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On December 3, 2010, Disney closed the sale of Miramax for US$663 million to [[Filmyard Holdings]], an investment group and joint venture of [[Colony Capital]], [[Tutor-Saliba Corporation]], and [[Qatar Investment Authority]]. The sale included 700 film titles, as well as books, development projects and the "Miramax" name. [[Mike Lang]], the former [[News Corporation]] business development executive who was selected as the CEO of Miramax,<ref>{{cite news|url |
On December 3, 2010, Disney closed the sale of Miramax for US$663 million to [[Filmyard Holdings]], an investment group and joint venture of [[Colony Capital]], [[Tutor-Saliba Corporation]], and [[Qatar Investment Authority]]. The sale included 700 film titles, as well as books, development projects and the "Miramax" name. [[Mike Lang]], the former [[News Corporation]] business development executive who was selected as the CEO of Miramax,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Disney-completes-663M-sale-of-apf-1909918456.html?x=0 |title=Disney completes $663M sale of Miramax |author=Ryan Nakashima |agency=[[Associated Press]] via [[Yahoo! News]] |date=December 5, 2010 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20110629044428/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Disney-completes-663M-sale-of-apf-1909918456.html?x=0 |archivedate=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> indicated that the company would focus on their existing library, though they would continue making original content.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thewrap.com/movies/column-post/miramax-ceo-michael-lang-were-re-establishing-brand-23248?x=0|title = Miramax CEO Lang Grilled: 'We're Focusing on the Library'|author=Brent Lang|publisher=The Wrap|date = December 14, 2010}}</ref> |
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After the sale was closed, some movies already developed at Miramax, including ''[[The Tempest (2010 film)|The Tempest]]'' and ''[[Gnomeo & Juliet]]'', were eventually released by Disney under its [[Touchstone Pictures]] banner, and theatrical distribution of ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011 film)|Don't Be Afraid of the Dark]]''<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/filmdistrict-to-distribute-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-remake/?x=0|publisher=Deadline|title = FilmDistrict To Distribute 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' Remake|date = February 14, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[The Debt (2011 film)|The Debt]]''<ref>{{cite web|url = http://collider.com/the-debt-focus-features-miramax/75337/?x=0|publisher=Collider|title = Focus Features to Distribute Miramax's THE DEBT Starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington|date = February 9, 2011}}</ref> has been shifted to [[FilmDistrict]] and [[Focus Features]] respectively. |
After the sale was closed, some movies already developed at Miramax, including ''[[The Tempest (2010 film)|The Tempest]]'' and ''[[Gnomeo & Juliet]]'', were eventually released by Disney under its [[Touchstone Pictures]] banner, and theatrical distribution of ''[[Don't Be Afraid of the Dark (2011 film)|Don't Be Afraid of the Dark]]''<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/filmdistrict-to-distribute-dont-be-afraid-of-the-dark-remake/?x=0|publisher=Deadline|title = FilmDistrict To Distribute 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' Remake|date = February 14, 2011}}</ref> and ''[[The Debt (2011 film)|The Debt]]''<ref>{{cite web|url = http://collider.com/the-debt-focus-features-miramax/75337/?x=0|publisher=Collider|title = Focus Features to Distribute Miramax's THE DEBT Starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington|date = February 9, 2011}}</ref> has been shifted to [[FilmDistrict]] and [[Focus Features]] respectively. |
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On February 11, 2011, Miramax entered a home entertainment agreement with [[Lions Gate Entertainment]] and [[StudioCanal]] to distribute over 550 titles from the Miramax library on DVD and Blu-ray. Lionsgate will handle distribution in the United States, with StudioCanal handling European distribution.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LALCDG3.htm?x=0|title = Lionsgate, StudioCanal to distribute Miramax films|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|date = February 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url |
