U.S. and international
theatrical, home video, television, cable and new media
distribution, with one of the largest independently owned motion picture libraries.
RADiUS is the boutique label of the Weinstein
Company (TWC) and the first studio division dedicated to both multi-platform VOD and
theatrical distribution.
Contrary to the nearly ironclad custom that sees competition entries filtering through to French cinema screens in the months following the festival (with each one, no matter how lukewarm its critical reception may have been, invariably touted by its promotional campaign as «la sensation de Cannes»), Netflix supremo Ted Sarandos brazenly declared his
company's impatience with the requisite three years for his productions to make their plodding way from
theatrical distribution, to DVD, premium cable and even free - to - air television before being allowed to air on the platform that had funded them in the first place.
The
company has set a streaming premiere date for the fall, an individual familiar with the deal told TheWrap, and will also seek a
theatrical distribution partner later this year.
ABOUT MAGNOLIA PICTURES: Magnolia Pictures is the
theatrical and home entertainment
distribution arm of the Wagner / Cuban
Companies, a vertically - integrated group of media properties co-owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban.