Sony Pictures Classics




Division of Sony Pictures Entertainment














































Sony Pictures Classics, Inc.
Type
Division
Industry Entertainment
Founded
Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States
(1992; 27 years ago (1992))
Headquarters
New York City, New York, United States
Key people


  • Michael Barker (Co-President)


  • Tom Bernard (Co-President)




Products Motion Pictures
Owner
Sony Entertainment
(Sony Corporation)
Number of employees
25 [1]
Parent Sony Pictures Entertainment
Website www.sonyclassics.com

Sony Pictures Classics (abbreviated as SPC) is an American film production and distribution company that is a division of Sony Pictures. It was founded in 1992 by former Orion Classics heads Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom (similar to Fox Searchlight Pictures and Focus Features).[2] It distributes, produces and acquires specialty films such as documentaries, independent and art films in the United States and internationally. As of 2015, Barker and Bernard are co-presidents of the division.




Contents






  • 1 History


  • 2 Select releases


    • 2.1 1990s


    • 2.2 2000s


    • 2.3 2010s


    • 2.4 Future releases


      • 2.4.1 No release date set






  • 3 See also


  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





History




Co-founder and co-president Michael Barker


Sony Pictures Classics was founded in 1992, by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom, set up as an autonomous division of Sony Pictures.[2] The model of the company is to produce, acquire and/or distribute independent films from the United States and internationally.[3]


Sony Pictures Classics has a history of making reasonable investments for small films, and getting a decent return.[2][4][5] It has a history of not overspending.[2][6] Its largest commercial success of the 2010s is Woody Allen's Midnight in Paris (2011), which grossed over $56 million in the U.S., becoming Allen's highest-grossing film ever in the United States.


Occasionally, Sony Pictures Classics agrees to release films for all other film studio divisions of Sony; however, under Sony Pictures Classics' structure within Sony, all other divisions of Sony (including the parent company) cannot force Sony Pictures Classics to release any film that the division does not want to release.[2][7]



Select releases



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Release Date
Title
March 13, 1992
Howards End
September 25, 1992
Danzon
October 30, 1992
Van Gogh
December 11, 1992
Passion Fish
December 23, 1992
Indochine
March 3, 1993
Olivier, Olivier
April 16, 1993
The Story of Qiu Ju
May 28, 1993
The Long Day Closes
June 9, 1993
Orlando
June 25, 1993
Jacquot de Nantes
August 6, 1993
House of Angels
December 21, 1993
Faraway, So Close!
December 23, 1993
The Accompanist
February 25, 1994
Belle Époque
March 31, 1994
Germinal
April 15, 1994
In Custody
June 3, 1994
The Slingshot
July 15, 1994
Mi Vida Loca
October 19, 1994
Vanya on 42nd Street
October 21, 1994
I Don't Want to Talk About It
December 22, 1994
A Man of No Importance
February 17, 1995
Window to Paris
March 8, 1995
Martha & Ethel
March 17, 1995
Farinelli
April 21, 1995
Burnt by the Sun
April 28, 1995
Crumb
May 19, 1995
Amateur
May 26, 1995
A Pure Formality
June 8, 1995
Anne Frank Remembered
June 16, 1995
Wings of Courage (IMAX)
June 23, 1995
Love & Human Remains
June 30, 1995
Safe
July 21, 1995
Living in Oblivion
September 15, 1995
Mute Witness
September 27, 1995
Persuasion
October 20, 1995
Across the Sea of Time
December 15, 1995
The City of Lost Children
December 22, 1995
Shanghai Triad
January 24, 1996
Caught
March 8, 1996
The Flower of My Secret
March 15, 1996
The Celluloid Closet
March 29, 1996
Denise Calls Up
May 3, 1996
Madame Butterfly
May 17, 1996
Ashes of Time
May 24, 1996
Welcome to the Dollhouse
June 21, 1996
Lone Star
July 26, 1996
Manny & Lo
September 13, 1996
Brother of Sleep
October 9, 1996
Beautiful Thing
December 20, 1996
The Whole Wide World
December 25, 1996
Thieves
January 31, 1997
Waiting for Guffman
February 7, 1997
SubUrbia
April 23, 1997
A Chef in Love
May 2, 1997
Broken English
June 20, 1997
Dream with the Fishes

When the Cat's Away
August 1, 1997
In the Company of Men
September 17, 1997
The Myth of Fingerprints
October 3, 1997
Fast, Cheap & Out of Control
November 14, 1997
The Tango Lesson
December 26, 1997
Afterglow

Ma vie en rose
February 6, 1998
Nil by Mouth
March 27, 1998
Character

Men with Guns
April 3, 1998
The Spanish Prisoner
May 1, 1998
A Friend of the Deceased

