Monterey Media Inc. (formerly The Monterey Movie Company) started as a

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company founded in 1982 by Scott Mansfield. It was initially financed by Noel C. Bloom, and the titles were distributed by the Family Home Entertainment subsidiary of Caballero Control Corporation. Monterey is the second sub-label of NCB Entertainment, after FHE. In 1987, Len Levy moved to Fries Home Video, an upstart distributor, taking its Monterey line with them, after cutting ties with International Video Entertainment, which received all 53 titles after five years. That year, in October, the Monterey Movie Company had signed a 22-title agreement with Forum Home Video, to launch its new Phoenix Video label and Scott Mansfield will provide the package, with Forum Home Video handling U.S. distribution of its titles, and the cassettes would range from $19.98-34.98. After many years the company has now expanded from home video into independent theatrical distribution, film festivals, and other venues including television, digital delivery, and home entertainment markets. Its first release was ''Deadly Games'', a film made by Mansfield, who then released more titles under the Monterey label; early releases included a

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tribute concert, a Sandahl Bergman aerobic dance video, '' Dynamite Chicken'', a concert by

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, '' Oh, Alfie!'', '' The Werewolf of Washington'', ''

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'', '' And Nothing But the Truth'', '' Tomorrow'', '' The Children of Sanchez'', and ''Autumn Born''. The company was also the exclusive distributor for All

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concert videos/ DVDs for over 20 years, including ''

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'' and '' Dead Ahead''. Currently, they distribute their films at festivals and events, in theaters, and on DVD and VOD, including feature films, documentaries, self-help videos, and

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programs. In 2019, Monterey was acquired by

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Selected theatrical releases

* ''10 Questions for the Dalai Lama'' * ''

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'' (2015) * '' A Farewell to Fools'' (2014) * '' Approaching Midnight'' (2013) * '' A Beautiful Now'' (2015) * '' Between Us'' (2012) * ''The Blue Butterfly'' * ''Bracelet of Bordeaux'' (2009) * '' Bringing Up Bobby'' (2012) * ''Canopy'' (2013) * ''The Cellar Door'' (2008) * '' The Citizen'' (2013) * ''The Cry'' (2008) * ''Endgame'' (2010) * ''

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'' (1966) * '' Eye of the Dolphin'' (2007) * '' Girl on a Bicycle'' (2014) * '' The Girl on the Train'' (2013) * '' Gooby'' (2009) * ''

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'' (2014) * ''Harvest'' (2011) * '' Hey Hey It's Esther Blueburger'' (2010) * ''Home'' (2009) * '' How to Be a Serial Killer'' (2009) * ''Humble Pie'' (2007) * ''I Am Comic'' (2010) * '' I Kissed a Vampire'' (2012) * ''Karla'' (2007) * ''

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'' (2012) * '' The Kitchen'' (2012) * '' Leonie'' (2013) * ''

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'' (2009) * '' Local Color'' (2009) * ''Looking for Palladin'' (2011) * '' Lovely, Still'' (2012) * ''Meadowoods'' (2010) * '' No God, No Master'' (2014) * '' Nobelity'' (2006) * '' One Peace at a Time'' (2009) * ''Peel: The Peru Project'' (2006) * '' The Red Baron'' (2008) * '' Redwood Highway'' (2014) * ''Restitution'' (2011) * ''

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'' (2007)

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