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{{Short description|Defunct American film distribution company}}
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|fate = Bankruptcy
|fate = Bankruptcy
|successor = Library: Orange Holdings, LLC (excluding ''[[Spellbound (2002 film)|Spellbound]]'', owned by Zelus Film Holding Company, LLC)
|divisions = Velocity Home Entertainment
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'''ThinkFilm''' (stylized as '''TH!NKFilm''') was a U.S. film distribution company founded in September 2001. It had been a division of [[David Bergstein]]’s [[Capitol Films]] since 2006.
'''ThinkFilm''' (stylized as '''TH!NKFilm''') was an American film distribution company founded in September 2001. It had been a division of [[David Bergstein]]’s [[Capitol Films]] since 2006.


On October 5, 2010, five of Bergstein's companies in the film industry, Capitol Films, ThinkFilm, R2D2, CT-1 and Capco were forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy by a group of creditors led by the Aramid Entertainment film investment fund seeking payment for outstanding debts of $16 million.<ref>[http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/bergsteins-thinkfilm-capitol-films-declared-bankrupt-21507 The Wrap, October 06, 2010: ''Bergstein's ThinkFilm, Capitol Films Declared Bankrupt''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref>
On October 5, 2010, five of Bergstein's companies in the film industry, Capitol Films, ThinkFilm, R2D2, CT-1 and Capco were forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy by a group of creditors led by the Aramid Entertainment film investment fund seeking payment for outstanding debts of $16 million.<ref>[https://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/bergsteins-thinkfilm-capitol-films-declared-bankrupt-21507 The Wrap, October 06, 2010: ''Bergstein's ThinkFilm, Capitol Films Declared Bankrupt''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref>


This led to a Hollywood legal battle involving Bergstein, his financial partner, Ronald Tudor, the creditors and various lawyers and companies in the industry.<ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ron-tutor-david-bergstein-miramax-305399 The Hollywood Reporter, March 29, 2012: ''How Ron Tudor and David Bergstein's Friendship Went Sour''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/ronald-tutor-david-bergstein-lawsuit-298518 The Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2012: ''Judge: Ronald Tudor Can't Escape Lawsuit Against David Bergstein Companies''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/david-bergstein-sues-bankruptcy-trustee-397883 The Hollywood Reporter, December 4, 2012: ''David Bergstein Sues Bankruptcy Trustee for Trying to 'Destroy' Him''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[http://www.deadline.com/2012/09/film-financier-david-bergsteins-suit-against-law-firms-dismissed/ Deadline Hollywood, September 25, 2012: ''Film Financier David Bergstein’s Suit Against Law Firms Dismissed''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[http://www.deadline.com/2012/04/david-bergstein-sues-over-miramax-sale/#more-254323 Deadline Hollywood, April 9, 2012: ''David Bergstein Lawsuit Claims He Was Shoved Aside After Miramax Sale''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref>
This led to a Hollywood legal battle involving Bergstein, his financial partner, Ronald Tudor, the creditors and various lawyers and companies in the industry.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/ron-tutor-david-bergstein-miramax-305399 The Hollywood Reporter, March 29, 2012: ''How Ron Tudor and David Bergstein's Friendship Went Sour''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/ronald-tutor-david-bergstein-lawsuit-298518 The Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2012: ''Judge: Ronald Tudor Can't Escape Lawsuit Against David Bergstein Companies''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/david-bergstein-sues-bankruptcy-trustee-397883 The Hollywood Reporter, December 4, 2012: ''David Bergstein Sues Bankruptcy Trustee for Trying to 'Destroy' Him''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[https://www.deadline.com/2012/09/film-financier-david-bergsteins-suit-against-law-firms-dismissed/ Deadline Hollywood, September 25, 2012: ''Film Financier David Bergstein’s Suit Against Law Firms Dismissed''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref><ref>[https://www.deadline.com/2012/04/david-bergstein-sues-over-miramax-sale/#more-254323 Deadline Hollywood, April 9, 2012: ''David Bergstein Lawsuit Claims He Was Shoved Aside After Miramax Sale''] Retrieved 2013-02-27</ref>


