Newmarket Films
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Newmarket Films is an American film production and distribution company which is a subsidiary of Newmarket Capital Group
. It was founded in 1994.
films The Prestige
and Memento. Newmarket has distributed, in North America, such films as The Passion of the Christ
, Whale Rider, Monster, Donnie Darko
, and God Grew Tired of Us
.
In 2010, after its purchase by Newmarket Capital Group
, Lionsgate acquired the domestic theatrical, digital, and television rights to Newmarket's entire library of over 300 films, including future productions, and therefore the video rights to the Newmarket films already issued on DVD/Blu-Ray, as well as full domestic distribution rights, will be transferred to Lionsgate, with the exception of co-productions with and owned by major studios (Dreamworks Pictures, et. al.).
Newmarket Capital Group
Newmarket Capital Group is a Los Angeles based film production and distribution company....
. It was founded in 1994.
Brief summary
Newmarket Films is a privately owned independent production and distribution company. Newmarket looks to acquire, produce, and distribute diverse films. The company has produced such films as The Mexican, Cruel Intentions, and the Christopher NolanChristopher Nolan
Christopher Jonathan James Nolan is a British-American film director, screenwriter and producer.He received serious notice after his second feature Memento , which he wrote and directed based on a story idea by his brother, Jonathan Nolan. Jonathan went to co-write later scripts with him,...
films The Prestige
The Prestige (film)
The Prestige is a 2006 mystery thriller film written, directed and co-produced by Christopher Nolan, with a screenplay adapted from Christopher Priest's 1995 novel of the same name. The story follows Robert Angier and Alfred Borden, rival stage magicians in London at the end of the 19th century...
and Memento. Newmarket has distributed, in North America, such films as The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ
The Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John...
, Whale Rider, Monster, Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko
Donnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell...
, and God Grew Tired of Us
God Grew Tired of Us
God Grew Tired of Us is a 2006 documentary film about three of the "Lost Boys of Sudan", a group of some 25,000 young men who have fled the wars in Sudan since the 1980s, and their experiences as they move to the United States. The film was written and directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn...
.
In 2010, after its purchase by Newmarket Capital Group
Newmarket Capital Group
Newmarket Capital Group is a Los Angeles based film production and distribution company....
, Lionsgate acquired the domestic theatrical, digital, and television rights to Newmarket's entire library of over 300 films, including future productions, and therefore the video rights to the Newmarket films already issued on DVD/Blu-Ray, as well as full domestic distribution rights, will be transferred to Lionsgate, with the exception of co-productions with and owned by major studios (Dreamworks Pictures, et. al.).
Film involvement
Newmarket Films has been involved with distributing or producing the following movies:- AgoraAgora (film)Agora is a 2009 Spanish historical drama film directed by Alejandro Amenábar and written by Amenábar and Mateo Gil. The biopic stars Rachel Weisz as Hypatia, a female mathematician, philosopher and astronomer in 4th century Roman Egypt who investigates the flaws of the geocentric Ptolemaic system...
- Cruel IntentionsCruel IntentionsCruel Intentions is a 1999 American drama film starring Sarah Michelle Gellar, Ryan Phillippe, Reese Witherspoon, and Selma Blair. The film is an adaptation of the 18th-century French epistolary novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Laclos and is set among wealthy teenagers living in modern New York...
- Prom NightProm Night (2008 film)Prom Night is a 2008 horror film from Screen Gems directed by Nelson McCormick and starring Brittany Snow. The film is a re-imagining of the 1980 Canadian horror film of the same name.-Plot:...
(co-produced with Alliance FilmsAlliance FilmsAlliance Films is a major Canadian motion picture distribution/production company, which serves Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain.-History:It was formed in 1984 by Stephen Roth, Denis Heroux, John Kemeny, Robert Lantos and Jay...
and Original FilmOriginal Film-Films:-TV series:...
) - The ChumscrubberThe ChumscrubberThe Chumscrubber is a 2005 dark comedy film directed by Arie Posin and written by Posin and Zac Stanford, starring an ensemble cast. The film focuses on the lack of communication between teenagers and their parents, and the prevalence of prescription drugs in American society...
