Entertainment Film Distributors


Entertainment Film Distributors is a British distributor of independent films in the UK and Ireland for various production companies, currently run by Nigel and Trevor Green.
Michael L. Green, their father, was a veteran producer/distributor involved in the film industry since the 1930s when he was a teenager. In 1972, he formed Variety the prolific film distributor. In 1978, Green closed Variety and with his two sons Nigel and Trevor formed Entertainment Film Distributors, and was one of the leading forces in UK distribution. Michael L. Green died on 17 June 2003 aged 84.
Their first big success was Teen Wolf starring Michael J. Fox. Entertainment also released films for Empire Pictures and New World Pictures.
Most notably, between 1990 and 2010, Entertainment distributed films made by New Line Cinema along with films from other independent production companies. One of the most notable series of films distributed to date is The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Beginning in 2008, Entertainment Film Distributors became The Weinstein Company's main United Kingdom distributor up until 2017, when the Harvey Weinstein scandal began. In 2010, distribution rights for New Line Cinema films in the UK and Ireland were folded into New Line's parent company Warner Bros. Entertainment Film Distributors have released many BAFTA- and Oscar-winning films including The Departed, Million Dollar Baby, Gosford Park, Brokeback Mountain and The Artist.

Film releases

List of films distributed include:
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  • The Road to Wellville
  • Immortal Beloved
  • Once Were Warriors
  • Fresh
  • Don Juan DeMarco
  • Death Machine
  • Haunted
  • In the Mouth of Madness
  • Friday
  • The City of Lost Children
  • Mortal Kombat
  • Living in Oblivion
  • The Scarlet Letter
  • Mad Dogs and Englishmen
1996:
  • Se7en
  • Leaving Las Vegas
  • Bed of Roses
  • Nixon
  • aka
  • Angus
  • Up Close and Personal
  • A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  • Kingpin
  • The Substitute
  • Theodore Rex
  • Last Man Standing
  • 2 Days in the Valley
  • The Fan
  • Evita
  • Space Truckers
  • The Island of Dr. Moreau
  • Twelfth Night
  • Hard Men
1997:
  • Shooting Fish
  • Seven Years in Tibet
  • Private Parts
  • Dangerous Ground
  • Donnie Brasco
  • Boogie Nights
  • An American Werewolf in Paris
  • Love Jones
  • Trial and Error
  • Preaching to the Perverted
  • Spawn
  • One Night Stand
  • Photographing Fairies
  • I Know What You Did Last Summer
  • Pink Flamingos
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  • Rush Hour
  • The Wedding Singer
  • Lost in Space
  • The Wisdom of Crocodiles
  • Desperate Measures
  • Up 'n' Under
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  • Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
  • Over Her Dead Body
  • Semi-Pro
  • The Reader
  • Pathology
  • Deception
  • Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay
  • Sex and the City
  • Journey to the Center of the Earth
  • Space Chimps
  • Elegy
  • Bangkok Dangerous
  • The Women
  • Appaloosa
  • City of Ember
  • The Mutant Chronicles
  • Pride and Glory
  • Zack and Miri Make a Porno
  • Four Christmases
  • Inkheart
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  • Beautiful Creatures
  • The Host
  • Scary Movie 5
  • The Butler
  • American Hustle
  • Romeo & Juliet
  • Escape from Planet Earth
  • Sunshine on Leith
  • The Harry Hill Movie
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