{"id":4205,"date":"2012-09-18T19:53:07","date_gmt":"2012-09-18T23:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/?p=4205"},"modified":"2012-12-21T00:52:08","modified_gmt":"2012-12-21T05:52:08","slug":"weinstein-company-mary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bejone03.expressions.syr.edu\/trf235\/2012\/09\/18\/weinstein-company-mary\/","title":{"rendered":"The Weinstein Company"},"content":{"rendered":"
by Mary Salmonsen<\/pre>\n
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Company Logo (1)<\/p><\/div>\n
About <\/strong><\/p>\n
The Weinstein Company<\/a> is a production and distribution company focused on movie and television production. The Weinstein Company describes itself as producing \u201cmainstream, genre, and specialty films\u201d, and has a sub-imprint, Dimension Films, for self-defined \u201cgenre\u201d movies. (2) The company is also partnered with Weinstein Books<\/a>, a book publisher, Project Runway<\/a>, a series produced by Weinstein, Chopard<\/a>, a jeweler, L\u2019Oreal<\/a>, and Lexus Short Films<\/a>\u00a0(see Upcoming), a project between Lexus and The Weinstein Company. (3)<\/p>\n
The Weinstein Company is located at 345 Hudson St., New York, NY, 10014. Its contact phone number is (646) 862-3400. (4)<\/p>\n
Management\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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Bob and Harvey Weinstein (5)<\/p><\/div>\n
The company\u2019s founders, brothers Bob and Harvey Weinstein, first founded Miramax<\/a>, a film production company, in 1979. (2) During this period, some of their greatest successes were Pulp Fiction<\/a>, Shakespeare in Love<\/a>, Bridget Jones\u2019s Diary<\/a>, <\/em>and Chicago<\/em><\/a>. (6) The company was independent until 1993, when it was bought by Disney. Over the course of their professional tenure, the brothers have received 303 Oscar nominations and 75 Academy Awards for their films. (2)<\/p>\n
The Weinstein Company\u2019s President of Television is the former Miramax President of Production, Meryl Poster. Current investors in The Weinstein Company include Goldman Sachs, TF1 \u2013 a French television company \u2013 and WPP Group, an advertising firm. (4)<\/p>\n
History<\/strong><\/p>\n
The Weinstein Company itself was founded in October of 2005, when Bob and Harvey Weinstein left Miramax after a falling-out with Disney. (4) The company absorbed Dimension Films, which Bob had founded in 1993. (2) Their first film release was Derailed<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>in November of 2005,which grossed $57 million (7), and their first animated release was Hoodwinked<\/em><\/a>, released in December of 2005, which grossed $51 million on a budget of $8 million. (8)<\/p>\n
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Michael Moore and Harvey Weinstein (10)<\/p><\/div>\n
In February 2011, documentary filmmaker Michael Moore sued the Weinstein Company, alleging that the company had re-routed $2.7 million of the profits from his documentary Farenheit 9\/11<\/em><\/a> that had been meant for him, among other accusations of wasteful spending. The case was settled in February 2012, and terms were not disclosed. (11) The Weinstein Company has also been sued over\u00a0The Reader\u00a0<\/em>(see September 2012) and\u00a0Escape From Planet Earth\u00a0<\/em>(see Upcoming).<\/p>\n
August 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n
On August 10th<\/sup>, Vivek Shah, a largely unknown actor, was arrested for blackmailing Harvey Weinstein, among four others, and threatening to kill members of his family unless $4 million was wired to him. He is now being held without bail and if convicted could face 20 years in prison. (12)<\/p>\n