"HandMade Films HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Notable films from the studio include ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"", ""Time Bandits"" and ""Withnail and I"". HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle George Harrison and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Monty Python film ""Life of Brian"". Harrison had first been introduced to O'Brien by actor Peter Sellers in 1973. Soon after, the two went into business together. When the original financiers of ""Brian"", EMI Films, pulled out of the project less than a week before filming was to commence, the creators had"
"films with HandMade, including ""Mona Lisa"", ""Shanghai Surprise"" and ""Withnail and I"". He made several cameo appearances in these films, including a role as a nightclub singer in ""Shanghai Surprise"", for which he recorded five new songs. According to Ian Inglis, Harrison's ""executive role in HandMade Films helped to sustain British cinema at a time of crisis, producing some of the country's most memorable movies of the 1980s."" Following a series of box office bombs in the late 1980s and excessive debt incurred by O'Brien, which was guaranteed by Harrison, HandMade's financial situation became precarious. The company ceased operations in"
"Denis O'Brien (producer) Denis O'Brien was an American attorney, and was the business manager of George Harrison of The Beatles for some years. Introduced to Harrison by Peter Sellers, O'Brien helped the former Beatle sort out his tax affairs after becoming his manager in 1973. Harrison and O'Brien founded the film production company HandMade Films in 1978 to finance the completion of ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"" after EMI Films, the original backers, pulled out at the last moment. Harrison brought a lawsuit against O'Brien in Los Angeles in January 1995 claiming O'Brien had deprived him of £16 million over"
"had this watermark 'British Handmade Paper' ... So we said ... we'll call it Handmade Films."" The first film distributed by HandMade Films was ""The Long Good Friday"" (1980), and the first they produced was ""Time Bandits"" (1981), a co-scripted project by Monty Pythons Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. The film featured a new song by Harrison, ""Dream Away"", in the closing credits. ""Time Bandits"" became one of HandMade's most successful and acclaimed efforts; with a budget of $5 million, it earned $35 million in the US within ten weeks of its release. Harrison served as executive producer for 23"
"Bernard Delfont. Harrison financed the production of ""Life of Brian"" in part by mortgaging his home, which Idle later called ""the most anybody's ever paid for a cinema ticket in history"". The film grossed $21 million at the box office in the US. The first film distributed by HandMade Films was ""The Long Good Friday"" (1980), and the first they produced was ""Time Bandits"" (1981), a co-scripted project by Monty Pythons Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin. The film featured a new song by Harrison, ""Dream Away"", in the closing credits. ""Time Bandits"" became one of HandMade's most successful and acclaimed"
"1991 and was sold three years later to Paragon Entertainment, a Canadian corporation. Afterwards, Harrison sued O'Brien for $25 million for fraud and negligence, resulting in an $11.6 million judgement in 1996. In 1994, the company was acquired by the Canadian company Paragon Entertainment, which restarted production under the HandMade name. The company's most notable release of that era was ""Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"" (1998). In 1999 Patrick Meehan and Cartier Investments acquired HandMade from Paragon. In June 2006 the Equator Group plc acquired Handmade Holdings Limited, and in November of that year Sequence Film Limited (a film"
"but was ousted 2 years later by the bank's Board for mismanagement and not adhering to the Board's strategy, which led to huge losses for the family-owned business. Denis O'Brien (producer) Denis O'Brien was an American attorney, and was the business manager of George Harrison of The Beatles for some years. Introduced to Harrison by Peter Sellers, O'Brien helped the former Beatle sort out his tax affairs after becoming his manager in 1973. Harrison and O'Brien founded the film production company HandMade Films in 1978 to finance the completion of ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"" after EMI Films, the original"
"Apple Films in 1971. He also produced, with Apple manager Allen Klein, the ""Concert for Bangladesh"" film. In 1973, he produced the feature film ""Little Malcolm"", but the project was lost amid the litigation surrounding the former Beatles ending their business ties with Klein. In 1973 Peter Sellers introduced Harrison to Denis O'Brien. Soon after, the two went into business together. In 1978, in an effort to produce ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"", they formed the film production and distribution company HandMade Films. Their opportunity for investment came after EMI Films withdrew funding at the demand of their chief executive,"
