Intermedia (company)

Intermedia Films
Company typePrivate
IndustryFilm
PredecessorMajestic Films International
Largo Entertainment
Founded1991; 33 years ago (1991) (as Intermedia Film Equities)[1]
1995; 29 years ago (1995) (as Intermedia Films)[2]
FounderNigel Sinclair
Guy East
Defunct2006; 18 years ago (2006)
SuccessorIM Global
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
OwnerIM Internationalmedia AG
Number of employees
11–50[citation needed]
Websiteinternationalmedia.de (archive)

Intermedia Films was an American independent film production company, wholly owned by IM Internationalmedia AG.

The company mostly acted as a co-producer, funding films through the IMF (Internationale Medien und Film, German for "International Media and Film") funds. As of 2012, Intermedia's library was owned by Ron Tutor and David Bergstein.

History

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The company was founded in London in 1991 as Intermedia Film Equities.[1] Four years later, it was re-established as Intermedia Films by Guy East (formerly of Goldcrest Films and Majestic Films International) and Nigel Sinclair.[2] By 1997, Intermedia began operations in Los Angeles, as did Pacifica Film Distribution.[citation needed] The two companies merged on March 29, 2000.[3]

Its first success of note was Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, which opened the Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

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Year Title Director(s) Production partner(s) Distributor(s) Budget Box office
1998 Sliding Doors[4] Peter Howitt Mirage Enterprises Miramax Films
(United States),
Paramount Pictures
(United Kingdom and worldwide home media distribution)
$6 million[5] $67 million[6]
Playing by Heart Willard Carroll Hyperion Pictures Miramax Films $14–20 million $3,970,078
The Land Girls David Leland Gramercy Pictures,
Channel Four Films,
Greenpoint Films,
Camera One,
West Eleven Films,
Arena Films,
Canal+,
Sofineurope
Polygram Filmed Entertainment $6 million $3.2 million
Clay Pigeons David Dobkin Gramercy Pictures,
Scott Free Productions
Polygram Filmed Entertainment $8 million $1.8 million
1999 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Peter Hewitt October Films,
West Eleven Films
USA Films N/A N/A
2000 Nurse Betty[7] Neil LaBute Gramercy Pictures,
Pacifica Film,
Propaganda Films,
ab'-strakt pictures
USA Films $25 million[8] $29.4 million[9]
Where the Money Is Marek Kanievska Gramercy Pictures,
Pacifica Film,
Scott Free Productions
USA Films $28 million $7 million
Up at the Villa Philip Haas October Films,
Pacifica Film,
Mirage Enterprises
USA Films N/A N/A
Company Man Peter Askin,
Douglas McGrath
N/A Paramount Classics $16 million $146,193
Love's Labour's Lost Kenneth Branagh The Shakespeare Film Company Miramax Films $13 million $299,792
2001 Enigma Michael Apted Jagged Films,
Broadway Video
Manhattan Pictures
(United States)
Buena Vista International
(United Kingdom)
N/A N/A
The Wedding Planner[10] Adam Shankman Columbia Pictures,
Tapestry Films,
Dee Gee Entertainment,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG,
Prufrock Pictures
$35 million $95 million[11]
K-PAX[12] Iain Softley Lawrence Gordon Productions Universal Pictures $68 million[13] $65 million[13]
Iris Richard Eyre BBC Films,
Fox Iris Productions,
Mirage Enterprises
Miramax Films
(United States),
Buena Vista International
(United Kingdom)
$5.5 million $16.2 million
Blow Dry Paddy Breathnach Mirage Enterprises,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG
Miramax Films N/A $830,286
After Image Robert Manganelli Catch 23 Entertainment Buena Vista Home Entertainment N/A N/A
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker[14] Kathryn Bigelow First Light Production,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG,
K-19 Film Production,
National Geographic Society,
New Regency Pictures,
Palomar Pictures
Paramount Pictures $90 million[15] $65.7 million[16]
The Quiet American[17] Phillip Noyce IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG,
Mirage Enterprises,
Pacifica Film and Saga
Miramax Films $30 million[18] $27,674,124[18]
Adaptation[19] Spike Jonze Columbia Pictures,
Good Machine,
Propaganda Films
Sony Pictures Releasing $19 million $32.8 million[20]
Dark Blue Ron Shelton United Artists,
Alphaville
MGM Distribution Co. $15 million $12,150,301
She Gets What She Wants Melanie Mayron IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG Constantin Film N/A $1.7 million
2003 National Security Dennis Dugan Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing N/A $54 million
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines[21][22] Jonathan Mostow C2 Pictures,[22]
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG,
Mostow/Lieberman Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures (United States/Canada)
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (through Columbia Pictures[23]) (International)
$187.3 million
($167.3 million excluding production overhead)
$433.3 million[24]
Basic John McTiernan Columbia Pictures,
Phoenix Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing $50 million $42.8 million
The Life of David Gale Alan Parker Saturn Films Universal Pictures $38 million $38.9 million
2004 Welcome to Mooseport Donald Petrie N/A 20th Century Fox $30 million $14.6 million
Alexander[25] Oliver Stone Ixtlan Productions,
France 3 Cinéma,
Pacific Film,
Egmond Film & Television,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3 Produktions KG
Warner Bros. Pictures
(United States/United Kingdom/Italy),
Constantin Film
(Germany),
Pathé Distribution
(France),
A-Film Distribution
(Netherlands)
$155 million[26] $167.3 million[26]
The Aviator[27] Martin Scorsese Warner Bros. Pictures, Miramax Films, Forward Pass,
Appian Way,
Initial Entertainment Group,
Cappa Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures
(North America),
Buena Vista International
(Select Territories),
Initial Entertainment Group
(International)
$110 million $213.7 million[28]
Mindhunters Renny Harlin Destination Films,
Dimension Films,
Outlaw Productions,
Avenue Pictures,
Weed Road Pictures
Miramax Films (USA)
Alliance Atlantis(Canada, Spain and Netherlands)
Sony Pictures Releasing (International)
$27 million $21.1 million
Suspect Zero E. Elias Merhige Columbia Pictures,
Lakeshore Entertainment
Paramount Pictures (USA & Canada)
Sony Pictures Releasing (International)
$27 million $11.4 million
If Only Gil Junger Outlaw Productions,
Love Spell Entertainment
Sony Pictures Television $3 million $532,673 million
2006 Basic Instinct 2[29] Michael Caton-Jones Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures,
C2 Pictures
Sony Pictures Releasing $70 million $38.6 million[30]
RV[31] Barry Sonnenfeld Columbia Pictures,[32]
Red Wagon Entertainment[31]
Sony Pictures Releasing $50 million $87.5 million

