Line #16 Creator/TheWeinsteinCompany


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3	The Weinstein Company was an American film studio, founded by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the then-[[Creator/{{Disney}} Disney]]-owned Creator/MiramaxFilms. The Creator/DimensionFilms label of Miramax followed the brothers to their new company.
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5	Much like Miramax, the company was infamous for often [[ExecutiveMeddling taking creative control away from directors]], delaying films, giving them the InvisibleAdvertising treatment, and releasing mostly flops (though their fortunes later improved with the back-to-back [[MediaNotes/AcademyAwardForBestPicture Best Picture]] winners ''Film/TheKingsSpeech'' and ''Film/TheArtist''). Their films would find some success on home video, thanks to a much advertised exclusive rental agreement with Blockbuster Video in the mid-to-late 2000s, though the rental chain would fold a few years later. Their biggest success was Creator/QuentinTarantino's ''Film/DjangoUnchained'', released in 2012.
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7	TWC's sub-labels included the aforementioned Dimension Films (for B-movie fare) and Radius (for fare given theatrical and VOD releases, similar to Magnolia Pictures and [[Creator/{{IFC}} IFC Films]]).
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9	[[OvershadowedByControversy That probably isn't what you know them for, though.]]
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11	In October of 2017, a pair of exposés in ''The New York Times'' and ''Magazine/TheNewYorker'' exposed Harvey's extensive history of sexual misconduct, ranging from verbal harassment to violent rape to blackmail, which had gone on for his entire career. Though he'd been accused of aggressive behavior and even bullying in the past, these articles swiftly changed Harvey's public perception from that of a relatively harmless – if meddlesome and sleazy – executive to a full-fledged sexual predator, making his very name shorthand for sexual rapacity in show business. He was [[RoleEndingMisdemeanor immediately fired from the company]], permanently ending his career in film, and the resulting scandal kickstarted the [=#MeToo=] movement, which encouraged victims of harassment and assault to call for justice against their high-profile abusers, creating a domino effect of several other powerful men in Hollywood and various other major professions (such as Creator/KevinSpacey, Creator/BryanSinger, [[Creator/{{Def Jam Recordings}} Russell Simmons]], [[Series/{{Today}} Matt Lauer]], [[Creator/{{Paramount Global}} Leslie]] [[Creator/{{CBS}} Moonves]], and Creator/JohnKricfalusi, just to name a few) having their careers similarly permanently soured. In May of 2018, Harvey was arrested and charged with rape. In two separate trials held in New York and Los Angeles (the first in February of 2020, the second in October of 2022), he was convicted of four counts of rape and one count of sexual assault. He was sentenced to a total of 39 years in prison.[[note]]23 years for the New York convictions, 16 years for the Los Angeles convictions; the sentences must be served consecutively.[[/note]]
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13	Following Harvey's fall from grace, TWC would declare bankruptcy after sales talks fell through with potential buyers. In 2018, the company declared Chapter 11 bankruptcy and was purchased by Lantern Capital and subsequently renamed Lantern Entertainment. A year later, Lantern folded their TWC assets into Creator/SpyglassMediaGroup (the revived Spyglass Entertainment), with Creator/WarnerBros acquiring a minority stake. Bob remains in comparatively better standing thus far and has moved on to create his own production company, Watch This Entertainment. Creator/{{Lionsgate}} is the current distributor of The Weinstein Company's library.
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15	!!Films released by The Weinstein Company:
16	[[index]]
17	* ''[[Film/AllGoodThings2010 All Good Things]]''
18	* ''Film/ArthurAndTheInvisibles''
19	* ''Film/TheArtist''
20	* ''Film/TheArtOfTheSteal''
21	* ''Theatre/AugustOsageCounty''
22	* ''Film/Awake2007''
23	* ''Film/BeginAgain''
24	* ''Film/BigEyes''
25	* ''Film/BlueValentine''
26	* ''Film/{{Bobby}}''
27	* ''Film/BrooklynRules''
28	* ''Film/TheButler''
29	* ''Film/{{Butter}}''
30	* ''Film/CapitalismALoveStory''
31	* ''Film/{{Carol}}''
32	* ''Film/CassandrasDream''
33	* ''Film/ClerksII''
34	* ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMagicRoundabout2005 Doogal]]''
35	* ''Film/DjangoUnchained''
36	* ''WesternAnimation/EscapeFromPlanetEarth''
37	* ''Film/TheEx''
38	* ''Film/FactoryGirl''
39	* ''Film/{{Fanboys}}''
40	* ''Film/FruitvaleStation''
41	* ''Film/TheGiver''
42	* ''Film/HandsOfStone''
43	* ''Film/TheHatefulEight''
44	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Hoodwinked}}''
45	* ''Film/IDontKnowHowSheDoesIt''
46	* ''Film/TheImitationGame''
47	* ''Film/ImNotThere''
48	* ''Film/InglouriousBasterds''
49	* ''Film/TheIronLady''
50	* ''Film/IWantSomeoneToEatCheeseWith''
51	* ''Film/JaneGotAGun''
52	* ''Film/KillingThemSoftly''
53	* ''Film/{{Killshot}}''
54	* ''Film/TheKingsSpeech''
55	* ''Film/{{Lawless}}''
56	* ''WesternAnimation/LeoTheLion''
57	* ''Film/{{The Libertine\|2004}}''
58	* ''Film/TheMaster''
59	* ''Film/TheMatador''
60	* ''Film/MrsHendersonPresents''
61	* ''Film/MyWeekWithMarilyn''
62	* ''Film/TheNannyDiaries''
63	* ''Film/{{No Escape\|2015}}''
64	* ''Film/OurIdiotBrother''
65	* ''Film/{{Outlander\|2008}}''
66	* ''Film/{{Paddington\|2014}}''
67	* ''Film/{{Philomena}}''
68	* ''Literature/TheReader''
69	* ''Film/SilverLiningsPlaybook''
70	* ''Literature/ASingleMan''
71	* ''Film/{{Snowpiercer}}''
72	* ''Film/{{Southpaw}}''
73	* ''Film/{{St Vincent\|2014}}''
74	* ''Film/SingStreet''
75	* ''Film/SuiteFrancaise''
76	* ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeRobbers''
77	* ''WesternAnimation/{{TMNT}}''
78	* ''Film/{{Transamerica}}''
79	* ''Film/TulipFever'' (final theatrical release)
80	* ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona''
81	* ''Film/WindRiver''
82	[[/index]]

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