The Geffen Film Company
Former type | Film distributor and production company |
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Industry | Motion pictures |
Fate | Acquired by DreamWorks Pictures |
Successor | DreamWorks |
Founded | June 23, 1982 |
Founder | David Geffen |
Defunct | June 19, 1998 |
Headquarters | United States |
Key people | David Geffen |
Divisions | Geffen Television |
The Geffen Film Company (also known as The Geffen Company, The Geffen Film Company, Inc., and later Geffen Pictures) was a film distributor and production company founded by David Geffen, the founder of Geffen Records, and future co-founder of DreamWorks. Geffen founded the company in 1982,[1] having recruited Eric Eisner as president,[2] and distributed its films through Warner Bros.[3] Geffen operated it as a division of Warner Bros., and as a result, following The Geffen Film Company's shutdown in 1998, Warner Bros. now owns the company's library. However, the only Geffen Film Company title Warner Bros. does not own is the 1996 Mike Judge comedy Beavis and Butt-Head Do America, itself owned by Paramount Pictures via Paramount Animation and MTV Films.[4]
The spherical Geffen Pictures logo (based on the logo of its record-label counterpart) was created by Saul Bass.
Contents
1 Notable films
1.1 The Geffen Company
1.2 Geffen Pictures
2 References
3 External links
Notable films
The Geffen Company
Personal Best (1982)
Risky Business (1983) (co-production with Warner Bros. Pictures)
After Hours (1985)
Lost in America (1985)
Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
Beetlejuice (1988)
Men Don't Leave (1990)
Geffen Pictures
Defending Your Life (1991)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
M. Butterfly (1993)
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
Beavis and Butt-Head Do America (1996, co-production with Paramount Pictures and MTV Films)
Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996, TV series)
Joe's Apartment (1996, co-production with MTV Films)
Michael Collins (1996)
The Butcher Boy (1997)
References
^ "David Geffen Fast Facts". CNN. 8 March 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Shewey, Don (1985). "On the Go With David Geffen". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ Cieply, Michael (10 January 1989). "Sean Daniel Quits Universal to Head Geffen's Film Unit". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
^ Dilworth, John R. (January 1997). "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America". Animation World Magazine. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
External links
The Geffen Film Company on IMDb
Geffen Pictures on IMDb
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