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Atlantic Entertainment Group

Atlantic Entertainment Group
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Foundation date 1 january 1974

Atlantic Entertainment Group, also known as Atlantic Releasing Corporation was an independent film production and distribution company founded by Tom Coleman and Michael Rosenblatt in 1974. Their initial releases were mostly geared to arthouse audiences, with an especially large number of Australian productions, as well as releasing two Brazilian productions, Eu Te Amo and Lady on the Bus, that introduced American audiences to actress Sonia Braga. They shifted their focus to small-budgeted independent films in the early '80s, beginning with the surprise success of Valley Girl in 1983, directed by Martha Coolidge. Night of the Comet, released in 1984, would be their first film to open on over 1000 screens. In 1985, they began a relationship with Paramount Pictures where the studio provided them money for larger-scale theatrical releases in exchange for home video and television rights to their films. In January 1989, Atlantic made a new deal with Kartes Video Communications for home video rights to the movies previously covered in the Paramount deal. However, they ultimately ceased operation shortly after this deal, amidst large financial losses from larger-budgeted films such as 1969.

Some of the company's most notable films include:


The Murri Affair (1974)
He Is My Brother (1975)
Something to Hide (1976)
Caddie (1976)
In Search of Bigfoot (1976)
Max Havelaar (1976)
The Day the Music Died (1977)
Bonjour Amour (1977)
Madame Rosa (1977)
Lady on the Bus (1978)
The Irishman (1978)
Boarding School (1978)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
The Getting of Wisdom (1978)
The Odd Job (1978)
Once in Paris... (1978)
Bahia (1979)
Womanlight (1979)
Boardwalk (1979)
Rude Boy (1980)
I Sent a Letter to My Love (1980)
The Attic (1980)
Below the Belt (1980)
Montenegro (1981)
Eu Te Amo (1981)
Breach of Contract (1982)
The Loveless (1982)
Smash Palace (1982)
By Design (1982)
Aphrodite (1982)
Norman Loves Rose (1982)
Waltz Across Texas (1982)
Valley Girl (1983)
Kamla (1984)
Talk to Me (1984)
Alphabet City (1984)
Vamping (1984)
1984 (1984)
City Limits (1984)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Roadhouse 66 (1985)
Water (1985, produced by Handmade Films)
Teen Wolf (1985)
Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985)
Stephen King's World of Horror (1986) (TV)
Nomads (1986)
Echo Park (1986)
Stoogemania (1986)
Extremities (1986)
The Men's Club (1986)
The Fringe Dwellers (1986)
Modern Girls (1986)
The Umbrella Woman (1987)
Wild Thing (1987)
Steele Justice (1987)
Summer Heat (1987)
Wish You Were Here (1987)
A Tiger's Tale (1987)
Home Is Where the Hart Is (1987)
The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
Teen Wolf Too (1987)
Stormy Monday (1988)
Patty Hearst (1988)
A Soldier's Tale (1988)
For Queen & Country (1988)
A World Apart (1988)
Cop (1988)
A Summer Story (1988)
1969 (1988)
The library was bought by Island Pictures, which was later absorbed into PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. For a number of years, Paramount Pictures had TV and video distribution rights to Atlantic's library, some from their previous deal with the company, others inherited when Viacom, who had purchased TV rights to many earlier Atlantic releases, merged with Paramount. MGM now distributes most of the library as a result of purchasing the pre-1996 portion of PolyGram's library.
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Filmography of Atlantic Entertainment Group (40 films)

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Night of the Comet, 1h35
Directed by Thom Eberhardt
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Comedy, Horror comedy, Action, Horror, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Comic science fiction
Themes La fin du monde, Medical-themed films, Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Comedy science fiction films, Films set in the future, Zombie films, Films about viral outbreaks, Political films, Comedy horror films, Dystopian films, Impact events in fiction, Disaster films
Actors Catherine Mary Stewart, Kelli Maroney, Robert Beltran, Geoffrey Lewis, Sharon Farrell, Michael Bowen

