Focus Features

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Focus Features (formerly USA Films) is the art house films division of NBC Universal's Universal Studios, and acts as both a producer and distributor for its own films and a distributor for foreign films. Focus also serves as a producer and distributor of low-budget action/horror films through its Rogue Pictures division (similar to The Weinstein Company's Dimension Films and Sony Pictures Entertainment's Screen Gems).

Focus was formed from the 2002 divisional merger of USA Films, Universal Focus and Good Machine. USA Films was created by Barry Diller in 1999 by combining October Films, Gramercy Pictures, and USA Home Entertainment. Vivendi sold the studio, among other entertainment assets, to GE in 2004 to form NBC Universal.

Focus' most successful release to date was Brokeback Mountain (2005), which earned more than $85,000,000 at the boxoffice [1].

Focus Features 65 Bleecker St., 2nd Fl. New York, NY 10012

CEO: James Schamus

CO-President: Rogue Pictures Andrew Karpen

SVP European Production: Teresa Moneo

Contents 1 Partial list of films 1.1 USA Films releases 1.1.1 1999 1.1.2 2000 1.1.3 2001 1.2 Focus Features releases 1.2.1 2002 1.2.2 2003 1.2.3 2004 1.2.4 2005 1.2.5 2006 1.2.6 2007 1.2.7 2008 2 See also 3 Website

[edit] Partial list of films

[edit] USA Films releases

[edit] 1999

• I Want You June 4, 1999 /regional release (With Rachael Weisz)

• Autumn Tale July 9, 1999

• The Muse Aug 27th 1999

• Black Cat, White Cat Sept 10th 1999

• Sugar Town Sept 17th 1999

• Lucie Aubrac Sept 17th 1999

• Plunkett & Macleane Oct 1st 1999

• Rosetta Nov. 5th 1999 - Winner of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival

• Ride With the Devil Nov. 24th 1999

• Agnes Browne Dec. 3rd 1999 *-1 week awards-qualifying run, NY & LA only

• Topsy-Turvy Dec 15th 1999

• Being John Malkovich Oct 29th 1999**
  • 3 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Supporting Actress'

[edit] 2000

• Rear Window Jan 21st 2000 (remake of 1954 film with Christopher Reeve)

• Pitch Black Feb 18th 2000

• Condo Painting March 10, 2000

• Waking The Dead March 24, 2000

• Joe Gould's Secret April 7, 2000

• Where The Money Is April 14, 2000

• The Idiots April 28, 2000

• Up At The Villa May 5th 2000

• Boricua's Bond June 21st 2000

• Blood Simple (re-release July 7th 2000

• Alice and Martin July 21st 2000

• Wonderland July 28th 2000 (not the Val Kilmer film)

• Mad about Mombo Aug 4th 2000

• Nurse Betty Sept 8th 2000

• A Room for Romeo Brass Oct 27th 2000

• Traffic Dec 27th 2000
  • 4 Academy Awards - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Supporting Actor'
  • 5 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture'

[edit] 2001

• In The Mood For Love [Fa yeung nin wa] Feb. 2, 2001

• Series 7 March 2, 2001

• One Night At McCool's April 27, 2001

• Bloody Angels May 25, 2001 (regional release only)

• What Ever Happened To Harold Smith? June 15, 2001 regional release only)

• Pandaemonium June 29, 2001

• Wet Hot American Summer July 27, 2001

• Session 9 Aug. 10, 2001

• Maybe Baby Aug. 24, 2001

• The Man Who Wasn't There Oct. 31, 2001
  • 1 Academy Award nomination - 'Best Cinematography'
• Gosford Park Dec 26th 2001 in LA and NY **
  • 1 Academy Award - 'Best Original Screenplay'
  • 7 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director'

[edit] Focus Features releases

[edit] 2002

• Gosford Park January 11, 2002
  • nationwide release following limited initial release on December 26, 2001

• Monsoon Wedding February 22, 2002 2002 cont. (Focus Features releases from this point on)