On February 11, 2011, Miramax entered a home entertainment agreement with [[Lions Gate Entertainment]] and [[StudioCanal]] to distribute over 550 titles from the Miramax library on DVD and Blu-ray. Lionsgate will handle distribution in the United States, with StudioCanal handling European distribution.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9LALCDG3.htm?x=0|title = Lionsgate, StudioCanal to distribute Miramax films|work=[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]|date = February 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Lionsgate-Studiocanal-and-prnews-2517243937.html?x=0 |title=Lionsgate, Studiocanal and Miramax Enter Into Home Entertainment Distribution Agreements |publisher=Yahoo! Finance |date=February 11, 2011 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/20110629044609/http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Lionsgate-Studiocanal-and-prnews-2517243937.html?x=0 |archivedate=June 29, 2011 }}</ref> Later, on February 17, they struck a deal with [[Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]] to domestically distribute the company's additional 251-title catalog on DVD/Blu-ray.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118032499?x=0|title = Miramax, Echo Bridge team for DVD distrib|author=Rachel Abrams|work=Variety |date = February 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/echo-bridge-distribute-251-miramax-titles-dvd-blu-ray-24845|title = Echo Bridge to Distribute 251 Miramax Titles on DVD, Blu-ray|publisher=The Wrap|date = February 17, 2011}}</ref> The latter deal expired in 2014,<ref>http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=8940436&postcount=53</ref> after which Lionsgate expanded their existing deal to include Echo Bridge's collection of the library; thus, Lionsgate has full home entertainment distribution of the entire Miramax library in North America.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.thedigitalbits.com/columns/my-two-cents/100914_1230|title= Lionsgate expands deal with Miramax, Arrow plans a US op (with your help) & 50% off Flash Sale at the Criterion store|author=The Digital Bits |date=October 9, 2014}}</ref> Furthermore, as of 2012, [[Warner Home Video]] had assumed Japanese home entertainment distribution of the Miramax catalog until expired on December 31, 2014.<ref>http://www.blu-ray.com/Scream/27876/</ref> |
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On March 1, 2011, Miramax renewed its Canadian distribution deal with [[Alliance Films]], which had been a distributor of Miramax releases in Canada from 1987 to 2008 and will replace [[Maple Pictures]] (which previously distributed Miramax releases from 2008 to 2011). Alliance will have access to all of the company's library titles once again as well as distribution rights to new Miramax films produced in the next five years.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033100?refCatId=13|title = Miramax, Alliance Films renew Canada pact|author=Rachel Abrams|publisher=Variety|date = March 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110301006967/en/Miramax-Alliance-Films-Renew-Partnership-Canada|title = Miramax and Alliance Films Renew Partnership in Canada|publisher=BusinessWire|date = March 1, 2011}}</ref> |
On March 1, 2011, Miramax renewed its Canadian distribution deal with [[Alliance Films]], which had been a distributor of Miramax releases in Canada from 1987 to 2008 and will replace [[Maple Pictures]] (which previously distributed Miramax releases from 2008 to 2011). Alliance will have access to all of the company's library titles once again as well as distribution rights to new Miramax films produced in the next five years.<ref>{{cite news|url = http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118033100?refCatId=13|title = Miramax, Alliance Films renew Canada pact|author=Rachel Abrams|publisher=Variety|date = March 1, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110301006967/en/Miramax-Alliance-Films-Renew-Partnership-Canada|title = Miramax and Alliance Films Renew Partnership in Canada|publisher=BusinessWire|date = March 1, 2011}}</ref> |
