Nelson Entertainment
| Company type | Parent Nelson Holdings International, Ltd. (1986–1991) | New Line Cinema (1991) |
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Nelson Entertainment (also known as Nelson Entertainment Group) was a Los Angeles-based film production and home video distribution company, a subsidiary of Nelson Holdings International Ltd., a Vancouver, Canada, holding company formed in 1985 by British film producer Barry Spikings and Richard Northcott, a British financier who amassed his fortune from a chain of hardware and furniture stores.[1]
History
The company acquired Galactic Films as well as Spikings Corporation in 1985, then later acquired distribution rights to a majority of
On November 26, 1986, Nelson decided to form a foreign sales arm, Nelson International, Inc. Ian Jessel, formerly an executive at CBS Theatrical Films, was named president of the unit.[4]
On March 18, 1987, Nelson Entertainment, through its Embassy Home Entertainment division inked a pact with Hemdale Film Corporation, to co-produce 10 pictures in a co-financing agreement between Hemdale and Nelson; Nelson would receive domestic home video rights, while Hemdale retained all other rights to the 10 pictures.[5]
Throughout the summer of 1987, Embassy/Nelson announced more international distribution deals, including West German video distributor Neue Constantin Film and Nippon Herald in Japan.[6][7] Elsewhere, Nelson decided to intervene in the Hemdale Film Corporation-Vestron Video lawsuit over video rights to a package of 12 Hemdale films; Nelson then subsequently filed for rights to the same 12 pictures under almost identical terms as the arrangement Vestron was trying to have enforced, and the deal added another film to the mix, High Tide.[8]
Sometime in August 1987, Embassy Home Entertainment was renamed Nelson Entertainment,[9] but retained the earlier brand as well as Charter Entertainment for sell-through products.[10] Nelson then financed a deal with Castle Rock Entertainment to co-produce their films, and in addition handle the international distribution rights.[11]
In September 1988, Orion Home Video became Nelson's sales agent; in addition, Orion Pictures would later theatrically distribute a few of Nelson's titles. By February 1989, Orion was the official home video distributor of Nelson product.[12]
In 1991, Nelson Entertainment sold its home video division to
Films
Notes
- ^ Copyright is owned by Orion Pictures.
References
- ^ Coke Will Sell Embassy Unit for $85 Million : Nelson Entertainment Gets Co-Production Deal
- ^ "Coke Sells EHE For $85-Mil To Nelson Ent.; Blay Suit Settled". Variety. August 6, 1986. p. 35.
- ^ "Nelson Company Buys Autovend Majority; Lack Heads New Firm". Variety. September 24, 1986. p. 38.
- ^ "New EHE Owner, Nelson Ltd., Forms Foreign Sales Arm". Variety. November 26, 1986. pp. 5, 31.
- ^ "Nelson Gets Domestic HV Rights To 10 Pictures From Hemdale". Variety. March 18, 1987. p. 72.
- ^ "Nelson Joins With Nippon Herald For Homevid In Japan". Variety. May 20, 1987. pp. 82, 85.
- ^ "Nelson Ties Up At Neue Constantin Slip". Variety. May 20, 1987. p. 11.
- ^ "Nelson Steps Into Vestron-Hemdale Suit". Variety. June 3, 1987. p. 59.
- ^ Billboard (August 29, 1987). Embassy Logo Changed to Nelson (PDF). New York. p. 57.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ McCullaugh, Jim (January 16, 1988). "Nelson Steps Up Sell-Through Push" (PDF). Billboard.
- ^ "Castle Rock Entertainment Ready For Launch With $270-Mil Purse". Variety. November 4, 1987. p. 25.
- ^ World Radio History
- ^ "Nightmares, Turtles and Profits". bloomberg.com. September 29, 1991. Retrieved May 3, 2019.
- ^ "Company conformed name: Turner Broadcasting SYstem Inc". Sec.gov. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ "New Epic librarian". December 3, 1997.
- ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times. October 23, 1998.