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Foundation date 1 january 1996
Genius Products (also known as Genius Entertainment) was an entertainment company based in Santa Monica, California, United States.
Genius Products acquired the remains of Fox Lorber Home Video when its parent company, Winstar Communications, went out of business in 2001. On December 5, 2005, Genius Products, Inc. announced a distribution joint venture with The Weinstein Company called Genius Products, LLC, with Weinstein holding a 70% stake. The transaction was approved by stockholders and was closed on July 24, 2006. The high-profile movies from Weinstein helped Genius Products to open the doors to major retailers like Wal-Mart and Target.
Genius also released DVDs for other companies, including Entertainment Rights, Classic Media, Sesame Workshop (from 2007 to 2009), Random House, ESPN, Discovery Communications, ImaginAsian, World Wrestling Entertainment, IFC Films and PorchLight Entertainment.
In 2009, Genius Products Investments acquired 60% of Genius Products, LLC, with TWC owning 15% and Genius Products, Inc., holding 25%. Later that year, Genius's home video distribution rights were acquired by Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment, while distribution rights to Sesame Workshop were sold to Warner Home Video.
Filmography of Genius Products (21 films)
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, 45minutesOrigin USA
Themes Christmas films
Actors Michael Nawrocki, Phil Vischer
Bob, Larry and the other veggies find out that Laura's Dad might be out of a job and that her stocking will be empty. While Larry thinks a letter to the North Pole should fix the problem, Bob knows what will really help... and tells the story of a little boy named Nicholas who made a discovery in Bethlehem that changed Christmas forever. The story starts off with Laura's dad's truck breaking down, and the mechanic Gustav will only fix it for double the normal price. Then everyone sings about Christmas presents and Bob asks Junior Asparagus what Christmas is about, and Larry points to the nativity set. Junior Asparagus asks Bob what Santa has to do with Jesus, and Bob starts telling the story of Saint Nicholas. Nick is at church and afterwards, he and his dad go fishing. While they are there, they see a historical counterpart Gustav firing a man who has no food, and Nick's dad gives him of the fish they caught. That night, Nick's parents go to help a sick person, but because of a plague affecting the village, they too get sick and die. Distraught and helpless to assist his neighbors, Nick sails to Bethlehem, where he hears about Jesus, and goes back to Greece to live out his parents' legacy. While there, he gives coins to three girls to pay the fine, because Gustav had become mayor and made a rule against giving people free gifts, and they had broken this rule. Then Bob ends the story when the girls get the coins, and the entire town gives money to help fix Laura's dad's truck, and Gustav even has a change of heart, finishing the deliveries himself, so Laura and her family can have a merry Christmas. The town surprises them in secret with a decorated tree at their house, and leave content that they have spread Christmas cheer.
, 45minutesDirected by Kevin Clash
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Themes Films based on Alice in Wonderland, Children's films
Actors Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Kevin Clash, Jerry Nelson, Caroll Spinney, Fran Brill, Eric Jacobson
Abby wants very much to be in her own fairy tale. Elmo takes an interest in Abby's wish and
Dorothy Mills (2008)
, 1h42Directed by Agnès Merlet
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Actors Carice van Houten, Jenn Murray, Gary Lewis, Rynagh O'Grady, Gavin O'Connor, Charlene McKenna
Jane van Dopp (Carice van Houten), a psychiatrist in mourning after the accidental death of her son, is assigned the case of Dorothy Mills (Jenn Murray), a 15-year-old girl from a small Irish island, accused of attempting to murder a baby while babysitting.
Swamp Devil (2008)
, 1h30Directed by David Winning
Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Bruce Dern, Cindy Sampson, Nicolas Wright, Robert Higden, Bronwen Mantel, Kwasi Songui
Melanie Blame returns to their hometown Gibbington because her father, a former sheriff, is wanted for multiple murders. Jimmy Fuller wants to help find her father, and it looks as if something incredibly sinister is responsible for the corpses in Gibbington.
Directed by Zak Charles Knutson
Genres Comedy, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur une personnalité
Actors Kevin Smith, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Harley Quinn Smith
Storm Warning (2008)
, 1h22Directed by Jamie Blanks
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Nadia Farès, Robert Taylor (acteur australien), David Lyons, Mathew Wilkinson
Rob and Pia are a young couple who travel out for a day of sailing along coastal marshland. They become lost in a heavy storm and end up on a desolate island. They come across a decrpid old house and nearby barn with no one home. There is a large amount of marijuana growing in the barn that suggests the homeowners may not welcome their presence. There is also no telephone or means of communication with the outside world. But when the deranged, redneck owners—Brett, his brother Jimmy, and their even more terrifying father Poppy—return, Rob and Pia realize a fear far beyond anything they have ever known. Resentful of the affluent intruders, the three monstrously sadistic hillbillies imprison and enslave the couple, who—fearing for their lives—submit to appalling degradation and humiliation. When Rob and Pia learn their kidnappers have no intention of ever letting them go alive, they finally understand they must do whatever it takes to survive, and whatever it takes means going to a limit they could never have imagined which leads to the violent climax and ending; they will have to kill all three of the hillbillies by themselves in order to escape and survive.
The Nutty Professor (2008)
, 1h15Directed by Charles Adler, Terry Klassen
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Animation
Actors Jerry Lewis, Drake Bell, Andrew Francis, Brittney Irvin, Brian Drummond, Tabitha St. Germain
Harold Kelp, the grandson of professor Julius Kelp, is a young inventor who struggles with his experiments. He is frequently attacked in his visions by his fear, which takes the form of a big, black monster. After encountering an angry mob involved in Harold's bad inventions, Harold is sent away to a science academy run by his grandfather.
