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About Rocky Mountain Pictures: Specializing in the independent motion picture industry, Rocky Mountain Pictures provides full-service theatrical film distribution including strategic marketing development. principal partners Ron Rodgers and Randy Slaughter each have more than 35 years of theatrical distribution and marketing experience, having previously served in executive positions with some of the largest and most profitable independent production and distribution companies in the U.S. www.rockymtnpictures.com
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Notorious for its iron-fisted business methods, the Motion Picture Patent Company (MPPC) attempted to gain complete control of the United States movie-making industry in the early 1900s. Ultimately unsuccessful, the company instead contributed to the rise of independent film producers and the establishment of Hollywood, Calif., as the nation's film capital.
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The Walt Disney Company is one of the nation’s largest motion picture distribution companies, operating with an income of $6.8 billion, a 5% increase from the previous year. It was founded by Walt Disney in the late 1920’s. Throughout the decades, this company has expanded from its initial offererings of cartoon animations to major motion pictures, television, musical theater, themeparks, and vacation resorts. The past few years have been rather successful for Disney carrying such blockbusters as Aladdin, Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Tarzan, The Horse Whisperers, MAFIA, Ransom, 101 Dalmations, Con Air, and George of the Jungle most of which topped $100 million at the box office.Miramax, another one of the nation’s largest distribution companies is currently owned by Disney.
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PORTLAND, Ore., June 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Rentrak Corporation RENT today announced that its Rentrak Theatrical unit is now collecting real time box office sales data from theatre locations in Hong Kong and India, a motion picture industry first. Concurrently, the company announced the appointment of Steve Perrin, Ph.D., as Rentrak Theatrical's new Senior Vice President, International.
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Development of a motion picture begins when a company or individual purchases a literary property, usually a screenplay or a book. Once financed, through studio, equity or other financing, the project will move into pre-production, which involves engaging the creative personnel, finalizing the shooting schedule and the budget. Principal photography consists of the actual filming of the motion picture. After principal photography begins post-production, during which opticals, music and sound effects are added, and music soundtracks and picture are synchronized to produce the negative from which release prints are struck. Also during post-production, materials are created directly relating to the distribution of the motion picture, e.g., trailers for television and theatrical exhibition and advertising campaigns.
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In 2002, there were about 360,000 wage and salary jobs in the motion picture and video industries. Most of the workers were in motion picture and video production. They are involved in casting, acting, directing, editing, film processing, motion picture and videotape reproduction, and equipment and wardrobe rental. Although seven major studios produce most of the motion pictures released in the United States, many small companies are used as contractors throughout the process. Most motion picture and distribution establishments employ fewer than 10 workers (chart 1).
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