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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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Jekyll (2007)
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Actors Matt Keeslar, Jonathan Silverman, Alanna Ubach, Desmond Askew, Abigail Spencer, Josh Stewart
While doing research, Dr. Henry Jekyll creates a computer-generated alter-ego, Mr. Hyde, a creature of uncontrollable impulses who goes on a murdering spree and tries to kill his own creator.
Paid (2006)
, 1h31Origin Pays-bas
Genres Thriller, Action
Actors Anne Charrier, Murilo Benício, Tom Conti, Guy Marchand, Corbin Bernsen, Marie-France Pisier
Paid is a film noir in the tradition of the French gangster movie. It is a story about underworld characters that have come to regret the choices they have made and now secretly long for a different and more meaningful life. It is also a love story between Paula Gireaux, a 28-year-old Parisian call girl working in Amsterdam and a hit man, Michel Angelo (30) whose hearts are touched when a six-year-old Bolivian boy abruptly enters their lives. The boy changes their fate. He gives them reason to reach for their dreams and to start a whole new life together.
The Murder Game (2006)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Horror
A group of teenagers create a game where one of them is secretly a killer while the others are victims. Using prop weapons, the killer must eliminate the other players before being discovered. The teens sneak into a warehouse late at night to play the game but things turn horrific when the players begin dying for real.
Get Thrashed (2006)
, 1h40Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Documentary films about music and musicians, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Musical films
Get Thrashed traces the impact of thrash metal. It is the story of the hardest metal music of the 1980s and 1990s as told by the bands who lived it.
Neil's Party (2006)
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Leila Hoffman
Four British buddies arrange a wild party of sex, booze and rock and roll as the ultimate solution to their problems with the opposite sex.
Poison Dust (2005)
, 1h24Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Environmental films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about nuclear technology, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Documentary films about technology, Political films
Documentary about U.S. soldiers returning from Iraq who had been exposed to radioactive dust from dirty bombs when artillery shells coated with depleted uranium or DU are fired. Many suffer mysterious illnesses and have children with birth defects.
Jailbait (2004)
, 1h29Directed by Brett Leonard
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Michael Pitt, Stephen Adly Guirgis, David Zayas, Laila Robins
Randy (Pitt), a 20-year-old convict, is taken to his cell. He is greeted by his new cellmate, Jake (Guirgis), a veteran prisoner serving a life sentence. Randy explains that he is serving 25 years for spray painting his neighbor's Mercedes-Benz.
Super Spy: The Final Exit (2003)
, 2h15Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Lisa Raye, Reynaldo Rey, Art Evans, Garret Morris, Conchita Leeflang, Tom Lister, Jr.
An aspiring screenwriter is determined to make a low budget action film. While filming the movie, he films a crime being committed and is then hunted down by a band of criminals.
5 Card Stud (2002)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romance
Actors Khrystyne Haje, Jeffrey Vincent Parise
A bartender with a fear of commitment has limited his social life to a weekly poker game with the guys. His best friend sets him up with sure thing one night stand and the two fall in love.
Rave (2000)
Origin USA
Actors Efren Ramirez, Aimee Graham, Dante Basco, Steven Bauer, Douglas Spain, Tamara Mello
It is Saturday night in Los Angeles and six teenagers are in search of the hottest rave in the city. In one day, we see a portrait of these teenagers finding their way through all the temptations, attractions and dangers of the wild underbelly of Los Angeles.