Monday, October 20, 2008

Mini-Majors Bordwell

Who were the mini-majors of 1980s?

Universal, Columbia, and United Artists were the mini-majors during the Classical Hollywood period.  In the 1980s, the mini-majors were Miramax, New Line Cinema, and Orion.  The companies usually had pretty good funding but were not enough to compete with the majors.

1 comment:

jimbosuave said...

Carolco, DeLaurentis, and Island Pictures were also important mini-majors in the 1980s. Miramax and New Line became more important in the 1990s (but yes, were significant in the 1980s).