Artisan Entertainment

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Artisan Entertainment

Industry

Home video company Motion pictures

Fate

Acquired by and folded into Lions Gate Entertainment

Successor(s)

Lionsgate Home Entertainment Lionsgate Films

1983 (as U.S.A. Home Video) 1986 (as International Video Founded Entertainment) 1990 (as Live Entertainment) 1998 (as Artisan Entertainment)

Defunct

2004

Headquarters 2700 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA

Family Home Entertainment (1983-1986) Parent NCB Entertainment (1986-1988) LIVE Entertainment (1988-1998) Artisan Entertainment (1998-2004)

Artisan Pictures Subsidiaries Artisan Television Artisan Home Entertainment Artisan Digital Media

Family Home Entertainment iArtisan

Artisan Entertainment Inc. was a privately held independent American movie studio until it was purchased by a Canadian studio, Lions Gate, in 2003. At the time of its acquisition, Artisan had a library of thousands of films developed through acquisition, original production, and production and distribution agreements. Its headquarters and private screening room were located in Santa Monica, California. It also had an office in TriBeCa, Lower Manhattan, New York City.[1] The company owned the home video rights to the film libraries of Republic Pictures, and Carolco Pictures. They also owned Family Home Entertainment (FHE), and its motion picture subdivision, FHE Pictures for a first-feature film Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie. Artisan's releases included Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Grizzly Falls, Killing Zoe, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, The Blair Witch Project, Novocaine, and Startup.com.

Contents

1 History o 1.1 1980s o 1.2 1990s o 1.3 2000s 2 Filmography 3 Artisan's library today 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

History
Artisan, unlike most movie studios, had its roots in the home video industry.

1980s
Artisan Entertainment was founded in 1981 by Noel C. Bloom as Family Home Entertainment, Inc.. In 1983, FHE began operating its new subsidiary U.S.A. Home Video, when tapes were usually packaged in large boxes and included non-family films such as Supergirl, Silent Night, Deadly Night, and many B-movies, including those that begin and end with B-actress Sybil Danning talking about the film that is being shown under the Adventure Video label. In 1985, U.S.A. launched ThrillerVideo to make video series.

In 1986, Family Home Entertainment, Inc. became known as International Video Entertainment (IVE), with the IVE name used for non-family releases, and the FHE name used as a subsidiary of IVE for family releases.[2] In the late 1980s, the company branched into film distribution for television. In 1987, IVE was acquired by Carolco Pictures.[2] The unrated release of Angel Heart was the first Carolco film released by IVE on video. The first two Carolco films (First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II) were released under the Thorn/EMI/HBO Video name, but were rereleased in 1990 and 1988, respectively, under IVE. In 1988, IVE and FHE consolidated into Live Entertainment. Live formed new ventures outside the home video business, including an ownership of retail music and video chains across the East Coast.[2]

1990s

The LIVE Entertainment logo. In 1990, IVE became Live Home Video. Carolco formed its own home video division under partnership with Live. The company also formed Avid Home Entertainment, which reissued older IVE products, as well as ITC Entertainment's back catalogue, on videocassette at discount prices. Live Entertainment decided to branch into film production. The company spent more than a million dollars to finance the 1992 film Reservoir Dogs, which marked the directorial debut of Quentin Tarantino.[3] Other films included Paul Schrader's Light Sleeper.[2] In 1991, the company took over Vestron after its downfall; Vestron had been known best for Dirty Dancing, which had been the second highest-grossing independent film of all time. Also, for several years starting in 1993, Live Entertainment distributed anime released by Pioneer Entertainment, including Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki and the first Tenchi Muyo! movie, Tenchi Muyo! in Love. In 1993, Carolco restructured itself and was forced to sell its shares in Live Entertainment to a group of investors led by Pioneer Electric Corporation.[4] In 1995, when Carolco ceased to exist as a company, StudioCanal got full rights to their film library and thus Live (under a new deal with the French-based production company) continued to distribute Carolco's films for video. Other ex-video distributors that had been owned by and folded into Live Entertainment included Tenth Avenue Video (And Platinum Productions), and Magnum Entertainment.

In April 1998, the company became Artisan Entertainment, and began to expand to include the Hallmark Entertainment and Hallmark Hall of Fame movies on VHS and DVD and Discovery Communications releases.

