Founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein, Miramax was notorious for specifically creating
Oscar Bait Movies and releasing them one after the other in order to appear to be the studio that "gets the most Oscars." They followed up
The Crying Game,
Pulp Fiction,
The English Patient and
Shakespeare in Love with
Chocolat,
Chicago and
Cold Mountain. However, they also produce movies that are not considered
Oscar Bait, such as the
View Askewniverse. This is the very company that launched
Quentin Tarantino's career as a director, producing the above mentioned
Pulp Fiction as well as
Reservoir Dogs,
Kill Bill and
Jackie Brown. Its sister company was
Dimension Films, who have since joined
The Weinstein Company since 2005. Owned by
The Walt Disney Company from 1993 to 2010, it was then sold to
Ron Tutor and his company
Filmyard Holdings.
Is infamous for often cutting and/or delaying foreign films they bought the rights to, such as
Hero,
Gandahar, and
The Thief And The Cobbler.
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