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Foundation date 1 january 1982
Artisan Entertainment Inc. was a privately held independent American movie studio until it was purchased by Canadian studio Lions Gate Entertainment in 2003. At the time of its acquisition, Artisan had a library of thousands of films developed through acquisition, original production, and production and distribution agreements. Mark Amin funded Artisan and sale was rumored to be backed by Keyur Patel, a media investor in formation of new studio. Its headquarters and private screening room were located in Santa Monica, California. It also had an office in TriBeCa, Lower Manhattan, New York City.
The company owned the home video rights to the film libraries of Republic Pictures, ITC Entertainment, EMI Films, Gladden Entertainment, Hemdale Film Corporation and Carolco Pictures before it went defunct.
Artisan's releases included Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Grizzly Falls, Killing Zoe, National Lampoon's Van Wilder, The Blair Witch Project, Novocaine, and Startup.
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Barbie in the Pink Shoes (2013)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Trevor Devall, Noémie Orphelin, Brett Dier, Ali Liebert, Bill Mondy, Sophie Landresse
Kristyn est une ballerine qui se laisse emporter par la musique et crée ses propres pas. Mais lorsqu'elle le fait en répétant sa "Danse de la Laitière" pour le prochain ballet, Madame Natasha lui demande d'arrêter tout de suite car il faut pour cette chorégraphe que tout soit absolument parfait. En se faisant interrompre, Kristyn tombe et un de ses chaussons craque. Accompagnée de la créatrice de costumes, sa meilleure amie Hailey, elles vont voir Madame Katerina pour chercher une nouvelle paire de chaussons mais il n'y en a plus de la taille de Kristyn.
Man-Thing (2005)
, 1h37Directed by Brett Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Films about education, Environmental films, Films about racism, Natural horror films, Giant monster films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Disaster films
Actors Matthew Le Nevez, Rachael Taylor, Jack Thompson, Conan Stevens, Rawiri Paratene, Alex O'Loughlin
At Dark Waters, a Native American sacred land containing an enigmatic swamp spirit, a teenager is murdered by a plant-like monster. The following day, young replacement sheriff Kyle Williams reaches Bywater and meets with deputy sheriff Fraser, who tells him the previous sheriff is among 47 missing persons since oil tycoon Fred Schist bought the ancient tribal lands from shaman and Seminole chieftain Ted Sallis, the first to disappear. Schist claimed Sallis had sold legally and escaped with the money, and asked the sheriff for help: Local protestors opposed his perfectly legal activities, and mestizo scoundrel Renee Laroque was sabotaging his facilities. Williams investigated this while trying to find an explanation for the missing people, some of which were found brutally murdered with plants growing from inside their bodies. Photographer Mike Ploog and shaman Pete Horn tell Williams local legends about the guardian spirit, suggesting that it could be real.
The Punisher (2004)
, 2h4Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Punisher films, Superhero films, Super-héros inspiré de comics, Gangster films
Actors Thomas Jane, John Travolta, Will Patton, Roy Scheider, Laura Harring, Ben Foster
When Bobby Saint (James Carpinello) and Mickey Duka (Eddie Jemison) meet with European arms dealer Otto Krieg at the Tampa, Florida seaport, the FBI intervenes and Saint is killed while Duka is jailed. "Krieg", supposedly killed in the shootout, is actually undercover FBI agent and former U.S. Army Delta Force operator Frank Castle (Thomas Jane). Shortly thereafter, he retires from the FBI and attends a family reunion at his father's (Roy Scheider) oceanside home in Aguadilla Bay, Puerto Rico. Tampa crime boss Howard Saint (John Travolta) is enraged by the death of his son, and with right-hand man Quentin Glass (Will Patton) bribes the FBI for confidential information about "Krieg". Saint orders Castle murdered, and Saint's wife, Livia (Laura Harring), demands Castle's entire family be killed as well to "settle the score.