2000s
On September 13, 2000, Artisan launched Artisan Digital Media and iArtisan.[5] In May 2003, Artisan and Microsoft jointly announced the first release of a high definition DVD, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (Extreme Edition). The release was a promotion for the Windows Media version 9 format; it could only be played on a personal computer with Windows XP. Artisan had released the movie in 2002 on DVHS. In the summer 2003, Marvel Enterprises placed an offer for Artisan.[6] After Lions Gate Entertainment agreed to acquire Artisan on December 15, 2003,[7] video releases through Artisan have now been re-released under the Lionsgate Home Entertainment banner.

Filmography
As LIVE Entertainment

Reservoir Dogs[2][3] (1992)

Top Dog (1995)

Trees Lounge (1996) The Arrival (1996) The Substitute (1996) Open Your Eyes (1997) Dirty Dancing: 10th Anniversary Edition (1997) Hotel de Love (1997) Critical Care (1997) Wishmaster (1997) Caught Up (1998) Suicide Kings (1998)

As Artisan Entertainment

Pi (1998) Permanent Midnight (1998) Belly (1998) Ringmaster (1998) The Blair Witch Project (1999) The Breaks (1999) Grizzly Falls (1999) Stir of Echoes (1999) Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000)

Cecil B. Demented (2000) Requiem for a Dream (2000) The Way of the Gun (2000) Made (2001) Startup.com (2001) Soul Survivor (2001) Novocaine (2001) Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie (2002) National Lampoon's Van Wilder (2002) Boat Trip (2003) Final Examination (2003) Step into Liquid (2003) House of the Dead (2003) Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004) The Punisher (2004)

Artisan's library today

Today, Artisan Entertainment's catalogue is owned by Lionsgate, who purchased the company in 2003. Among the exceptions:

Scotti Bros. Pictures releases - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Tomorrow Entertainment and pre-1974 Rankin-Bass releases - DreamWorks Animation New Line Cinema and Lorimar Telepictures releases - Warner Bros.

See also
Greater Los Angeles portal Companies portal Film portal

List of Artisan Entertainment video releases

References
1. ^ "Company Profile." Artisan Entertainment. April 8, 2003. Retrieved on September 3, 2011. 2. ^ a b c d e "Artisan Entertainment Inc. - Company Profile, Information, Business Description, History, Background Information on Artisan Entertainment Inc". Referenceforbusiness.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2011. http://www.referenceforbusiness.com/history2/20/Artisan-Entertainment-Inc.html. Retrieved 2011-07-12. 3. ^ a b http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BnobAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Sk4EAAAAIBAJ&pg =4929,2048657&dq=reservoir+dogs+live+entertainment&hl=en 4. ^ History of Artisan Entertainment Inc., referenceforbusiness.com 5. ^ "Variety" Artisan spins web variety.com, Retrieved on July 3, 2012

6. ^ Farrow, Boyd (April 16, 2004). "New York-Based Marvel Enterprises Launches London-Based International Division". Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-115479297.html?key=0142160D517E19156C170D0B1D0F694B36254D35463B78700E730E0B60641A617F1 371193F. Retrieved 1 September 2011. 7. ^ "InsideView Artisan Entertainment Inc. insideview.com, Retrieved on July 3, 2012

External links

Press release about High-Definition DVD release

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List of Artisan Entertainment video releases

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This is a list of Artisan Home Entertainment VHS and DVD releases over the 21 years it existed. This list only includes movie releases, including movie re-edits of existing TV series. It does not include their releases of actual TV series episodes.

Contents

1 As USA Home Video (19831987) 2 As International Video Entertainment (19861990) 3 As LIVE Entertainment (19901998) 4 As Artisan Entertainment 5 On DVD (19972004) 6 As Family Home Entertainment 7 From Avid Home Entertainment 8 U.S. Spanish language releases

As USA Home Video (19831987)

19861987 releases were used in tandem by IVE.

Ms. 45 (1983) Supergirl (1984) A Rumor of War (1984) The Line (November 1984) The Battle of Austerlitz (November 1984) The Martian Chronicles (November 1984) Kill! (November 1984) The Executioner's Song (1985) 1984 (June 1985) Silent Night, Deadly Night (Early 1986) The Four Musketeers (1986) Pirates (1986) One Cooks, the Other Doesn't (February 1987) Eye of the Tiger (March 1987)

As International Video Entertainment (19861990)

19861987 releases were used in tandem by USA Home Video.

