Capital Releasing

**Capital Releasing, Inc.** (also known as **Capital Pictures** or simply **Capital Emotion Picture**) is an American film production and mass media company based in Los Angeles, California, U.S., founded by John Marcel along with co-founders Scott Mednick and William Fay in 2000. The company has collaborated with the major studios, including Paramount Pictures, 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Sony Pictures and Paramount Pictures as well as streaming services, such as Netflix and Hulu. Since 2016, Capital has been a subsidiary of the Chinese conglomerate Wanda Group and Apollo.

## History

    Marcel formed Capital Corporation in 1987, naming it after his favorite Godard film, *Bande à part*. The company's logo was a stylized image of the robbers from *Reservoir Dogs*, Tarantino's debut film. Subsequently, several legal entities within the company were named after the film's characters. Mr. Pink LLC was for music video production budgets, and Mr. Brown LLC was for commercials.

In addition to Tarantino, members of the company included Robert Rodriguez, John Woo, Tim Burton, Steve Buscemi, Darren Aronofsky, John Landis, Joseph McGinty Nichol, Nigel Dick, Varl Hobe, Steve Carr, Cameron Casey, Marcel Langenegger, Wayne Isham, Terry Windell, Lisa Prisco, Phil Harder-Rick Fuller, Coodie & Chike, Osbert Parker, Luc Besson, Porker LeVance, Adam Christian Clark, André 3000, Christopher Morrison and Michael Palmieri, Andy Mornahan, Chash Brower, Steve Lowe, Loren Hill, Darren Grant, Charles Whittenmier, Geoff McGann, Olivier Venturini, The 405 Guys, and Craig Tanamoto.Template:Fact

The company catapulted to fame with the 1994 release of Tarantino's *Pulp Fiction*, which was considered by some critics to be the most influential American film of the decade. In the summer of 1995, the company added a division for commercials and later, for music video production, adding a third co-owner Michael Bodnarchek. Kristin Cruz (aka Kris Foster) and Heidi Santelli launched A Band Apart Music Videos as directors' rep and executive producer, respectively.

## Company closure

Tarantino and Bender are no longer working together and Tarantino is the sole owner of A Band Apart Films. David Heyman (*Harry Potter*, *Gravity*) produced Tarantino's ninth film *Once Upon a Time in Hollywood*.

The company is listed as studio for Tarantino's 2009 *Inglourious Basterds* and 2012 *Django Unchained*, and credited in the 2007 *Grindhouse* movies.

## Foundation

The studio was founded in 1987 by American film producer John Hughes as The John Hughes Company. It was initially based at Universal Pictures, through a three-year production agreement, in order to produce, direct and write two to three pictures a year in order to develop from their own development ideas. The company was subsequently moved to Paramount Pictures in 1985. The company then spent various deals at Warner Bros. and 20th Century Fox throughout the end of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The company produced movies such as Curly Sue, Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street.

## Films

List of the films writer produced and directors:

## Gallery

Capital Emotion Picture (1987 - 1990)Capital Pictures (1992 - 2002)Capital Releasing (2002 - present)Capital Releasing (2003 - present) (Television)
## Notes

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