Silver Screen Partners

Silver Screen Partners refers to four limited partnerships organized as an alternative funding source for movies. The managing general partner for the partnerships was Silver Screen Management, Inc.
Former U.S. President George W. Bush was a member of Silver Screen Management, Inc.'s Board of Directors from 1983 to 1993. This became a part of the campaign issue over Hollywood's "pervasiveness of violence", centered around Silver Screen Management Board's approval of the highly violent horror-suspense film The Hitcher, when Bush ran for president in 2000.
==History==
The original Silver Screen Partners, L.P. was organized by Roland W. Betts, New York film investment broker, to fund movies for HBO in 1982. HBO made a 50% guarantee on their investment for exclusive cable rights. Another 40% was guaranteed by Thorn EMI, a British firm, for foreign distribution and foreign TV and videocassette markets. Additional income was lined up for domestic videocassette sales. HBO's film division was just starting out so film output was slow. In 1984, the first HBO/Silver Screen movie Flashpoint was released through Tri-Star Pictures as were all the HBO/Silver Screen films.
Organized in 1985, Silver Screen Partners II, LP financed films for The Walt Disney Company with $193 million. In January 1987, Silver Screen III began financing movies for Disney with $300 million raised, the largest amount raised for a film financing limited partnership by E.F. Hutton.
Silver Screen's fourth limited partnership was also set up to finance Disney's studios. On October 23, 1990, The Walt Disney Company formed Touchwood Pacific Partners I which would supplant the Silver Screen Partnership series as their movie studios' primary source of funding.
In 1991, Silver Screen Partners III along with the other production companies were sued for copyright infringement over Who Framed Roger Rabbit's "End Title" song.
==Structured==
The partnerships pay for the movie's production costs and share in the gross dollars in all markets from theater to television. Limited partners received their return before the production company can defray any of their expenses. This is preferred by investors as it guarantee some return if the film fails or has budget overrun and from the producer's overhead. Nor can profits from a single film be used to cover losses on other films, but this makes the partnership some what risky.
==List of notable Silver Screen Partners films==
Title 	Release Date 	Co-Production with 	Budget 	Gross
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend 	March 22, 1985 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$14,972,297
Return to Oz 	June 21, 1985 	Walt Disney Pictures 	$25,000,000 	$11,137,801
The Black Cauldron 	July 24, 1985 	Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation	$25 million 	$21,288,692
My Science Project 	August 9, 1985 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$4,122,748
The Journey of Natty Gann 	September 27, 1985	Walt Disney Pictures 	N/A 	$9,708,373
One Magic Christmas 	November 22, 1985 	Walt Disney Pictures 	N/A 	$13,677,222
Down and Out in Beverly Hills 	January 31, 1986 	Touchstone Pictures 	$14 million 	$91,411,255
Off Beat 	April 11, 1986 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$4,117,061
Ruthless People 	June 27, 1986 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$71,233,101
The Great Mouse Detective 	July 2, 1986 	Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation	$14 million 	$38,625,550
Tough Guys 	October 3, 1986 	Touchstone Pictures 	$18 million 	$21,458,229
The Color of Money 	October 17, 1986 	Touchstone Pictures 	$13,800,000 	$76,728,982
Outrageous Fortune 	January 30, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	$25 million 	$65,864,741
Tin Men 	March 6, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	$11,000,000 	$25,411,386
Ernest Goes to Camp 	May 22, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	$3,000,000 	$23,509,382
Benji the Hunted 	June 17, 1987 	Walt Disney Pictures 	 	$22,257,624
Adventures in Babysitting 	July 1, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	$7 million 	$34,368,475
Stakeout 	August 5, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	$28,215,000 	$65,673,233
Can't Buy Me Love 	August 14, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$31,623,833
Hello Again 	November 6, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$20,419,446
Three Men and a Baby 	November 25, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	$15 million 	$167,780,960
Good Morning, Vietnam 	December 23, 1987 	Touchstone Pictures 	$13 million 	$123,922,370
Shoot to Kill 	February 12, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$29,300,090
D.O.A. 	March 18, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	$29 million 	$12,706,478
Return to Snowy River 	April 15, 1988 	Walt Disney Pictures 	 	$13,687,027
Big Business 	June 10, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	$20 million 	$40,150,487
Who Framed Roger Rabbit 	June 22, 1988 	Amblin Entertainment and Walt Disney Feature Animation	$70 million 	$329,803,958
Cocktail 	July 29, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	$20 million 	$171,504,781
The Rescue 	August 5, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$5,855,392
Heartbreak Hotel 	September 30, 1988	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$5,509,417
The Good Mother 	November 4, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	$32 million 	$4,764,606
