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Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment is an American motion picture and television finance and production company founded in 2004 by philanthropist and film producer Sidney Kimmel. The company focuses on bringing entertainment projects to audiences in association with studio distribution partners. Film production Sidney Kimmel Entertainment has co-financed and produced/co-produced more than 40 motion pictures. SKE releases include the thriller '' The Lincoln Lawyer'', starring Matthew McConaughey, co-produced with Lakeshore Entertainment and distributed by Lionsgate; the 2007 British comedy '' Death at a Funeral'' distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer as well as its 2010 American remake, with co-writer and co-producer Chris Rock leading an all-star ensemble cast, distributed by Screen Gems; Marc Forster's '' The Kite Runner'', based on a novel of the same name, co-produced with DreamWorks Pictures, Participant Productions and Parkes/MacDonald Productions and distributed by Paramount Cla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Privately Held Company
A privately held company (or simply a private company) is a company whose Stock, shares and related rights or obligations are not offered for public subscription or publicly negotiated in their respective listed markets. Instead, the Private equity, company's stock is offered, owned, traded or exchanged privately, also known as "over-the-counter (finance), over-the-counter". Related terms are unlisted organisation, unquoted company and private equity. Private companies are often less well-known than their public company, publicly traded counterparts but still have major importance in the world's economy. For example, in 2008, the 441 list of largest private non-governmental companies by revenue, largest private companies in the United States accounted for $1.8 trillion in revenues and employed 6.2 million people, according to ''Forbes''. In general, all companies that are not owned by the government are classified as private enterprises. This definition encompasses both publ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
DreamWorks Pictures
DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film studio and Film distribution, distribution label of Amblin Partners. It was originally founded on October 12, 1994, as a live-action and animation film studio by Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg, and David Geffen (which together form the SKG of DreamWorks SKG), of which they owned 72%. The studio formerly distributed its own and third-party films. It has produced or distributed more than ten films with box-office grosses of more than $100 million each. DreamWorks Pictures was sold to Viacom (1952–2006), Viacom, parent of Paramount Pictures in February 2006 (this version is now named DW Studios). In 2008, DreamWorks announced its intention to end its partnership with Paramount and made a deal to produce films with India's Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, re-creating DreamWorks Pictures as an independent entity. The following year, DreamWorks entered into a dist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Demolition (2015 Film)
''Demolition'' is a 2015 American comedy-drama film directed by Jean-Marc Vallée and written by Bryan Sipe. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper, and Judah Lewis. The film opened the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival and was theatrically released on April 8, 2016, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. ''Demolition'' was Vallée's final feature film before his death in 2021, at the age of 58. Plot Davis Mitchell is a successful private equity Investor at a firm founded and run by his father-in-law Phil. His wife, Julia, is driving them when they are struck by another vehicle, killing Julia. Recovering in the hospital, he attempts to purchase some candy from a vending machine which malfunctions. Davis drafts a complaint to the vending machine manufacturer that includes some venting of his personal experiences. This leads to a series of conversations with a customer service representative, Karen Moreno, in which they end up sharing details of each other's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IFC Films
Independent Film Company (formerly IFC Films) is an American film production and distribution company based in New York City, New York. It is an offshoot of IFC (U.S. TV channel), IFC, owned by AMC Networks. It mainly distributes independent film, independent features under its own name, select world cinema, foreign films and documentaries under its Sundance Selects label, and co-distributes genre films with Shudder (streaming service), Shudder. It operates the IFC Center. History The IFC Films division has a predecessor film label, Next Wave Films, designed to release movies, which was in operation from 1997 to 2002, when it was shut down and folded into IFC themselves. IFC also launched a film company, IFC Productions, which set up operation in March 1997 to produce their own feature film projects. On January 18, 1999, IFC launched a film label Agenda 2000, which set up their own film projects, which have their world premiere on IFC. On September 26, 2000, IFC launched its ow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gloria Sanchez Productions
Gloria Sanchez Productions, Inc. is an American film and television production company. History In 2014, Jessica Elbaum founded the production company as a sister label of Gary Sanchez Productions, founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, with a focus on female voices in comedy. Elbaum has worked with Ferrell since the founding of Gary Sanchez Productions as an executive producer and pitched the idea to create a female-focused production company. The logo is the same as its male counterpart, but a woman's hand pours the coffee, and a calico cat lies on the table. In January 2020, the company was reorganized following the dissolution of Gary Sanchez Productions, and became Ferrell's primary production company while still maintaining a focus on female-centered stories. It entered a multi-year non-exclusive first-look television deal with Netflix, and also entered a feature multi-year deal with Paramount Pictures. In 2021, it was moved to 20th Century Studios. Filmography Film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sleeping With Other People
