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Silver Screen Partners
Silver Screen Partners refers to four limited partnerships organized as an alternative funding source for film production originally formed by American investor Roland W. Betts as a collaboration with cable television network HBO in 1983. The managing general partner for the partnerships was Silver Screen Management, Inc. Silver Screen Partners entered into an agreement with The Walt Disney Company beginning in 1985 to collaborate with the Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Hollywood Pictures, and Touchstone Pictures studios to produce works such as ''The Great Mouse Detective''; ''Return to Oz''; '' The Black Cauldron''; ''Volunteers''; '' Down and Out in Beverly Hills''; ''Three Men and a Baby''; ''Good Morning, Vietnam''; ''Cocktail''; ''Oliver & Company''; ''Dead Poets Society''; ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit''; ''Honey, I Shrunk the Kids''; ''Turner & Hooch''; ''The Little Mermaid''; ''Pretty Woman''; ''Dick Tracy''; ''The Rescuers Down Under''; ''Beauty and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Touchwood Pacific Partners
Touchwood Pacific Partners I was an American film financing limited partnership formed by The Walt Disney Company in 1990 for its then three production companies, Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone Pictures and Hollywood Pictures, but owned by Yamaichi General Finance Co., the general partner and a Yamaichi Securities affiliate, and about 50 limited partners. The partnership was the first Japanese sourced major film financing for Disney and the largest Japanese financing outside of a outright purchase of a film studio. Terms Disney has received better terms with Touchwood than with their previous funding partnerships, Silver Screen. The Partnership offers a lower interest than Silver Screens due to the lower Japanese interest rates in 1990. Also, there are no guarantees regarding the minimum financial performance of the financed films. Disney's Buena Vista Pictures Distribution receives a 30% fee before any money goes to a Disney—-Touchwood joint venture. After the joint ventu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |