Legacy Releasing
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Company type | Independent |
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| Fate | Merged and consolidated into Warner Home Video |
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| Headquarters | California |
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| Parent | Warner Home Video |
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Legacy Releasing was an independent film distribution 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 Robert Wuhl's Open Season, were shown at the Cannes Film Festival the same year it was established.[1] Afterwards, it became a leader in independent distribution, releasing an average of 15 films per year.
Notable films from the company included Little Men, Wedding Bell Blues, The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain, Shiloh (and its sequel, Shiloh Season), and an animated version of Pippi Longstocking.
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.[2]
In 1999, Legacy went out of business, and was successfully merged and consolidated into Warner Home Video. Borde went on to become co-president of another company, the short-lived Independent Artists.[3] As of 2006, Legacy's official site (legacyfilms.com) no longer exists.
Borde is now the head of Freestyle Releasing.[4] Williams is now the CEO of Marble Arch Entertainment.[5]
Filmography
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cannes 96 - News". www.filmfestivals.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Legacy All Time Box Office Results". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
- ^ PDF biography of Borde, the company's founder
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Mark Borde | Freestyle Releasing". Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Management". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