''Sleeping with Other People'' is a 2015 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Leslye Headland. The film stars Jason Sudeikis, Alison Brie, Natasha Lyonne, Amanda Peet, and Adam Scott. Premiering at the Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2015, the film was released theatrically on September 11, 2015, by IFC Films. ''Sleeping with Other People'' received generally positive reviews from critics. Plot In 2002, Lainey causes a scene in a dorm at Columbia University. Taking pity on her as she is about to be kicked out by security, Jake claims her as his guest. He learns Lainey was there to lose her virginity to her teaching assistant Matthew, who Jake thinks is the most boring guy in the world. Lainey eventually realizes Jake is also a virgin, so they lose their virginity to each other. Years later, Lainey breaks up with her long-term boyfriend Sam after telling him she has been cheating on him with Matthew. On the advice of her therapist s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Age Of Adaline
''The Age of Adaline'' is a 2015 American romantic fantasy film directed by Lee Toland Krieger and written by J. Mills Goodloe and Salvador Paskowitz. The film stars Blake Lively as Adaline, with Michiel Huisman, Harrison Ford, Kathy Baker, Amanda Crew, and Ellen Burstyn. Narrated by Hugh Ross, the story follows Adaline Bowman, a young woman who stops aging following an accident at the age of twenty-nine. The film was produced by Sidney Kimmel Entertainment and Lakeshore Entertainment. Principal photography took place in Vancouver from March 5 to May 5, 2014. It premiered in New York City on April 19, 2015, and was cinematically released on April 24 in the United States by Lionsgate. It received mixed reviews from critics, though many praised both Lively's and Ford's performances, citing them as some of their best work in recent years. A modest box-office success, it grossed $65.7 million worldwide on a $25 million budget. The film received two nominations at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Focus Features
Focus Features LLC is an American independent film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as a unit of Universal Pictures, which is itself a unit of Comcast's division NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and foreign films in the United States and internationally. In November 2018, ''The Hollywood Reporter'' named Focus Features "Distributor of the Year" for its success behind the year's breakout documentary film '' Won't You Be My Neighbor?'' and Spike Lee's ''BlacKkKlansman''. The studio's most successful film to date is ''Downton Abbey'', which garnered $194.3 million at the worldwide box office. Focus Features' films have earned numerous awards nominations, including a total of 175 Academy Award nominations and 35 wins across various categories. However, they are also the distributor with the most Best Picture losses, out of 17 nominations as of 2025. History Focus Features was formed in 2002 by James Schamus and David Linde and formed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Place Beyond The Pines
''The Place Beyond the Pines'' is a 2012 American Epic film, epic Crime film, crime drama film directed by Derek Cianfrance with a screenplay by Cianfrance, Ben Coccio and Darius Marder from a story by Cianfrance and Coccio. The film tells three linear stories: Luke (Ryan Gosling), a motorcycle stunt rider who supports his family through a life of crime; Avery (Bradley Cooper), an ambitious policeman who confronts his corrupt police department; and two troubled teenagers (Emory Cohen and Dane DeHaan) who explore the aftermath of Luke and Avery's actions fifteen years later. The supporting cast includes Eva Mendes, with Ben Mendelsohn, Rose Byrne, Mahershala Ali, Bruce Greenwood, Harris Yulin, and Ray Liotta. Cianfrance was inspired to write ''The Place Beyond the Pines'' based on his experiences as a father. Coccio and Marder, who shared similar interests in film and media, helped write the script. Cianfrance envisioned the main themes to be about fathers and sons, Masculinity, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Pictures
Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal City Plaza, Universal Studios complex in Universal City, California, and is the flagship studio of Universal Studios, Inc., Universal Studios, the film studio arm of NBCUniversal, a subsidiary of Comcast. Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers (producer), Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, Robert H. Cochrane and Jules Brulatour, Universal is the oldest surviving film studio in the United States and the fifth oldest globally after Gaumont Film Company, Gaumont, Pathé, Titanus and Nordisk Film, and is one of the Major film studios, "Big Five" film studios. Universal's most commercially successful film franchises include ''Fast & Furious, Jurassic Park'', and ''Despicable Me''. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United 93 (film)
''United 93'' is a 2006 Biographical film, biographical Action film, action drama film produced, written, and directed by Paul Greengrass. The film largely chronicles the events aboard the United Airlines Flight 93, eponymous hijacked flight,Barra, Allen"Historical Film: It's Time to See a Movie We Couldn't Bear to Go To" ''American Heritage'', November/December 2006. one of the four Aircraft hijacking, hijacked flights during the September 11 attacks on America. Flight 93 was the only plane to not hit its intended target, due to the intervention of passengers and crew. The film also covers the experiences of government officials and air traffic controllers, many of whom are played by themselves, as they witness the other events of the attacks unfold that day. The film recounts the hijacking and subsequent events during the flight with as much veracity as possible, including utilizing a real time (media), real time perspective where the film takes place over the exact same amo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lars And The Real Girl
''Lars and the Real Girl'' is a 2007 American comedy-drama film written by Nancy Oliver and directed by Craig Gillespie. The film stars Ryan Gosling, Emily Mortimer, Paul Schneider, Kelli Garner, and Patricia Clarkson. Its plot follows Lars, a kind-hearted but socially awkward young man who develops a romantic yet nonsexual relationship with an anatomically correct sex doll, a RealDoll named Bianca. The movie was inspired by photographer Elena Dorfman’s work ''Still Lovers''. ''Lars and the Real Girl'' was released in the United States on October 12, 2007, by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. Though a commercial failure, the film was positively received by critics, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay, while Gosling received nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role. Plot Lars Lindstrom lives a seclu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