A Man Called Rage (April 1987) #64365 Supergirl (April 1987)

Silent Night, Deadly Night (April 1987) 1984 (May 1987) Angel Heart (July 1987) #60459 Angel Heart Unrated version (July 1987) #60460 Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2 (August 1987) Extreme Prejudice (August 1987) #62178 Maid to Order (March 11, 1988) #64311 The Puppetoon Movie (March 11, 1988) #65823 Summer Night (March 11, 1988) #67371 Sunset Limousine (March 11, 1988) #67396 When the Wind Blows (March 11, 1988) Leader of the Band (March 11, 1988) Lady Beware (March 11, 1988) Remote Control (March 11, 1988) Wet Gold (March 11, 1988) Nightflyers (March 11, 1988) Rest in Pieces (March 11, 1988) He's My Girl (March 11, 1988) Trading Hearts (March 11, 1988) The Penitent (March 11, 1988) Howling IV: The Original Nightmare (November 1988) Up Your Alley (November 1988) Rambo III (January 1989) #65922 Red Heat (January 1989) #66057 Maid to Order (January 1989) #64311 Angel Heart (January 1989) #60459 Lady Beware (January 1989) Eye of the Tiger (January 1989) Dudes (January 1989) Extreme Prejudice (January 1989) #62178 Breaker Morant (January 1989) Rambo: First Blood Part II (January 1989) Iron Eagle II (February 1989) #63258 Watchers (April 1989) The Iron Triangle (May 1989) #63263 DeepStar Six (June 1989) #61700 Rooftops (July 1989) Food of the Gods Part 2 (September 1989) Fright Night Part II (September 1989) Weekend at Bernie's (November 1989) #68904 Signs of Life (November 1989) #65283 Millennium (December 1989) #68908 Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives! (December 1989) Johnny Handsome (January 1990) Prom Night III: The Last Kiss (January 1990) #68912 Happy Together (February 1990) Girlfriend From Hell (February 1990) Lobster Man From Mars (February 1990) The Fabulous Baker Boys (May 1990) #68910 First Blood (May 1990) #65923

Watchers II (September 1990) #68967 Music Box (September 1990) #68903 Mountains of the Moon (October 1990) Martians Go Home (October 1990) #68936

As LIVE Entertainment (19901998)

Total Recall* (October 30, 1990) Short Time (Christmas 1990) Air America (1991) Repossessed* (January 1991) King of New York* (January 1991) Narrow Margin* (February 1991) Jacob's Ladder* (March 1991) Rock 'n' Roll High School Forever (May 1991) Howling VI: The Freaks (June 1991) The Making of Terminator 2: Judgement Day* (July 1991) The Doors* (July 1991) The Palermo Connection (August 1991) L.A. Story* (1991) In Bed with Madonna (September 1991) The Object of Beauty (September 1991) The Field (October 1991) Terminator 2: Judgement Day* (November 1991) The Punisher (1989) (1991) Phantom of the Opera* (1992) Sophie's Choice** (1992) Basic Instinct* (1992) Universal Soldier* (1992) Bad Lieutenant (November 1992) Reservoir Dogs (February 1993) Chaplin* (May 1993) The Crying Game (July 1, 1993) T2 Special Edition (1993) Fortress (1993) Jesus of Nazareth (November 1993) The Piano (1994) The House of the Spirits (1994) Deception (1994) Baywatch the Movie: Forbidden Paradise (June 27, 1995) Top Dog (August 1995) Stargate (September 1995) The Terminator (September 1995) T2 Letterboxed Edition (April 1996)* Cutthroat Island (April 1996)* Trees Lounge (December 20, 1996) The Arrival (April 15, 1997)

(*) - Denotes a Carolco Home Video release (**) - Denotes a ITC Home Video release

As Artisan Entertainment

Black Mask (1996) Wishmaster (1998) Caught Up (1998) Pi (1998) The Substitute 2: School's Out (August 1998) Terminator Limited Edition (August 14, 1998) T2 Limited Edition (August 14, 1998) Suicide Kings (July 1998) First Blood (October 1998) Rambo: First Blood Part II (October 1998) Rambo III (October 1998) Narrow Margin (November 1998) Jerry Springer's Ringmaster (1999) The Terminator (1999) Heavy Traffic (August 1999) Foolish (1999) Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1999) Red Heat (1999) Belly (April 20, 1999) The Blair Witch Project (1999) Wishmaster 2 (1999) The Return of the Pink Panther (June 1999) Bloody Murder (September 2000) The Doors (January 2001) Book of Shadows: Blair Witch II (March 2001) Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp (2003) The Punisher (2004) Man-Thing (2005)

On DVD (19972004)

Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1997) Basic Instinct (1997) Reservoir Dogs (1997) Cutthroat Island (1997) The Crying Game (1997) Universal Soldier (1997) Stargate (1997) Chaplin (1997) Young Guns (1997) The Fabulous Baker Boys (1997) An American Werewolf in London (January 20, 1998) Jacob's Ladder (July 1998) Caught Up (July 1998) Earth Girls are Easy (July 1998) Suicide Kings (July 1998) First Blood (October 1998)

