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Hemdale Film Corporation
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Date de fondation 1 janvier 1967
Hemdale Film Corporation, known as Hemdale Communications after 1993, was an independent film production company and distributor founded in London in 1967 as the Hemdale Company by actor David Hemmings and his manager, John Daly. Hemmings left the company in 1971, and Daly purchased his stock.
Hemdale began as an investment company to cut the high personal taxes on British actors. Eventually, the company went public as Hemdale Ltd. and began diversifying. Hemdale launched a talent agency that helped launch the careers of such bands as Black Sabbath and Yes, invested in feature films, financed stage productions such as Grease, and became involved in boxing promotions such as The Rumble in the Jungle match between George Foreman and Muhammed Ali. Hemdale also distributed cable TV to hotels, which, in 1974, was its major source of revenue. After producing and distributing British films throughout the 1970s, Hemdale relocated to Hollywood in 1980 and focused extensively on movie-making. Derek Gibson later joined the company.
Among its most well-known films are The Terminator, The Return of the Living Dead, Hoosiers, Salvador, River's Edge, Platoon, and The Last Emperor; the latter two were back-to-back recipients of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Despite these critical and commercial successes, Hemdale followed these films up with a series of box office bombs and the company eventually declared bankruptcy.
In 1991, Eric Parkinson joined Hemdale as president of the company, eventually shutting down its production facilities and duties, and started acquiring and distributing films independently produced by others.
In 1996, Hemdale shut its doors, shortly after it was announced that Daly and Gibson would leave the company. The library was then incorporated into Consortium de Realisation, a French holding company set up to handle the rights to titles acquired by Credit Lyonnais Bank.
After the studio's closing, the Hemdale library was incorporated into the Orion Pictures output now owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, after MGM acquired the Consortium de Realisation library from PolyGram (ironically, Orion was the original distributor for many of Hemdale's films). One key exception is The Last Emperor, a Hemdale production originally issued by Columbia Pictures, but whose rights are now held by its producer, Jeremy Thomas. Most of the foreign productions Hemdale distributed have subsequently returned to their original owners (such as Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland, which producer Tokyo Movie Shinsha now controls worldwide).
In 1991, Hemdale created a collection of many video cassette titles released by Hemdale Home Video, which was formed by Parkinson, around the United States of America. In 1995, the video rights to some of Hemdale's higher-profile titles were licensed to LIVE Entertainment (now Lionsgate).
In 1995, the video rights to some of Hemdale's higher-profile titles were licensed to LIVE Entertainment (now Lionsgate).
The company's last new credit was for the Virgin Games video game adaptation of The Terminator, which showed up on the game's start up screen as "Hemdale's The Terminator" in text on the scrolling logo, despite all box art calling it "The Terminator".
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(1987)
(1987)Filmographie de Hemdale Film Corporation (52 films)
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Voices (1973)
, 1h31Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Thriller, Horreur
Acteurs David Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, Lynn Farleigh
Après la noyade accidentelle de son jeune fils, une femme fait une dépression et est finalement placée dans un hôpital psychiatrique. Après sa libération, son mari l’emmène passer un week-end dans un manoir isolé, espérant l’aider à se remettre. Cependant, les choses au manoir ne sont pas tout à fait ce qu’elles semblent être, le couple commence à sentir une présence difficile et oppressive, et la mère commence à voir des choses qui peuvent, ou peut-être pas, être des hallucinations.
, 1h42Réalisé par Peter Duffell
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame
Acteurs Joss Ackland, Michael Hordern, Peter Finch, Hildegarde Neil, Michael York, Tessa Wyatt
Anthony Farrant est un homme d'affaires naïf des années 1930 qui se rend en Allemagne après un voyage d'affaires. Il tombe sous le charme du financier charismatique Erich Krogh. Dans le monde d'Erich, l'opportunisme, la corruption et la décadence règnent.
Tiffany Jones (1973)
, 1h30Réalisé par Pete Walker
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique
Acteurs Eric Pohlmann, Damien Thomas, Anouska Hempel, Alan Curtis, Ray Brooks, Martin Benson
Tiffany Jones (1973)
, 1h30Réalisé par Pete Walker
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique
Acteurs Anouska Hempel, Damien Thomas, Ray Brooks, Eric Pohlmann, Richard Marner, Martin Benson
Much like the comic strip the film centers around Tiffany Jones, a photo model in swinging London and features some female nudity. However, here she also has a double life as a secret agent. The plot follows her as she tries to topple an Eastern European dictatorship in the fictional country Zirdana.
The Triple Echo (1972)
, 1h34Réalisé par Michael Apted
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Guerre
Thèmes Sexualité, Le monde du travail, Homosexualité, Transsexuels et transgenres, LGBT
Acteurs Glenda Jackson, Oliver Reed, Brian Deacon, Anthony May, Gavin Richards, Jenny Lee-Wright
Barton, caporal pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, tombe amoureux d'une veuve, refuse de retourner au front et se déguise sous les traits de sa sœur, « Kathy ». Barton prend plaisir à ses nouveaux atours et se laisse séduire par un sergent.
Universal Soldier (1972)
, 1h34Réalisé par Cy Endfield
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Drame, Action
Acteurs George Lazenby, Ben Carruthers, Edward Judd, Cy Endfield, Ronan O'Rahilly, Rudolph Walker
Ryker (Lazenby), a former mercenary, comes out of retirement to take part in the overthrow of an African dictator. He travels to London to meet former war comrade Jesse Jones (Ben Carruthers), and his associates Freddy Bradshaw (Robin Hunter) and Temple Smith (Alan Barnes). After helping fellow mercenaries test and ship weapons to South Africa, Ryker begins to have ethical concerns about his involvement. He eventually distances himself from the others, and rents a flat in London. He falls into hippie culture, and begins dating a girl named Chrissie (Chrissie Townson).
The Four Dimensions of Greta (1972)
, 1h25Réalisé par Pete Walker
Origine Royaume-uni
Genres Comédie
Thèmes Sexualité, Erotique, Sexploitation
Acteurs Tristan Rogers, Robin Askwith, Alan Curtis, John Clive, Martin Wyldeck, Elizabeth Bradley
Hans a young German journalist arrives in London to write an article about au-pair girls, but is requested by friends to investigate the whereabouts of their teenage daughter Greta. He interviews four individuals who all paint distinctly different pictures of the missing girl - each revealing a different aspect or dimension. These reminiscences constitute the film's 3-D sequences. Hans finally tracks down Greta and discovers she has been kidnapped by an East End gangster.