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On September 6, 2011, Miramax announced that hundreds of its film titles were available digitally in Latin American territories including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina under a multi-year agreement with Netflix.<ref>Rao, Leena (September 6, 2011). [http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/06/netflix-expands-licensing-deal-with-miramax-for-latin-american-subscribers/ "Netflix Lands International Licensing Deal With Miramax For Latin American Subscribers"]. TechCrunch.</ref> On September 28, 2011, Miramax signed a multi-year agreement to bring a broad array of its films to Hulu subscribers in Japan.<ref>Kilday, Gregg (September 27, 2011). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/miramax-strikes-deal-hulu-offer-240974 "Miramax Strikes Deal With Hulu to Offer Its Movies in Japan"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.</ref> On November 16, 2011, Miramax announced a multi-year digital licensing agreement to stream a broad range of films to Netflix members in the U.K. and Ireland,<ref>Lunden, Ingrid (November 16, 2011). [http://paidcontent.org/article/419-miramax-is-the-latest-to-ink-a-deal-with-netflix-for-uk-launch/ "Miramax Is The Latest To Ink A Deal With Netflix For UK Launch"]. [[paidContent]].</ref> and on November 21, 2011, Brazil's NetMovies and Miramax entered into a multi-year movie streaming agreement.<ref>Lieberman, David (November 21, 2011). [http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/miramax-announces-deal-with-netmovies-to-stream-films-in-brazil/ "Miramax Announces Deal With NetMovies To Stream Films In Brazil"]. [[Deadline New York]].</ref> |
On September 6, 2011, Miramax announced that hundreds of its film titles were available digitally in Latin American territories including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina under a multi-year agreement with Netflix.<ref>Rao, Leena (September 6, 2011). [http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/06/netflix-expands-licensing-deal-with-miramax-for-latin-american-subscribers/ "Netflix Lands International Licensing Deal With Miramax For Latin American Subscribers"]. TechCrunch.</ref> On September 28, 2011, Miramax signed a multi-year agreement to bring a broad array of its films to Hulu subscribers in Japan.<ref>Kilday, Gregg (September 27, 2011). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/miramax-strikes-deal-hulu-offer-240974 "Miramax Strikes Deal With Hulu to Offer Its Movies in Japan"]. ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]''.</ref> On November 16, 2011, Miramax announced a multi-year digital licensing agreement to stream a broad range of films to Netflix members in the U.K. and Ireland,<ref>Lunden, Ingrid (November 16, 2011). [http://paidcontent.org/article/419-miramax-is-the-latest-to-ink-a-deal-with-netflix-for-uk-launch/ "Miramax Is The Latest To Ink A Deal With Netflix For UK Launch"]. [[paidContent]].</ref> and on November 21, 2011, Brazil's NetMovies and Miramax entered into a multi-year movie streaming agreement.<ref>Lieberman, David (November 21, 2011). [http://www.deadline.com/2011/11/miramax-announces-deal-with-netmovies-to-stream-films-in-brazil/ "Miramax Announces Deal With NetMovies To Stream Films In Brazil"]. [[Deadline New York]].</ref> |
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On January 29, 2012, Panasonic announced that the Miramax App will be one of the new apps to join Viera Connect in 2012, enabling users to access Miramax's library of films.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=xprnw.20120109.NY32346&show_article=1 "Panasonic Announces Significant Expansion of VIERA Connectâ„¢ Smart VIERA Apps and Features for 2012"] |
On January 29, 2012, Panasonic announced that the Miramax App will be one of the new apps to join Viera Connect in 2012, enabling users to access Miramax's library of films.<ref>[http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=xprnw.20120109.NY32346&show_article=1 "Panasonic Announces Significant Expansion of VIERA Connectâ„¢ Smart VIERA Apps and Features for 2012"]. [[Andrew Breitbart|Breitbart]]/[[PR Newswire]]. January 9, 2012 {{wayback|url=http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=xprnw.20120109.NY32346&show_article=1 |date=20130520194005 }}</ref> On January 31, 2012, Miramax signed a video-on-demand agreement with BT Vision that gives BT Vision Unlimited subscribers instant access to a range of Miramax's award-winning movies.<ref>[http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120131005592/en "BT Vision and Miramax Sign On Demand Movie Deal"]. Enhanced Online News. January 31, 2012</ref> |
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On March 16, 2012, Mike Lang stepped down from as Miramax CEO. Miramax CFO Steve Schoch will run the company until a permanent successor can be found.<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/news/miramax-ceo-mike-lang-resigns-162208831.html "Miramax CEO Mike Lang Resigns"]. Yahoo! Movie News. March 16, 2012</ref> |
