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Fine Line Features Founded 1991 Founder Ira Deutchman Defunct 2005 Fate Folded into Picturehouse Successor New Line Cinema (film library)Picturehouse Owner WarnerMedia Parent New Line Cinema
Fine Line Features (often spelled as FineLine Features ) was the specialty films division of New Line Cinema . From 1991 to 2005, under founder and president Ira Deutchman ,[1] Fine Line acquired, distributed and marketed films of a more "indie " flavor than its parent company, including such critically acclaimed films as Hoop Dreams , The Player , Short Cuts , Night on Earth , Spanking the Monkey , Shine , My Own Private Idaho , Hedwig and the Angry Inch , and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle . In 2005, New Line teamed up with fellow Time Warner subsidiary HBO to form Picturehouse , a new specialty film label into which Fine Line was folded into.
Fine Line Features DVD releases were split between HBO Video and New Line Home Entertainment . When New Line Home Entertainment ceased to exist in 2010, it was folded into Warner Home Video .
Selected films released [ ]
1990s [ ]
March 10, 1991
Shadow of China
May 19, 1991
An Angel at My Table
distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
July 26, 1991
Trust
distribution only, produced by Republic Pictures
September 29, 1991
My Own Private Idaho
distribution only, no production company
October 4, 1991
The Rapture
December 6, 1991
Let Him Have It
February 28, 1992
Where Angels Fear to Tread
March 20, 1992
Edward II
Proof
March 27, 1992
Roadside Prophets
April 10, 1992
The Player
May 2, 1992
Night on Earth
distribution only, produced by JVC
May 15, 1992
Monster in a Box
July 24, 1992
Afraid of the Dark
August 7, 1992
London Kills Me
distribution only, produced by LIVE Entertainment
August 21, 1992
Light Sleeper
distribution only, produced by LIVE Entertainment
September 11, 1992
Swoon
October 14, 1992
Simple Men
October 30, 1992
Waterland
distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
February 3, 1993
To Want to Fly
February 12, 1993
Riff-Raff
distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
February 26, 1993
The Last Days of Chez Nous
April 2, 1993
Léolo
April 9, 1993
Bodies, Rest & Motion
April 16, 1993
Wide Sargasso Sea
July 23, 1993
Amongst Friends
August 20, 1993
The Ballad of Little Jo
September 15, 1993
Household Saints
distribution only, produced by Jones Entertainment
October 8, 1993
Short Cuts
December 15, 1993
Naked
distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
February 2, 1994
Fiorile
March 11, 1994
Bitter Moon
distribution only, produced by Le Studio Canal+
April 13, 1994
Naked in New York
distribution only, produced by Columbia TriStar Home Video
May 13, 1994
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Widows' Peak
July 15, 1994
Spanking the Monkey
July 29, 1994
Barcelona
distribution only, produced by Castle Rock Entertainment
September 30, 1994
Caro diario
October 14, 1994
Hoop Dreams
November 23, 1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
December 23, 1994
Death and the Maiden
May 3, 1995
Once Were Warriors
May 19, 1995
Little Odessa
distribution only, produced by LIVE Entertainment
June 16, 1995
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in Love
July 21, 1995
An Awfully Big Adventure
July 28, 1995
Double Happiness
November 3, 1995
Das Versprechen
Total Eclipse
November 22, 1995
Frankie Starlight
February 9, 1996
Pie in the Sky
March 29, 1996
Carried Away
August 16, 1996
Kansas City
September 13, 1996
Feeling Minnesota
co-production with Jersey Films
October 11, 1996
The Grass Harp
October 25, 1996
Normal Life
Twelfth Night: Or What You Will
November 1, 1996
Mother Night
November 20, 1996
Shine
March 21, 1997
Crash
co-production with Recorded Picture Company and Alliance Atlantis
The Quiet Room
May 9, 1997
Nowhere
May 16, 1997
Love! Valour! Compassion!
June 18, 1997
Roseanna's Grave
June 25, 1997
Head Above Water
co-production with Tig Productions
July 16, 1997
All Over Me
September 5, 1997
Julian Po
October 17, 1997
Gummo
with Independent Pictures
November 21, 1997
The Sweet Hereafter
distribution only, produced by Alliance Communications
December 12, 1997
Deconstructing Harry
distribution only, produced by Sweetland Films
December 24, 1997
The Winter Guest
April 17, 1998
Wild Man Blues
distribution only, produced by Sweetland Films
June 12, 1998
Passion in the Desert
July 10, 1998
When I Close My Eyes (aka Love Letter )
September 11, 1998
Let's Talk About Sex
September 18, 1998
Esmeralda Comes by Night
September 25, 1998
Pecker
December 25, 1998
Hurlyburly
The Legend of 1900
January 22, 1999
The Theory of Flight
January 24, 1999
Man of the Century
April 9, 1999
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
May 21, 1999
Besieged
co-production with BBC Films
July 23, 1999
Trick
co-production with Roadside Attractions and Good Machine
October 15, 1999
Julien Donkey-Boy
with Independent Pictures
December 10, 1999
Tumbleweeds
December 15, 1999
Simpatico
2000s [ ]
January 28, 2000
The Cup
co-distribution with Palm Pictures
March 24, 2000
Buddy Boy
March 29, 2000
The Filth and the Fury
July 14, 2000
The Five Senses
co-production with Alliance Atlantis
August 11, 2000
An Affair of Love
September 1, 2000
Saving Grace
October 6, 2000
Dancer in the Dark
co-production with Zentropa Entertainments , Canal+ and FilmFour
January 12, 2001
State and Main
distribution only, produced by , , and El Dorado Pictures
January 26, 2001
Before Night Falls
Tomorrow
February 2, 2001
The Invisible Circus
June 14, 2001
The Anniversary Party
July 20, 2001
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
with New Line Cinema
September 14, 2001
The Prime Gig
with Independent Pictures
January 25, 2002
Storytelling
Co-production with Good Machine
April 12, 2002
Human Nature
distributed by Pathé in UK and Co-production with Studio Canal and Good Machine
June 7, 2002
Cherish
September 20, 2002
Invincible
February 18, 2003
The Sleeping Dictionary
September 7, 2003
Ripley's Game
September 12, 2003
American Splendor
with HBO Films
October 24, 2003
Elephant
with HBO Films
July 16, 2004
Maria Full of Grace
with HBO Films
September 24, 2004
A Dirty Shame
with New Line Cinema
October 22, 2004
Vera Drake
with New Line Cinema
October 29, 2004
Birth
with New Line Cinema
December 17, 2004
The Sea Inside
April 29, 2005
The Holy Girl
US theatrical distribution only with distributed outside US and VHS/DVD distribution in US by HBO Films
The Year of the Yao
Co-production with Endgame Entertainment and NBA Entertainment
June 10, 2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Co-production with Metropolitan Films and Davis Films
References [ ]
^ Eller, Claudia (Oct 24, 1991). "Fine Line Features Enters Coprod'n Arena Via 2 Pix". Daily Variety . p. 1.
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