Ernest Saves Christmas 	November 11, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	$6,000,000 (estimate)	$28,202,109
Oliver & Company 	November 18, 1988 	Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation	 	$74,151,346
Beaches 	December 21, 1988 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$57,041,866
Three Fugitives 	January 27, 1989 	Touchstone Pictures 	$15 million 	$40,586,886
Disorganized Crime 	April 14, 1989 	Touchstone Pictures 	$20 million 	$7,724,000
Dead Poets Society 	June 9, 1989 	Touchstone Pictures 	$16.4 million 	$235,860,116
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids 	June 23, 1989 	Walt Disney Pictures 	 	$222,724,172
Turner & Hooch 	July 28, 1989 	Touchstone Pictures 	$21 million 	$71,079,915
Cheetah 	August 18, 1989 	Walt Disney Pictures 	$5 million 	$8,153,677
An Innocent Man 	October 6, 1989 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$20,047,604
Gross Anatomy 	October 20, 1989 	Touchstone Pictures 	$25 million 	$11,604,598
The Little Mermaid 	November 17, 1989 	Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation	$40 million 	$211,343,479
Blaze 	December 13, 1989 	Touchstone Pictures 	$18 million 	$19,131,246
Where the Heart Is 	February 23, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	$22 million 	$1,106,475
Pretty Woman 	March 23, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	$14 million 	$463,407,268
Ernest Goes to Jail 	April 6, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$25,029,569
Spaced Invaders 	April 27, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	$5 million 	$15,369,573
Fire Birds 	May 25, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	$22 million 	$14,760,451
Dick Tracy 	June 15, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	$46 million 	$162,738,726
Betsy's Wedding 	June 22, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	$26 million 	$19,740,070
Taking Care of Business 	August 17, 1990 	Hollywood Pictures 	$14 million 	$20,005,435
Mr. Destiny 	October 12, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	$20 million 	$15,379,253
The Rescuers Down Under 	November 16, 1990 	Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation	 	$27,931,461
Three Men and a Little Lady 	November 21, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$71,609,321
Green Card 	December 23, 1990 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$29,888,235
White Fang 	January 18, 1991 	Walt Disney Pictures 	$14 million 	$34,793,160
Run 	February 1, 1991 	Hollywood Pictures 	$16 million 	$4,409,328
Scenes from a Mall 	February 22, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	$3 million 	$9,563,393
The Marrying Man 	April 5, 1991 	Hollywood Pictures 	$26 million 	$12,454,768
Oscar 	April 26, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	$35 million 	$23,562,716
One Good Cop 	May 3, 1991 	Hollywood Pictures 	 	$11,276,846
What About Bob? 	May 17, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	$35 million 	$63,707,829
Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken 	May 24, 1991 	Walt Disney Pictures 	 	$7,294,835
The Rocketeer 	June 21, 1991 	Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures 	$42 million 	$62,000,000
The Doctor 	July 24, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	$24 million 	$38,120,905
V.I. Warshawski 	July 26, 1991 	Hollywood Pictures 	$24 million 	$11,128,309
True Identity 	August 23, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	$15 million 	$4,693,236
Paradise 	September 18, 1991	Touchstone Pictures 	$34 million 	$18,634,643
Deceived 	September 27, 1991	Touchstone Pictures 	$30 million 	$28,738,096
Ernest Scared Stupid 	October 11, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$14,143,280
Billy Bathgate 	November 1, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	$48,000,000 	$15,565,363
Beauty and the Beast 	November 22, 1991 	Walt Disney Pictures and Walt Disney Feature Animation	$25 million 	$418,460,691
Father of the Bride 	December 20, 1991 	Touchstone Pictures 	 	$89,325,780
Blame It on the Bellboy 	March 6, 1992 	Hollywood Pictures 	 	$3,104,545
Noises Off 	March 20, 1992 	Touchstone Pictures 	$19 million 	$2,280,148
Straight Talk 	April 3, 1992 	Hollywood Pictures 	 	$21,202,099
Newsies 	April 10, 1992 	Walt Disney Pictures 	$15 million 	$2,819,485
Passed Away 	April 24, 1992 	Hollywood Pictures 	 	$4,030,793
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid 	July 17, 1992 	Walt Disney Pictures 	$32 million 	$58,662,452
Captain Ron 	September 18, 1992	Touchstone Pictures 	$24 million 	$22,518,097
The Mighty Ducks 	October 2, 1992 	Walt Disney Pictures 	$10,000,000 	$50,752,337
Consenting Adults 	October 16, 1992 	Hollywood Pictures 	 	$21,591,800
The Distinguished Gentleman 	December 4, 1992 	Hollywood Pictures 	 	$46,666,502
Aspen Extreme 	January 22, 1993 	Hollywood Pictures 	$14 million 	$8,041,049
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey	February 3, 1993 	Walt Disney Pictures 	 	$41,833,324
A Far Off Place 	March 12, 1993 	Walt Disney Pictures 	 	$12,890,752
Born Yesterday 	March 26, 1993 	Hollywood Pictures 	$14 million 	$17,952,857
==External links==
*SEC Filings for Silver Screen Partners L. P.
*SEC Filings for Silver Screen Partners II L. P.
*SEC Filings for Silver Screen Partners III L. P.
*SEC Filings for Silver Screen Partners IV L. P.
*Silver Screen Partners at the Internet Movie Database
*Silver Screen Partners II at the Internet Movie Database
*Silver Screen Partners III at the Internet Movie Database
*Silver Screen Partners IV at the Internet Movie Database
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