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Alliance Films, Inc.
Type	Private
Founded	Toronto, Ontario (2007) result of Alliance Atlantis collapse.
Headquarters	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Industry	Distribution and Production
Products	Movie distribution
Revenue	▲$250m CAD
Website	www.alliancefilms.com

Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Atlantis Releasing LTD or CIC Canada), also known as Alliance VivaFilm in Quebec, is a major Canadian motion picture distribution/production company, which serves Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain. Formally known as Motion Picture Distribution LP, it was re branded and relaunched in 2007 due to the collapse of its preceding company, Alliance Atlantis, which was sold off piece by piece to CanWest Global, GS Capital Partners, along with several other smaller companies. Société générale de financement du Québec, an investment agency of the provincial government, owns 51% of the voting shares of the company and 38.5% of the equity. GS Capital owns the remainder of the company.

Alliance Films is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, at 455 Saint-Antoine Street West in the Quartier International.

[edit] Distribution

It distributes all or some of the following companies' libraries:

NOTE: The companies video releases were and continue to be distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in the future and CIC Video in the past.

[edit] Divisions

The Quebec francophone film business is branded as Alliance Vivafilm.

Alliance Films also operates:

Momentum Pictures in UK
Aurum Produccines in Spain

[edit] Theatre Operations

In partnership with Cineplex Entertainment, this unit also operates Alliance Cinemas, owner of two Toronto-area theatres. During the MPD era, all materials relating to Alliance Atlantis-distributed films contained a disclaimer stating that Alliance Atlantis was "an indirect limited partner of Motion Picture Distribution LP, not a general partner". However, in fact, the company controlled the general partner of the partnership, and hence effectively controlled the distribution unit itself.

[edit] Production

Recently, Alliance Films has one again begun to produce films in moderation. In addition to producing films as The Rocket with Cinémaginaire (as well as other movies) and National Lampoon's Senior Trip with New Line Cinema of and before the days of Alliance Atlantis respectively, they were responsible for co-producing the 2008 teen slasher Prom Night with Screen Gems and Original Film . They also produced and distributed the war drama Passchendaele, and co-produced the comedy Stone Of Destiny with Infinity Features Entertainment and The Mob Film Company.

