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Foundation date 1 january 1993
First Look Studios was an independent American film distributor that specialized in home video releases of films and TV series. It purchased the Blockbuster subsidiary, DEJ Productions, in 2005. The company was a subsidiary of Ventura Distribution which ceased operations on March 21, 2006, in Thousand Oaks.
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Filmography of First Look Studios (93 films)
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Dead Awake (2010)
Directed by Omar Naim
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Fantasy, Adventure, Horror, Romance
Actors Nick Stahl, Rose McGowan, Amy Smart, Michael Ironside
Dylan (Stahl) tries to unravel the answer to a decade long mystery by staging his own funeral and examining who shows up. The problem is, Dylan might actually be dead.
Leaves of Grass (2009)
, 1h45Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Escroquerie, Jumeaux ou jumelles
Actors Edward Norton, Keri Russell, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Melanie Lynskey, Tim Blake Nelson
The film opens with Bill Kincaid (Edward Norton) lecturing his class at Brown University about Plato's Socratic dialogues. Meanwhile, Bill's identical twin brother Brady Kincaid (also played by Edward Norton) is living in Oklahoma, growing and selling hydroponic marijuana. Brady is under pressure from local drug lord Pug Rothbaum (Richard Dreyfuss) to expand his sales. Despite needing money to repay a debt to Rothbaum, Brady refuses.
The Way of War (2009)
, 1h30Directed by John Carter
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure
Actors Cuba Gooding Jr., John Terry, Lance Reddick, J. K. Simmons, Clarence Williams III, Jaclyn DeSantis
Special Activities Division Paramilitary operative David Wolfe (Cuba Gooding, Jr.) stumbles upon an international conspiracy connecting presidential cabinet members to a Middle Eastern terrorist plot. Wanting to expose the truth, Wolfe defies orders to remain off the field, and returns to the US as an army of one fighting for American security and integrity.
An American Crime (2007)
, 1h38Directed by Tommy O'Haver
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about child abuse
Actors Ellen Page, Catherine Keener, Hayley McFarland, Ari Graynor, Scout Taylor-Compton, James Franco
An American Crime alternates between the 1966 trial of Gertrude Baniszewski (Catherine Keener), and lengthy flashbacks to the events of the previous year described by the witnesses.
Christmas Caper (2007)
, 1h28Directed by David Winkler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Themes Christmas films
Actors Shannen Doherty, Stefanie von Pfetten, Ty Olsson, Conrad Coates, Tara Lynn Wilson, Sonya Salomaa
A Grinch-like thief retreats to her hometown in Connecticut after a con goes bad and gets stuck baby-sitting her niece and nephew until their parents can make it home for Christmas. She spends most of her time devising ways to even the score with Clive, her partner in crime, until the spirit of the holidays can help put her priorities back on track.
Finding Rin Tin Tin (2007)
, 1h27Genres Drama
Themes Films about animals, Films about films, Films about dogs, Children's films
Actors Ben Cross, Steven O'Donnell, William Hope, Ian Porter, Garrick Hagon, Michal Yannai
The film tells the story of the original Rin Tin Tin, the legendary German Shepherd, found shortly before the end of World War I by American serviceman Lee Duncan as a shell-shocked puppy in a bombed-out dog kennel in Lorraine, France. The dog was taken to America and became the hero of several films made in the 1920s and 1930s.
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.
Triggermen (2002)
, 1h36Directed by John Bradshaw
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Actors Pete Postlethwaite, Neil Morrissey, Adrian Dunbar, Donnie Wahlberg, Michael Rapaport, Saul Rubinek
Pete Maynard (Neil Morrissey) and Andy Jarrett (Adrian Dunbar) are two con men down on their luck. They are holed up in a Chicago boarding room with their landlady harassing them for her long overdue rent. While attempting to scam someone he thinks is a businessman, Pete intercepts a briefcase full of cash intended for mobsters Terry Malloy (Donnie Wahlberg) and Tommy O'Brian (Michael Rapaport) as a payoff for a planned hit, as well as a key to a swank hotel room. In the hotel room, Pete and Andy meet up with Terry and Tommy as the latter await their money. They then have to convince a local mob boss Franco D'Amico (Louis Di Bianco) that they are in fact the hitmen hired to kill competing mob boss Ben Cutler (Pete Postlethwaite). At the same time that Cutler is trying to track down the missing money, mobster Terry falls for Emma Cutler (Claire Forlani), unaware that her father is the man he was supposed to kill.
