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Non-Tech : Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bwe who wrote (2)	12/31/1998 3:57:00 AM
From: Riverlightning	Respond to of 137

I have heard good things about this company also. they seem to have good talent and capital. Today ( I think) they are releasing "Affliction" starring Nick Nolte. He has already been nominated for awards for his performance. The movie has good prerelease reviews. If it turns out to be a hit, the stock price could go up considerably. So I bought some at 3 1/16. Roll em!

To: Bwe who wrote (2)	1/12/1999 6:03:00 PM
From: vagabond	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 137

Here's some additional info I've found... "The Hollywood Reporter" carried two articles concerning LGF in its "International Extra Edition" dated January 8-10, prompted by the fact that at three of the company's films have just received a total of 11 nominations for the "Independent Spirit Awards" -- which are major awards presented strictly for "independent" films. That's more nominations than were received by ANY other independent-film distributor -- the next-closest was "October Films" with eight, followed by "Miramax" and "Sony Classics" tied at seven nominations each. The winners will be announced at the awards-show on March 20-th (in Los Angeles). Most of the 11 nominations went to "Gods and Monsters" (which has also won several Golden-Globe nominations, and for which star Ian McKellan will probably also get an Oscar nomination), and "Affliction" (starring Nick Nolte, in another widely-praised performance). Both films got "Spirit" nominations for "Best Picture" and for the leading stars, along with a bunch of other categories (for supporting performers, and various other things including a best director-nod for Paul Schrader for "Affliction"), Unfortunately, the articles don't specify the title of the third LGF film that was among the "Spirit" nominees. "The Reporter" article says that until just over a year ago LGF was a little-known outfit called "Cinepix Film Properties." 1998 marked its first year as a full-fledged distributor in North America -- and the "Reporter" says the 11 Spirit nominations (along with lots ot critics' awards, Golden Globe nominations, and likely Oscar nominations) are a "major accomplishment" for a company in such an early stage of development. ALSO: copied below is a January 6-th company-PR that includes lots of other useful info about LGF's various projects and production-and-distribution deals with some American TV networks -- it makes for good reading, and includes a lot more "titles" from the impressive list of films the company has already released... Vagabond ================== Compahy Press Release SOURCE: Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. - Lions Gate movies to air on HBO Pay-TV giant has exclusive U.S. rights to Canadian company's slate of critically acclaimed films. TORONTO, Jan. 6 /CNW-PRN/ - LIONS GATE ENTERTAINMENT CORP. (AMEX/TSE:LGF) -- Lions Gate Films has concluded an output deal with Home Box Office (HBO) granting the network exclusive pay-television rights to its lineup for the next three years. The deal was negotiated by Jeff Sackman, President of Lions Gate Films Corp, who made the announcement today. Lions Gate Films is a division of Lions Gate Entertainment Corp (AMEX/TSE:LGF). Camilla Carpenter, Vice President of Film Programming at HBO, states, ''With the critical and commercial success of Affliction, Lions Gate has demonstrated an outstanding ability to identify and market high quality films. The Lions Gate output will be an important addition to the HBO and Cinemax schedules.'' Sackman adds, ''Guaranteeing that our product has the best possible outlet on the best pay-TV service in the US has always been a part of our plan. We're proud to be in business with HBO.'' The agreement will commence in 1999 with such acclaimed titles as Love and Death on Long Island, Mr. Jealousy and Buffalo '66 among the first to air. Current and upcoming Lions Gate releases that will also air on HBO include: the award-winning Affliction starring Nick Nolte, Sissy Spacek, James Coburn and Willem Dafoe; Metroland starring Oscar and Golden Globe nominee Emily Watson and Christian Bale; All The Little Animals with Bale and Oscar-nominee John Hurt, and one of Lions Gate's most recent acquisitions, The Red Violin, an international musical epic starring Samuel L. Jackson and Greta Scacchi. Foreign language titles from Lions Gate are also included in the agreement. Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. (AMEX/TSE:LGF) develops, produces, and distributes a wide range of film and television content throughout North America and around the world. Now playing in Canada and the US is the critically acclaimed Gods and Monsters, starring Ian McKellen and Brendan Fraser. Current television productions include Cupid (ABC), Rude Awakening (Showtime), and RedHanded (UPN). Lions Gate has offices in Los Angeles, New York City, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, and London, England. SOURCE: Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.