Disney Live Action ?

[Banzai]

I have a question about Disney's Live action movies. What company's to they own?

[Sarangel]

The ones that come instantly to mind are Hollywood Pictures & Touchstone. Anyone else?

Sarangel

[All Aboard]

How does Miramax fit in?

[YoHo]

Miramax and its subsidiary Demension are own by the mouse directly. they had the famous duel top grossers in Spy Kids and (i forget the other one)

[Banzai]

So Life Is Beautyful is a Disney movie?

[Another Voice]

It depends on your definition of a "Disney" movie...

In the case of ‘Life is Beautiful’, Disney was only acting as the film’s U.S. distributor. Another company made the movie. Essentially, the studio is the booking agent that gets the film into the theaters in exchange for a cut of the revenue and/or video rights. Sometimes, the studio will invest some money in the film to “buy” the distribution rights up front. Anytime you see a company called ‘Buena Vista’-something, it is one of Disney’s distributing arms.

Disney-produced films usually go under the Disney, Hollywood Pictures, or Touchstone Pictures production companies. In these cases, the company is the one actually making the film – as was the case with ‘Pearl Harbor’ (more or less). Even then, the production is really done by yet another company that turns around and “purchases” services from Disney and other companies.

Miramax is a wholly owned subsidiary that runs just like a mini-studio. It both produces its own films, funds others to make them, and buys completed films from other companies as well.