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DEJ Productions
DEJ Productions was an American film studio founded in 1998 by Dean Wilson, Ed Stead and John Antioco. The studio distributed 225 films in just eight years, including the Academy Award-winning ''Monster'' starring Charlize Theron and the multiple Academy Award-winning '' Crash'' which won Best Picture of the Year. DEJ was a film acquisition company which began in 1998, shortly after the introduction of the medium of DVD. The home video industry was undergoing a major economic change and DEJ was established to pick-up low-budget films primarily to get exclusive DVD releases for its parent company, Blockbuster Video. DEJ was named after the first initials of three top Blockbuster executives at the time, its Executive Vice President Dean Wilson, its General Counsel and Executive Vice President of Business Development Ed Stead, and its CEO John Antioco. The company released a few of its acquired films theatrically. A notable example was the U.S. rights to the Sylvester Stallone film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Look Pictures
First Look Studios was a former American independent film distributor, that specialized in home video releases of films and television series. History In 1980, Robert and Ellen Little founded Overseas Filmgroup as a film sales company for foreign markets. Overseas Filmgroup expanded towards film financing to give the company greater control over its output. From the beginnings, it competed with fellow, also-defunct film producers J&M Film Sales (later J&M Entertainment), Manson International and Producers Sales Organization as the most successful company with film sales. Overseas Filmgroup decided to paid $3 million in order to set up operations for different areas such as Spain, Arizona, Texas, Taiwan, Italy, southern California and Colorado in the mid-1980s, and by 1986, the company became active, setting up a number of domestic theatrical, home video and television syndication sales with New World Pictures and other distributors. In 1987, while other sales companies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gacy (film)
''Gacy'' (also known as ''The Crawl Space'') is a 2003 American crime horror thriller film written and directed by Clive Saunders, and co-written by David Birke. A direct-to-video release, it is based on the crimes of John Wayne Gacy, an American serial killer who raped, tortured, and murdered at least thirty-three men and boys in Chicago, Illinois during the 1970s. It stars Mark Holton as Gacy. Plot In 1953, the teenage John Wayne Gacy argues with his father, who says he will "never be brave enough" and kicks him. In 1976, the adult Gacy's lunch with his family is interrupted by a neighbor demanding something be done about the stench coming from his crawl space. Gacy responds angrily that he will. Lunch is interrupted again when Steve, an employee of Gacy's, complains he has not been paid for two weeks. Gacy says he will be paid and orders him off his property. Gacy consults a friend who advises lime for the smell. While driving at night, Gacy abducts a man, brings him back t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Runner (1999 Film)
''The Runner'' is a 1999 crime thriller film directed by Ron Moler and starring Ron Eldard and Courteney Cox. The soundtrack contains songs performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock music, rock band formed in 1983 by vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. The band has featured international personnel throughout its care ... and Douglas September. Plot A young man with a gambling addiction has managed to get himself into serious debt by losing all his money. In an effort to pay off the bookies, his uncle pulls a few strings and gets him a job working for a gangster named Deepthroat, who needs a "runner" to place bets with various bookies. The gangster keeps his new "runner" on a short leash and, for the most part, the young gambler behaves himself. However, the temptation of walking around with large sums of cash proves too great, and the "runner" puts both his job an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Curve (1998 Film)
''The Curve'' is a 1998 thriller film starring Matthew Lillard, Keri Russell and Michael Vartan, which premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival under its original title, ''Dead Man's Curve''. It draws on the urban legend that a student will receive only A+ letter grades should their roommate commit suicide (pass by catastrophe). Plot After hearing of a school policy granting anyone whose roommate commits suicide an automatic 4.0 GPA, Harvard Med School aspirants Chris ( Michael Vartan) and Tim (Matthew Lillard) plot to kill their roommate Rand ( Randall Batinkoff) and make it look like a suicide. They're successful, but when the fallout breeds unforeseen consequences and two local detectives close in, guilt and mistrust fester, jeopardizing Chris's relationship with his girlfriend Emma ( Keri Russell) and the roommates' futures. Cast *Matthew Lillard – Tim * Michael Vartan – Chris * Keri Russell – Emma * Randall Batinkoff – Rand * Dana Delany – Dr. Ashley *Tama ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal (2005 Film)
''Animal'' is a 2005 direct-to-video film directed by David J. Burke and starring Ving Rhames, Terrence Howard, Chazz Palminteri, and Jim Brown. It was written by David C. Johnson. The film's profits were the subject of a lawsuit against the film's distributor, DEJ Productions. The case was still active into the year 2011. It was followed up by a 2007 sequel, ''Animal 2''. The story of Willie Lynch is mentioned in the film, and passed on from father to son to half-brother. The film holds that the Lynch story is factual although it has been proved to be a modern forgery. Cast *Ving Rhames as James "Animal" Allen *Terrence Howard as Darius *Chazz Palminteri as Kasada *Jim Brown as Berwell *Wes Studi as Creeper *Faizon Love as Double T *Paula Jai Parker as Reecy *Beverly Todd as Latresse *Taraji Penda Henson Taraji Penda Henson ( ; born September 11, 1970) is an American actress. She studied acting at Howard University and began her Hollywood career in guest roles on several t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millennium Entertainment Alchemy (formerly Millennium Entertainment) was an American independent global film distributor based in Los Angeles, California. The company acquired and distributed feature films, television series and specialty programming. History Millennium Entertainment was 60% owned by production company Nu Image. Exclusive Media Group owned 20% and Prentice Capital owned the remaining stock.Millennium On The Block; Salem Partners To Handle Sale Of Distribution Unit. '''' (April 22, 2013). Following its formation in 2010, the company marked its first noteworthy theatrical release ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] |