Manhattan Pictures

Manhattan Pictures Corporation or Manhattan Distribution is a mini-major film distribution company, distributing films to it's success. it is one of the former Mini-Major Studios of all time.

Manhattan was in in-name only under the name DreamWorks Libraries SKG.

History
it was formed in 1975 by Liza Minnelli and Steven Spielberg. in 1982, Manhattan purchased Calvin Company and released all 500 titles Lippert produced on VHS and Laserdisc. after the success on the acquisition of Calvin, Manhattan purchased Cannon's pre-1982 library in May 1983.

in 1984, Manhattan purchased the 300 films in the library of Flying A Productions and American distribution rights to the Shaw Brothers library.

after The Earth, among with other films, succeeded at the box office, Manhattan announced the sequels in 1986. in 1987, Manhattan established its Home Video Arm.

in 1990, Manhattan made a international (non USA and Canada) deal with United International Pictures to distribute Manhattan's films Internationally. in 1994, Manhattan formed a new american distribution arm called Manhattan Distribution following the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

in 1998, Manhattan sold ITC to Polygram and HBO to Time Warner after the 1998 Bank of America robbery, but Manhattan retained all ITC film library and HBO continues to make a deal with Manhattan until December 31, 2000.

after the September 11 Attack in 2001, it was purchased and shut down by DreamWorks Pictures. in 2005 when Viacom purchased DreamWorks, the library were sent to Universal Studios. eleven years later in 2016, the library were bring to Amblin Partners with DreamWork's return of the Manhattan library. in 2022, the Hartnett Organisation bought the Manhattan Pictures Library.

Logo
Manhattan Pictures was known to use the pre-9/11 World Trade Center logo for films. in 1986, the logo was changed, the Twin Towers turned grey, the sky turned all light and the Blue building (on toe bottom right) is added. in 1990, the logo was changed again, with the Clouds being added and the sky being more lighter and the Brookfield Place (formerly World Financial Center; on the Bottom left) is added.

Calvin/Libbert/Regal films has the Alternate logo, which features the Darker sky with more clouds and the towers were gold instead of silver.

after the Twin Towers collapsed in 2001, the logo disappeared. in 2002, the idea about constructing the Trump Twin Towers, but are cancelled for the reason.

Facility
in 1976, the company established it's studio facility in NYC were Manhattan's movies were filmed at the Astoria Studios (now Lionsgate NYC). after The Earth, among with other films, succeeded at the box office, Manhattan moved to the Silvercup Studios in 1987.

after the September 11 attacks, the company was sold to DreamWorks SKG. unlike RKO, UA, and the Original Columbia Pictures, Manhattan no longer had a studio. DreamWorks owned the Silvercup Studios in NYC until the sale to The Walt Disney Company in 2003.

Library
unlike Warner Bros., Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and StudioCanal, Manhattan's future parent company DreamWorks SKG has owned Manhattan's own films as well as it's entire Library.


 * Calvin Company
 * Boxoffice International Pictures
 * Associated Producers Incorporated
 * Regal Pictures
 * Lippert Pictures
 * Flying A Productions
 * John Ford films
 * Hammer Films (US rights only)
 * Eagle-Lion Films
 * King Brothers Productions
 * Cannon Pictures (pre-December 31, 1982 films only)
 * Compass International Pictures
 * Larry Darmour Productions
 * Shaw Brothers Studio (US Rights only)
 * pre-2000 HBO films
 * the ITC Entertainment library (except for the first two Muppet Movies, ITC Films distributed by Embassy Pictures and TriStar Pictures, and The Last Unicorn)
 * Rysher Entertainment
 * Worldvision Enterprises
 * The Sunn Classic Pictures and Titus Productions libraries
 * The Taft International Pictures and Taft Entertainment Television libraries, including the game show Blackout
 * Majority of the Quinn Martin library.
 * libraries formerly owned by future Viacom subsidiary Paramount Pictures
 * the pre-1974 New World Pictures Library
 * pre-1960 United States Pictures library

Films
List of Manhattan Pictures films