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Nelson Entertainment

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Nelson Entertainment
TypeSubsidiary of Nelson Holdings International, Ltd.
IndustryFilm
home video
PredecessorGalactic Films
Spikings Corporation
Embassy Home Entertainment
Founded1985
FoundersBarry Spikings
Richard Northcott
Defunct1991
FateRenamed Sultan Entertainment and sold to New Line Cinema, library later purchased by Epic Productions
SuccessorCompany: New Line Cinema
Library: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[a] (with some exceptions)
HeadquartersLos Angeles, California, United States
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Barry Spikings
Richard Northcott
ProductsMotion pictures
VHS
Laserdisc
ParentNelson Holdings International, Ltd. (1986–1991)
New Line Cinema (1991)
Divisions
  • Nelson Films
  • New Galactic and Tate
  • Charter Entertainment
For the unrelated company owned by Stephen Swid known as Nelson Entertainment Group, see SCS Films.

Nelson Entertainment was a Los Angeles-based film production and home video distribution company, a subsidiary of Nelson Holdings International Ltd., a Vancouver, Canada, holding company formed in 1985 by British film producer Barry Spikings and Richard Northcott, a British financier who amassed his fortune from a chain of hardware and furniture stores.[1]

History

The company acquired Galactic Films as well as Spikings Corporation in 1985, then later acquired distribution rights to a majority of Embassy titles after purchasing its home video division, which Nelson paid $85 million for, and then signed an agreement with Columbia Pictures which enabled Nelson to finance their films for Columbia.[2] The company would buy out Autovend Technology Corp, which specialized in vending machines holding up to 400 videotapes for sale or rental, in September 1986, with John Lack, a former executive of Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment, hired to run the Autovend technology.[3]

On November 26, 1986, Nelson decided to form a foreign sales arm, Nelson International, Inc. Ian Jessel, formerly an executive at CBS Theatrical Films, was named president of the unit.[4]

On March 18, 1987, Nelson Entertainment, through its Embassy Home Entertainment division inked a pact with Hemdale Film Corporation, to co-produce 10 pictures in a co-financing agreement between Hemdale and Nelson; Nelson would receive domestic home video rights, while Hemdale retained all other rights to the 10 pictures.[5]

Throughout the summer of 1987, Embassy/Nelson announced more international distribution deals, including West German video distributor Neue Constantin Film and Nippon Herald in Japan.[6][7] Elsewhere, Nelson decided to intervene in the Hemdale Film Corporation-Vestron Video lawsuit over video rights to a package of 12 Hemdale films; Nelson then subsequently filed for rights to the same 12 pictures under almost identical terms as the arrangement Vestron was trying to have enforced, and the deal added another film to the mix, High Tide.[8]

Sometime in August 1987, Embassy Home Entertainment was renamed Nelson Entertainment,[9] but retained the earlier brand as well as Charter Entertainment for sell-through products.[10] Nelson then financed a deal with Castle Rock Entertainment to co-produce their films, and in addition handle the international distribution rights.[11]

In September 1988, Orion Home Video became Nelson's sales agent; in addition, Orion Pictures would later theatrically distribute a few of Nelson's titles. By February 1989, Orion was the official home video distributor of Nelson product.[12]

In 1991, Nelson Entertainment sold its home video division to New Line Cinema and it was rebranded as New Line Home Video.[13] The company was later renamed Sultan Entertainment and was acquired by New Line, who then later took over the video rights to the library.[14] This merger also meant Nelson's video rights changed hands, as RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video began distributing former Embassy and Nelson videos via their distribution pact with New Line. By 1994, Nelson's catalog had been acquired by Epic Productions and folded into the Alpha Library Company. After Epic's closure, Crédit Lyonnais assumed responsibility of its library. The library was put up for auction by the Consortium de Realisation as the "Epic library". Credit Lyonnais later sold the Epic film library to PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in 1997,[15] then Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired 2/3 of PolyGram's pre-April 1996 library in October 1998.[16] Therefore, MGM now owns most of the Nelson Entertainment library with the copyrights being held by Orion Pictures. Due to a previous agreement with Viacom Enterprises, Paramount Pictures via Trifecta Entertainment & Media holds the television rights to Nelson's post-January 1989 films not co-produced with Castle Rock. Castle Rock's pre-July 1994 titles are owned by Warner Bros. Entertainment, but are controlled by MGM via Orion, while the film Labyrinth is currently controlled by The Jim Henson Company and under license to Sony Pictures Home Entertainment.

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October 11, 1991 The Taking of Beverly Hills Columbia Pictures
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Source: "Nelson Entertainment", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 7th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelson_Entertainment.

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Notes
  1. ^ Copyright is owned by Orion Pictures.
References
  1. ^ Coke Will Sell Embassy Unit for $85 Million : Nelson Entertainment Gets Co-Production Deal
  2. ^ "Coke Sells EHE For $85-Mil To Nelson Ent.; Blay Suit Settled". Variety. 1986-08-06. p. 35.
  3. ^ "Nelson Company Buys Autovend Majority; Lack Heads New Firm". Variety. 1986-09-24. p. 38.
  4. ^ "New EHE Owner, Nelson Ltd., Forms Foreign Sales Arm". Variety. 1986-11-26. pp. 5, 31.
  5. ^ "Nelson Gets Domestic HV Rights To 10 Pictures From Hemdale". Variety. 1987-03-18. p. 72.
  6. ^ "Nelson Joins With Nippon Herald For Homevid In Japan". Variety. 1987-05-20. pp. 82, 85.
  7. ^ "Nelson Ties Up At Neue Constantin Slip". Variety. 1987-05-20. p. 11.
  8. ^ "Nelson Steps Into Vestron-Hemdale Suit". Variety. 1987-06-03. p. 59.
  9. ^ Billboard (August 29, 1987). Embassy Logo Changed to Nelson (PDF). New York. p. 57.
  10. ^ McCullaugh, Jim (January 16, 1988). "Nelson Steps Up Sell-Through Push" (PDF). Billboard.
  11. ^ "Castle Rock Entertainment Ready For Launch With $270-Mil Purse". Variety. 1987-11-04. p. 25.
  12. ^ https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-03-04.pdf
  13. ^ |format=TXT |title=NIGHTMARES, TURTLES AND PROFITS |website=bloomberg.com |access-date=2019-05-03
  14. ^ "COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: TURNER BROADCASTING SYSTEM INC" (TXT). Sec.gov. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
  15. ^ "New Epic librarian". 3 December 1997.
  16. ^ "Archives". Los Angeles Times.
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