The Earth is passing through the tail of a comet, an event which has not occurred in 65 million years, the last time coinciding with the extinction event that wiped out the dinosaurs. On the night of the comet's passage (which takes place eleven days before Christmas), large crowds gather outside to watch and celebrate.
The Loveless, 1h25
Directed by Kathryn Bigelow, Monty Montgomery
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Willem Dafoe, J. Don Ferguson

A motorcycle gang that causes trouble in a small southern town.
Roadhouse 66, 1h30
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Transport films, Road movies
Actors Willem Dafoe, Judge Reinhold, Kate Vernon, Stephen Elliott, Erica Yohn, James Intveld

A young adult from New York is on his way to California for a business meeting when he runs into trouble with some local hoodlums in Kingman who shoot at his car and try to run him off the road. He hooks up with a hitchhiker who is also passing through town, who turns out to be a former rock and roll musician, and the two attempt to set things right in the town, culminating in their entry in an automobile race from Kingman to Oatman and back.
Valley Girl, 1h39
Directed by Martha Coolidge
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Actors Nicolas Cage, Deborah Foreman, Michelle Meyrink, Elizabeth Daily, Michael Bowen, Cameron Dye

Julie Richman (Foreman) is a Valley Girl who seems to have it all: good looks, popularity, and a handsome Valley dude boyfriend, Tommy (Bowen), but she is having second thoughts about her relationship with the arrogant and selfish Tommy. At the end of a shopping trip with her friends, Loryn (Daily), Stacey (Heidi Holicker), and Suzi (Meyrink), Julie runs into Tommy and breaks up with him. Later that day at the beach, Julie trades shy glances with a young man in the distance.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, 1h25
Directed by Paul Morrissey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Horror, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Penelope Keith, Denholm Elliott, Joan Greenwood, Hugh Griffith

The film begins in a theater, where a pianist (Moore) begins to play a piano accompaniment to the actual film being shown in the theater.
Boarding School, 1h40
Directed by André Farwagi
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about education, Films about sexuality, Films about virginity
Actors Nastassja Kinski, Gerry Sundquist, Sean Chapman, Kurt Raab, Fabiana Udenio, Marion Kracht

Summer of 1956. Curious American girl Deborah Collins (Kinski) arrives at the St. Clara's Boarding School in Switzerland. The school headmistress wants to use Deborah as a tool to discipline the other girls but she is revealed to be more experienced and daring in sexual matters. Tha girls now plot to lose their virginity with the boys in the private school across the lake. After Deborah finally has sex with Frederick Sinclair (Sundquist) in a romantic setting, she is expelled and the other girls feel that everything will be so sad and boring without her. She informs the headmistress that she will tell everyone that the school is run by disreputable teachers if she expels the other girls. She departs on a train after kissing Frederick goodbye.
The Smurfs and the Magic Flute, 1h11
Directed by Peyo
Origin Belgique
Genres Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Adventure, Musical, Animation
Themes Musical films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Georges Atlas, William Coryn, Henri Crémieux, Jacques Dynam, Jacques Balutin, Ginette Garcin

This story is set at a castle during the Middle Ages. One day a merchant brings musical instruments to sell to Peewit, the court jester, but because Peewit is such a terrible musician the King throws the merchant out before Peewit arrives. However he has left behind a flute that only has six holes. The King throws it into the fireplace in his room, which starts to emit green smoke. When the fire is put out, Peewit retrieves the flute from the ashes unharmed. He cleans it and starts playing it for the whole castle realizing that it causes everyone to dance when it is played.
Picnic at Hanging Rock, 1h55
Directed by Peter Weir
Origin Australie
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Films about suicide, Transport films
Actors Anne-Louise Lambert, Rachel Roberts, Vivean Gray, Helen Morse, Kirsty Child, John Jarratt

At Appleyard College, a girls' private school, near the town of Woodend, Victoria, Australia, the students are dressing on the morning of St. Valentine's Day, 1900. Miranda (Anne-Louise Lambert), Irma (Karen Robson), Marion (Jane Vallis), Rosamund (Ingrid Mason), waifish Sara (Margaret Nelson), and outsider Edith (Christine Schuler) read poetry and Valentine's Day cards.