October Films
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| Industry | Independent film |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1991 |
| Founder | Bingham Ray Jeff Lipsky |
| Defunct | 1999 |
| Fate | Sold to USA Networks and merged with Gramercy Pictures and Interscope Communications to form USA Films |
| Successor | Focus Features |
| Headquarters | , United States |
| Parent | Universal Studios (1997–1999) |
| Subsidiaries | Rogue Pictures |
October Films, Inc. was an American independent film production company[1] and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet in the United States.
A series of mergers and acquisitions began when Universal Studios (then a division of the Seagram Company) bought a majority stake in October Films in 1997.[2] In 1999, Universal sold October, Interscope Communications, and Gramercy Pictures to Barry Diller, who merged the three companies to form USA Films.[3] Vivendi then acquired USA Films, which acquired Good Machine in 2002 and merged it with USA Films and Universal Focus, forming Focus Features.
Filmography
[edit]1990s
[edit]| Release date | Films | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| October 25, 1991 | Life Is Sweet | |
| May 8, 1992 | Adam's Rib | |
| August 21, 1992 | The Living End | |
| September 4, 1992 | The Tune | |
| November 13, 1992 | Tous les matins du monde (All the Mornings of the World) | |
| March 31, 1993 | Two Mikes Don't Make a Wright | |
| June 4, 1993 | Un coeur en hiver (A Heart in Winter) | |
| June 25, 1993 | Chain of Desire | |
| September 3, 1993 | Bad Behaviour | |
| October 8, 1993 | Ruby in Paradise | |
| November 3, 1993 | The War Room | |
| February 11, 1994 | The Cement Garden | |
| March 30, 1994 | Cronos | |
| May 6, 1994 | Kika | |
| August 19, 1994 | Killing Zoe | |
| October 26, 1994 | The Last Seduction | |
| December 23, 1994 | Colonel Chabert | |
| January 31, 1995 | The Silence of the Hams | |
| May 5, 1995 | Search and Destroy | |
| May 19, 1995 | Moving the Mountain | |
| June 2, 1995 | Red Firecracker, Green Firecracker | |
| September 1, 1995 | Nadja | |
| October 6, 1995 | The Addiction | |
| November 10, 1995 | The Kingdom | |
| November 17, 1995 | When Night Is Falling | |
| December 7, 1995 | Man with a Gun | |
| January 24, 1996 | The White Balloon | |
| April 26, 1996 | Cemetery Man | |
| May 2, 1996 | Celestial Clockwork | |
| May 10, 1996 | Someone Else's America | |
| June 18, 1996 | Haunted | |
| August 14, 1996 | Small Faces | |
| August 21, 1996 | Girls Town | |
| September 27, 1996 | Secrets & Lies | |
| October 22, 1996 | Hollow Point | |
| November 1, 1996 | The Funeral | |
| November 13, 1996 | Breaking the Waves | |
| January 10, 1997 | Natural Enemy | |
| February 21, 1997 | Lost Highway | |
| April 18, 1997 | Traveller | |
| April 25, 1997 | Female Perversions | |
| August 8, 1997 | Career Girls | |
| September 26, 1997 | Kicked in the Head | |
| October 8, 1997 | Year of the Horse | |
| November 14, 1997 | Kiss or Kill | |
| December 12, 1997 | The Peacekeeper | |
| February 20, 1998 | The Apostle | |
| May 1, 1998 | Still Breathing | |
| TwentyFourSeven | ||
| May 6, 1998 | The Kingdom II | |
| June 12, 1998 | High Art | |
| August 7, 1998 | Safe Men | |
| August 21, 1998 | The Best Man | |
| August 1998 | The Naked Man | |
| September 11, 1998 | Touch of Evil | 40th anniversary re-release |
| September 18, 1998 | A Soldier's Daughter Never Cries | |
| October 9, 1998 | The Celebration | |
| October 23, 1998 | The Last Days | |
| November 8, 1998 | The Death Train | |
| December 30, 1998 | Hilary and Jackie | |
| January 28, 1999 | Thick as Thieves | |
| April 2, 1999 | Cookie's Fortune | |
| April 30, 1999 | Three Seasons | |
| May 12, 1999 | Trippin' | |
| June 18, 1999 | The Phantom of the Opera | |
| July 9, 1999 | Autumn Tale | |
| August 27, 1999 | The Muse | |
| September 10, 1999 | Black Cat, White Cat | distributed by USA Films |
| September 17, 1999 | Sugar Town | distributed by USA Films |
| September 24, 1999 | Lucie Aubrac | distributed by USA Films |
| October 5, 1999 | Detour | distributed by USA Home Entertainment |
| November 5, 1999 | Rosetta | distributed by USA Films |
| December 15, 1999 | Topsy-Turvy | distributed by USA Films |
2000s
[edit]| Release date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| March 3, 2000 | Agnes Browne | distributed by USA Films |
| March 10, 2000 | Condo Painting | distributed by USA Films |
| April 28, 2000 | The Idiots | distributed by USA Films |
| May 5, 2000 | Up at the Villa | distributed by USA Films |
| May 26, 2000 | Joe Gould's Secret | distributed by USA Films |
| June 21, 2000 | Boricua's Bond | copyright holder; distributed by USA Films |
| August 30, 2000 | Alice and Martin | distributed by USA Films |
| October 20, 2000 | A Room for Romeo Brass | distributed by USA Films |
| October 20, 2000 | Cherry Falls | copyright holder; distributed by USA Films |
| March 2, 2001 | Series 7: The Contenders | copyright holder; distributed by USA Films |
| April 27, 2001 | One Night at McCool's | distributed by USA Films |
| June 8, 2001 | Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? | distributed by USA Films |
| August 10, 2001 | Session 9 | copyright holder; distributed by USA Films |
References
[edit]- ^ "Are the U.S.A.'s Independent Films a Distinct National Cinema?". TheFilmJournal.com. Retrieved 2013-08-12.
- ^ Eller, Claudia (1997-05-01). "Universal Says It Will Acquire October Films". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
- ^ "Interscope Communications". Audiovisual Identity Database. 2023-10-09. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
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