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-based Deyhle-Baer Media Holdings, Capella Films constituted the production branch to Capella Intl. which specialised in foreign distribution. Together, Capella Films and Capella Intl. operated a highly active production and distribution hub whose partners included Universal Studios, German distributor, Connexion Films, American production arm, Connexion American Media Inc., Bregman-Baer Productions, and April-Connexion Films. Capella Films, Inc. formed a $1.3billion acquisition attempt for

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in 1997. The company was later merged into Bloom Media in 2012. This company is also not to be confused with Russian film company Capella Film.

Organization

Capella Films and Capella International company principals were responsible for the financing, and/or production, distribution, acquiring of full international or selective territorial rights for the following motion pictures; '' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' starring

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, '' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'', '' The Mask'', and ''

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'' all of which starred Canadian born actor Jim Carrey, Brian De Palma’s '' Carlito’s Way'' starring Al Pacino, and ''

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. Capella Intl. emphasized alternating foreign distribution rights with Universal, which handled a number of their domestic distribution releases during the early nineties. The company maintained layers of relationships, both contractual and personal, with distributors to the extent that they were essentially co-producers on many exterior films, meaning the net result was profitable ties to selected partners that bypassed the traditional bidding wars that usually accompanied foreign distribution deals. Critically, the company was structured around occupying multiple sites in the production and distribution chain, in order to better control the development and flow of product and revenue, and thereby operate more profitably than their competitors.

Motion pictures

Capella Films and Capella International company principals were responsible for the financing, and/or production, acquiring of full international or selective territorial rights for the following motion pictures: *'' Ace Ventura: Pet Detective'' (1994) *'' Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery'' (1997) *'' A Business Affair'' (1994) *''

Carlito's Way ''Carlito's Way'' is a 1993 American crime drama film directed by Brian De Palma, based on the novels '' Carlito's Way'' (1975) and '' After Hours'' (1979) by Judge Edwin Torres. The film adaptation was scripted by David Koepp. It stars Al Pa ...

'' (1993) *''

'' (1994) *''

Four Weddings and a Funeral ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' is a 1994 British romantic comedy film directed by Mike Newell. It is the first of several films by screenwriter Richard Curtis to feature Hugh Grant, and follows the adventures of Charles (Grant) and his circle ...

'' (1994) *'' The Mask'' (1994) *''

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'' (1993) *'' Nobody's Fool'' (1995) *''

'' (1993) *'' The Russian Singer'' (1993) *''

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'' (1994) *'' Shattered'' (1991) *'' The Surgeon'' (1995) *''

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'' (1995)

References

External links

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