Fine Line Features
Appearance
Fine Line Features was the specialty films division of New Line Cinema. From 1990–1995, under founder and president Ira Deutchman,[1] Fine Line acquired, distributed and marketed films of a more "indie" flavor than its parent company, including such critically acclaimed films as Hoop Dreams, The Player, Short Cuts, Night on Earth, Spanking the Monkey, Shine , My Own Private Idaho, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. In 2005, New Line teamed up with fellow Time Warner subsidiary HBO to form Picturehouse, a new specialty film label of which Fine Line was folded into.
Selected films released
1990s
Title | Release Date | Notes |
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Shadow of China | March 10, 1991 | |
An Angel at My Table | May 19, 1991 | |
Trust | July 26, 1991 | |
My Own Private Idaho | September 29, 1991 | |
The Rapture | October 4, 1991 | |
Let Him Have It | December 6, 1991 | |
Where Angels Fear to Tread | February 28, 1992 | |
Edward II | March 20, 1992 | |
Proof | March 20, 1992 | |
Roadside Prophets | March 27, 1992 | |
The Player | April 10, 1992 | |
Night on Earth | May 2, 1992 | |
Monster in a Box | May 15, 1992 | |
Afraid of the Dark | July 24, 1992 | |
London Kills Me | August 7, 1992 | |
Light Sleeper | August 21, 1992 | |
Swoon | September 11, 1992 | |
Simple Men | October 14, 1992 | |
Waterland | October 30, 1992 | |
To Want to Fly | February 3, 1993 | |
Riff-Raff | February 12, 1993 | |
The Last Days of Chez Nous | February 26, 1993 | |
Léolo | April 2, 1993 | |
Bodies, Rest & Motion | April 9, 1993 | |
Amongst Friends | July 23, 1993 | |
The Ballad of Little Jo | August 20, 1993 | |
Household Saints | September 15, 1993 | |
Short Cuts | October 8, 1993 | |
Naked | December 15, 1993 | |
Fiorile | February 2, 1994 | |
Bitter Moon | March 11, 1994 | |
Naked in New York | April 13, 1994 | |
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues | May 13, 1994 | |
Widows' Peak | May 13, 1994 | |
Spanking the Monkey | July 15, 1994 | |
Barcelona | July 29, 1994 | |
Caro diario | September 30, 1994 | |
Hoop Dreams | October 14, 1994 | |
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle | November 23, 1994 | |
Death and the Maiden | December 23, 1994 | |
Once Were Warriors | May 3, 1995 | |
Little Odessa | May 19, 1995 | |
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love | June 16, 1995 | |
An Awfully Big Adventure | July 21, 1995 | |
Double Happiness | July 28, 1995 | |
Delta of Venus | October 13, 1995 | |
Das Versprechen | November 3, 1995 | |
Total Eclipse | November 3, 1995 | |
Frankie Starlight | November 22, 1995 | |
Pie in the Sky | February 9, 1996 | |
Carried Away | March 29, 1996 | |
Kansas City | August 16, 1996 | |
Feeling Minnesota | September 13, 1996 | |
The Grass Harp | October 11, 1996 | |
Normal Life | October 25, 1996 | |
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will | October 25, 1996 | |
Mother Night | November 1, 1996 | |
Shine | November 20, 1996 | |
Crash | March 21, 1997 | co-production with Recorded Picture Company and Alliance Atlantis |
The Quiet Room | March 21, 1997 | |
Nowhere | May 9, 1997 | |
Love! Valour! Compassion! | May 16, 1997 | |
Roseanna's Grave | June 18, 1997 | |
Head Above Water | June 25, 1997 | |
All Over Me | July 16, 1997 | |
Julian Po | September 5, 1997 | |
Gummo | October 17, 1997 | |
The Sweet Hereafter | November 21, 1997 | |
Deconstructing Harry | December 12, 1997 | |
The Winter Guest | December 24, 1997 | |
Wild Man Blues | April 17, 1998 | |
Passion in the Desert | June 12, 1998 | |
Love Letter | July 10, 1998 | |
Let's Talk About Sex | September 11, 1998 | |
Esmeralda Comes by Night | September 18, 1998 | |
Pecker | September 25, 1998 | |
Hurlyburly | December 25, 1998 | |
The Legend of 1900 | December 25, 1998 | |
The Theory of Flight | January 22, 1999 | |
Man of the Century | January 24, 1999 | |
Lovers of the Arctic Circle | April 9, 1999 | |
Besieged | May 21, 1999 | |
Trick | July 23, 1999 | |
Julien Donkey-Boy | October 15, 1999 | |
Tumbleweeds | December 10, 1999 | |
Simpatico | December 15, 1999 |
2000s
Title | Release Date | Notes |
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The Cup | January 28, 2000 | |
Buddy Boy | March 24, 2000 | |
The Filth and the Fury | March 29, 2000 | |
The Five Senses | July 14, 2000 | |
An Affair of Love | August 11, 2000 | |
Saving Grace | September 1, 2000 | |
Dancer in the Dark | October 6, 2000 | co-production with Zentropa Entertainments, Canal+ and FilmFour |
State and Main | January 12, 2001 | distribution only, produced by Filmtown Entertainment, Green/Renzi, and El Dorado Pictures |
Before Night Falls | January 26, 2001 | |
Tomorrow | January 26, 2001 | |
The Invisible Circus | February 2, 2001 | |
The Anniversary Party | June 14, 2001 | |
Hedwig and the Angry Inch | July 20, 2001 | with New Line Cinema |
The Prime Gig | September 14, 2001 | |
Storytelling | January 25, 2002 | |
Human Nature | April 12, 2002 | distributed by Pathé in UK and Co-production with Studio Canal and Good Machine |
Cherish | June 7, 2002 | |
Invincible | September 20, 2002 | |
The Emperor's Club | November 22, 2002 | |
The Sleeping Dictionary | February 18, 2003 | |
Ripley's Game | September 7, 2003 | |
American Splendor | September 12, 2003 | |
Elephant | October 24, 2003 | |
Maria Full of Grace | July 16, 2004 | |
A Dirty Shame | September 24, 2004 | with New Line Cinema |
Vera Drake | October 22, 2004 | with New Line Cinema |
Birth | October 29, 2004 | |
The Sea Inside | December 17, 2004 | |
The Holy Girl | April 29, 2005 | US theatrical distribution only with distributed outside US and VHS/DVD distribution in US by HBO Films |
The Year of the Yao | April 29, 2005 | |
The Bridge of San Luis Rey | June 10, 2005 |
References
- ^ Eller, Claudia (Oct 24, 1991). "Fine Line Features Enters Coprod'n Arena Via 2 Pix". Variety.