"memorable movies of the 1980s."" Following a series of box office bombs in the late 1980s, and excessive debt incurred by O'Brien which was guaranteed by Harrison, HandMade's financial situation became precarious. The company ceased operations in 1991 and was sold three years later to Paragon Entertainment, a Canadian corporation. Afterwards, Harrison sued O'Brien for $25 million for fraud and negligence, resulting in an $11.6 million judgement in 1996. Harrison was involved in humanitarian and political activism throughout his life. In the 1960s, the Beatles supported the civil rights movement and protested against the Vietnam War. In early 1971, Ravi"
"as Goldcrest, HandMade Films and Merchant Ivory Productions. Handmade Films, which was partly owned by George Harrison, was originally formed to take over the production of ""Monty Python's Life of Brian"", after EMI's Bernard Delfont (Lew Grade's brother) had pulled out. Handmade also bought and released the gangster drama ""The Long Good Friday"" (1980), produced by a Lew Grade subsidiary, after its original backers became cautious. Members of the Python team were involved in other comedies during the decade, including Terry Gilliam's fantasy films ""Time Bandits"" (1981) and ""Brazil"" (1985), and John Cleese's hit ""A Fish Called Wanda"" (1988), while"
"Freddie Fields Freddie Fields (July 12, 1923 – December 11, 2007), born Fred Feldman, was an American theatrical agent and film producer. Born to a Jewish family, he was the brother of band leader Shep Fields. Fields was a partner in the First Artists Company with Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Sidney Poitier, and Barbara Streisand. First Artist was unique in that it owned the films it produced. Fields and partner David Begelman founded the international talent agency Creative Management Associates (CMA). At CMA, Fields and Begelman pioneered the movie ""package"", where the talent agency put their stars, directors"
"of ""The Lumberjack Song"", for which he again used the Ohnothimagen moniker, their collaborations began with his guest appearance on ""Rutland Weekend Television"", which aired on BBC2 on 26 December 1975. In 1978, Harrison participated in """", a TV film starring Idle, Innes and Palin that satirised the Beatles' history, and he formed HandMade Films that year in order to fund the production of Monty Python's third movie, ""Life of Brian"" (1979), in which he also appeared. HandMade became Britain's most successful independent film company and went on to make other films involving one or more members of Monty Python,"
"Bangladesh. Harry said that, given the influence of the event and Harrison's other charitable activities, and also how his company HandMade Films ""virtually revived the British film industry"", it was ""difficult to equate"" his MBE status (which he gained in 1965 as a member of the Beatles) with the knighthoods or other higher orders lavished on the likes of Bob Geldof, comedians, pop stars and other figures in the music business. The two Madison Square Garden shows raised US$243,418.50, which was given to UNICEF to administer on 12 August 1971. By December, Capitol Records presented a cheque to Apple Corps"
"becoming Handprint), with clients that included Jennifer Lopez, Mariah Carey and Tyra Banks. Pollack produced two Billboard Music Awards ceremonies in 1992 and 1993, produced the TV documentary ""Jennifer Lopez in Concert"", and worked with Banks on her talk show. In 1994, under the banner of Medina/Pollack Entertainment, Pollack wrote, produced and directed the urban feature film ""Above the Rim"" starring Tupac Shakur, Leon, Duane Martin and Marlon Wayans. In 1995, Pollack and Medina renamed their company Handprint Entertainment, which has grown into one of Hollywood's most successful full-service management and production companies. Since that time Pollack took a production"
"western film The Hired Hand. The film score was composed by Bruce Langhorne who is most known for his session work in Greenwich Village in the early '60s. Bruce Langhorne accompanied Bob Dylan, Odetta, Richie Havens, Joni Mitchell and many others. In 2017, a few months before Langhorne's death, Aycock compiled tribute album to Bruce Langhorne with Loren Connors. The tribute album featured John Fahey, Lee Ranaldo, Steve Gunn, Susan Alcorn, Eugene Chadbourne, Califone, Elliott Sharp and many other notable instrumentalists. Following the release of the tribute album Aycock organized two tribute concerts for Bruce Langhorne, one in New York"
"and publishing art-related books. The documentary film ""The Treasures of Long Gone John"" was released in 2006. The film chronicles John's eccentric art and musical obsessions. It also explores the work of some of the artists he collects and collaborates with, including Todd Schorr, Mark Ryden, Marion Peck, Camille Rose Garcia and Robert Williams. It features a wall-to-wall soundtrack of over 40 Sympathy artists, original animation and time-lapse photography. Long Gone John John Edward Mermis (born November 13, 1951), best known by the pseudonym Long Gone John, is an American entrepreneur who is best known for his record label, Sympathy"
