Samuel Goldwyn Films

See also: Samuel Goldwyn (disambiguation)

Samuel Goldwyn Films, LLC

Company type	Private
Industry	Motion pictures
Predecessor	The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Founded	April 6, 2000;24 years ago (2000-04-06)
Founder	Samuel Goldwyn Jr.
Headquarters	Culver City, California, U.S.
Key people	Peter Goldwyn (President)
Website	www.samuelgoldwynfilms.com

Samuel Goldwyn Films, LLC is an American film company that licenses, releases and distributes art-house, independent and foreign films. It was founded by Samuel Goldwyn Jr., the son of the Hollywood business magnate/mogul, Samuel Goldwyn. The current incarnation is a successor to The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

Background

After The Samuel Goldwyn Company was acquired by Orion Pictures Corporation in 1996 and by MGM in 1997, Samuel Goldwyn Jr. founded Samuel Goldwyn Films as an independent production/distribution studio. Until his death, the younger Goldwyn owned sole rights to the use of the name and signature logo as part of the settlement of his 1999 lawsuit against MGM, which changed its Goldwyn subsidiary's name to G2 Films. Goldwyn previously operated IDP Distribution, which distributed films for Fireworks Films, Stratosphere Entertainment, and Roadside Attractions. ^{[1] [2]}

Films

This is a list of films distributed and/or produced by Samuel Goldwyn Films.

1990s

Release date	Title	Notes
1998	Lolita	co-production with Pathé
	The Red Dwarf
	The Chambermaid on the Titanic
1999	Tinseltown
	Desert Blue
	The King of Masks
	Solas	co-production with Fireworks Pictures
	Splendor	co-production with Summit Entertainment and Newmarket Capital Group
	Shiri	co-distribution with Destination Films

2000s

Release date	Title	Notes
2000	Faithless	co-production with AB Svensk Filmindustri and Fireworks Pictures
	The Big Blue	Director's Cut re-release produced by Gaumont
	Better Than Sex	co-production with Fireworks Pictures
	Greenfingers	co-production with Fireworks Pictures
2001	The Experiment	co-production with Fanes Film, Senator Film Produktion, Seven Pictures and Typhoon
	Me Without You	co-production with Capitol Films and Fireworks Pictures
	The Man from Elysian Fields	co-production with Fireworks Pictures, Gold Circle Films and Shoreline Entertainment
	Little Secrets	co-production with TriStar Pictures
	Tortilla Soup	co-production with Starz Encore Entertainment
	Cowboy Bebop: The Movie	co-distributed with Destination Films in the US; produced in Japan by Sunrise Animation and Bones
2002	Sonny	co-production with Gold Circle Films and Saturn Films
	He Loves Me... He Loves Me Not	co-production with UGC Fox Distribution and Union Générale Cinématographique
	Raising Victor Vargas	co-production with Fireworks Pictures
	Poolhall Junkies	co-production with Gold Circle Films
	Passionada	co-production with Fireworks Pictures
	The Crime of Father Amaro	co-production with Almeda Films, Blu Films and Wanda Films
	Returner	co-production with Robot Communications; co-distribution with Pony Canyon and Toho
	Anything but Love
2003	I Capture the Castle	produced by BBC Films and Trademark Films
	All Your Difference
	Nola	co-production with Fireworks Pictures
	Japanese Story	co-production with Fortissimo Films
	Rosenstrasse	co-production with Concorde Film
	Tokyo Godfathers	co-distribution with Destination Films; produced by Madhouse
	Kaena: The Prophecy	co-production with Destination Films, TVA and Xilam
	Mambo Italiano	co-production with Equinoxe Films and Cinémaginaire
	The Boys and Girl from County Clare
	Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World	Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture; co-production with 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, and Miramax Films
2004	What the Bleep Do We Know!?	co-production with Roadside Attractions
	D.E.B.S.	co-production with Screen Gems, Destination Films and Anonymous Content
	Walk on Water	co-production with Roadside Attractions
	Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War	co-production with Destination Films
	Super Size Me	co-production with Roadside Attractions and The Con
	Ladies in Lavender	co-production with Roadside Attractions
	Saint Ralph
	Lila Says
	Stateside	co-production with Seven Hills Pictures
	The Code	co-distributed with TriStar Pictures and Columbia Pictures in the US; produced in France by Gaumont
2005	The Squid and the Whale	co-production with Destination Films and American Empirical Pictures
	Pretty Persuasion	co-production with Roadside Attractions, REN-Mar Studios and Prospect Pictures
	Infiltrating D.E.B.S.
	Wah-Wah	co-production with Scion Films, IMG Productions, Lorna Nasha and Reeleyes Film
	London	co-distributed with Destination Films
	Lassie	co-production with Classic Media and Odyssey Entertainment; distributed by Roadside Attractions
	Revolver	co-production with Destination Films
	Marilyn Hotchkiss' Ballroom Dancing and Charm School
	MirrorMask	co-production with Destination Films and The Jim Henson Company
	Blind Dating
	Boynton Beach Club	co-production with Roadside Attractions
2006	Sleeping Dogs Lie	co-production with Roadside Attractions and HareBrained Films
	Facing the Giants	co-production with Destination Films, Sherwood Pictures, Provident Films, Caramel Entertainment and Kendrick Brothers Group
	Lonely Hearts	co-production with Roadside Attractions, Millennium Films, Emmett/Furla Films
	Conversations with God
	Seraphim Falls	co-production with Destination Films and Icon Productions
	O Jerusalem
	Goya's Ghosts	co-production with The Saul Zaentz Company, Kanzaman, Antena 3 Televisión and Xuxa Producciones
	Priceless	US distribution
	Amazing Grace	co-production with FourBoys Films, Bristol Bay Productions, Ingenious Film Partners and Roadside Attractions
	What the Bleep!?: Down the Rabbit Hole	co-production with Roadside Attractions
2007	2 Days in Paris	co-production with Polaris Film Production & Finance
	Southland Tales	co-distribution with Destination Films; co-production with Darko Entertainment, Persistent Entertainment and Cherry Road Films
	Rise: Blood Hunter	co-production with Ghost House Pictures, Destination Films and Mandate Pictures
	Roman de Gare
	Fugitive Pieces
	Trumbo	co-distribution with IDP Distribution and Red Envelope Entertainment; co-production with Filbert Steps Productions, Reno Productions and Safehouse Pictures
	This Is the Way the World Ends
2008	Fireproof	co-production with Affirm Films Provident Films, Caramel Entertainment and Sherwood Pictures
	The Merry Gentleman
	The Yellow Handkerchief
	Elegy	co-production with Lakeshore Entertainment
	Dark Streets
	Free Style	co-production with Canal Street Films, Rigel Entertainment and Up North Entertainment
2009	Brothers at War
	American Violet	co-distribution with Uncommon Productions; co-production with Cinema Management Group
	The Double Hour
	To Save a Life	co-production with New Song Pictures, Outreach Films and Accelerated Entertainment
	Management	co-production with Echo Films, Image Entertainment, SKE and Temple Hill Entertainment
	Blood: The Last Vampire	co-production with Production I.G and Destination Films
	Cold Souls
	(Untitled)
	U.N. Me	co-production with Disruptive Pictures

2010s

Release date	Title	Notes
2010	Mao's Last Dancer	co-production with Great Scott Productions Pty. Ltd.
	Harry Brown	US distribution; co-production with Marv Partners, UK Film Council, HanWay Films, Prescience and Framestore Features
	The Dead Sea
	Legendary	co-production with WWE Studios
	Knucklehead	co-production with WWE Studios
	Welcome to the Rileys	co-production with Destination Films
2011	The Whistleblower	co-production with Voltage Pictures
	The Chaperone	co-production with WWE Studios
	That's What I Am	co-production with WWE Studios
	Elektra Luxx	co-production with Destination Films
	The Grace Card	co-production with Affirm Films, Provident Films and Graceworks Pictures
	Bloodworth
	There Be Dragons
	The Reunion	co-production with WWE Studios
	The Island President	co-production with Actual Films
	Assassination Games	co-production with MediaPro Studios and Rodin Entertainment
	Inside Out	co-production with WWE Studios
	Mardi Gras: Spring Break	co-production with Screen Gems and Beacon Pictures
	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	co-production with Endgame Entertainment and Stage 6 Films
2012	Detention	US theatrical only; co-production with Detention Films and Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions
	October Baby	co-production with American Family Studios, Provident Films and Gravitas Ventures
	Cowgirls 'n Angels	co-production with Sense and Sensibility Ventures and Silver Nitrate
	The First Time	co-production with Destination Films and Jerimaca Films
	Robot & Frank	co-production with Stage 6 Films, Park Pictures, White Hat Entertainment and Dog Run Pictures
2013	Home Run	co-production with Provident Films
	Goodbye World	co-production with Stage 6 Films, Gather Films and Picturesque Films
	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty	co-production with 20th Century Fox, New Line Cinema, Red Hour Productions and TSG Entertainment
	SOMM
2014	The Last of Robin Hood	co-production with Big Indie Pictures and Killer Films
	Better Living Through Chemistry	co-production with Occupant Entertainment
	Ivory Tower	co-production with Paramount Pictures, Participant Media and CNN Films
	That Sugar Film	produced by Madman Entertainment
	Saving Christmas	co-production with Camfam Studios, Liberty University, Provident Films and XDX2
2015	Faith of Our Fathers	co-production with Pure Flix Entertainment
	X+Y	co-production with Koch Media, Origin Pictures and Minnow Films
	Yakuza Apocalypse	co-production with Django Film, Gambit, Happinet and OLM, Inc.
	Franny	co -production with Audax Films, Big Shoes Media, Magnolia Entertainment, Soaring Flight Productions, TideRock Media and Treehouse Pictures
	Lila & Eve	co-production with A+E Studios, ChickFlick Productions, JuVee Productions and Lifetime Films
	East Side Sushi
	90 Minutes in Heaven	co-production with Emmett/Furla Films, Family Christian Entertainment and Giving Films
	No Men Beyond This Point
	Barista	Produced by Filmic Entertainment
	SOMM: Into the Bottle
	Coming Through the Rye	co-production with Eammon Films, Red Hat Films and River Bend Pictures
2016	Hyena Road	U.S. distribution; produced by Thump Entertainment, Skybound Entertainment and Digger Productions
	The Benefactor	co-production with Audax Films, Big Shoes Media, Magnolia Entertainment, Soaring Flight Productions, TideRock Media and Treehouse Pictures
	Brother Nature	produced by Broadway Video and Insurge Pictures
	Altamira	co-distribution with Eagle Films
	Pet	co-distribution with Orion Pictures; co-production with Magic Lantern and Revolver Picture Company
	Transpecos	co-production with 8750 Films and Marfa Peach Company
	Who Gets the Dog?	co-production with 2DS Productions and Epic Pictures Group
	Nerdland	produced by AKW Worldwide, Pariah and Titmouse, Inc.
	The King's Choice
2017	Youth in Oregon	co-distribution with Orion Pictures; co-production with Sundial Pictures and Campfire [3]
	100 Streets	co-production with CrossDay Productions Ltd., Green Door Pictures, Kreo Films FZ, West Fiction Films and What's the Story [4] [5]
	Lavender	co-production with South Creek Pictures and 3 Legged Dog Films [6]
	Maya Dardel	co-production with The Winter Film Company, Greyshack Films and Message Film; co-distribution with Samuel Goldwyn Films
	Past Life	co-production with Orion Pictures
	The Price	co-distribution with Orion Pictures
	Sweet Country
	Blame
2018	Saturday Church
	Love, Kennedy
	Submergence	[7]
	Little Pink House
	Wait for Your Laugh
	Zoo
	Nancy
	Night Comes On	co-production with Superlative Films
	Hope Springs Eternal
	Cold Skin
	Becoming Jiff
	Somm
	Queen of Spades
	A Boy. A Girl. A Dream.
	Back Roads	[8]
	Buffalo Boys
	Mapplethorpe
	Jane and Emma
2019	Sobibor	[9]
	Avengement
	Come as You Are
	Daniel Isn't Real	co-production with Shudder
	Dilili in Paris	[10] [11]
	Judy and Punch	produced by Vice Studios [12]
	Obsession	[13]
	Paradise Hills	co-production with Nostromo Pictures [14]
	Summer Night	[15]
	Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!	[16]

2020s

Release date	Title	Notes
2020	Debt Collectors [17]
	City of Joel [18]	co-production with Visit Films
	To the Stars [19]	co-production with Northern Light Films, Foton Pictures and Rockhill Media
	The Flood [20]	co-production with Myriad Pictures and Megatopia Films
	Endings, Beginnings [21]	co-production with CJ Entertainment
	Bull [22]	co-distribution with Sony Pictures Worldwide; co-production with Bert Marcus Film and Invisible Pictures
	Henri Dauman: Looking Up [23]
	Mr Jones [24]	co-production with Boy Jones Films, Film Produkcja and Kinorob
	Extracurricular [25]
	Triggered [26]
	The Good Traitor
2021	Lazarus
	Edge of the World
	Dreamcatcher
	Let Us In
	Minamata
2022	Lunana: A Yak in the Classroom [27]	U.S. distribution
	Big Gold Brick
	Art of Love
	Accident Man: Hitman's Holiday	co-production with Destination Films
	The Devil Conspiracy
	Manifest West
2023	The Three Musketeers: D'Artagnan
	The Three Musketeers: Milady
	Bank of Dave
	Outlaw Johnny Black
	Stars Fell Again
	Glisten and the Merry Mission	co-production with Build-A-Bear Entertainment and Foundation Media Partners
2024	The Thicket [28]	co-production with Tubi Films, Estuary Films and Orogen Entertainment
	Absolution [29]

See also

• The Samuel Goldwyn Company, predecessor to Samuel Goldwyn Films
• Samuel Goldwyn Studio
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
• Samuel Goldwyn Television
• Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Notes

1. ^ Warner Bros. through New Line Cinema is handling the production for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Samuel Goldwyn Films and Red Hour Films, while 20th Century Fox will release the film.
2. ^ Samuel Goldwyn Films handled the US theatrical release of Detention , while Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions handled the worldwide release and the US DVD and Blu-ray release.