On March 16, 2012, Mike Lang stepped down from as Miramax CEO. Miramax CFO Steve Schoch will run the company until a permanent successor can be found.<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/news/miramax-ceo-mike-lang-resigns-162208831.html "Miramax CEO Mike Lang Resigns"]. Yahoo! Movie News. March 16, 2012</ref> |
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Company type | Subsidiary of Filmyard Holdings |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 1979 |
Founder | Bob Weinstein Harvey Weinstein |
Headquarters | New York City (1979–2010) Burbank, California (2010) Santa Monica, California (2010–present) |
Key people | Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. (Chairman)[1] |
Owner | Independent (1979–1993); The Walt Disney Company (1993–2010); Filmyard Holdings (2010–present) |
Website | miramax.com |
Miramax (formerly Miramax Films and also Miramax Entertainment) is an American entertainment company known for distributing independent and foreign films. Founded in 1979 by Bob and Harvey Weinstein and now headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Miramax was a leading independent film motion picture distribution and production company before it was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1993. The Weinsteins operated Miramax with more creative and financial independence than any other division of Disney, until 2005 when they decided to leave the company and founded The Weinstein Company. Miramax was sold by Disney to Filmyard Holdings, a joint venture of Colony Capital, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, and Qatar Investment Authority in 2010, ending Disney's 17-year involvement with the studio.
History
Founded by the brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in Buffalo, New York, in 1979, the company was named by combining the first names of their parents Max and Miriam,[2] and was originally created to distribute independent films deemed commercially unfeasible by the major studios.
The company's first major success came when the Weinsteins teamed up with British producer Martin Lewis and acquired the U.S. rights to two concert films Lewis had produced of benefit shows for human rights organization Amnesty International. The Weinsteins worked with Lewis to distill the two films into one film for the US marketplace. The resulting film The Secret Policeman's Other Ball (US Version) was a successful release for Miramax in the summer of 1982. This release presaged a modus operandi that the company would undertake later in the 1980s of acquiring films from international filmmakers and reworking them to suit US sensibilities.
Among the company's other breakthrough films as distributors in the late 1980s and early 1990s were Scandal; Sex, Lies, and Videotape; Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!; The Crying Game, Pulp Fiction and Clerks. The company also made films such as Flirting with Disaster, Heavenly Creatures and Shakespeare in Love.
In addition to those successes, Miramax acquired and/or produced many films that did extraordinarily well financially. The company became one of the leaders of the independent film boom of the 1990s. Miramax produced or distributed seven films with box office grosses totalling more than $100 million; its most successful title, Chicago, earned more than $300 million worldwide.[3]
The company was also exceptionally successful in securing Academy Award nominations for its releases, many of which resulted in Oscar wins.
In 1992, Miramax began a deal with Paramount Pictures for VHS and TV distribution of certain Miramax releases. Paramount would also distribute theatrically certain releases that might have commercial appeal (such as Bob Roberts, though video rights to that film were owned by Live Entertainment – which is now Lions Gate Entertainment). Paramount still owns video rights to some of these films today, while TV distribution is now with Trifecta Entertainment & Media,[4] while the Disney owned Miramax films are distributed by Disney–ABC Television Group.
Disney era
In 1993, Miramax was purchased for $60 million by The Walt Disney Company.[5] Harvey and Bob Weinstein continued to operate Miramax until they left the company on September 30, 2005. During their tenure, the Weinstein brothers ran Miramax independently of other Disney companies. Disney, however, had the final say on what Miramax could release (see Fahrenheit 9/11, Kids and Dogma, for examples). Disney's Buena Vista Home Entertainment division released Miramax output.
Miramax operated, until 2005, the label Dimension Films, specializing in genre films and created the Scream and Scary Movie film franchises.