, 1h16Genres Comedy, Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Jon Cryer, Brad Garrett, Steve Zahn, Jesse McCartney, Tom Kenny, Nolan North
The Three Little Pigs become the target of a special-ops team of wolves. The wolves' plan to finally infiltrate the impenetrable house of bricks by leaving a tiny wolf cub on the unassuming pigs' doorstep. The pigs take the baby in and raise him as their own. The newest addition to their family, Lucky, grows up into his teens not knowing his history, his role in the wolves' plan or the difficult choice he will have to make about the family that raised him.
Never Cry Werewolf (2008)
, 1h27Origin Canada
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Wolves in film, Werewolves in film
Actors Nina Dobrev, Kevin Sorbo, Peter Stebbings, Melanie Leishman, Von Flores, Julie Sype
When 16-year-old Loren (Nina Dobrev) and her family greet a new neighbor, Jared (Peter Stebbings), a good-looking single guy and his dog, she senses something mysterious and dangerous about him. Her suspicions become further aroused when some of the locals begin disappearing one by one. As Loren becomes obsessed with her neighbor's behavior, she is unaware that he is monitoring her just as closely as a hungry wolf stalking its prey at night. Because Loren reminds her neighbor of his young and deceased wife, Melissa, he claims her as his territory and bites her friend Angie, who seems to be close to her. With the help of local TV hunting show personality Redd Tucker (Kevin Sorbo) and a delivery boy with a secret crush on attractive Loren, the unlikely trio prepare for a full-moon showdown against an immortal creature with insatiable bloodlust. Jared also has Loren's brother locked inside a freezer. It's her brother's life for hers.
Sea Beast (2008)
, 1h30Directed by Paul Ziller
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Seafaring films, Transport films, Natural horror films
Actors Miriam McDonald, Corin Nemec, Daniel Wisler, Brandon Jay McLaren, Brent Stait, Christie Laing
A fisherman named Will is fishing with his crew in a large thunderstorm. While trying to pull the fishing net in, a wave hits the ship and one crew member, Joey, is suddenly spit in the face by something. When Will looks back, he sees an invisible creature attack Joey. The crew looks for him but he has already been killed. Meanwhile, a mysterious creature attaches itself to the bottom of the boat.
The Wizard of Gore (2007)
, 1h37Origin USA
Genres Horror, Noir, Crime
Themes Circus films, Films about magic and magicians
Actors Tobin Bell, Kip Pardue, Shawnee Smith, Bijou Phillips, Crispin Glover, Angus Macfadyen
A magician named Montag the Magnificent puts on elaborate magic shows in a dilapidated post-punk Los Angeles in which he seemingly kills, in brutal torturous fashions, beautiful young women who nevertheless appear alive and unharmed at the end of the trick. Later, however, the victims are found dead of the same wounds that Montag gave them. Ed Bigelow, a young journalist with a trust fund and vintage style, tries to solve the mystery, but ends up discovering that he may be more involved than he first thought.
Blood Monkey (2007)
, 1h30Directed by Robert Young, Robert Malcolm Young
Origin Thailande
Genres Thriller, Action, Adventure, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films, Films about apes, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors F. Murray Abraham, Matt Ryan, Amy Manson, Matt Reeves, Laura Aikman, Sebastian Armesto
Anthropological professor Conrad Hamilton attempts to study a new species of primate, possibly the missing link between humanity and the great ape, found in a hidden valley deep within the jungles of Thailand. Hamilton's initial research team tries to capture one of these new (and very large) primates, but fail and are all killed. Hamilton and his assistant Chenne, who survive because they are away from the camp site, scour the area looking for clues and remains of their team.
Welcome to the Jungle (2007)
, 1h19Directed by Jonathan Hensleigh
Origin USA
Genres Horror
Actors Veronica Sywak, Dwayne Johnson
The plot of Welcome to the Jungle concerns two young couples who go to Southwest New Guinea from Fiji in order to find Michael Rockefeller, the son of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller who disappeared back in 1961, and sell an interview with him to the tabloids for $1,000,000. After a close encounter with armed criminals and psychopathic border guards, and after finding evidence that suggests that Michael Rockefeller may still be alive, the group finally makes it to the jungle where Rockefeller was last seen. The group ventures deep into the jungle where they find two Christian missionaries and a middle-aged Australian man who warns the group not to disturb the tribes in the area or else they will be killed. However tensions rise between the two couples which ultimately attracts the attention of local bloodthirsty cannibalistic tribes who then stalk one of the young couples while they are on a makeshift boat in the river and then attack them when they made their way to shore.
Black Swarm (2007)
, 1h30Directed by David Winning
Origin Canada
Genres Action, Horror
Actors Sébastien Roberts, Sarah Allen, Robert Englund, Jayne Heitmeyer, Michel Perron, Robert Higden
A widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her nine-year-old daughter Kelsey Kozik. There, she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly Rowe. Devin Hall and the entomologist Katherine Randell are summoned to help with the investigation. Devin is Jane's brother-in-law and former boyfriend, and Jane still has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Kelsey befriends the scientist Eli Giles, who has developed genetically modified wasps for the army as a weapon, and now he is trying to revert the process. When the wasps attack Black Stone, Jane, Devin and Eli team-up to attempt to destroy the swarm.
In the Spider's Web (2007)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Action, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Lance Henriksen, Emma Catherwood, Michael Smiley, Lisa Livingstone
In India, American backpacker friends Gina, John, Stacy, Geraldine and Phil hike in the woods with their guide Brian. When Geraldine is bitten by a venomous spider, the group decides to seek an American doctor who lives with a tribe in the jungle. Dr. Lecorpus treats the girl and while Gina, John and Phil return to the village in the civilization, Brian and Stacy stay with the natives. They decide to visit a temple in the forest while waiting for Stacey to recover; however, they find that Dr. Lecorpus is hiding a dark secret.