References

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  2. ^ a b Macnab, Geoffrey (September 2013). "THE INDUSTRY (PROFILE): Life in the Fast Lane" (PDF). Sight and Sound. Vol. 23, no. 9. British Film Institute (BFI). p. 17. Retrieved February 26, 2023 – via ProQuest.
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  4. ^ "Sliding Doors (1998)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  5. ^ "Sliding Doors (1998)". Box Office Mojo. Amazon.com. Retrieved June 16, 2010.
  6. ^ Klady, Leonard (January 25, 1999). "The Top 125 Worldwide". Variety. p. 36.
  7. ^ "Nurse Betty (2000)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  8. ^ Steve Daly (September 15, 2000). "'Nurse Betty': Daze of Her Lives". Entertainment Weekly.
  9. ^ "Nurse Betty (2000)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Wedding Planner (2001)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  11. ^ The Wedding Planner (2001). Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2011-01-03.
  12. ^ "K-Pax (2001)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  13. ^ a b "K-PAX (2001)". Box Office Mojo.
  14. ^ "K-19: The Widowmaker (2002)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  15. ^ – The Widowmaker' (12A)." The Numbers. Retrieved: April 28, 2017.
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  21. ^ "Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  22. ^ a b IM International Media AG (2010). "Terminator 3 – Rise of the Machines". Archived from the original on February 6, 2013. Retrieved June 24, 2010.
  23. ^ Claude Brodesser, Dana Harris (January 3, 2002). "Sony has 'T3' o'seas". Variety. Retrieved November 23, 2020.
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  29. ^ "Basic Instinct 2 (2006)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
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