• Never Again July 12, 2002

• The Kid Stays In The Picture July 26, 2002

• Possession August 16, 2002

• 8 Women September 20, 2002

• Far From Heaven November 8, 2002
  • 4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Leading Actress' and 'Best Original Screenplay'
• Long Time Dead December 6, 2002 regional release only)

• The Guys December 13, 2002 /1-week awards-qualifying run, LA only)

• The Pianist December 27, 2002 (NY/LA only)
  • 3 Academy Awards - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Leading Actor'
  • 7 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director'

[edit] 2003

• The Pianist January 3 and 10, 2003
  • expansion following limited initial release on December 27, 2002
• Deliver Us From Eva February 7, 2003

• The Guys April 4, 2003** = regular release following awards-qualifying run in 2002

• The Shape Of Things May 9, 2003

• My Little Eye June 6, 2003 (regional release only)

• Swimming Pool July 2, 2003

• ALI G. INDAHOUSE September 5, 2003 (regional release only)

• Lost In Translation September 12, 2003
  • 1 Academy Award - 'Best Original Screenplay'
  • 4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Director'
• Scarface (20th anniversary reissue) September 19, 2003

• Sylvia October 17, 2003

• 21 Grams November 21, 2003
  • 2 Academy Award nominations - 'Best Leading Actress' and 'Best Supporting Actor'

[edit] 2004

• Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind March 19, 2004
  • 1 Academy Award - 'Best Original Screenplay'
  • 2 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Leading Actress'
• Ned Kelly March 26, 2004

• The Door in the Floor July 14, 2004

• Vanity Fair September 1, 2004

• Shaun of the Dead September 24, 2004 Rogue Pictures

• The Motorcycle Diaries [Diarios de motocicleta] September 24, 2004
  • 1 Academy Award - 'Best Original Song'
  • 2 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Adapted Screenplay'
• Seed of Chucky November 12, 2004 Rogue Pictures

[edit] 2005

• The Return of the Pink Panther (2005 DVD release of 1975 film, as some rights were inherited from ITC Entertainment)

• Assault on Precinct 13 January 19, 2005 Rogue Pictures

• Rory O'Shea Was Here February 4, 2005

• Unleashed May 13, 2005 Rogue Pictures

• My Summer of Love June 17, 2005

• Broken Flowers August 5, 2005

• The Constant Gardener August 31, 2005
  • 1 Academy Award - 'Best Supporting Actress'
  • 4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Adapted Screenplay' and 'Best Original Score'

• Cry Wolf September 16, 2005 Rogue Pictures

• Carlito's Way: RISE TO POWER September 30, 2005 *Rogue Pictures

• Pride and Prejudice November 11, 2005
  • 4 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Leading Actress' and 'Best Original Score'
• The Ice Harvest November 23, 2005

• Brokeback Mountain December 9, 2005
  • 3 Academy Awards - including 'Best Director' and 'Best Adapted Screenplay'
  • 8 Academy Award nominations - including 'Best Picture' and 'Best Leading Actor'
• The Big Lebowski Mid 2005 (A DVD Re-release of the original in a Collector's Edition)

[edit] 2006

• Something New February 3, 2006

• Dave Chappelle's Block Party March 3, 2006 Rogue Pictures

• Brick March 31, 2006

• On a Clear Day April 7, 2006

• Waist Deep June 23, 2006 Rogue Pictures

• Scoop July 28, 2006

• Hollywoodland September 8, 2006

• The Ground Truth September 15, 2006

• Jet Li's Fearless September 22, 2006 Rogue Pictures

• Catch a Fire October 27, 2006

• The Return November 10, 2006 Rogue Pictures

[edit] 2007

• The Hitcher January 19, 2007 Rogue Pictures

• Hot Fuzz April 20, 2007 (U.S. Release) Rogue Pictures

• Evening June 15, 2007

• The Strangers July 13, 2007 Rogue Pictures

• Talk to Me July 20, 2007

• Atonement August 31, 2007

• Balls of Fury September 14, 2007 Rogue Pictures

• Eastern Promises September 14, 2007

• Lust, Caution September 27, 2007

• Reservation Road November 9, 2007

[edit] 2008

• Coraline
• Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

[edit] See also

• Rogue Pictures

[edit] Website

• Focus Features