Capitol Films was a British film production and distribution company (

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02392790), incorporated on 6 June 1989 and dissolved on 7 May 2013. In January 2006 it was sold to American Mobius Pictures, owned by entrepreneur and film producer

David Bergstein David Rafael Bergstein (born 1962) is an American financier and film producer. He started his career in real estate development before expanding his business interests to buying up distressed assets and branched out into independent film produc ...

, who placed it at the hub of his Pegasus Studios. In early 2010, David Bergstein's appointment as director for the British company was terminated and the company was placed in

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. In October 2010 the US branch of the company was forced into

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, and in January 2012 a group of creditors filed a proposal with a federal bankruptcy court in Los Angeles to take over and liquidate five companies formerly controlled by David Bergstein, among them Capitol Films. Capitol Films was involved in the production of some fifty films, among them ''

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'' (1994), '' Death and the Maiden'' (1994), ''

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'' (1997), ''

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'' (1998), ''

Gosford Park ''Gosford Park'' is a 2001 satirical black comedy mystery film directed by Robert Altman and written by Julian Fellowes. It was influenced by Jean Renoir's French classic ''La Règle du jeu'' ('' The Rules of the Game''). The film stars ...

'' (2001), ''

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'' (2004), and ''

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'' (2006).IMDb Capitol Films (gb) filmography
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