Stage Beauty (2004)
, 1h50Directed by Richard Eyre
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Films about television, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Mark Letheren, Rupert Everett, Zoë Tapper, Tom Wilkinson
Ned Kynaston (Billy Crudup) is one of the leading actors of his day, particularly famous for his portrayal of female characters, predominately Desdemona in Othello. His loyal dresser, Maria (Claire Danes), aspires to perform in the legitimate theatre but is forbidden because of a law enacted by the Puritans prior to the restoration of the House of Stuart. Instead, she appears in productions at a local tavern under the pseudonym Margaret Hughes. Her activity aided by the novelty of a woman acting in public, which attracts the attention of Sir Charles Sedley (Richard Griffiths), who offers his patronage. Eventually she is presented to King Charles II (Rupert Everett).
Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004)
, 1h26Directed by Guy Ferland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Dance films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Romola Garai, Diego Luna, Sela Ward, John Slattery, Mika Sue Boorem, Jonathan Jackson
In 1958, Katey Miller (Romola Garai), her parents (Sela Ward and John Slattery), and her younger sister Susie (Mika Boorem) arrive in Cuba during the Cuban revolution. A self-described bookworm, Katey is not very happy about having to move to a different country during her senior year of high school, as she had been planning to attend Radcliffe College, although the rest of her family seem extremely pleased to be in Cuba. Meeting several other rich American teenagers down by the pool, including James Phelps (Jonathan Jackson), the son of her father's boss, Katey becomes disgusted when one of the teenagers insults a local waiter when he accidentally knocks over some of their drinks. Katey attempts to talk to the waiter—Javier (Diego Luna), who works at the hotel to support his family—because she feels awful about what had occurred but he is not interested.
Quicksand (2003)
, 1h35Directed by John Mackenzie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Michael Keaton, Michael Caine, Judith Godrèche, Rade Šerbedžija, Matthew Marsh, Xander Berkeley
Martin Raikes is an American bank investigator who is sent to Monaco to check up on the suspicious financial dealings of a movie production. After the business trip, Martin, who is divorced, will fly to London to visit his daughter.
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Documentary, Action, Adventure
Themes Films about children, Batman films, Superhero films
Actors Adam West, Burt Ward, Jason Marsden, Lee Meriwether, Frank Gorshin, Julie Newmar
Adam West and Burt Ward go in search of the Batmobile after it is stolen, and along the way find themselves forced to consult their memories to decipher clues left by the criminals, evidently people they had known from filming the Batman television series. Memories include affairs, one of which led to Burt being chased by a knife-bearing lover, medicine Burt was forced to take so his genitals would not be so visible in his tights, and Adam meeting the actress who played Batgirl (Yvonne Craig) and accidentally placing a hand on her breast during filming. As it turns out, the villains who stole the Batmobile were the actors who once played the Riddler (Frank Gorshin) and Catwoman (Julie Newmar).
RFK (2002)
, 1h34Directed by Robert Dornhelm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about families
Actors Linus Roache, James Cromwell, David Paymer, Martin Donovan, Ving Rhames, Sergio Di Zio
Ticker (2001)
, 1h35Directed by Albert Pyun
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Transport films, Road movies, Chase films
Actors Dennis Hopper, Steven Seagal, Ice-T, Kevin Gage, Tom Sizemore, Jaime Pressly
The film begins with a SWAT team going into the house of a United States Senator. Someone is holding the Senator hostage. The bomb squad arrives in a helicopter and they rappel down into the house. Frank Glass (Seagal) is in charge of the bomb squad. Glass finds a bomb in the basement and works to disarm it while the SWAT team is in a shootout with some of the hostage takers.