After extensive negotiations and much media and industry speculation, on March 30, 2005, Disney and the Weinsteins announced that they would not renew their contractual relationship when their existing agreements expired at the end of September 2005. The primary source of dispute was over distribution of Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore.[6] Disney's film studio consortium, Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group assumed control of Miramax, which was projected to have a smaller annual production budget. The Weinsteins started a new film production company called simply The Weinstein Company, and took the Dimension Films label with them. The Miramax name remained with the film studio owned by Disney. Production at Miramax was taken over by Daniel Battsek,[6] who formerly was head of Buena Vista International in the UK. Battsek refocused Miramax to produce films of high quality but low budget. Maple Pictures held the rights to distribute Miramax films in Canada from 2008 up until August 10, 2011, when Maple Pictures was acquired by Alliance Films.[7]
On October 3, 2009, Disney announced that the staff of Miramax was to be reduced by 70%, and the number of releases would be reduced by half to just three films per year. The label's marketing, distribution and administrative functions, which had operated independently, would be folded into the parent studio in Burbank. The move became effective in January 2010.[8] On October 30, 2009, Disney announced the resignation of Daniel Battsek as President of Miramax Films, effective when the transition from the studio in New York to Burbank was completed.[9] The company merged its operations with The Walt Disney Studios on January 28, 2010, shutting down Miramax's separate New York and Los Angeles offices.[6][10]
Though Disney Studio Chairman Dick Cook was a staunch supporter of Miramax, the brand was less of a priority for CEO Bob Iger, whose strategy was to focus on Disney's branded mass entertainment that can be exploited across Disney's theme parks, television and consumer products. Following Disney's $4-billion acquisition of Marvel Entertainment in 2010, Cook was succeeded by Rich Ross.[11] As a result, Miramax was relegated to the status of distribution label.[12] The company confirmed that it was looking into the selling the Miramax label on February 9, 2010, with Bob Iger explaining, "We determined that continuing to invest in new Miramax movies wasn't necessarily a core strategy of ours".[13]
On November 23, 2010, it was reported that Google was interested in purchasing the digital rights to the Miramax library to improve the premium content offerings on YouTube, and compete with similar services such as Hulu and Netflix.[14]
Post-Disney
On December 3, 2010, Disney closed the sale of Miramax for US$663 million to Filmyard Holdings, an investment group and joint venture of Colony Capital, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, and Qatar Investment Authority. The sale included 700 film titles, as well as books, development projects and the "Miramax" name. Mike Lang, the former News Corporation business development executive who was selected as the CEO of Miramax,[15] indicated that the company would focus on their existing library, though they would continue making original content.[16]
After the sale was closed, some movies already developed at Miramax, including The Tempest and Gnomeo & Juliet, were eventually released by Disney under its Touchstone Pictures banner, and theatrical distribution of Don't Be Afraid of the Dark[17] and The Debt[18] has been shifted to FilmDistrict and Focus Features respectively.