Rambo: First Blood Part II (October 1998) Rambo III (October 1998) Bad Lieutenant (1998) Hamburger Hill (November 1998) Weekend at Bernie's (December 1998) Belly (April 20, 1999) The Arrival & Arrival II (May 1999) Plenty (June 2009) The Return of the Pink Panther (June 1999) Heavy Traffic (October 1999) Stargate Special Edition (October 2009) The Boys from Brazil (December 1999) Black Mask (October 1999) Dirty Dancing Special Edition (October 1999) Drugstore Cowboy Special Edition (October 1999) Wishmaster & Wishmaster 2 (July 20, 1999) Substitute & Substitute 3 (January 2000) Jesus of Nazareth (2000) Stir of Echoes (2000) Down Time (2000)

The back of a typical early FHE cover, complete with the MGM/UA print logo

As Family Home Entertainment

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The World of Strawberry Shortcake (June 1981) Panda and the Magic Serpent (1981, USA only) The Littlest Warrior (1981)

Candy Candy The Adventures of Ultraman Blackstar (exclusively distributed by MGM/UA Home Video) Spaceketeers (1982) (exclusively distributed by MGM/UA Home Video) Gumby (19821990s) Inspector Gadget (1985-1986) The Transformers (TV series) (1985-1986) G.I. Joe (TV series) (1984-1986) Nearly No Christmas (1985) Star Fairies (1986) Thundercats (1986-1990) The Transformers: The Movie (1987) Pound Puppies (19871990) The Adventures of the Little Koala (1987) The World of David the Gnome (1987) The Cricket in Times Square (1987) A Very Merry Cricket (1987) Yankee Doodle Cricket (1987) Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1987) The White Seal (1987) Mowgli's Brothers (1987) The Velveteen Rabbit (1987) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Animated TV Series (19881996) Mad Scientist (1988) Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1989) Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (September 14, 1989) Galaxy High (1989) Babar: The Movie (November 1989) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (December 25, 1989) The Little Drummer Boy (December 25, 1989) Frosty the Snowman (December 25, 1989) Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (December 25, 1989) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie (October 4, 1990, USA only) Babar (19901992) Around the World in 80 Days (Burbank Films version) (1990) Alice in Wonderland (Burbank Films version) (1990) The Wind in the Willows (Burbank Films version) (1990) The Tale of Peter Rabbit (1992) Thumpkin and the Easter Bunnies (1992) Easter Egg Mornin' (1992) Bluetoes the Christmas Elf (1992) On Golden Pond (1993)** The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1993)** Where the Red Fern Grows (1993) Hoosiers (1993) Tubby the Tuba (1993) Banjo the Woodpile Cat (1993) Tom and Jerry: The Movie (October 26, 1993) Frosty Returns (December 25, 1993) The Last Unicorn (1994)**

Speed Racer: The Movie (original title: "The Speed Racer Show"; theatrically released by Streamline Pictures) (February 16, 1994) Phantom 2040 (November 1994) The Return of the Pink Panther (1996)** Drop Dead Fred (1996) Merlin (August 18, 1998) The Crocodile Hunter (2000-2003) Clifford the Big Red Dog (2001-2006) The Care Bears (2003-2006) Maya and Miguel (2005)

From Avid Home Entertainment

1984 (1990) Millennium (1990) Dudes (March 1991) Supergirl (March 1991) Escape to Athena (September 1991) DeepStar Six (1992) Love and Bullets (1992) All Quiet on the Western Front (1992) Trancers (1992) Megaville (1992) Johnny Handsome (1992) Capricorn One (1993) Go For Gold (1993) Total Recall (1994) First Blood (March 1995) Rambo: First Blood Part II (March 1995) Rambo III (March 1995) Angel Heart (March 1995) The Doors (June 5, 1996) Weekend at Bernie's (June 5, 1996) El vengador del futuro (June 5, 1996) Chaplin (1997) Air America (March 1998)

U.S. Spanish language releases

Robotech: La pelcula (1986) El vengador del futuro (June 5, 1996) (from Avid Home Entertainment) Terminator (August 14, 1998) Terminator 2: El juicio final (August 14, 1998) El vengador del futuro (August 14, 1998) Stargate (August 14, 1998) Cutthroat Island (August 14, 1998) Reservoir Dogs (August 14, 1998) Merlin (September 16, 1998) (from Family Home Entertainment) Suicide Kings (September 16, 1998)

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