==Films distributed==
==Films distributed==
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!Title
!Title
!Release date
!Release date
|-
|''[[Time Out (2001 film)|Time Out]]''
|March 29, 2002
|-
|''[[World Traveler]]''
|April 19, 2002
|-
|''[[The Mystic Masseur]]''
|May 3, 2002
|-
|''[[The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys]]''
|June 14, 2002
|-
|''[[The Last Kiss (2001 film)|The Last Kiss]]''
|August 16, 2002
|-
|''[[Love in the Time of Money]]''
|November 1, 2002
|-
| ''[[Gerry (2002 film)|Gerry]]''
|February 14, 2003
|-
|''[[Spellbound (2002 film)|Spellbound]]''
|April 30, 2003
|-
|''[[Overnight (2003 film)|Overnight]]''
|June 12, 2003
|-
|''[[The Heart of Me (film)|The Heart of Me]]''
|June 26, 2003
|-
|''[[Julius Caesar (miniseries)|Julius Caesar]]''
|June 29, 2003
|-
|''[[Teknolust]]''
|August 22, 2003
|-
|''[[The Gospel of John (2003 film)|The Gospel of John]]''
|September 26, 2003
|-
|''[[The Event (2003 film)|The Event]]''
|October 3, 2003
|-
|''[[Bus 174]]''
|October 8, 2003
|-
|''[[Love, Sex and Eating the Bones]]''
|March 5, 2004
|-
|''[[Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself]]''
|March 12, 2004
|-
|''[[The Agronomist]]''
|April 23, 2004
|-
|''[[Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie]]''
|May 7, 2004
|-
|''[[The Story of the Weeping Camel]]''
|June 4, 2004
|-
|''[[Festival Express]]''
|July 23, 2004
|-
|''[[Bright Young Things (film)|Bright Young Things]]''
|August 20, 2004
|-
|''[[Going Upriver|Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry]]''
|October 1, 2004
|-
|''[[Primer (film)|Primer]]''
|October 8, 2004
|-
|''[[Born into Brothels]]''
|December 8, 2004
|-
|''[[The Assassination of Richard Nixon]]''
|December 29, 2004
|-
|''[[Mondovino]]''
|March 23, 2005
|-
|''[[Dallas 362]]''
|April 10, 2005
|-
|''Tell Them Who You Are''
|May 13, 2005
|-
|''[[Genesis (2004 film)|Genesis]]''
| rowspan="2" |May 27, 2005
|-
|''[[Kontroll]]''
|-
|''[[5x2]]''
|June 10, 2005
|-
|''The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman''
|June 24, 2005
|-
|''[[Murderball (film)|Murderball]]''
|July 22, 2005
|-
|''[[The Aristocrats (film)|The Aristocrats]]''
|August 12, 2005
|-
|''[[The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till]]''
|August 17, 2005
|-
|''[[Where the Truth Lies]]''
|October 2, 2005
|-
|''[[Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family]]''
|October 19, 2005
|-
|''[[Protocols of Zion (film)|Protocols of Zion]]''
|October 21, 2005
|-
|''[[I Love Your Work]]''
|November 4, 2005
|-
|''[[Lie with Me (2005 film)|Lie with Me]]''
|November 11, 2005
|-
|''[[The Boys of Baraka]]''
|November 30, 2005
|-
|''[[Fateless (film)|Fateless]]''
|January 6, 2006
|-
|''[[The Zodiac (film)|The Zodiac]]''
| rowspan="2" |March 17, 2006
|-
|''The Big Question''
|-
|''[[When Do We Eat? (2005 film)|When Do We Eat?]]''
| rowspan="2" |April 7, 2006
|-
|''[[95 Miles to Go]]''
|-
|''[[Down in the Valley (film)|Down in the Valley]]''
| rowspan="2" |May 5, 2006
|-
|''[[The King (2005 film)|The King]]''
|-
|''[[Loverboy (2005 film)|Loverboy]]''
|June 16, 2006
|-
|''[[Strangers with Candy (film)|Strangers with Candy]]''
