New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the ten major Hollywood movie studios. It is a subsidiary of Time Warner. The current co-chairmen and co-CEOs are founder Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne.

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1967 - One of the ten major - Hollywood - Movie studio - Subsidiary - Time Warner - Chairmen - CEO - Robert Shaye - Michael Lynne

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New Line Cinema operates several divisions, including theatrical distribution, marketing, home video, and a unit specializing in independent film called Fineline Features.

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Theatrical distribution - Marketing - Home video - Independent film - Fineline Features

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Unlike other independent studios such as Orion Pictures, Carolco Pictures, or Cannon Films, New Line Cinema has grown and prospered to become one of Hollywood's major film studios, culuminating in the hit Lord of the Rings film trilogy that brought added prestige to the studio. Prior to this, New Line was responsible for the cult classic Dark City, the hit Austin Powers films, and the fantasy Pleasantville, among others. One of the company's early successes was its distribution of the parodic 1936 anti-pot propaganda film Reefer Madness, which became a cult hit on American collegge campuses in the early 1970s.

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Orion Pictures - Carolco Pictures - Cannon Films - Lord of the Rings - Dark City - Austin Powers - Pleasantville - Reefer Madness

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