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| Type | Public: LSE: HMF |
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| Founded | Partnership, public offering, Merger & Purchase |
| Headquarters | London, United Kingdom, |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Key people |
Patrick Meehan
(Chairman of the Board) |
| Industry | Filmmaking, Distribution |
| Products | Handmade Films Handmade Films international Alpha Beta Films International (affiliated through common ownership) |
| Services | Distribution |
| Divisions | HandMade Films International |
| Subsidiaries | Sequence, Equator |
| Website | www.handmadeplc.com |
HandMade Films is a British film production and distribution company. Through a series of sales, and acquisitions, the company now known as Handmade Plc owns all the rights and assets of the original HandMade Films Ltd. Notable films from the studio include Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Withnail and I and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels.
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History
HandMade Films was formed by former Beatle, George Harrison, and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Monty Python film Life of Brian. When EMI Films, the original financiers of Brian, pulled out, the creators had to find other financing. The first film started under the company was 1981's Time Bandits. The company continued to produce films through the 1980s.
In 1994, the company was acquired by the Canadian company Paragon Entertainment, which restarted production under the HandMade name. [1] The company's most notable release of that era was Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). Then, in 1999, Patrick Meehan and Cartier Investments acquired HandMade from Paragon.[2] In June 2006, the Equator Group plc acquired Handmade Holdings Limited, and in November of that year, Sequence Film Limited, a film sales, marketing and financial packaging company, was also acquired. It was subsequently renamed Handmade Films International.[3] The parent company, now known as HandMade plc is currently publicly traded under the symbol HMF.
Film library
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Upcoming films
- The Mason's Hammer (2011)
Notes
- ^ newswire
- ^ Thaper, Neil (1999-07-18). "AIM newcomer set for big things after UK acquisition" (print). The Mail (London): p. 11. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/. Retrieved 2008-10-07. ". . . Equator's biggest share holder is Patrick Meehan . . ."
- ^ "HandMade plc". Financial Times. http://markets.ft.com/ft/tearsheets/businessProfile.asp?s=UK:HMF. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
External links
- HandMade Films' website
- HandMade Films at the Internet Movie Database
- HandMade Films at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
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