On February 11, 2011, Miramax entered a home entertainment agreement with Lions Gate Entertainment and StudioCanal to distribute over 550 titles from the Miramax library on DVD and Blu-ray. Lionsgate will handle distribution in the United States, with StudioCanal handling European distribution.[19][20] Later, on February 17, they struck a deal with Echo Bridge Home Entertainment to domestically distribute the company's additional 251-title catalog on DVD/Blu-ray.[21][22] The latter deal expired in 2014,[23] after which Lionsgate expanded their existing deal to include Echo Bridge's collection of the library; thus, Lionsgate has full home entertainment distribution of the entire Miramax library in North America.[24] Furthermore, as of 2012, Warner Home Video had assumed Japanese home entertainment distribution of the Miramax catalog until expired on December 31, 2014.[25]
On March 1, 2011, Miramax renewed its Canadian distribution deal with Alliance Films, which had been a distributor of Miramax releases in Canada from 1987 to 2008 and will replace Maple Pictures (which previously distributed Miramax releases from 2008 to 2011). Alliance will have access to all of the company's library titles once again as well as distribution rights to new Miramax films produced in the next five years.[26][27]
On March 25, 2011, Miramax entered licensing talks with various digital premium services, including Netflix, Amazon, Google, and Hulu, for digital distribution of the former company's film library.[28]
On September 6, 2011, Miramax announced that hundreds of its film titles were available digitally in Latin American territories including Brazil, Mexico and Argentina under a multi-year agreement with Netflix.[29] On September 28, 2011, Miramax signed a multi-year agreement to bring a broad array of its films to Hulu subscribers in Japan.[30] On November 16, 2011, Miramax announced a multi-year digital licensing agreement to stream a broad range of films to Netflix members in the U.K. and Ireland,[31] and on November 21, 2011, Brazil's NetMovies and Miramax entered into a multi-year movie streaming agreement.[32]
On January 29, 2012, Panasonic announced that the Miramax App will be one of the new apps to join Viera Connect in 2012, enabling users to access Miramax's library of films.[33] On January 31, 2012, Miramax signed a video-on-demand agreement with BT Vision that gives BT Vision Unlimited subscribers instant access to a range of Miramax's award-winning movies.[34]
On March 16, 2012, Mike Lang stepped down from as Miramax CEO. Miramax CFO Steve Schoch will run the company until a permanent successor can be found.[35]
In March 2012, Miramax and Britain's branded multichannel broadcaster UKTV announced a licensing agreement under which a number of the studio's hit films will be made available to UKTV subscribers across its basic pay and DTT channels.[36]
On April 1, 2012, Miramax and Sky Italia, Italy's leading pay TV platform, announced a deal under which that network will air many of the leading titles from Miramax's collection across all of its pay television channels in Italy.[37] On April 2, 2012, Miramax and the Samuel Goldwyn Jr. Family Trust announced that Miramax's Global Sales team will manage global licensing of the library produced by the legendary Samuel Goldwyn across a broad range of television and digital platforms.[38]
On January 22, 2013, Ron Tutor sold his stake in Miramax to co-owner Qatar Investment Authority.[39]
On December 16, 2013, Miramax entered into a deal with Bob and Harvey Weinstein's The Weinstein Company to develop and distribute select derivative works of films from the former studio. Sequels, TV series, or stage productions of titles such as Rounders and Shakespeare in Love were among the projects said to be part of this agreement.[40][41][42]
In October 2014, Miramax announced that it will license the television and digital distribution rights to the Revolution Studios library, which also includes the catalog of Morgan Creek International.[43]
On July 17, 2015, Qatar and Colony Capital put Miramax up for sale for an offer of $1 billion.[44][45]
Criticism
The company has been criticized for delaying or withholding release of Asian films to which it acquires the U.S. distribution rights[46] while trying to bar retailers from legally exporting authentic DVDs of the films.[47]
Harvey Weinstein has been criticized for editing films he acquires or develops, such as films like Princess Mononoke[48] and The Thief and the Cobbler. Weinstein has always insisted that such editing was done in the interest of creating the most financially viable film. "I'm not cutting for fun", Harvey Weinstein said in an interview. "I'm cutting for the shit to work. All my life I served one master: the film. I love movies."[5]
List of Miramax films
Miramax Family
Miramax Family (also known as Miramax Family Films) is the family division of Miramax Films created in 1991 and shut down in 2006. Some films distributed by them are:
- Freddie as F.R.O.7 (1992)
- Tom and Jerry: The Movie (1993) (Moved to Warner Bros. Pictures)
- The NeverEnding Story III: Escape from Fantasia (1994) (USA release only; distributed internationally by Warner Bros. Family Entertainment)
- The Thief and the Cobbler (originally released in theaters as Arabian Knight) (1995)
- Gordy (1995)
- Hugo The Movie Star (1996)
- How the Toys Saved Christmas (1997)
- The Best of Tokyo Pig (2002)
- The Adventures of Tom Thumb and Thumbelina (2002)
- Chestnut: Hero of Central Park (2004) (DVD only)
- In Search of Santa (2004)
- Beyblade the Movie: Fierce Battle (2005)
- Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (2005)
- Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows (2005)
- My Scene Goes Hollywood: The Movie (2005)
References
- ^ Busis, Hillary (July 8, 2013). "Tom Barrack replaces Richard Nanula as Miramax chairman". Entertainment Weekly.
