Fine Line Features

Fine Line Features
Fate Folded into Picturehouse
Successor New Line Cinema
Founded 1991
Founder Ira Deutchman
Defunct 2005
Parent New Line Cinema

Fine Line Features (often spelt as FineLine Features) was the specialty films division of New Line Cinema. From 1991–2005, under founder and president Ira Deutchman,[1] Fine Line acquired, distributed and marketed films of a more "indie" flavor than its parent company, including such critically acclaimed films as Hoop Dreams, The Player, Short Cuts, Night on Earth, Spanking the Monkey, Shine, My Own Private Idaho, Hedwig and the Angry Inch, and Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle. In 2005, New Line teamed up with fellow Time Warner subsidiary HBO to form Picturehouse, a new specialty film label of which Fine Line was folded into.

Fine Line Features DVD releases were split between HBO Video and New Line Home Entertainment. When New Line Home Entertainment ceased to exist in 2010, it was folded into Warner Home Video.

Selected films released

1990s

Title Release Date Notes
Shadow of ChinaMarch 10, 1991
An Angel at My TableMay 19, 1991distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
TrustJuly 26, 1991distribution only, produced by Republic Pictures
My Own Private IdahoSeptember 29, 1991distribution only, no production company
The RaptureOctober 4, 1991
Let Him Have ItDecember 6, 1991
Where Angels Fear to TreadFebruary 28, 1992
Edward IIMarch 20, 1992
ProofMarch 20, 1992
Roadside ProphetsMarch 27, 1992
The PlayerApril 10, 1992
Night on EarthMay 2, 1992distribution only, produced by JVC
Monster in a BoxMay 15, 1992
Afraid of the DarkJuly 24, 1992
London Kills MeAugust 7, 1992distribution only, produced by LIVE Entertainment
Light SleeperAugust 21, 1992distribution only, produced by LIVE Entertainment
SwoonSeptember 11, 1992
Simple MenOctober 14, 1992
WaterlandOctober 30, 1992distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
To Want to FlyFebruary 3, 1993
Riff-RaffFebruary 12, 1993distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
The Last Days of Chez NousFebruary 26, 1993
LéoloApril 2, 1993
Bodies, Rest & MotionApril 9, 1993
Wide Sargasso SeaApril 16, 1993
Amongst FriendsJuly 23, 1993
The Ballad of Little JoAugust 20, 1993
Household SaintsSeptember 15, 1993
Short CutsOctober 8, 1993
NakedDecember 15, 1993distribution only, produced by Film4 Productions
FiorileFebruary 2, 1994
Bitter MoonMarch 11, 1994
Naked in New YorkApril 13, 1994
Even Cowgirls Get the BluesMay 13, 1994
Widows' PeakMay 13, 1994
Spanking the MonkeyJuly 15, 1994
BarcelonaJuly 29, 1994distribution only, produced by Castle Rock Entertainment
Caro diarioSeptember 30, 1994
Hoop DreamsOctober 14, 1994
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious CircleNovember 23, 1994
Death and the MaidenDecember 23, 1994
Once Were WarriorsMay 3, 1995
Little OdessaMay 19, 1995distribution only, produced by LIVE Entertainment
The Incredibly True Adventures of Two Girls in LoveJune 16, 1995
An Awfully Big AdventureJuly 21, 1995
Double HappinessJuly 28, 1995
Delta of VenusOctober 13, 1995
Das VersprechenNovember 3, 1995
Total EclipseNovember 3, 1995
Frankie StarlightNovember 22, 1995
Pie in the SkyFebruary 9, 1996
Carried AwayMarch 29, 1996
Kansas CityAugust 16, 1996
Feeling MinnesotaSeptember 13, 1996
The Grass HarpOctober 11, 1996
Normal LifeOctober 25, 1996
Twelfth Night: Or What You WillOctober 25, 1996
Mother NightNovember 1, 1996
ShineNovember 20, 1996
CrashMarch 21, 1997co-production with Recorded Picture Company and Alliance Atlantis
The Quiet RoomMarch 21, 1997
NowhereMay 9, 1997
Love! Valour! Compassion!May 16, 1997
Roseanna's GraveJune 18, 1997
Head Above WaterJune 25, 1997
All Over MeJuly 16, 1997
Julian PoSeptember 5, 1997
GummoOctober 17, 1997
The Sweet HereafterNovember 21, 1997
Deconstructing HarryDecember 12, 1997distribution only, produced by Sweetland Films
The Winter GuestDecember 24, 1997
Wild Man BluesApril 17, 1998distribution only, produced by Sweetland Films
Passion in the DesertJune 12, 1998
When I Close My Eyes (aka Love Letter)July 10, 1998
Let's Talk About SexSeptember 11, 1998
Esmeralda Comes by NightSeptember 18, 1998
PeckerSeptember 25, 1998
HurlyburlyDecember 25, 1998
The Legend of 1900December 25, 1998
The Theory of FlightJanuary 22, 1999
Man of the CenturyJanuary 24, 1999
Lovers of the Arctic CircleApril 9, 1999
BesiegedMay 21, 1999
TrickJuly 23, 1999
Julien Donkey-BoyOctober 15, 1999
TumbleweedsDecember 10, 1999
SimpaticoDecember 15, 1999

2000s

Title Release Date Notes
The CupJanuary 28, 2000
Buddy BoyMarch 24, 2000
The Filth and the FuryMarch 29, 2000
The Five SensesJuly 14, 2000
An Affair of LoveAugust 11, 2000
Saving GraceSeptember 1, 2000
Dancer in the DarkOctober 6, 2000co-production with Zentropa Entertainments, Canal+ and FilmFour
State and MainJanuary 12, 2001distribution only, produced by Filmtown Entertainment, Green/Renzi, and El Dorado Pictures
Before Night FallsJanuary 26, 2001
TomorrowJanuary 26, 2001
The Invisible CircusFebruary 2, 2001
The Anniversary PartyJune 14, 2001
Hedwig and the Angry InchJuly 20, 2001with New Line Cinema
The Prime GigSeptember 14, 2001
StorytellingJanuary 25, 2002
Human NatureApril 12, 2002distributed by Pathé in UK and Co-production with Studio Canal and Good Machine
CherishJune 7, 2002
InvincibleSeptember 20, 2002
The Sleeping DictionaryFebruary 18, 2003
Ripley's GameSeptember 7, 2003
American SplendorSeptember 12, 2003
ElephantOctober 24, 2003
Maria Full of GraceJuly 16, 2004
A Dirty ShameSeptember 24, 2004with New Line Cinema
Vera DrakeOctober 22, 2004with New Line Cinema
BirthOctober 29, 2004
The Sea InsideDecember 17, 2004
The Holy GirlApril 29, 2005US theatrical distribution only with distributed outside US and VHS/DVD distribution in US by HBO Films
The Year of the YaoApril 29, 2005
The Bridge of San Luis ReyJune 10, 2005

References

  1. ↑ Eller, Claudia (Oct 24, 1991). "Fine Line Features Enters Coprod'n Arena Via 2 Pix". Variety.
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