Palisades Tartan is a film distribution company with headquarters in both the United Kingdom and the United States. It was established by the Palisades Media Group following the collapse of Tartan Films in the summer of 2008. Palisades Tartan aims to acquire and distribute films from Tartan Films' library, ensuring that the titles remain accessible to viewers.[1]
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Tartan Films, established in 1984,[2] was a UK-based film distributor. Founder Hamish McAlpine is credited with creating the term "Asia Extreme" and making such films accessible to viewers. It also owned the US-based Tartan USA and Tartan Video. It has distributed East Asian films under the brand Tartan Asia Extreme. Between 1992 and 2003, Tartan Films operated under the name Metro-Tartan Distribution before reverting to Tartan Films. More recently, it has released similar films of other origins, under its Tartan Terror brand. These films include Battle Royale, the Whispering Corridors series, A Tale of Two Sisters, The Last Horror Movie and Oldboy.[3]
In June 2008, Tartan went into administration, laid off its employees, and ceased operations.[5] The US branch was shut a month earlier and its library of films was sold to the Palisades Media Group. Shortly after the sale, a representative of the Bryanston Distributing Company made a seven-figure cash offer to buy the company’s film library, but the offer was rejected by Palisades Media.
Releasesedit
Palisades Tartanedit
On September 28, 2008, the newly named Palisades Tartan label released its first UK DVD title (cat. no. PAL001DVD), the film P2, directed by Franck Khalfoun.[6] On January 7, 2009, Palisades Tartan released Silent Light in the United States theatrically; it was the first US theatrical release for the company.
Tartan Filmsedit
Prior to the take-over, Tartan had originally released all of its films, including its Asia Extreme and Tartan Terror labels on VHS. As DVD became more popular, the company chose to release solely on this format and deleted the VHS back catalogue. The Metro Tartan branch of the company dealt with theatrical distribution.
Referencesedit
^"Meet Dread Central's Horror Starlets at Dark Delicacies on September 30th! - Dread Central". www.dreadcentral.com. 21 September 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
^Geoffrey McNab "Death of a salesman", The Guardian 4 July 2009
^Interview with Tartan Video president Tony Borg, Ohmynews.com.
^. Screen Daily. Archived from the original on 2008-07-02. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
^"P2". 29 September 2008. Retrieved 14 August 2018 – via Amazon.
External linksedit
Palisades Tartan home page
United States home page
April 25, 2024
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