References

1. Mike Goodridge (April 24, 2000). "Michael Silberman to run new US distributor IDP". Screen Daily. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
2. "Roadside, Goldwyn split up". The Hollywood Reporter. May 10, 2007. Retrieved May 18, 2019.
3. "Youth in Oregon, Starring Frank Langella, Sets Release Date". Playbill. December 20, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
4. "100 Streets". Coming Soon. Archived from the original on April 6, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2017.
5. "Idris Elba Drama '100 Streets' Bought by Samuel Goldwyn Films". Variety. October 18, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2017.
6. "Lavender". Coming Soon. Archived from the original on October 13, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2017.
7. Siegel, Tatiana (November 14, 2017). "Alicia Vikander-James McAvoy Film 'Submergence' Lands at Samuel Goldwyn Films". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
8. N'Duka, Amanda (August 16, 2018). "Alex Pettyfer's Directorial Debut Film 'Back Roads' Lands At Samuel Goldwyn". Deadline. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
9. Barraclough, Leo (November 23, 2018). "Samuel Goldwyn Takes U.S. Rights to Russian Oscar Entry 'Sobibor'". Variety. Retrieved November 27, 2018.
10. "Dilili In Paris – SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS".
11. Milligan, Mercedes (September 16, 2019). "'Dilili in Paris' Official English Trailer Bows, in Theaters Oct. 4".
12. Vlessing, Etan (May 13, 2019). "Samuel Goldwyn Films Nabs Mia Wasikowska's 'Judy & Punch' for North America (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved March 4, 2020.
13. D'Alessandro, Anthony (July 31, 2019). "Samuel Goldwyn Acquires Mekhi Phifer Thriller 'Obsession' For Fall Release".
14. McNary, Dave (May 15, 2019). "Emma Roberts' Sci-Fi Thriller 'Paradise Hills' Sold to Samuel Goldwyn (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
15. D'Alessandro, Anthony (December 12, 2018). "Joseph Cross' Coming-Of-Age Movie 'Summer Night' Acquired By Samuel Goldwyn Films". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved December 17, 2018.
16. "Super Size Me 2 – SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS".
17. "Debt Collectors – SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS".
18. Kay2018-10-29T17:53:00+00:00, Jeremy. "Samuel Goldwyn Films acquires Jewish enclave doc 'City Of Joel' (exclusive)". Screen.
19. "Liana Liberato and Kara Hayward's 'To the Stars' Goes Digital in April". Archived from the original on April 11, 2020.
20. "New US Trailer for Refugee Drama 'The Flood' Starring Lena Headey | FirstShowing.net". www.firstshowing.net. April 8, 2020.
21. D'Alessandro, Anthony (October 29, 2019). "Drake Doremus' Shailene Woodley Movie 'Endings, Beginnings' Picked Up By Samuel Goldwyn". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 29, 2019.
22. Wiseman, Andreas (October 8, 2019). "Cannes Drama 'Bull' Rides To North America With Samuel Goldwyn Films".
23. Vlessing, Etan (November 4, 2019). "Photojournalist Doc 'Henri Dauman: Looking Up' Lands at Samuel Goldwyn Films". The Hollywood Reporter .
24. Mitchell, Robert (August 22, 2019). "Samuel Goldwyn Films Takes U.S. Rights to Berlin Competition Title 'Mr Jones'". Variety. Retrieved December 10, 2019.
25. Squires, John (August 20, 2019). "Samuel Goldwyn Films Acquires Ray Xue's Slasher 'Extracurricular' for 2020 Release".
26. "Triggered – SAMUEL GOLDWYN FILMS".
27. Keslassy, Elsa (January 3, 2022). "Bhutan's Oscar Entry 'Lunana: A Yak in The Classroom' Finds North American Home With Samuel Goldwyn Films (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety . Retrieved February 15, 2022.
28. Kroll, Justin (September 22, 2014). "Peter Dinklage to Star in Adaptation of The Thicket". Variety . Penske Media Corporation . Retrieved March 22, 2018.
29. DeVore, Britta (September 18, 2024). "Liam Neeson Makes His Explosive Return In The Trailer For Absolution". Collider. Retrieved October 25, 2024.

External links

• Official website Archived October 8, 2009, at the Portuguese Web Archive