When Disney Owned Miramax

I look at the period when Disney owned the successful independent film company Miramax and the public disputes between Harvey Weinstein and Michael Eisner.

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[adamkaunfer]

There was also Weinstein’s attempt to edit Princess Mononoke, which quickly got quashed when he was sent a katana saying “no cuts”.

I’d be down to see more “when X owned Y” videos like this and the Dic episode. Studios and companies partner up and break off agreements so often.

[ryandt]

You were saying how on the preview section for: "Finding Nemo", they included a trailer for: "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over".

Also, on the VHS opening for: "Brother Bear", they included a trailer for: "Ella Enchanted".

[iHeartsNostalgiaPit]

3:58 wow no wonder Disney Adventures had Spy Kids Comics

5:09 well it's their own fault, Eisner gave them a budget limit

[samrtnr]

It's funny, because of how the movies were advertised, I occasionally forget that titles such as the first three Spy Kids or Sharkboy & Lavagirl aren't Disney movies even though McDonald's still made toys to promote said movies alongside the latest in-house movie by the Mouse or Pixar title

[matthewm.]

I'm very impressed that you made a video about this aspect of the Disney Renaissance years!

[ANewEra]

It’s also worth noting that while Lionsgate did get the rights to distribute the majority of Miramax’s library on DVD and Blu-ray,

Echo Bridge Home Entertainment also got the rights to another 200 or so titles.

Examples include: Becoming Jane, the From Dusk Till Dawn series, Dimension Films’ Halloween trilogy, the Pokémon movies, and the Bionicle movies.

[cetrata]

Miramax also had the talk magazine which caused far more headaches for disney than results

[niallwilliamson]

I heard that Weinstein attacked Best Picture nominee Saving Private Ryan for its historical inaccuracies while heavily lobbying Shakespeare in Love

[ryandt]

Another thing Miramax did in the early to mid 2000's was partner up with Lego to make movies based off of Lego's toyline:

"Bionicle"

They made three Bionicle movies: "Bionicle: Mask of Light", "Bionicle 2: Legends of Metru Nui", and "Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows".

There was also a forth Bionicle movie: "Bionicle: The Legend Reborn", but for whatever reason, that wasn't released by Miramax, and was instead released by Universal, (hence it showing up on the DVD opening for The Tale of Despereux).

[hiattgrey]

It's hard to believe Disney released the four Pokémon films Miramax owns at that time.

[nathanforester]

To think that this almost means Santanico from From Dusk Till Dawn could have been both a Princess and a Villain. She after all is a vampire princess.

[Father_of_Death]

Miramax made my favorite horror franchise "Scream"

[shortshaker]

I'm just wondering are they're any "good quality" animated movies or family movies that Miramax released?

[HydraSpectre]

Princess Mononoke went to Disney from Miramax at some point. And then it went to GKIDS.

[olpendoomandagi]

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[babascott]

I hope Miramax could go back to this company in the future and bring back the word “ films” on it with a (39%)

[AmethystOrlando]

I don't know if this is a regional difference for the UK, but I mainly remember a trailer for Spy Kids being included in the DVD for Atlantis: The Lost Empire & a teaser for Bionicle 3: Web of Shadows being included in the DVD for Tarzan 2.

Speaking of Bionicle, those three movies under Miramax included Disney trailers.

[johnnyd]

Out of curiosity, in accordance with the recently released trailer for the Clifford: The Big Red Dog live action film, do you plan on making a tribute video to Clifford?

Also, if have seen the trailer for the film, what’s your opinion of it?

[aidenlorenzo]

I really like when you make these kinds of videos. maybe you could make one on a company like New Line Cinema or Summit Entertainment or FilmDistrict

[TheVideoGuyfromOhio]

Don't forget when Miramax DVD releases like The Queen, Venus and Eagle vs. Shark had trailers for Pixar's movies (namely Ratatouille and WALL-E)