|June 28, 2006
|-
|''[[I Like Killing Flies]]''
|July 28, 2006
|-
|''[[10th & Wolf]]''
|August 18, 2006
|-
|''[[Looking for Kitty]]''
|September 1, 2006
|-
|''[[Half Nelson (film)|Half Nelson]]''
|September 22, 2006
|-
|''[[Keeping Mum]]''
|October 6, 2006
|-
|''[[Shortbus]]''
|October 20, 2006
|-
|-
|''[[Tideland (film)|Tideland]]''
|''[[Tideland (film)|Tideland]]''
|October 27, 2006
|October 27, 2006
|-
|-
|''[[10 Items or Less]]''
|''[[Fuck (2005 film)|Fuck]]''
|November 10, 2006
|-
|''[[Candy (2006 film)|Candy]]''
|November 17, 2006
|-
|''[[10 Items or Less (film)|10 Items or Less]]''
|December 1, 2006
|December 1, 2006
|-
|''[[Off the Black]]''
|December 8, 2006
|-
|''[[Funny Money (2006 film)|Funny Money]]''
|January 26, 2007
|-
|''[[Poor Boy's Game]]''
|February 11, 2007
|-
|''[[Glastonbury (film)|Glastonbury]]''
|February 23, 2007
|-
|''Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary''
|March 2, 2007
|-
|''[[The Killing Floor (2007 film)|The Killing Floor]]''
|March 14, 2007
|-
|''[[Live Free or Die (2006 film)|Life Free or Die]]''
|March 30, 2007
|-
|''[[The TV Set]]''
|April 6, 2007
|-
|''[[Zoo (2007 film)|Zoo]]''
|April 25, 2007
|-
|''[[Avenue Montaigne (film)|Avenue Montaigne]]''
| rowspan="2" |April 27, 2007
|-
|''[[The Dog Problem]]''
|-
|''[[The Wendell Baker Story]]''
|May 18, 2007
|-
|''The Trails of Darryl Hunt''
|June 15, 2007
|-
|''[[The Ten (film)|The Ten]]''
|August 3, 2007
|-
|''[[The Hottest State]]''
|August 24, 2007
|-
|''[[Self Medicated]]''
|August 31, 2007
|-
|''[[In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)|In the Shadow of the Moon]]''
|September 7, 2007
|-
|''[[Lake of Fire (film)|Lake of Fir']]''
|October 3, 2007
|-
|''[[Before the Devil Knows You're Dead]]''
|October 26, 2007
|-
|''[[War/Dance]]''
|November 9, 2007
|-
|''[[The Walker]]''
|December 7, 2007
|-
|''[[Nanking (2007 film)|Nanking]]''
|December 12, 2007
|-
|-
|''[[Taxi to the Dark Side]]''
|''[[Taxi to the Dark Side]]''
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|''[[The Air I Breathe]]''
|''[[The Air I Breathe]]''
|January 25, 2008
|January 25, 2008
|-
|''[[Alpha Male (film)|Alpha Male]]''
|March 18, 2008
|-
|-
|''[[My Brother Is an Only Child]]''
|''[[My Brother Is an Only Child]]''
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|April 25, 2008
|April 25, 2008
|-
|-
|[[The Tracey Fragments (film)|''The Tracey Fragments'']]
|''[[The Tracey Fragments (film)|The Tracey Fragments]]''
| rowspan="2" |May 9, 2008
| rowspan="2" |May 9, 2008
|-
|-
|[[Noise (2007 American film)|''Noise'']]
|''[[Noise (2007 American film)|Noise]]''
|-
|-
|[[Stuck (2007 film)|''Stuck'']]
|[[Stuck (2007 film)|''Stuck'']]
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|July 11, 2008
|July 11, 2008
|-
|-
|''[[Young People Fucking]]''
|[[Good (film)|''Good'']]
|August 29, 2008
|-
|''[[Good (film)|Good]]''
|December 31, 2008
|December 31, 2008
|-
|-
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|''[[Phoebe in Wonderland]]''
|''[[Phoebe in Wonderland]]''
|March 6, 2009
|March 6, 2009
|-
|''[[Five Dollars a Day]]''
|April 24, 2009
|}
|}


