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Lightyear Entertainment, headquartered in Studio City, California, is a distributor of independent motion pictures on DVD, Video On Demand, as well as a distributor of music and music videos on CD, DVD, and digital distribution.
Lightyear's independent film business in North America is now conducted through eOne Entertainment. From 2008-2010, it was through Vivendi/Universal distribution, and, from 1995-2008, through Warner Home Video. From 1991-1995, it was distributed through BMG.
Lightyear's music business in North America is conducted through Caroline Distribution/[Universal Music Group].
Its origins were as a management buyout of RCA Video Productions, Inc. in 1987. The company was a co-producer of the Jane Fonda Workout Series, and pioneered in the areas of children's video and music video, as well as helping to create the fitness genre.
Lightyear's original productions include the films Aria, Heaven and The Return of Swamp Thing, as well as the Stories to Remember series of animated films for children. It also produced concert films by Lou Reed, Eurythmics, Stevie Nicks, Jefferson Starship, and the documentary Elvis '56.
Filmography of Lightyear Entertainment (25 films)
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The Junior Defenders (2007)
, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Ally Sheedy, John Waters, Brian O'Halloran, Pauly Shore, Justin Henry, Florence Henderson
With a fanbase that rivaled Star Trek 's, The Junior Defenders was one of the top TV hits of the late '70s. 25 years following the show's sudden cancellation, a crazed fan named Norman is still obsessed with the show. In his mania, Norman treks across the country in a stolen Winnebago, kidnapping the four washed-up former child stars, Jill, Mitch, Jimmy, and Tommy, from his beloved childhood program. The kidnappings spark a national media frenzy. Once in Hollywood, Norman takes over a soundstage and forces the cast at gunpoint to act in his brand-new episode of The Junior Defenders.
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, 1h23Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors David Leitch, Angelina Jolie, Holmes Osborne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving, Nathan Lee Graham
A 'mockumentary' on the rise and fall of Chip and Dales dancer turned martial arts action star, Francis Allen Sledgewick, AKA Frank Sledge. When fame and fortune caused Frank to lose his sense of what's truly important, he realised he's going to have to get in touch with his roots if there's ever going to be a comeback.
Here and There (2009)
, 1h25Directed by Darko Lungulov
Origin Serbie
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance
Actors David Thornton, Branislav Trifunović, Cyndi Lauper, Mirjana Karanović, Goran Radaković
Here and There follows two interconnected stories on two different continents. Robert (Thornton), a depressed New Yorker, tries to make quick cash and ends up in Serbia, where instead of money he finds his soul. At the same time, a young Serbian immigrant, Branko (Trifunović), struggles in an unforgiving New York, desperately trying to bring his girlfriend from Serbia to the United States. Mirijana Karanović plays Branko's mother.
Teenage Dirtbag (2009)
, 1h46Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Scott Michael Foster, Chris Ellis
At a local IGA store, a pregnant woman is shocked to learn from an old classmate that a boy she once knew named Thayer died in a river recently. When going back to her car, the woman has a flashback of her time in high school.
Veritas, Prince of Truth (2008)
, 1h33Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Actors Sean Patrick Flanery, Bret Loehr, Amy Jo Johnson, Tyler Posey, Kate Walsh, Danny Strong
A young boy must battle an evil menace that could destroy the Earth when Veritas, his favorite comic book hero, comes to life and seeks his help.
, 1h24Directed by Jean-Claude La Marre
Themes Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Films about virginity
Actors Jean-Claude La Marre
Light and the Sufferer (2008)
, 1h10Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction
Actors Paul Dano, Paz de la Huerta, Eugene Byrd, Michael Wright, Michael Esper
Suspension (2008)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Action
From AllMovie - After a well-adjusted husband and father experiences the most devastating crisis of his life, events take a most unexpected and incredible turn in Suspension, Ethan Shaftel and Alec Joler's offbeat science fiction fantasy. Scott Cordes stars as Daniel, a family man whose life is seemingly destroyed when his wife and son are killed in an automobile accident, leaving him completely alone. During his intense period of physical and emotional recovery, Daniel uses down time to repair his son's video camera, which was damaged in the crash and somehow "absorbed" the otherworldly power to stop time in its tracks. This amazing discovery re-instills a sense of self-importance and meaning in Daniel, and he quickly turns to another surviving victim of the same tragedy: Sarah, the widowed wife of the other driver from the same accident. Daniel wants nothing more than to help her and begins taking a series of steps in this direction. Unfortunately, Daniel's innate altruism soon outstrips his control and grows decidedly impure, as his magnanimity turns into a compulsion.
