ThinkFilm (stylized as TH!NKFilm) was an American film distribution company founded in September 2001. It had been a division of David Bergstein’s Capitol Films since 2006.
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| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Motion pictures |
| Founded | September 2001 |
| Defunct | October 5, 2010 |
| Fate | Bankruptcy And Liquidation |
| Successor | Library: Orange Holdings, LLC (excluding Spellbound, owned by Zelus Film Holding Company, LLC) |
| Headquarters | , U.S. |
| Parent | Capitol Films |
| Divisions | Velocity Home Entertainment |
On October 5, 2010, five of Bergstein's companies in the film industry — Capitol Films, ThinkFilm, R2D2, CT-1, and Capco — were forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy by a group of creditors led by the Aramid Entertainment film investment fund seeking payment for outstanding debts of $16 million.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Films distributed
edit| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Time Out | March 29, 2002 |
| World Traveler | April 19, 2002 |
| The Mystic Masseur | May 3, 2002 |
| The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys | June 14, 2002 |
| The Last Kiss | August 16, 2002 |
| Love in the Time of Money | November 1, 2002 |
| Gerry | February 14, 2003 |
| Spellbound | April 30, 2003 |
| Overnight | June 12, 2003 |
| The Heart of Me | June 26, 2003 |
| Julius Caesar | June 29, 2003 |
| Teknolust | August 22, 2003 |
| The Gospel of John | September 26, 2003 |
| The Event | October 3, 2003 |
| Bus 174 | October 8, 2003 |
| Love, Sex and Eating the Bones | March 5, 2004 |
| Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself | March 12, 2004 |
| The Agronomist | April 23, 2004 |
| Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie | May 7, 2004 |
| The Story of the Weeping Camel | June 4, 2004 |
| Festival Express | July 23, 2004 |
| Bright Young Things | August 20, 2004 |
| Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry | October 1, 2004 |
| Primer | October 8, 2004 |
| Born into Brothels | December 8, 2004 |
| The Assassination of Richard Nixon | December 29, 2004 |
| Mondovino | March 23, 2005 |
| Dallas 362 | April 10, 2005 |
| Tell Them Who You Are | May 13, 2005 |
| Genesis | May 27, 2005 |
| Kontroll | |
| 5x2 | June 10, 2005 |
| The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman | June 24, 2005 |
| Murderball | July 22, 2005 |
| The Aristocrats | August 12, 2005 |
| The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till | August 17, 2005 |
| Where the Truth Lies | October 2, 2005 |
| Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family | October 19, 2005 |
| Protocols of Zion | October 21, 2005 |
| I Love Your Work | November 4, 2005 |
| Lie with Me | November 11, 2005 |
| The Boys of Baraka | November 30, 2005 |
| Fateless | January 6, 2006 |
| The Zodiac | March 17, 2006 |
| The Big Question | |
| When Do We Eat? | April 7, 2006 |
| 95 Miles to Go | |
| Down in the Valley | May 5, 2006 |
| The King | |
| Loverboy | June 16, 2006 |
| Strangers with Candy | June 28, 2006 |
| I Like Killing Flies | July 28, 2006 |
| 10th & Wolf | August 18, 2006 |
| Looking for Kitty | September 1, 2006 |
| Half Nelson | September 22, 2006 |
| Keeping Mum | October 6, 2006 |
| Shortbus | October 20, 2006 |
| Tideland | October 27, 2006 |
| Fuck | November 10, 2006 |
| Candy | November 17, 2006 |
| 10 Items or Less | December 1, 2006 |
| Off the Black | December 8, 2006 |
| Funny Money | January 26, 2007 |
| Poor Boy's Game | February 11, 2007 |
| Glastonbury | February 23, 2007 |
| Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary | March 2, 2007 |
| The Killing Floor | March 14, 2007 |
| Life Free or Die | March 30, 2007 |
| The TV Set | April 6, 2007 |
| A New Wave | April 7, 2007 |
| Zoo | April 25, 2007 |
| Avenue Montaigne | April 27, 2007 |
| The Dog Problem | |
| The Wendell Baker Story | May 18, 2007 |
| The Trails of Darryl Hunt | June 15, 2007 |
| The Ten | August 3, 2007 |
| The Hottest State | August 24, 2007 |
| Self Medicated | August 31, 2007 |
| In the Shadow of the Moon | September 7, 2007 |
| Lake of Fir' | October 3, 2007 |
| Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | October 26, 2007 |
| War/Dance | November 9, 2007 |
| The Walker | December 7, 2007 |
| Nanking | December 12, 2007 |
| Taxi to the Dark Side | January 18, 2008 |
| The Air I Breathe | January 25, 2008 |
| Alpha Male | March 18, 2008 |
| My Brother Is an Only Child | March 28, 2008 |
| Then She Found Me | April 25, 2008 |
| The Tracey Fragments | May 9, 2008 |
| Noise | |
| Stuck | May 30, 2008 |
| Encounters at the End of the World | June 11, 2008 |
| Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired | July 11, 2008 |
| Young People Fucking | August 29, 2008 |
| Good | December 31, 2008 |
| Incendiary | February 6, 2009 |
| Phoebe in Wonderland | March 6, 2009 |
| Five Dollars a Day | April 24, 2009 |
References
edit- ^ The Wrap, October 06, 2010: Bergstein's ThinkFilm, Capitol Films Declared Bankrupt Retrieved 2013-02-27
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter, March 29, 2012: How Ron Tudor and David Bergstein's Friendship Went Sour Retrieved 2013-02-27
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2012: Judge: Ronald Tudor Can't Escape Lawsuit Against David Bergstein Companies Retrieved 2013-02-27
- ^ The Hollywood Reporter, December 4, 2012: David Bergstein Sues Bankruptcy Trustee for Trying to 'Destroy' Him Retrieved 2013-02-27
- ^ Deadline Hollywood, September 25, 2012: Film Financier David Bergstein’s Suit Against Law Firms Dismissed Retrieved 2013-02-27
- ^ Deadline Hollywood, April 9, 2012: David Bergstein Lawsuit Claims He Was Shoved Aside After Miramax Sale Retrieved 2013-02-27