- Magnolia Pictures
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Magnolia Pictures Industry Motion pictures Headquarters New York, New York, USA Products Magnet Releasing (Genre films) Owner(s) Todd Wagner & Mark Cuban Parent 2929 Entertainment Website http://www.magpictures.com Magnolia Pictures is an American film distributor, and is a holding of 2929 Entertainment, owned by Todd Wagner and Mark Cuban. Magnolia was formed in 2001 by Bill Banowsky and Eamonn Bowles, and specializes in both foreign and independent films.
Films distributed by Magnolia typically appear on the cable television channel HDNet Movies (also owned by Cuban) during their first week of release.
Magnolia also has a genre films label named Magnet Releasing which mainly distributes foreign action films.
In April 2011, Cuban placed Magnolia up for sale, but he added that he wouldn't sell the company unless the offer was "very, very compelling."[1]
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Films
Title Year Documentary Control Room (2004) Yes Bukowski: Born Into This (2004) The World's Fastest Indian (2005) Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room (2005) Yes Ong-Bak: Muay Thai Warrior (2005) The War Within (2005) The Lost City (2005) District B13 (2006) Cocaine Cowboys (2006) Yes Bubble (2006) One Last Thing... (2006) Jesus Camp (2006) Yes Fay Grim (2006) Ira and Abby (2006) Diggers (2006) Yo-Yo Girl Cop (2006) Special (2006) Tears of the Black Tiger (2007) The Host (2007) Exiled (2007) Severance (2007) Maxed Out (2007) Yes Crazy Love (2007) Color Me Kubrick (2007) No End in Sight (2007) Yes Weirdsville (2007) Big Man Japan (2007) Redacted (2007) [2] Flawless (2007) Bigger, Stronger, Faster* (2008) Hank and Mike (2008) Let the Right One In (2008) Mister Foe (2008) The Signal (2008) Splinter (2008) Timecrimes (Los Cronocrímenes) (2008) Humboldt County (2008) A Good Day to Be Black and Sexy (2008) The Great Buck Howard (2008) Chocolate (2008) Yonkers Joe (2009) [3] Donkey Punch (2009) Humpday (2009) Outrage (2009) Worlds Greatest Dad (2009) Food, Inc. (2009) Yes I'm Still Here (2010) Monsters (2010) Casino Jack and the United States of Money (2010) [4] Yes Barry Munday (2010) Freakonomics (2010) Yes Down Terrace (2010) Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010) Yes All Good Things (2010) Night Catches Us (2010) Ong Bak 3 (2011) Vanishing on 7th Street (2011) I Saw the Devil (2011) Black Death (2011) Rubber (2011) Ceremony (2011) Square Grouper: The Godfathers of Ganja (2011) 13 Assassins (2011) Hobo with a Shotgun (2011) Rejoice and Shout (2011) The Troll Hunter (2011) The Perfect Host (2011) Upcoming films
Film Release Date Status Notes Melancholia November 11, 2011 Completed I Melt with You 2011 Completed Page One: A Year Inside the New York Times 2011 Completed Headhunters 2011 Completed Magic Trip 2011 Completed The Last Circus 2011 Completed Beyond the Black Rainbow 2011 Completed Subtitle controversy
In March 2009 Magnolia Pictures released the movie adaption of Let the Right One In on DVD and Blu-Ray. The American discs feature both the original Swedish dialogue and an English dubbed version, while the European versions feature only the Swedish, and an audio-descriptive track in English. Icons of Fright reported that the American release had been criticized for using new, oversimplified English subtitles instead of the original theatrical subtitles.[5] This unattributed translation contained many errors and over-simpifications, with many fans calling the release unwatchable.
Following customer complaints, Magnolia stated that they would release an updated version with the original theatrical subtitles, but will not exchange current discs. As of November 2009, the DVD version containing the theatrical subtitles can now be found, however, a Blu-Ray version has yet to be released.[6] Director Tomas Alfredson also expressed his dissatisfaction with the DVD subtitles, calling it a "turkey translation". "If you look on the 'net, people are furious about how bad it is done", he added.[7] The UK release retains the theatrical subtitles.
References
- ^ Dallas Business Journal. Retrieved on April 20, 2011.
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1185714-redacted/ Retrieved September 12, 2007
- ^ Magnolia Pictures: Yonkers Joe press notes
- ^ magpictures.com Play Dates
- ^ Fright: Let The Wrong Subtitles In To LET THE RIGHT ONE IN?!
- ^ Consumerist: US Distributor Of 'Let The Right One In' Says They'll Fix Subtitles, But No Exchanges
- ^ Triches, Robert (April 8, 2009). "Det är helt sinnessjukt" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/film/article4851576.ab. Retrieved May 15, 2009.
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