- ^ Weinstein, Bob (April 2003). "All Thanks to Max". Vanity Fair.
- ^ "Chicago". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved February 17, 2012.
- ^ "Miramax Deal On Distribution". The New York Times. February 6, 1992. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
- ^ a b Mason, Ian Garrick (October 11, 2004). "When Harvey met Mickey". New Statesman. UK. Retrieved January 11, 2007. Cite error: The named reference "Mason" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ a b c "Miramax offices close, Disney says brand continues". Lowell Sun. Associated Press. January 29, 2010. [dead link]
- ^ Etan Vlessing (June 21, 2011). "Analysts Welcome Lionsgate Selling Maple Pictures to Alliance Films". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Eller, Claudia (October 3, 2009). "Disney to slash Miramax Films staff to 20, reduce releases to 3 a year"[dead link]. Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Brooks Barnes (October 31, 2009). "Daniel Battsek stepping down as President of Miramax". The New York Times.
- ^ Waxman, Sharon (January 27, 2010). "Miramax Dies: Rest in Peace". The Wrap, Inc. Retrieved February 8, 2010.
- ^ Eller, Claudia. (September 24, 2009). "Will there be a place for Miramax in Disney's new movie script?". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Graser, Marc (January 29, 2010). "Rich Ross reshapes Disney film studios". Variety.
- ^ "On the Call: Disney's CEO Bob Iger on Miramax"[dead link]. Business Insider/Associated Press. February 9, 2010
- ^ Theresa McCabe (November 23, 2010). "Google Eyes Miramax to Boost YouTube". TheStreet.
- ^ Ryan Nakashima (December 5, 2010). "Disney completes $663M sale of Miramax". Associated Press via Yahoo! News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
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- ^ "FilmDistrict To Distribute 'Don't Be Afraid Of The Dark' Remake". Deadline. February 14, 2011.
- ^ "Focus Features to Distribute Miramax's THE DEBT Starring Helen Mirren and Sam Worthington". Collider. February 9, 2011.
- ^ "Lionsgate, StudioCanal to distribute Miramax films". Bloomberg Businessweek. February 11, 2011.
- ^ "Lionsgate, Studiocanal and Miramax Enter Into Home Entertainment Distribution Agreements". Yahoo! Finance. February 11, 2011. Archived from the original on June 29, 2011.
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- ^ "Echo Bridge to Distribute 251 Miramax Titles on DVD, Blu-ray". The Wrap. February 17, 2011.
- ^ http://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.php?p=8940436&postcount=53
- ^ The Digital Bits (October 9, 2014). "Lionsgate expands deal with Miramax, Arrow plans a US op (with your help) & 50% off Flash Sale at the Criterion store".
- ^ http://www.blu-ray.com/Scream/27876/
- ^ Rachel Abrams (March 1, 2011). "Miramax, Alliance Films renew Canada pact". Variety.
- ^ "Miramax and Alliance Films Renew Partnership in Canada". BusinessWire. March 1, 2011.
- ^ "Miramax in talks with Netflix, Google, Hulu, others for digital distribution deal". Los Angeles Times. March 25, 2011.
- ^ Rao, Leena (September 6, 2011). "Netflix Lands International Licensing Deal With Miramax For Latin American Subscribers". TechCrunch.
- ^ Kilday, Gregg (September 27, 2011). "Miramax Strikes Deal With Hulu to Offer Its Movies in Japan". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ^ Lunden, Ingrid (November 16, 2011). "Miramax Is The Latest To Ink A Deal With Netflix For UK Launch". paidContent.
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Further reading
- Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance, and the Rise of Independent Film by Peter Biskind (Simon & Schuster, 2004)