, 1h31Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about education, Films about school violence
Actors Treat Williams, Angie Everhart, Patrick Kilpatrick, Bill Nunn, Tim Abell, J. Don Ferguson
Karl Thomasson (Williams), an ex-Special Forces soldier and retired mercenary, is now working as a police detective. One day, he is approached by his old army buddy Teague who gives him a mission: working undercover at a military school where Ted, Teague's nephew, is one of the cadets. Teague believes that the cadets and the student faculty are part of a white supremacist cult being run at the school. Karl accepts the mission and begins working as a history teacher at the school, seeking to expose and eradicate the cult.
, 1h28Directed by Joe Berlinger
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Witches in film
Actors Kimberly Ann Director, Jeffrey Donovan, Erica Leerhsen, Tristine Skyler, Stephen Barker Turner, Joe Berlinger
In November 1999, a group of young tourists—Stephen and his pregnant wife, Tristen, who are researching the Blair Witch for a book they are writing; Erica, a Wiccan; and Kim, a goth psychic—arrive in Burkittsville, Maryland, after seeing The Blair Witch Project. Jeff, a local man, is their tour guide and a paranormal investigator who says his equipment will capture any supernatural events that happen while they visit the Blair Witch site.
The Way of the Gun (2000)
, 1h59Directed by Christopher McQuarrie
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Action, Adventure, Crime
Themes Pregnancy films, Films about sexuality, Heist films, Gangster films, Escroquerie
Actors Benicio del Toro, Ryan Phillippe, James Caan, Juliette Lewis, Taye Diggs, Nicky Katt
Parker and Longbaugh are at a sperm donation facility, where they overhear a telephone conversation detailing a $1,000,000 payment to a surrogate mother for bearing the child of Hale Chidduck. Parker and Longbaugh resolve to kidnap the surrogate, Robin, but their attempt escalates into a shootout with her bodyguards, Jeffers and Obecks. The kidnappers are able to elude the bodyguards, who are arrested.
The Limey (1999)
, 1h29Directed by Steven Soderbergh
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Terence Stamp, Lesley Ann Warren, Luis Guzmán, Barry Newman, Peter Fonda, Joe Dallesandro
Wilson (Stamp), recently released from a British prison, travels to Los Angeles to investigate the death of his daughter Jenny, who is reported to have died in a car accident. While adjusting to the United States, he finds allies in Jenny's friends Eduardo (Guzmán) and Elaine (Warren) and comes up with a suspect: Jenny's boyfriend Terry Valentine (Fonda), a record producer. Valentine has connections with drug trafficking through his security consultant Avery (Newman). After locating the warehouse of the drug importer with whom Avery had done business and retrieving Valentine's home address, Wilson is overpowered and beaten by the drug trafficker's thugs, who also insult his daughter's name. After he is thrown out, Wilson retrieves a back-up pistol, goes back and kills all but one of the employees, shouting at the last to "Tell him I'm coming!" The employee relays this threat to Avery who reports it to Valentine.
, 1h29Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Crime
Themes Films about education, Films about school violence
Actors Treat Williams, Claudia Christian, Barbara Jane Reams, Frank Gerrish, Rebecca Staab, Erin Chambers
Students at a local college have become unusually antagonistic, and when a teacher is attacked by a gang of steroid-pumped students, Karl Thomasson—having earned a teacher's degree to facilitate his actions in the previous film—returns to the classroom to uncover the truth.
The Ninth Gate (1999)
, 2h13Directed by Roman Polanski
Origin Espagne
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Demons in film
Actors Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner, James Russo, Barbara Jefford
Dean Corso (Johnny Depp), a New York City rare book dealer, makes his living conning people into selling him valuable antique books for a low price, and then selling them for profit. He meets with wealthy book collector Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), who has recently acquired a copy of The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows by 17th-century author Aristide Torchia, one of only three copies known to exist. According to legend, the book is Torchia's adaptation of an older book written by the Devil himself and purportedly contains the means to ritualistically summon the Devil and, through him, acquire invincibility and immortality. Balkan believes two of the copies are forgeries. He hires Corso to authenticate all three copies, and acquire the legitimate copy by any means necessary.