Intermedia (company)

Intermedia Films
Company typePrivate
IndustryFilm
PredecessorMajestic Films International
Largo Entertainment
Founded1991; 34 years ago (1991) (as Intermedia Film Equities)[1]
1995; 30 years ago (1995) (as Intermedia Films)[2]
FounderNigel Sinclair
Guy East
Defunct2006; 19 years ago (2006)
SuccessorIM Global
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, U.S.
OwnerIM Internationalmedia AG
Number of employees
11–50[citation needed]
Websiteinternationalmedia.de (archive)

Intermedia Films was an American independent film production company, wholly owned by IM Internationalmedia AG.

The company mostly acted as a co-producer, funding films through the IMF (Internationale Medien und Film, German for "International Media and Film") funds. As of 2012, Intermedia's library was owned by Ron Tutor and David Bergstein.

History

The company was founded in London in 1991 as Intermedia Film Equities.[1] Four years later, it was re-established as Intermedia Films by Guy East (formerly of Goldcrest Films and Majestic Films International) and Nigel Sinclair.[2] By 1997, Intermedia began operations in Los Angeles, as did Pacifica Film Distribution.[citation needed] The two companies merged on March 29, 2000.[3]

Its first success of note was Sliding Doors, starring Gwyneth Paltrow, which opened the Sundance Film Festival.

Filmography

Year Title Director(s) Production partner(s) Distributor(s) Budget Box office
1998 Sliding Doors[4] Peter Howitt Mirage Enterprises Miramax Films
(United States),
Paramount Pictures
(United Kingdom and worldwide home media distribution) 		$6 million[5] $67 million[6]
Playing by Heart Willard Carroll Hyperion Pictures Miramax Films $14–20 million $3,970,078
The Land Girls David Leland Gramercy Pictures,
Channel Four Films,
Greenpoint Films,
Camera One,
West Eleven Films,
Arena Films,
Canal+,
Sofineurope 		Polygram Filmed Entertainment $6 million $3.2 million
Clay Pigeons David Dobkin Gramercy Pictures,
Scott Free Productions 		Polygram Filmed Entertainment $8 million $1.8 million
1999 Whatever Happened to Harold Smith? Peter Hewitt October Films,
West Eleven Films 		USA Films N/A N/A
2000 Nurse Betty[7] Neil LaBute Gramercy Pictures,
Pacifica Film,
Propaganda Films,
ab'-strakt pictures 		USA Films $25 million[8] $29.4 million[9]
Where the Money Is Marek Kanievska Gramercy Pictures,
Pacifica Film,
Scott Free Productions 		USA Films $28 million $7 million
Up at the Villa Philip Haas October Films,
Pacifica Film,
Mirage Enterprises 		USA Films N/A N/A
Company Man Peter Askin,
Douglas McGrath 		N/A Paramount Classics $16 million $146,193
Love's Labour's Lost Kenneth Branagh The Shakespeare Film Company Miramax Films $13 million $299,792
2001 Enigma Michael Apted Jagged Films,
Broadway Video 		Manhattan Pictures
(United States)
Buena Vista International
(United Kingdom) 		N/A N/A
The Wedding Planner[10] Adam Shankman Columbia Pictures,
Tapestry Films,
Dee Gee Entertainment,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG,
Prufrock Pictures
$35 million $95 million[11]
K-PAX[12] Iain Softley Lawrence Gordon Productions Universal Pictures $68 million[13] $65 million[13]
Iris Richard Eyre BBC Films,
Fox Iris Productions,
Mirage Enterprises 		Miramax Films
(United States),
Buena Vista International
(United Kingdom) 		$5.5 million $16.2 million
Blow Dry Paddy Breathnach Mirage Enterprises,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG 		Miramax Films N/A $830,286
After Image Robert Manganelli Catch 23 Entertainment Buena Vista Home Entertainment N/A N/A
2002 K-19: The Widowmaker[14] Kathryn Bigelow First Light Production,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG,
K-19 Film Production,
National Geographic Society,
New Regency Pictures,
Palomar Pictures 		Paramount Pictures $90 million[15] $65.7 million[16]
The Quiet American[17] Phillip Noyce IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG,
Mirage Enterprises,
Pacifica Film and Saga 		Miramax Films $30 million[18] $27,674,124[18]
Adaptation[19] Spike Jonze Columbia Pictures,
Good Machine,
Propaganda Films 		Sony Pictures Releasing $19 million $32.8 million[20]
Dark Blue Ron Shelton United Artists,
Alphaville 		MGM Distribution Co. $15 million $12,150,301
She Gets What She Wants Melanie Mayron IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG Constantin Film N/A $1.7 million
2003 National Security Dennis Dugan Columbia Pictures Sony Pictures Releasing N/A $54 million
Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines[21][22] Jonathan Mostow C2 Pictures,[22]
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. Produktions KG,
Mostow/Lieberman Productions 		Warner Bros. Pictures (United States/Canada)
Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (through Columbia Pictures[23]) (International) 		$187.3 million
($167.3 million excluding production overhead) 		$433.3 million[24]
Basic John McTiernan Columbia Pictures,
Phoenix Pictures 		Sony Pictures Releasing $50 million $42.8 million
The Life of David Gale Alan Parker Saturn Films Universal Pictures $38 million $38.9 million
2004 Welcome to Mooseport Donald Petrie N/A 20th Century Fox $30 million $14.6 million
Alexander[25] Oliver Stone Ixtlan Productions,
France 3 Cinéma,
Pacific Film,
Egmond Film & Television,
IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 3 Produktions KG 		Warner Bros. Pictures
(United States/United Kingdom/Italy),
Constantin Film
(Germany),
Pathé Distribution
(France),
A-Film Distribution
(Netherlands) 		$155 million[26] $167.3 million[26]
The Aviator[27] Martin Scorsese Warner Bros. Pictures, Miramax Films, Forward Pass,
Appian Way,
Initial Entertainment Group,
Cappa Productions 		Warner Bros. Pictures
(North America),
Buena Vista International
(Select Territories),
Initial Entertainment Group
(International) 		$110 million $213.7 million[28]
Mindhunters Renny Harlin Destination Films,
Dimension Films,
Outlaw Productions,
Avenue Pictures,
Weed Road Pictures 		Miramax Films (USA)
Alliance Atlantis(Canada, Spain and Netherlands)
Sony Pictures Releasing (International) 		$27 million $21.1 million
Suspect Zero E. Elias Merhige Columbia Pictures,
Lakeshore Entertainment 		Paramount Pictures (USA & Canada)
Sony Pictures Releasing (International) 		$27 million $11.4 million
If Only Gil Junger Outlaw Productions,
Love Spell Entertainment 		Sony Pictures Television $3 million $532,673 million
2006 Basic Instinct 2[29] Michael Caton-Jones Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures,
C2 Pictures 		Sony Pictures Releasing $70 million $38.6 million[30]
RV[31] Barry Sonnenfeld Columbia Pictures,[32]
Red Wagon Entertainment[31] 		Sony Pictures Releasing $50 million $87.5 million

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