Legacy Releasing was an

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company based in California. It was founded in 1996 by Mark Borde and J. David Williams, veterans in the motion picture industry. The company's first two releases, '' Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored'' and

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's '' Open Season'', were shown at the

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the same year it was established. Afterwards, it became a leader in independent distribution, releasing an average of 15 films per year. Notable films from the company included ''Little Men'', ''

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'', '' The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain'', '' Shiloh'' (and its sequel, '' Shiloh Season''), and an animated version of ''

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''. None of Legacy's output was successful financially. Its highest-grossing film, ''When We Were Colored'', took close to $2.3 million at the U.S. box office. However, the home video business was booming at the time and was the economic engine of this company. In 1999, Legacy went out of business, and was successfully merged and consolidated into

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. Borde went on to become co-president of another company, the short-lived Independent Artists. As of 2006, Legacy's official site (legacyfilms.com) no longer exists. Borde is now the head of

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. Williams is now the CEO of Marble Arch Entertainment.

Filmography

References

External links

Official website
(Archive)
PDF biography of Borde, the company's founder
Defunct mass media companies of the United States Film distributors of the United States Companies based in Los Angeles County, California Mass media companies established in 1996 Mass media companies disestablished in 1999 Defunct companies based in California {{US-media-company-stub