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Type | Private subsidiary company |
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Industry | Motion pictures |
Founded | November 2006 |
Founders | Chris McGurk Danny Rosett |
Defunct | October 2010 |
Fate | Marketing and distribution sold to Relativity Media, library to Lionsgate (formerly Anchor Bay Entertainment) |
Headquarters | Beverly Hills, California, United States |
Products | Films |
Parent | Starz |
Overture Films was an American film production and distribution company and a subsidiary of Starz (then subsidiary of Liberty Media). [1] [2] It was founded in November 2006 by Chris McGurk and Danny Rosett. Through its affiliated companies Anchor Bay Entertainment, Starz Entertainment Pay Channels, Starz Media, and Starz Play, Overture Films had made its films available worldwide to viewers across multiple platforms via their home video, premium television, and Internet distribution channels.
Although the studio had some minor critical successes with films like Capitalism: A Love Story and Sunshine Cleaning , the company had happened to suffer poor box office returns, and Starz had closed the company in 2010, [3] even though rumors circulated early that year that it would be sold off. [4] Its marketing and distribution assets are now handled by Relativity Media. [1] [2] [5]
Title | Release date |
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Mad Money | January 18, 2008 |
Sleepwalking | March 14, 2008 |
The Visitor | April 18, 2008 |
Henry Poole Is Here | August 15, 2008 |
Traitor | August 27, 2008 |
Righteous Kill | September 12, 2008 |
Nothing Like the Holidays | December 12, 2008 |
Last Chance Harvey | January 16, 2009 |
Sunshine Cleaning | March 27, 2009 |
Paper Heart | August 7, 2009 |
Pandorum | September 25, 2009 |
Capitalism: A Love Story | October 2, 2009 |
Law Abiding Citizen | October 16, 2009 |
The Men Who Stare at Goats | November 6, 2009 |
The Crazies | February 26, 2010 |
Brooklyn's Finest | March 5, 2010 |
Jack Goes Boating | September 17, 2010 |
Let Me In | October 1, 2010 |
Stone | October 8, 2010 |
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