[edit] List of films released by Alliance Films

Movies are from Momentum Pictures, AURUM, Les Seville & Alliance Vivafilm

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) by Walt Disney
Chicago Joe and the Showgirl (1990) by New Line Cinema (Alliance's First release)
The Thief and the Cobbler (1993) by Miramax Family Films
Super Mario Bros. (1993) by Nintendo and Hollywood Pictures
Pocahontas (1995) by Disney
Napolean (1995) by Adelaide Motion Picture Company
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996)
Hercules (1997)
George of the Jungle (1997)
Mulan (1998)
Tarzan (1999)
Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie (1999) by ADV Films and Sega
The Grinch (2000) by Universal Pictures
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)
Final Destination (2000) by New Line Cinema
Spy Kids by Dimension Films
Rush Hour 2 by New Line Cinema
The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring by New Line Cinema
John Q by New Line Cinema
Rabbit-Proof Fence by Miramax Films
Pokémon 4Ever by Nintendo and Miramax Films
Spirited Away by Walt Disney Pictures
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by New Line Cinema and Warner Bros.
Final Destination 2 by New Line Cinema
Freddy vs. Jason by New Line Cinema
Pokémon Heroes by Miramax Films
Elf by New Line Cinema
The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King by New Line Cinema
Bad Santa by Dimension Films and Columbia Pictures
Ella Enchanted
Pokémon: Jirachi Wish Maker (direct-to-video) by Miramax Films
Seed of Chucky by Rogue Pictures
Pokémon: Destiny Deoxys (direct-to-video) by Miramax Films
The Thief and the Cobbler (2006, from 1993)
Wedding Crashers by New Line Cinema
The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl in 3-D by Dimension Films
Brokeback Mountain by Focus Features and Paramount Pictures
Valistic by Walt Disney Pictures
Jurrisic Invasion
Pokémon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew with Nintendo and Lionsgate
Between Living and Dreaming
Final Destination 3 by New Line Cinema
Arthur and the Minimoys by Europa Corp.
Snakes on a Plane by New Line Cinema
Halloween by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Dimension Films
Hairspray by New Line Cinema
Thr3e by Fox Faith
Eagle V.S. Shark
Breaking and Entering by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Weinstein Company
Rouge by Dimension Films and Village Roadshow Pictures
Fracture by New Line Cinema and Castle Rock Entertainment
Planet Terror by Dimension Films
28 Weeks Later by Fox Atomic
Hot Fuzz by Rogue Pictures
The Golden Compass by New Line Cinema
All Hat
Amazing Grace by Samuel Goldwyn Films
Balls of Fury by Rogue Pictures
Becoming Jane by Miramax Films
Clerks 2 by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Weinstein Company
The Comebacks by Fox Atomic
Days of Darkness produced by Alliance under Vivafilm banner
Death at a Funeral by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Death Proof by Dimension Films and The Weinstein Company
Deep Water by IFC Films
District 13 by Digital Factory and Europa Corp.
Rush Hour 3 by New Line Cinema
Doomsday by Universal Pictures
City of Men by Miramax Films
Be Kind Rewind by New Line Cinema and Focus Features
Atonement by Focus Features
Awake by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and The Weinstein Company
Amusement by New Line Cinema and Picturehouse
Appaloosa by New Line Cinema
Blindness by Miramax Films
Bottle Shock
Boy A by The Weinstein Company
Burn After Reading by Focus Features
Traitor by Overture Films
Righteous Kill by Overture Films
Fly Me to the Moon
The Woman
Igor by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Bolt by Walt Disney Pictures
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3-D by New Line Cinema and Walden Media
The Promotion by Dimension Films
Sex and the City: The Movie by New Line Cinema and HBO
Kit Kittredge: An American Girl produced by New Line Cinema and Picturehouse
Mongol by Picturehouse
The Longshots by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Dimension Films
Mr. Brooks by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Hamlet 2 by Focus Features
Chronicle of an Escape by 20th Century Fox and The Weinstein Company
Closing the Ring
Eastern Promises by Focus Features
Mama, I Want to Sing! (2009)
Hell Ride by Dimension Films
Nightwatching
Passchendaele
Prom Night Co-produced by Alliance, Screen Gems and Original Film
The Accidental Husband by the Yari Film Group
The Strangers by Rogue Pictures
The Visitor by Overture Films
Zack and Miri Make a Porno by The Weinstein Company
Nothing Like the Holidays
Battle in Seattle by Redwood Palms Pictures
Trainspotting by Miramax Films
Twilight by Summit Entertainment
New Moon by Summit Entertainment
The Missing Lynx
Astro Boy by Summit Entertainment
Escape from New York by AVCO Embassy
Lesbian Vampire Killers
District 9 (2009)
Coraline (2009)
Devil May Cry
Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay by New Line Cinema and Mandate Pictures

[edit] References

^ "Volume 3, Number 1" (PDF). Montreal in Action. City of Montreal. January 25, 2008. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/page/librairie_en/documents/MTL_ACTION_ENG_JANUARY_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
^ "Canada's Alliance gets New Line reprieve into 2009". Screen Daily. http://www.screendaily.com/canadas-alliance-gets-new-line-reprieve-into-2009/4040527.article. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

[Montreal-0] "Volume 3, Number 1" (PDF). Montreal in Action. City of Montreal. January 25, 2008. http://ville.montreal.qc.ca/pls/portal/docs/page/librairie_en/documents/MTL_ACTION_ENG_JANUARY_2008.pdf. Retrieved 2008-07-25.

[1] "Canada's Alliance gets New Line reprieve into 2009". Screen Daily. http://www.screendaily.com/canadas-alliance-gets-new-line-reprieve-into-2009/4040527.article. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

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