Entertainment Film Distributors
Entertainment Film
Distributors is a British
distributor of independent films in the UK
and Ireland
Michael L. Green,
their father, was a veteran producer/distributor involved in the film industry
since the 1930s when he was a teenager, due to the war he had to pause this
interest though. In 1972 he formed Variety the prolific film distributor quite
a time later. In 1978 Green closed Variety and with his two sons Nigel and
Trevor formed Entertainment Film Distributors, and
was one of the leading forces in UK
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 which was a huge success in ratings, and money
income. 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, and Brokeback Mountain
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