Following (1999)
, 1h9Directed by Christopher Nolan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Jeremy Theobald, Lucy Russell, John Nolan, David Julyan, Emma Thomas
A struggling, unemployed young writer (credited as "The Young Man") takes to following strangers around the streets of London, ostensibly to find inspiration for his first novel. Initially, he sets strict rules for himself regarding whom he should follow and for how long, but he soon discards them as he focuses on a well-groomed, handsome man in a dark suit. The man in the suit, having noticed he is being followed, quickly confronts the Young Man and introduces himself as "Cobb". Cobb reveals that he is a serial burglar and invites the Young Man (who tells Cobb his name is "Bill") to accompany him on various burglaries. The material gains from these crimes seem to be of secondary importance to Cobb. He takes pleasure in rifling through the personal items in his targets' flats and drinking their wine. He explains that his true passion is using the shock of robbery and violation of property to make his victims re-examine their lives. He sums up his attitude thus: "You take it away, and show them what they had.
A Map of the World (1999)
, 2h5Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Sigourney Weaver, Julianne Moore, David Strathairn, Chloë Sevigny, Marc Donato, Sara Rue
Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) is a school nurse who lives with her husband Howard (David Strathairn) and two girls on a small dairy farm in Wisconsin. After the death of the daughter of her friend Theresa Collins (Julianne Moore) on Alice's property, the couple watch helplessly as the community turns against them. To make matters worse, Alice finds herself fighting charges of child abuse.
The Designated Mourner (1997)
, 1h34Directed by David Hare
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Mike Nichols, Miranda Richardson, David de Keyser
The Prophecy (1995)
, 1h38Directed by Gregory Widen
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantasy, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Films about angels, Demons in film
Actors Christopher Walken, Elias Koteas, Virginia Madsen, Eric Stoltz, Viggo Mortensen, Amanda Plummer
Thomas Dagget, a seminary student, loses his faith when he is shown disturbing visions of a war between angels. Years later, Thomas is a detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. Two angels fall to Earth: one, Simon, warns Thomas of coming events, before disappearing. The second, Uziel, dies attempting to kill Simon. Investigating the disturbance, Thomas finds in Simon's apartment an obituary for a recently deceased Korean War veteran named Arnold Hawthorne and a theology text he wrote. In Chimney Rock, Arizona, Simon finds the veteran and removes the soul from the body.
Fist of the North Star (1995)
, 1h43Directed by Tony Randel
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Martial arts
Themes Post-apocalyptic films, Films about religion, Sports films, Films set in the future, Martial arts films, Political films, Dystopian films, Disaster films
Actors Costas Mandylor, Chris Penn, Malcolm McDowell, Isako Washio, Dante Basco, Clint Howard
En l'an 199X, la terre fut entièrement consumée par l'enfer de la guerre nucléaire. Les continents s'éventrèrent et les mers se desséchèrent. Cependant, la race humaine n'avait pourtant pas disparu. Cette nouvelle ère ne connaissait plus qu'une seule loi, la loi du plus fort. C'est dans ce monde dévasté qu'un homme suivant sa destinée va redonner espoir aux faibles et aux opprimés en combattant l'oppresseur sous la bannière de la croix du nord, grâce au Hokuto Shinken. Un art martial d'assassin se transmettant depuis 1800 ans à un unique héritier, consistant à presser les points vitaux de l'adversaire pour causer une explosion interne des organes. Mais ce héros devra se confronter à son plus grand rival, Shin, le leader de la croix du sud, lui ayant déjà par le passé infligé une défaite.
Trading Mom (1994)
, 1h25Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Themes Children's films
Actors Sissy Spacek, Anna Chlumsky, Aaron Michael Metchik, Maureen Stapleton, Schuyler Fisk, Frank Welker
Elizabeth, Jeremy, and Harry Martin are three children who have had up to the edge with their mother, a nagging workaholic. Soon, they meet a mysterious gardener named Mrs. Cavour, who tells them of an ancient spell that will make her disappear. After saying the incantation one night, the next morning, she has disappeared along with their memories of her. Mrs. Cavour tells them of a place in town called the Mommy Market, where they have about every kind of mother one can think of. It has a policy, however, that one receives three tokens to take one of the mothers home, and if they do not find a suitable one by their third token, they can not return. Unfortunately for them, the mothers they pick: a snappy French woman, a nature-hiker, and a circus performer, do not sit well with them. Feeling lost without a guardian to look after them, they soon learn that their real mother has been sent to the Mommy Market herself, where she has been all along. In order to break the spell and see her return, they must remember something about her.
American Yakuza (1993)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Adventure, Crime, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films
Actors Viggo Mortensen, Ryo Ishibashi, John Fujioka, Michael Nouri, Nathan Jung, Jimmy T
American FBI agent Nick Davis (Viggo Mortensen) works undercover, rising through the ranks of the Yakuza to infiltrate their operations. Adopted by the Tendo crime family, he is entangled with the Italian mafia, the Yakuza, and the FBI. In the end he must decide what is most important to him.