Wilde
May 22, 1998
The Opposite of Sex
June 19, 1998
Henry Fool

Marie from the Bay of Angels
July 2, 1998
Mark Twain's America in 3D (IMAX)
July 10, 1998
Whatever
July 31, 1998
The Governess
November 13, 1998
Dancing at Lughnasa
November 20, 1998
Central Station
December 18, 1998
The General
February 12, 1999
Tango
April 2, 1999
The Dreamlife of Angels
April 16, 1999
SLC Punk

The Winslow Boy
May 7, 1999
This Is My Father
May 28, 1999
The Loss of Sexual Innocence
June 18, 1999
Run Lola Run
July 30, 1999
Twin Falls Idaho
October 22, 1999
One Day in September
November 5, 1999
American Movie
December 17, 1999
The Emperor and the Assassin
December 29, 1999
The Third Miracle


2000s





















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































Release Date
Title
February 18, 2000
Not One Less
February 25, 2000
Mifune's Last Song
March 10, 2000
Sweet and Lowdown
March 31, 2000
All About My Mother

The Color of Paradise
April 7, 2000
Me Myself I
May 5, 2000
Est - Ouest
May 12, 2000
Bossa Nova
May 26, 2000
Kikujiro
June 9, 2000
Groove
June 28, 2000
Trixie
July 7, 2000
Shower
August 4, 2000
The Tao of Steve
August 25, 2000
Solomon & Gaenor
September 15, 2000
Goya in Bordeaux
September 29, 2000
The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy
October 13, 2000
Just Looking
December 8, 2000
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
December 22, 2000
The House of Mirth
January 22, 2001
Haiku Tunnel
February 6, 2001
Pollock
March 2, 2001
Me You Them
April 6, 2001
Brother

Shadow Magic
April 27, 2001
The Luzhin Defence

The Princess and the Warrior
June 8, 2001
Divided We Fall
June 15, 2001
The Road Home
July 6, 2001
The Vertical Ray of the Sun
July 27, 2001
Jackpot
September 29, 2001
Who Knows?
October 5, 2001
Grateful Dawg
November 21, 2001
The Devil's Backbone
December 7, 2001
Last Orders
December 28, 2001
Dark Blue World
January 25, 2002
Beijing Bicycle
March 15, 2002
Pauline and Paulette
March 22, 2002
Son of the Bride
April 5, 2002
Crush
April 19, 2002
Nine Queens
May 8, 2002
Lagaan
May 10, 2002
The Lady and the Duke
May 20, 2002
Dogtown and Z-Boys
July 5, 2002
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing
July 12, 2002
My Wife Is an Actress
July 26, 2002
Happy Times
August 9, 2002
Secret Ballot
August 30, 2002
Mad Love
September 13, 2002
Quitting
October 18, 2002
Auto Focus
November 22, 2002
Talk to Her
December 20, 2002
Spider
December 30, 2002
Love Liza
January 17, 2003
Big Shot's Funeral
January 24, 2003
Blind Spot: Hitler's Secretary
February 14, 2003
All the Real Girls
March 7, 2003
Laurel Canyon
April 4, 2003
The Man Without a Past

Levity
April 18, 2003
Winged Migration
May 2, 2003
Owning Mahowny
May 23, 2003
Respiro
June 20, 2003
The Legend of Suriyothai
July 11, 2003
The Cuckoo
July 24, 2003
Masked and Anonymous
August 29, 2003
Once Upon a Time in the Midlands
September 26, 2003
My Life Without Me
November 26, 2003
The Triplets of Belleville
December 3, 2003
Monsieur Ibrahim
December 12, 2003
The Statement
December 19, 2003
The Fog of War
December 25, 2003
The Company
February 27, 2004
Good Bye Lenin!
March 12, 2004
Broken Wings
March 19, 2004
Bon Voyage
April 2, 2004
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
April 16, 2004
Young Adam
May 14, 2004
Carandiru
May 28, 2004
Baadasssss!

The Mother
June 18, 2004
Facing Windows
July 9, 2004
Riding Giants
July 16, 2004
Touch of Pink

Zhou Yu's Train
July 28, 2004
She Hate Me
September 3, 2004
Warriors of Heaven and Earth
September 17, 2004
Head in the Clouds

Želary
October 15, 2004
Being Julia
October 22, 2004
Lightning in a Bottle
November 19, 2004
Bad Education
December 3, 2004
House of Flying Daggers
December 17, 2004
Imaginary Heroes
December 29, 2004
The Merchant of Venice
February 25, 2005
Up and Down
March 11, 2005
In My Country
April 1, 2005
Look at Me
April 8, 2005
Kung Fu Hustle
April 29, 2005
3-Iron
May 13, 2005
Layer Cake