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{{Reflist|2}}


{{Authority control}}
==External links==
*{{imdb company|0209877}}


[[Category:Film distributors of the United States]]
[[Category:Film distributors of the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct media companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Defunct mass media companies of the United States]]
[[Category:Companies established in 2001]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 2001]]
[[Category:Companies disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2010]]
[[Category:Companies that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2010]]

Latest revision as of 03:00, 7 April 2024

ThinkFilm
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryMotion pictures
FoundedSeptember 2001
DefunctOctober 5, 2010
FateBankruptcy
SuccessorLibrary: Orange Holdings, LLC (excluding Spellbound, owned by Zelus Film Holding Company, LLC)
Headquarters
New York City, New York
,
U.S.
ParentCapitol Films
DivisionsVelocity Home Entertainment

ThinkFilm (stylized as TH!NKFilm) was an American film distribution company founded in September 2001. It had been a division of David Bergstein’s Capitol Films since 2006.

On October 5, 2010, five of Bergstein's companies in the film industry, Capitol Films, ThinkFilm, R2D2, CT-1 and Capco were forced into Chapter 11 bankruptcy by a group of creditors led by the Aramid Entertainment film investment fund seeking payment for outstanding debts of $16 million.[1]

This led to a Hollywood legal battle involving Bergstein, his financial partner, Ronald Tudor, the creditors and various lawyers and companies in the industry.[2][3][4][5][6]

Films distributed[edit]

Title Release date
Time Out March 29, 2002
World Traveler April 19, 2002
The Mystic Masseur May 3, 2002
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys June 14, 2002
The Last Kiss August 16, 2002
Love in the Time of Money November 1, 2002
Gerry February 14, 2003
Spellbound April 30, 2003
Overnight June 12, 2003
The Heart of Me June 26, 2003
Julius Caesar June 29, 2003
Teknolust August 22, 2003
The Gospel of John September 26, 2003
The Event October 3, 2003
Bus 174 October 8, 2003
Love, Sex and Eating the Bones March 5, 2004
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself March 12, 2004
The Agronomist April 23, 2004
Still, We Believe: The Boston Red Sox Movie May 7, 2004
The Story of the Weeping Camel June 4, 2004
Festival Express July 23, 2004
Bright Young Things August 20, 2004
Going Upriver: The Long War of John Kerry October 1, 2004
Primer October 8, 2004
Born into Brothels December 8, 2004
The Assassination of Richard Nixon December 29, 2004
Mondovino March 23, 2005
Dallas 362 April 10, 2005
Tell Them Who You Are May 13, 2005
Genesis May 27, 2005
Kontroll
5x2 June 10, 2005
The Last Mogul: The Life and Times of Lew Wasserman June 24, 2005
Murderball July 22, 2005
The Aristocrats August 12, 2005
The Untold Story of Emmett Louis Till August 17, 2005
Where the Truth Lies October 2, 2005
Three of Hearts: A Postmodern Family October 19, 2005
Protocols of Zion October 21, 2005
I Love Your Work November 4, 2005
Lie with Me November 11, 2005
The Boys of Baraka November 30, 2005
Fateless January 6, 2006
The Zodiac March 17, 2006
The Big Question
When Do We Eat? April 7, 2006
95 Miles to Go
Down in the Valley May 5, 2006
The King
Loverboy June 16, 2006
Strangers with Candy June 28, 2006
I Like Killing Flies July 28, 2006
10th & Wolf August 18, 2006
Looking for Kitty September 1, 2006
Half Nelson September 22, 2006
Keeping Mum October 6, 2006
Shortbus October 20, 2006
Tideland October 27, 2006
Fuck November 10, 2006
Candy November 17, 2006
10 Items or Less December 1, 2006
Off the Black December 8, 2006
Funny Money January 26, 2007
Poor Boy's Game February 11, 2007
Glastonbury February 23, 2007
Gangsta Rap: The Glockumentary March 2, 2007
The Killing Floor March 14, 2007
Life Free or Die March 30, 2007
The TV Set April 6, 2007
Zoo April 25, 2007
Avenue Montaigne April 27, 2007
The Dog Problem
The Wendell Baker Story May 18, 2007
The Trails of Darryl Hunt June 15, 2007
The Ten August 3, 2007
The Hottest State August 24, 2007
Self Medicated August 31, 2007
In the Shadow of the Moon September 7, 2007
Lake of Fir' October 3, 2007
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead October 26, 2007
War/Dance November 9, 2007
The Walker December 7, 2007
Nanking December 12, 2007
Taxi to the Dark Side January 18, 2008
The Air I Breathe January 25, 2008
Alpha Male March 18, 2008
My Brother Is an Only Child March 28, 2008
Then She Found Me April 25, 2008
The Tracey Fragments May 9, 2008
Noise
Stuck May 30, 2008
Encounters at the End of the World June 11, 2008
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired July 11, 2008
Young People Fucking August 29, 2008
Good December 31, 2008
Incendiary February 6, 2009
Phoebe in Wonderland March 6, 2009
Five Dollars a Day April 24, 2009

References[edit]

  1. ^ The Wrap, October 06, 2010: Bergstein's ThinkFilm, Capitol Films Declared Bankrupt Retrieved 2013-02-27
  2. ^ The Hollywood Reporter, March 29, 2012: How Ron Tudor and David Bergstein's Friendship Went Sour Retrieved 2013-02-27
  3. ^ The Hollywood Reporter, March 12, 2012: Judge: Ronald Tudor Can't Escape Lawsuit Against David Bergstein Companies Retrieved 2013-02-27
  4. ^ The Hollywood Reporter, December 4, 2012: David Bergstein Sues Bankruptcy Trustee for Trying to 'Destroy' Him Retrieved 2013-02-27
  5. ^ Deadline Hollywood, September 25, 2012: Film Financier David Bergstein’s Suit Against Law Firms Dismissed Retrieved 2013-02-27
  6. ^ Deadline Hollywood, April 9, 2012: David Bergstein Lawsuit Claims He Was Shoved Aside After Miramax Sale Retrieved 2013-02-27
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