film distributor founded 1978 founder michael l. green headquarters london uk website entertainment films entertainment film distributors is a british distributor of independent films in the uk and ireland for various production companies currently run by nigel and trevor green . michael l. green their father was a veteran producer distributor involved in the film industry since the 1930s when he was a teenager . in 1972 he formed variety the prolific film distributor . in 1978 green closed variety and with his two sons nigel and trevor formed entertainment film distributors and later its video arm entertainment in video and was one of the leading forces in uk distribution . michael l. green died on 17 june 2003 aged 84 . 1 their first big success was teen wolf 1985 starring michael j. fox . entertainment also released films for empire pictures and new world pictures . most notably between 1990 and 2010 entertainment distributed films made by new line cinema along with films from other independent production companies . one of the most notable series of films distributed to date is the lord of the rings trilogy . beginning in 2008 entertainment film distributors become the weinstein company s main united kingdom distributor in 2010 distribution rights for new line cinema films in the uk and ireland were folded into new line s parent company warner bros. entertainment film distributors have released many bafta and oscar winning films including the departed million dollar baby gosford park brokeback mountain and the artist . film releases edit list of films distributed include 1972 pink flamingos 2 1974 flesh gordon 3 1978 quel maledetto treno blindato what s up superdoc terror 2 1981 the prowler 1982 funny money starstruck island of blood 2 tuxedo warrior 3 1984 mutant 2 real life 2 code name wild geese 2 1985 teen wolf starchaser the legend of orin creator 1986 the adventures of mark twain the adventures of the american rabbit gobots battle of the rock lords house 2 1987 it couldn t happen here 1989 the return of the musketeers kickboxer slipstream 2 1990 best of the best dark angel wild orchid bad influence the nutcracker prince shadowzone 3 1991 men at work pump up the volume suburban commando highlander ii the quickening 3 kickboxer 2 the road back 3 1992 once upon a crime kuffs split second until the end of the world peter s friends into the west 1993 damage sniper stalingrad mr. nanny best of the best 2 boxing helena super mario bros. much ado about nothing surf ninjas the piano weekend at bernie s ii 1994 the man without a face tombstone the house of the spirits tom & viv dumb and dumber what s eating gilbert grape the crow sugar hill airborne once were warriors the mask bad boy bubby monkey trouble rapa nui highlander iii the sorcerer princess caraboo a feast at midnight 1995 the road to wellville immortal beloved once were warriors fresh don juan demarco death machine haunted in the mouth of madness friday the city of lost children mortal kombat living in oblivion the scarlet letter mad dogs and englishmen 2 1996 se7en leaving las vegas bed of roses nixon ging chaat goo si 4 ji gaan daan yam mo aka jackie chan s first strike angus up close and personal film a thin line between love and hate kingpin the substitute theodore rex last man standing 2 days in the valley the fan evita space truckers 2 twelfth night 2 hard men 2 1997 shooting fish seven years in tibet private parts dangerous ground boogie nights an american werewolf in paris love jones 2 trial and error 2 preaching to the perverted 2 spawn 2 one night stand 2 photographing fairies 2 i know what you did last summer 3 1998 rush hour the wedding singer lost in space the wisdom of crocodiles up n under 1999 you re dead ... mad cows this year s love ride with the devil austin powers the spy who shagged me swing detroit rock city the trench 2000 complicity dungeons & dragons u 571 little nicky bring it on lost souls next friday the luzhin defence traffic american psycho cherry falls 2001 monster s ball town & country the anniversary party spy game gosford park blow hedwig and the angry inch one night at mccool s the man who wasn t there rush hour 2 storytelling the prime gig the safety of objects ali the lord of the rings the fellowship of the ring mike bassett england manager 2002 austin powers in goldmember ripley s game about schmidt far from heaven unconditional love before you go friday after next s1m0ne the lord of the rings the two towers the emperor s club my big fat greek wedding boat trip 2003 freddy vs. jason gangs of new york the texas chainsaw massacre elf the reckoning the lord of the rings the return of the king 2004 saw million dollar baby fat slags charlie beyond the sea after the sunset boo zino and the snurks birth ladies in lavender cellular blade trinity around the world in 80 days the phantom of the opera dawn of the dead the notebook 2005 the mistress of spices son of the mask lassie the cave keeping mum the long weekend saw ii white noise wedding crashers valiant brokeback mountain domino assault on precinct 13 mike bassett manager 2006 snakes on a plane the black dahlia final destination 3 running scared hoot underworld evolution the nativity story stormbreaker the departed little children 2007 white noise 2 the light blood and chocolate because i said so the number 23 premonition the last mimzy fracture next goya s ghosts hairspray lonely hearts 4 rush hour 3 death sentence run fatboy run shoot em up mr. woodcock feast of love rendition silk august rush martian child the golden compass code name the cleaner st. trinian s 2008 before the devil knows you re dead over her dead body semi pro the reader pathology deception harold & kumar escape from guantanamo bay sex and the city journey to the center of the earth space chimps elegy bangkok dangerous the women appaloosa city of ember the mutant chronicles pride and glory zack and miri make a porno four christmases inkheart 2009 17 again the final destination fame the time traveler s wife my sister s keeper crossing over beyond a reasonable doubt ghosts of girlfriends past the fourth kind planet 51 halloween ii gamer nine 2010 the book of eli sex & drugs & rock & roll hachiko a dog s story space chimps 2 zartog strikes back burke and hare unbound captives wild target piranha 3 d london boulevard the warrior s way animals united arthur and the great adventure 2011 something borrowed the lincoln lawyer a little bit of heaven hugo anonymous scream 4 the artist the rum diary spy kids all the time in the world my week with marilyn the inbetweeners movie theatrical release only killer elite 2012 the grey underworld awakening one for the money gone 2013 beautiful creatures her the butler american hustle the harry hill movie romeo & juliet escape from planet earth sunshine on leith 2014 big eyes devil s knot i frankenstein st. vincent transcendence the necessary death of charlie countryman the prodigies 2015 southpaw the hateful eight references edit michael l. green bio . a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r entertainment imdb entry 1 . a b c d e f entertainment imdb entry 2 . screenrush.co.uk . external links edit entertainment film distributors at the internet movie database retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title entertainment film distributors & oldid 743359533 categories film distributors of the united kingdomhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages 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