"efforts; with a budget of $5 million, it earned $35 million in the US within ten weeks of its release. Harrison served as executive producer for 23 films with HandMade, including ""A Private Function"", ""Mona Lisa"", ""Shanghai Surprise"", ""Withnail and I"" and ""How to Get Ahead in Advertising"". He made cameo appearances in several of these films, including a role as a nightclub singer in ""Shanghai Surprise"", for which he recorded five new songs. According to Ian Inglis, Harrison's ""executive role in HandMade Films helped to sustain British cinema at a time of crisis, producing some of the country's most"
"arranges financing, sales and distribution for all films from Recorded Picture Company, along with projects from third party producers. HanWay also represents an extensive film catalogue of over 500 features including films from Thomas’s Recorded Picture Company, and the British Film Institute. Representing the very best in film-making talent, these include productions by Woody Allen, Takeshi Kitano, Bernardo Bertolucci, Wim Wenders, Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Peter Greenaway, Jean Luc Godard, David Mamet, Milos Forman, Stephen Frears, Phillip Noyce and Nagisa Oshima. HanWay’s current slate includes Thomas' production of David Cronenberg's ""A Dangerous Method"" starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender"
"Judd Hamilton Judd Hamilton is a singer, musician, former band leader, writer, film producer, actor, inventor, company director. As a musician he has recorded for the Dolton, American International, United Artists and RCA Victor labels. He has made a contribution to the music of California, as well as the Surf genre from his involvement with the T-Bones, and 1960s surf groups, The Avantis and The Ventures. As a film and television producer he was the executive producer for the film ""Maniac and ""The Last Horror Film"", ""as well as the film's co-screenwriter, and the executive producer for The 7th Annual"
"John Hiatt, Diane Warren, Holly Knight, Mike Chapman (Tina Turner), Gerry Goffin (Aretha Franklin), and Robbie Robertson. Ron is featured in the book On the Record: Over 150 of the most talented people in music share the secrets of their success. Currently, Ron formed Handler Entertainment, an independent film production company producing feature documentaries and short form internet content. Ron Handler Ronald Craig Handler is a music publisher, A & R executive and artist manager, who lives in Los Angeles. He has worked for influential companies such as Arista Music Publishing, BMG, EMI, DreamWorks and Interscope/Geffen. During his career, he"
"Joel Schlemowitz's ""Venus In Furs"". He is now also a consultant and filmmaker for the musician's resource Musician.com. A website also mentioned a film adaptation of the album ""Don't Try This At Home"". He later went on to create a film making company called Hart Pictures. Jesse Hartman Jesse Hartman is an American musician, film maker and actor, living in New York's East Village. As a teenager, Hartman played both guitar and keyboards on a tour of Japan with Richard Hell & the Voidoids. He then went on to form ""Sammy"" with Luke Wood (where Hartman co-wrote, sang, and played"
"Charles K. Feldman Charles K. Feldman (April 26, 1905 – May 25, 1968) was a Hollywood attorney, film producer and talent agent who founded the Famous Artists talent agency. According to one obituary, Feldman disdained publicity. ""Feldman was an enigma to Hollywood. No one knew what he was up to - from producing a film to packaging one for someone else."" Charles Kenneth Gould was born to a Jewish family in New York City on April 26, 1905. His father was a diamond merchant who immigrated to New Jersey. Both of his parents, however, died of cancer and he was"
"Harvey Weinstein Harvey Weinstein, CBE (; born March 19, 1952), is an American former film producer. He and his brother Bob Weinstein co-founded the entertainment company Miramax, which produced several successful independent films, including ""Sex, Lies, and Videotape"" (1989), ""The Crying Game"" (1992), ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), ""Heavenly Creatures"" (1994), ""Flirting with Disaster"" (1996), and ""Shakespeare in Love"" (1998). Weinstein won an Academy Award for producing ""Shakespeare in Love"", and garnered seven Tony Awards for a variety of plays and musicals, including ""The Producers"", ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", and """". After leaving Miramax, Weinstein and his brother Bob founded The Weinstein"
"and since Factory Records has been remarkably low. Lennie James played him in the 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"". Alan Erasmus Alan Erasmus was the co-founder of Factory Records with Tony Wilson, which signed Joy Division and Happy Mondays. He also co-founded The Haçienda with Wilson, Rob Gretton and New Order, a famous Manchester nightclub which closed down in Summer 1997. As an actor, Erasmus appeared in several roles in the 1970s including ITV Playhouse and Play for Today, wherein he played minor roles. He started off his career as an actor, appearing in the British TV film ""Hard"
"Tony Wilson Anthony Howard ""Tony"" Wilson (20 February 1950 – 10 August 2007) was a British record label owner, radio and television presenter, nightclub manager, impresario and journalist for Granada Television and the BBC. Wilson was the man behind some of Manchester's most successful bands. He was one of the five co-founders of Factory Records and the founder and manager of the Haçienda nightclub. Wilson was known as ""Mr Manchester"", dubbed as such for his work in promoting the culture of Manchester throughout his career. He was portrayed by Steve Coogan in Michael Winterbottom's 2002 film ""24 Hour Party People"","