Burning Annie (2007)
, 1h35Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Sara Downing, Kim Murphy, Brian Klugman, Jay Paulson, Honorine Bell, Kathleen Rose Perkins
A dark slacker comedy about a college student obsessed with Woody Allen's film Annie Hall. His world is then turned upside down by a young woman who might be the modern day equivalent of Annie Hall herself.
Sidekick (2007)
, 1h27Origin Canada
Genres Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Actors Daniel Baldwin
Norman Neale and his best friend Chuck have an ongoing debate on the subject of "what single superpower would you choose?" Then, one day, Norman notices Victor Ventura, a successful trader at Richmond financial, the company he works for. While the two are both getting coffee, Norman accidentally drops a mug. Victor amazingly catches the mug in midair. Though impressed, Norman dismisses it as good reflexes. Later, Mr. Richmond, company CEO, asks Norman to videotape Victor at the company softball game. He notices that as Victor is about to hit the ball, the video momentarily displays static interference, and begins to suspect Victor has Telekinesis.
Killing Zelda Sparks (2007)
, 1h35Genres Thriller, Comedy
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Colm Feore, Sarah Carter, Vincent Kartheiser, Geoffrey Arend, Krystin Pellerin, Robin Brûlé
When Zelda Sparks comes back to the small town of New Essex, two old high school buddies pull a vicious prank on her for wronging them in the past. But they are shocked to learn that the prank may have turned deadly.
The Moon and the Stars (2007)
Directed by John Irvin
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Actors Alfred Molina, Jonathan Pryce, Catherine McCormack, Rupert Friend, András Bálint, Joanna Scanlan
A wealthy Jewish homosexual film producer is making a film based on Puccini's opera Tosca and a famous German diva is cast opposite a difficult English actor. As filming gets under way on a sound stage in Rome, World War II in 1939 escalates around them threatening the film's completion.
Randy & the Mob (2007)
Directed by Ray McKinnon
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Action
Themes Mafia films, Gangster films
Actors Lisa Blount, Walton Goggins, Ray McKinnon, Bill Nunn, Burt Reynolds, Tim DeKay
'Good ol’ boy' Randy Pearson can’t seem to help getting in over his head with his various businesses. His latest scheme to keep his businesses afloat goes awry when a long-standing debt becomes due to a couple of low level Italian mobsters. And the IRS wants to talk to Randy too! Randy’s forced to swing into action, but his only hope is a helping hand from his carpal-tunneled, baton-teaching wife, Charlotte; his estranged, gay twin brother, Cecil, and Tino Armani, a mysterious modern day prophet with a knack for high fashion, Italian cooking and clogging. They serve as a powerful reminder of the strength of Southern roots, where love and family can usually be counted on to trump all adversities.
Saturday Morning (2007)
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors George Wendt, Louis Mandylor, Victor Raider-Wexler, Beth Stern, Lillo Brancato, Zulay Henao
A dull, office dwelling loser named Wes Selman gets a strange birthday present from an uncle to get his house painted forcing him to awake at 6 a.m. and leading him on a two-hour odyssey through a strange other world where everything magically goes his way till 8 a.m. that Saturday morning.
The Orange Thief (2007)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Comedy
In Sicily, a young thief who has nothing sleeps under the stars and steals and sells oranges. Thievery gets him tossed in jail where his cell mate is Turrido, who offers the thief a deal: get Turrido's ex-lover Rosalba to make a recording of her singing and Turrido will give the thief a piece of land of his own.