New World Pictures
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New World Pictures was an American independent film and television production and distribution company founded in 1970 as New World Pictures, Ltd. by filmmaker Roger Corman and his brother Gene Corman. Following in the footsteps of genre film exploitation left by American International Pictures, with whom the Cormans previously had a working relationship with, the company produced and distributed several kaiju films until its dissolution in 1997, including a heavily edited version of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind released to North American theaters on June 14, 1985 entitled Warriors of the Wind,[1] and a heavily edited version of The Return of Godzilla released to North American theaters on August 23 of the same year entitled Godzilla 1985. In 1988, the company licensed older Godzilla titles Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla for release on home video through its New World Video imprint, the first time that either film had been released in the U.S. uncut. In the early 1990s, New World licensed its catalog to Starmaker Entertainment, which reissued budget versions of its New World Video releases. Starmaker's successor, Anchor Bay, retained much of the New World catalog and would continue to release titles on home video into the early 2000s.[2]
Selected filmography
- Tidal Wave (1975) - Production company / distributor[3][2]
- Warriors of the Wind (1985) - Distributor[4]
- Bambi Meets Godzilla (1969) - Distributor (1985)[2]
- Godzilla 1985 (1985) - Production company / distributor[2]
- Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) - Distributor (1988, New World Video)[2]
- Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) - Distributor (1988, New World Video)[2]
Gallery
New World Pictures logo, ca. 1980
New World Pictures logo, ca. 1984
New World Video logo, ca. 1985
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