| 词条 | Blowtorch Entertainment |
| 释义 |
Blowtorch describes itself as "a media and entertainment company that creates, enables and distributes fun, authentic and provocative content. We go where our audience goes: online, theaters, live events and mobile." [3] According to The Economist, Blowtorch is "making video content for 18- to 24-year-old" and "it will allow audiences to influence movies via the web."[4] In the December 27, 2007 issue of Fortune, Blowtorch was featured as one of "Six Leaps of Innovation." According to Fortune, "Schiff is in charge of producing and acquiring a stable of low-budget (under $5 million) feature-length films. Rodriques's job is to build social networks around the movies, inviting 18- to 24-year-old audiences to gather online before, after, and during the film."[5] Blowtorch Entertainment owns the rights to the film Spin, (previously titled You Are Here) starring Bijou Phillips, and is in post-production on the feature film Tenure. Tenure is a 2008 American comedy film, written and directed by Mike Million and starring Luke Wilson, Gretchen Mol, and David Koechner. The film was produced by Paul Schiff and is being released by Blowtorch as their first original production. Blowtorch will also be handling the U.S. theatrical release of the film Young People F***ing, which was initially released in Canada on June 13, 2008 and has received favorable critical reviews.[6] Blowtorch is setting up its own theatrical distribution network in the U.S., and the company's home-video distribution is handled by Vivendi Visual Entertainment.[7] As of July 30, 2009, Blowtorch Entertainment was all but shut down, after several of the hedge funds that invested a total of $50 million into the venture went out of business. Blowtorch Chief Executive Kelly Rodriques notes that the company's board of directors has mostly disbanded and that its search for movie deals has ceased. Most of the venture's financing came in the form of debt from undisclosed hedge funds and 90% of this money has been returned to the investors. Moving forward, Rodriques expects to pay back the remainder of the funding with proceeds from the two properties currently in development. Blowtorch does not currently have a functioning website. However, Blowtorch is currently being revived by two young film pioneers Alec Rodriques and Chris Madera. Alec Rodriques, the son of Kelly Rodriques, has taken on the company name, and in teaming up with fellow film fanatic Chris, they hope to take visual film media to the next level.[8] References1. ^"Blowtorch will ignite films", Variety, 15 November 2007. 2. ^"Biz Types Fire Up Blowtorch", The Hollywood Reporter, 16 November 2007 3. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.blowtorch.com |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-06-22 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514150841/http://www.blowtorch.com/ |archivedate=2008-05-14 |df= }}Blowtorch.com 4. ^"Hollywood and the Internet: Coming Soon", The Economist, 21 February 2008. 5. ^"Six Leaps of Innovation", Fortune Magazine, 27 December 2007 6. ^"Playback: Next 25" {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806132759/http://www.playbackonline.ca/next25/2008/martingero.html |date=August 6, 2012 }} 7. ^"Luke Wilson heats up Blowtorch", Variety, 6 March 2008 8. ^[https://blogs.wsj.com/venturecapital/2009/07/30/film-company-blowtorch-burned-by-hedge-fund-flame-out/ "Film Company Blowtorch Burned By Hedge Fund Flame-Out"], Wall Street Journal, 20 July 2009 External links
1 : Film production companies of the United States |
| 随便看 |
|
开放百科全书收录14589846条英语、德语、日语等多语种百科知识，基本涵盖了大多数领域的百科知识，是一部内容自由、开放的电子版国际百科全书。