"Award nominations. Playtone Playtone is an American film and television production company and record label established in 1998 by actor Tom Hanks and producer Gary Goetzman. It was named after the fictional record company ""Play-Tone"" in ""That Thing You Do!"", written and directed by Hanks; it also uses the same company logo. The success of the film served as a spring-board to launch an actual Playtone Records label. Playtone has had an exclusive television development deal with HBO since the company was formed. Over the course of that time, Playtone's projects for HBO have won 52 Emmy Awards, while garnering"
"broadcast in Germany on legendary TV show Rockpalast Paul Newsome Paul Newsome is a gold selling musician originally from Royton, Oldham, England and living in Los Angeles. He is the guitarist/songwriter for UK rock group Proud Mary. He has written several films scores including the movie ""Hide Away"". ""Blackbird"" and ""Mind Games"" starring Robert Evans Paul has recorded and toured extensively with artists including Neil Young, The Who, The Buzzcocks, David Bowie, Stereophonics, The Black Crowes, Ryan Adams, Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, The Happy Mondays and Oasis to name a few (Proud Mary were the first signings to Noel"
"held for him. C. K. Feldman was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood. his death Charles K. Feldman Charles K. Feldman (April 26, 1905 – May 25, 1968) was a Hollywood attorney, film producer and talent agent who founded the Famous Artists talent agency. According to one obituary, Feldman disdained publicity. ""Feldman was an enigma to Hollywood. No one knew what he was up to - from producing a film to packaging one for someone else."" Charles Kenneth Gould was born to a Jewish family in New York City on April 26, 1905. His father was a diamond"
"Paul Barbeau Paul Barbeau is a Canadian film producer who lives in Montreal, Quebec. Producer of more than 700 music videos, 10 feature films and has also written and directed two feature films. Barbeau has produced approximately 700 music videos for various international artists (Celine Dion, Arcade Fire, Martha Wainwright, Daniel Lanois, Tragically Hip, and others) with his production company NúFilms which was founded in 2000. After several MuchMusic Video Awards, Victoires de la Musique and Grammy Award nominations, NuFilms was forced to end production largely due to the financial impacts of illegal downloading of music. In the winter of"
"called Charlatan Productions. The company is acknowledged as being among the first to focus exclusively on the use of cinematography and music together in the form that is now ubiquitous among major music acts, the music video. Rounds led the company to successfully produce several dozen ""artist-promoting films"" for acts such as Jimi Hendrix, Steppenwolf and The Animals, working with many record companies to produce the early videos. The company also included Ron Jacobs, and with him Rounds continued to be involved with the promotion of large scale music events in markets associated with Bill Drake. In 1964, Rounds and"
"Cinematic Music Group Cinematic Music Group (CMG) is an American record label, management, publishing & touring company under the division of Sony Music Entertainment founded in 2007 by Jonny Shipes. Their roster as of 2017 consists of Joey Bada$$, Pro Era, T-Pain, Smoke DZA, Va$htie, Mick Jenkins, G Herbo, Caveman, Public Access TV, and others. Cinematic Music Group made one of its earliest signings in 2007 with Harlem’s Smoke DZA. That same year, Cinematic signed Sean Kingston whose self-titled debut album included two #1 ""Billboard"" singles, including the double platinum ""Beautiful Girls."" The album sold in excess of 1,000,000 units."
"industry, Siegmund Lubin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (with his first name as ""Sigmund"") at 6166 Hollywood Blvd. Siegmund Lubin Siegmund Lubin (born Zygmunt Lubszyński, April 20, 1851 – September 11, 1923) was a German-American motion picture pioneer who founded the Lubin Manufacturing Company (1902–1917) of Philadelphia. Siegmund Lubin was born as Zygmunt Lubszyński, a son of Samuel Lubszyński and Rebeka Lubszyńska, Polish Jews, in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) or in Poznań on April 20, 1851. His father was a successful ophthalmologist. the Lubszyński family moved to Berlin soon after Zygmunt birth for economical reasons."
"several awards and won the 1990 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group. Liner notes on the album cover were written by Monty Python's Michael Palin under a pseudonym. Palin's essay was based on an idea by Derek Taylor, who wrote an extensive fictional history of the Wilburys family that otherwise went unused. Harrison planned a feature film about the band, to be produced by HandMade and directed by David Leland, but contractual problems ended the project. Roy Orbison died of a heart attack on 6 December 1988. In tribute to him, the music video for"