Liberation Entertainment
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film television |
| Fate | Dissolved; content now owned by Multicom Entertainment Group and Camelot Entertainment |
| Founded 📆 | 1997 |
| Founders 👔 | Irv Holender |
| Defunct | 2009 |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Area served 🗺️ | |
| Members | |
Number of employees | 11–50[1] |
| Divisions | Liberty Multimedia Liberty International Publishing |
| 🌐 Website | [Lua error in Module:WikidataIB at line 665: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). ] |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Liberation Entertainment, Inc. was an independent private[1] entertainment distribution company, known for acquiring and selling film and television content worldwide, and a former member of AFMA. It was formerly called Liberty International Entertainment, Inc. and started resurrecting under its final name, in November 2005[2]. The company was founded in 1997 and was headquartered in Los Angeles, California.[3]
The majority of the company's film library was sold to Camelot Entertainment, in between 2010 and 2011.[4][5]
The music for the company's former ident, was composed, arranged and performed by veteran organist Dave Siebels, who's also responsible for the background music in the opening of Phenomenon: The Lost Archives, and writing the songs in The Return to Treasure Island.
History[edit]
The company was co-founded by Irv Holender. He began his career in the television studios of Desilu, before founding Holender Corporation where he secured licensing agreements for Viacom, 20th Century Fox, and the Los Angeles Times. In 1971, he became President and chief executive officer of Ziv International. After the sale of Ziv to Lorimar in 1982, where he remained as President and COO until 1985, he formed INI Entertainment Group Inc. in 1986, for the production and international distribution of television and animated programming until 1997, including GLOW: Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling and The Adventures of Candy Claus, as well as the International Family Classics library of Burbank Films Australia films and Return to Treasure Island (which would be later distributed by Liberation), and Burbank's post-1991 movies alongside Whamo Entertainment.[6]
Subsidiaries[edit]
- Liberty Multimedia Inc. (1998–) – Responsible for editing and post-production services such as the re-mastered edition of The Adventures of Pinocchio, Phenomenon: The Lost Archives and Leif Ericson: The Boy Who Discovered America, as well as working on television network series, several theatrical features, and numerous commercials, as well as providing service for international production and distribution companies and have edited movies and programs for broadcast in over 70 countries worldwide.
- Liberty International Publishing (often referred to as the parent company of Liberation Entertainment)
- Dude TV (2007–2008)[7]
Releases[edit]
Documentary series[edit]
All of the documentary series listed except Feelin' Great and Fast Company, are distributed in association with the Peter Rodgers Organization, and have also been released by Multicon Entertainment Group, another company founded by Irv Holender a year after Liberation got dissolved.[8]
- Phenomenon: The Lost Archives
- The Achievers
- Cinema Legends
- Las Vegas Up Close
- Magic & Beyond
- Religions of the World (in association with Greenstar Television)
- Scope
- Feelin' Great (in association with BEXY Communications, Inc.)
- Fast Company
Films[edit]
A lot of the films were released in association with Pacific Shore Media, another member of AFMA, whose films have been released via Multicon Entertainment Group, Paramount Pictures, Showtime etc.
- Splitz
- A Regular Frankie Fan
- Frozen Stars (released on DVD by Liberation)
- Amanda and the Alien (in association with Pacific Shore Media)
- Cold Fish (in association with Cargo Films)
- Not Again! (in association with Pacific Shore Media)
- Soundman (in association with Cargo Films)
- Sin's Kitchen (in association with Cargo Films)
- Pride (in association with Cargo Films; released on DVD by Liberation)
- Out There (in association with Pacific Shore Media)
- American Reel (2000–; released on DVD by Liberation))
- This Is the Disk-O-Boyz
- Dark Side of Genius
- Dead Weekend (in association with Pacific Shore Media)
- Distant Bridges (in association with Sunfly Media)
- Yesterday's Target (in association with Pacific Shore Media)
Children's[edit]
Prior the company's resurrection, almost most of Liberation's children's programming would be released in the United States by GoodTimes Home Video. Exceptions include A Christmas Carol, which was released (alongside post-resurrection releases) by the company itself, and The Adventures of Pinocchio which was released by Warner Home Video.
- International Family Classics, Vol. 1
- Sherlock Holmes and the Baskerville Curse
- Sherlock Holmes and the Sign of Four
- Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
- Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
- Oliver Twist
- A Christmas Carol
- The Old Curiosity Shop[9]
- Nicholas Nickleby
- The Pickwick Papers[9]
- Great Expectations[9]
- A Tale of Two Cities[9]
- David Copperfield[9]
- The Black Tulip
- The Corsican Brothers
- Alice Through the Looking Glass
- Lollipop Dragon: The Great Christmas Race
- Lollipop Dragon: The Magic Lollipop Adventure
- Cliff Hanger
- Leif Ericson: The Boy Who Discovered America
- Magnos the Robot
- Super Grand Prix
- The Return to Treasure Island[9]
- The Adventures of Pinocchio[9] (re-mastered edition)
- Rumpelstiltskin
- The Ugly Duckling Goes on Vacation
- The Ugly Duckling and His Big Race
- The Ugly Duckling in Tales of Elves and Dragons
- The Ugly Duckling in Tales of Mystery
- The Ugly Duckling in the Enchanted Forest
- The Velveteen Rabbit (2006; US)
- Puff the Magic Dragon in the Land of the Living Lies (2006; US)
- Sparky's Magic Piano
- Puff the Magic Dragon (2006; US)
- Puff and the Incredible Mr. Nobody (2006; US)
- Thanksgiving in the Land of Oz (2007; US)
- Peter and the Magic Egg (2007; US)
Productions[edit]
- Phenomenon: The Lost Archives (post-production)
- Leif Ericson: The Boy Who Discovered America (post-production)
- The 40-Year-Old Virgin (Michael McDonald concert footage; directed by Joe Thomas)
- Wolverine and the X-Men
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Liberation Entertainment: About". LinkedIn. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ↑ "LIBERATION ENTERTAINMENT Trademark of Liberation Entertainment Inc. Serial Number: 77128974". Trademarkia. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
- ↑ "Liberation Entertainment, Inc.: Private Company Information – Bloomberg". Bloomberg. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "Titles in document V3627D938". Copyright Catalog. 2010-09-15. Retrieved 2019-07-15.
- ↑ "CAMELOT, INCENTIVE CAPITAL REACH SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT ON LIBERATION FILM LIBRARY". Camelot Entertainment. November 4, 2011. Retrieved 4 November 2018.
- ↑ "Personnel". Liberty Multimedia. Archived from the original on February 6, 2002. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ↑ "Liberation Entertainment Inc. Trademarks (5) from Trademarkia". Trademarkia. Retrieved 19 May 2019.
- ↑ "About". Multicom Entertainment Group. Retrieved 22 May 2019.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 "Liberty International Publishing Inc". WorldCat.org. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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