The House of Sand
May 27, 2005
Saving Face
August 5, 2005
2046

Junebug
August 26, 2005
The Memory of a Killer
September 14, 2005
L'Enfant (The Child)
September 16, 2005
Thumbsucker
September 30, 2005
Capote
October 5, 2005
Caché
November 9, 2005
Joyeux Noël
December 22, 2005
Riding Alone for Thousands of Miles
January 22, 2006
Why We Fight
March 17, 2006
Volver
March 23, 2006
The Lives of Others
March 31, 2006
The Devil and Daniel Johnston
April 7, 2006
Friends with Money
June 28, 2006
Who Killed the Electric Car?
August 2, 2006
Quinceañera
August 25, 2006
The Quiet
September 1, 2006
Black Book
September 2, 2006
Paprika
September 8, 2006
Driving Lessons
September 22, 2006
American Hardcore
December 21, 2006
Curse of the Golden Flower
April 20, 2007
The Valet
April 27, 2007
Jindabyne
May 19, 2007
The Band's Visit
July 13, 2007
Interview
September 21, 2007
The Jane Austen Book Club
October 5, 2007
My Kid Could Paint That
October 12, 2007
Sleuth
December 14, 2007
Youth Without Youth
December 25, 2007
Persepolis
March 7, 2008
Married Life
March 14, 2008
CJ7
April 25, 2008
Standard Operating Procedure
May 9, 2008
Redbelt
May 19, 2008
Lorna's Silence
May 22, 2008
Adoration
May 23, 2008
Synecdoche, New York
May 24, 2008
The Class
June 20, 2008
Brick Lane
July 3, 2008
The Wackness
August 1, 2008
Frozen River
August 5, 2008
The Counterfeiters
August 29, 2008
I Served the King of England
October 3, 2008
Rachel Getting Married
October 10, 2008
Ashes of Time Redux
October 24, 2008
I've Loved You So Long
January 18, 2009
An Education
January 23, 2009
Moon
March 18, 2009
Broken Embraces
March 27, 2009
The Damned United
April 3, 2009
Sugar

Paris 36
April 22, 2009
Coco Before Chanel
May 8, 2009
Rudo y Cursi
May 22, 2009
O' Horten
May 29, 2009
Easy Virtue
July 10, 2009
Soul Power
August 14, 2009
It Might Get Loud
December 25, 2009
The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus
December 30, 2009
The White Ribbon


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Release Date
Title
February 26, 2010
The Last Station

A Prophet (Un Prophete)
March 26, 2010
Chloe
April 30, 2010
Please Give
May 7, 2010
Mother and Child
May 21, 2010
The Secret in Their Eyes
June 25, 2010
Wild Grass
July 23, 2010
Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky
July 30, 2010
Get Low
August 6, 2010
Lebanon
August 13, 2010
Animal Kingdom
September 3, 2010
A Woman, a Gun and a Noodle Shop
September 22, 2010
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
October 8, 2010
Inside Job

Tamara Drewe
November 19, 2010
Made in Dagenham
December 29, 2010
Another Year
February 18, 2011
Barney's Version
February 25, 2011
Of Gods and Men
March 18, 2011
Winter in Wartime
April 1, 2011
In a Better World
April 22, 2011
Incendies

POM Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold
May 20, 2011
Midnight in Paris
July 15, 2011
Life, Above All
July 29, 2011
The Guard
August 26, 2011
Higher Ground
September 16, 2011
Restless
September 30, 2011
Take Shelter
October 14, 2011
The Skin I Live In
November 23, 2011
A Dangerous Method
December 16, 2011
Carnage
December 30, 2011
A Separation
February 10, 2012
In Darkness
March 9, 2012
Footnote
March 23, 2012
The Raid: Redemption
April 6, 2012
Damsels in Distress
April 20, 2012
Darling Companion
May 11, 2012
Where Do We Go Now?
June 22, 2012
To Rome with Love
June 29, 2012
Neil Young Journeys
July 27, 2012
Searching for Sugar Man
August 3, 2012
Celeste and Jesse Forever
August 17, 2012
Chicken with Plums
October 12, 2012
Smashed
November 23, 2012
Rust and Bone
December 19, 2012
Amour
December 25, 2012
West of Memphis
February 1, 2013
The Gatekeepers
February 15, 2013
No
April 5, 2013
The Company You Keep
April 24, 2013
At Any Price
May 3, 2013
Love Is All You Need
May 24, 2013
Before Midnight