(co-production with Go Fish PicturesGo Fish PicturesGo Fish Pictures was the specialty film division of the DreamWorks SKG film studio.It distributed movies such as:...
, El Camino Pictures", '"Equity Pictures" and "L.B. Laurence Bender Productions) - Donnie DarkoDonnie DarkoDonnie Darko is a 2001 American psychological thriller film written and directed by Richard Kelly and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Patrick Swayze, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Noah Wyle, Jena Malone, and Mary McDonnell...
(co-production with "Pandora") (DVD Distributed by Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment20th Century FoxTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...
) - Death of a President
- The Importance of Being EarnestThe Importance of Being Earnest (2002 film)The Importance of Being Earnest is a 2002 British-American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Oliver Parker, based on Oscar Wilde's classic comedy of manners play of the same name. The original music score is composed by Charlie Mole...
- Lilya 4-everLilya 4-everLilja 4-ever is a 2002 Swedish drama film. It is director Lukas Moodysson's third feature film which marks a sharp change of mood from his previous two films, the uplifting love story Show Me Love and Together, set in the 1970s...
- God Grew Tired of UsGod Grew Tired of UsGod Grew Tired of Us is a 2006 documentary film about three of the "Lost Boys of Sudan", a group of some 25,000 young men who have fled the wars in Sudan since the 1980s, and their experiences as they move to the United States. The film was written and directed by Christopher Dillon Quinn...
- Memento
- The MexicanThe MexicanThe Mexican is a 2001 American romantic comedy film directed by Gore Verbinski and starring Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts, with a plot that is an unusual mixture of romantic comedy and road movie....
- Monster (co-production with DEJ ProductionsDEJ ProductionsDEJ Productions studio distributed 225 films in just eight years, including the Academy Award winning Monster starring Charlize Theron and the multiple Academy Award winning Crash which won Best Picture of the Year. DEJ was a film acquisition company which began in 1998, shortly after the...
and "Media 8 Entertainment) - My Big Fat Greek WeddingMy Big Fat Greek WeddingMy Big Fat Greek Wedding is a 2002 Canadian and American romantic comedy film written by and starring Nia Vardalos and directed by Joel Zwick. The film is centered on Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos , a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with a non-Greek upper middle class "White...
- Open HeartsOpen HeartsOpen Hearts can refer to:*Open Hearts *Open Hearts *Open Hearts...
- The Passion of the ChristThe Passion of the ChristThe Passion of the Christ is a 2004 American drama film directed by Mel Gibson and starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus. It depicts the Passion of Jesus largely according to the New Testament Gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John...
- Real Women Have CurvesReal Women Have CurvesReal Women Have Curves is a 2002 American movie starring America Ferrera. Directed by Patricia Cardoso and produced by George LaVoo from a screenplay by LaVoo and Josefina Lopez , it debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award in addition to Special Jury Prizes for both...
- Silver City
- The Skulls
- The NinesThe NinesThe Nines is a 2007 psychological thriller drama film, written, and directed by John August, and starring Ryan Reynolds, Hope Davis, Melissa McCarthy, and Elle Fanning. The film debuted at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival, and made $63,165 in the U.S...
- Spun
- Topsy Turvy
- The Usual SuspectsThe Usual SuspectsThe Usual Suspects is a 1995 American neo-noir film written by Christopher McQuarrie and directed by Bryan Singer. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey and Pete Postlethwaite....
- Whale Rider
- Y tu mamá tambiénY tu mamá tambiénY tu mamá también is a 2001 Mexican comedy-drama film directed by Alfonso Cuarón, and co-written by Cuarón and his brother Carlos. The film is a coming-of-age story about two teenage boys taking a road trip with a woman in her late twenties; it stars Mexican actors Diego Luna and Gael García...
- CreationCreation (2009 film)Creation is a 2009 British biographical drama film. Produced by Jeremy Thomas, the film was directed by Jon Amiel, and stars Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly as Charles and Emma Darwin...