Fill the Void
June 28, 2013
I'm So Excited
July 26, 2013
Blue Jasmine
August 14, 2013
The Patience Stone
August 16, 2013
Austenland
September 13, 2013
Wadjda
October 16, 2013
Kill Your Darlings
December 20, 2013
The Past
December 25, 2013
The Invisible Woman
January 31, 2014
Tim's Vermeer
February 28, 2014
The Lunchbox
March 21, 2014
Jodorowsky's Dune
March 28, 2014
The Raid 2
April 11, 2014
Only Lovers Left Alive
April 25, 2014
For No Good Reason
June 20, 2014
Third Person
July 11, 2014
Land Ho!
July 25, 2014
Magic in the Moonlight
August 22, 2014
Love Is Strange
October 14, 2014
Whiplash
November 14, 2014
Foxcatcher
December 19, 2014
Mr. Turner
December 25, 2014
Leviathan
2014
Island Dreams
January 16, 2015
Still Alice
January 23, 2015
Red Army
February 20, 2015
Wild Tales
March 6, 2015
The Lady in the Van
March 27, 2015
The Salt of the Earth
May 8, 2015
Saint Laurent
May 22, 2015
Aloft
July 17, 2015
Irrational Man
August 7, 2015
The Diary of a Teenage Girl
August 21, 2015
Grandma
September 9, 2015
Coming Home
October 16, 2015
Truth
November 14, 2015
Merchants of Doubt
December 18, 2015
Son of Saul
March 18, 2016
The Bronze
March 25, 2016
I Saw the Light
April 1, 2016
Miles Ahead
April 22, 2016
The Meddler
May 20, 2016
Maggie's Plan
July 29, 2016
Equity
November 2, 2016
The Eagle Huntress
November 11, 2016
Elle
December 9, 2016
The Comedian
December 21, 2016
Julieta
December 25, 2016
Toni Erdmann
January 20, 2017
The Red Turtle
February 10, 2017
Land of Mine
April 14, 2017
Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer
May 12, 2017
Paris Can Wait
June 16, 2017
Maudie
June 30, 2017
13 Minutes
July 28, 2017
Brigsby Bear
September 29, 2017
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
October 27, 2017
Novitiate
November 24, 2017
Call Me by Your Name
December 22, 2017
Happy End
December 29, 2017
Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
February 2, 2018
A Fantastic Woman
February 16, 2018
Loveless
March 2, 2018
Foxtrot
March 9, 2018
The Leisure Seeker
March 23, 2018
Final Portrait
April 13, 2018
The Rider
May 11, 2018
The Seagull
June 22, 2018
Boundaries
July 27, 2018
Puzzle
August 17, 2018
The Wife
September 14, 2018
American Chaos
October 10, 2018
The Happy Prince
November 2, 2018
Maria by Callas
December 14, 2018
Capernaum
December 28, 2018
Stan & Ollie
January 25, 2019
Never Look Away
February 15, 2019
Ruben Brandt, Collector


Future releases



































Release Date
Title
March 22, 2019
Sunset
April 26, 2019
The White Crow
May 10, 2019
All is True
May 31, 2019
The Fall of the American Empire
June 28, 2019
Maiden
July 19, 2019
David Crosby: Remember My Name
August 16, 2019
Aquarela


No release date set


The following films have been announced by Sony Pictures Classics, but have "to be determined" release dates.



  • Where's My Roy Cohn?

  • John Prine: Hello in There



See also



  • Mongrel Media, the exclusive theatrical Canadian distributor for Sony Pictures Classics films


References





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  2. ^ abcde Thompson, Anne (October 17, 2006). "Sony Pictures Classics at 15". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on March 4, 2010. Retrieved March 4, 2010. They stay behind the films and manage to find a significant core audience for a large number of them, with the occasional $130 million blowout like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,' [former United Artists president Bingham] Ray says. 'But they spend a fraction of what a major studio would spend to get the same number. Their philosophy is not to pile a lot of money on everything. They run a tight ship; they don't have an army of people working for them. They keep things simple.


  3. ^ "Sony Pictures Classics - About Us". SonyClassics.com.


  4. ^ Pond, Steve (November 16, 2009). "Sony Classics' Embarrassment of Oscar Riches". The Wrap. Retrieved July 28, 2010. It doesn't release blockbusters or Best Picture winners, but its understated business plans reduce risk and keep it in business.


  5. ^ Kaufman, Anthony (January 29, 2008). "PARK CITY '08 | Sundance Buying Spree Stirs Talk; Sony Classics Adds "Baghead," "River," and "Wackness" to '08 Slate". Indiewire. Retrieved February 9, 2012. As Bernard explained, 'We're not looking for home runs; we're looking for singles and doubles.' [...] The tortoise-rather-than-the-hare strategy helped the company capture movies that were under the radar of buyers, and as Bernard argued, even sellers.


  6. ^ "Duncan Jones is Unhappy About Moon - Thompson on Hollywood". Indiewire. April 1, 2010. Archived from the original on 2010-06-04. Retrieved July 28, 2010. SPC had nothing to do with the DVD release, which Jones is unhappy about.


  7. ^ Ross, Matt (February 6, 2006). "Translating foreign pix to U.S. hits: SPC finds creative solutions to bring home best in overseas fare". Variety.




External links



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  • Sony Pictures Classics on IMDb









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