Companies That Produce and Distribute Gangster Films

Goodfellas (1990)

Production: Warner Bros.

Who are they?..   

Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly referred to as Warner Bros.) is an American producer of film, television, and music entertainment. One of the major film studios, it is a subsidiary of Time Warner, with its headquarters in Burbank, California and New York. Warner Bros. has several subsidiary companies, including Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment, Warner Bros. Television, Warner Bros. Animation, Warner Home Video, New Line Cinema, Castle Rock Entertainment, TheWB.com, and DC Entertainment. Warner Bros. owns half of The CW Television Network.

Just some facts...

• They are an American studio who introduced their first talking picture in 1927
• Company was founded by 4 brothers; Harry, Albert, Samuel and Jack Warner.
• Initially, the brothers started off showing moving pictures in Ochio and Pennsylvania whilst travelling. However in 1930 they began to buy out movie theatres before moving on to film distribution.

They also produced...

The Departed

The Godfather (1970)

Production: Paramount Pictures

So who are they?..

Paramount Pictures Corporation (commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, and formerly known as Famous Players-Lasky Corporation) is a film studio, television production company and motion picture distributor, consistently ranked as one of the "Big Six" film studios of Hollywood. It is a subsidiary of U.S. media conglomerate Viacom. Paramount is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).[2] It has distributed several successful film series, such as Transformers, Mission: Impossible, Marvel Cinematic Universe (2008–11), Indiana Jones (1981–2008), The Godfather, Star Trek, Jack Ryan, Jackass, The Bad News Bears, Beverly Hills Cop, "Crocodile" Dundee, Paranormal Activity, Friday the 13th and G.I. Joe. It's the world's fourth oldest continuously-operating major film studio, the third being Universal Studios, the two oldest being the French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé.

Their History?

What they say: 'A legacy begins'

Adolph Zukor

Founded Paramount Pictures as Famous Players Film Company in 1912

From our humble beginnings in 1912, The Studios at Paramount (the longest operating and only major studio remaining in Hollywood) has been on the ground floor of every major development in film - from the advent of motion pictures, to the emergence of television and onward through the digital revolution. Through it all, our passion for excellence has kept us on the forefront of movie making and leading the pack in innovation and technological development. This obsession was evident from the very beginning when we won the very first Academy Award for Best Picture in 1927 - only a year after moving onto our current studio lot.

'The Creation of Legends'

Throughout our history, we’ve nurtured and aided the industry’s most legendary movie talent. Directors like Cecil B. DeMille, D.W. Griffith and Alfred Hitchcock as well as stars such as Rudolf Valentino, Mae West, Bing Crosby, the Marx Brothers, Bob Hope, Elvis Presley and Audrey Hepburn graced our lot in earlier years. In more recent times, the star power has only grown brighter as we’ve worked with Steven Spielberg, Harrison Ford, Meryl Streep, Tom Cruise, Angelina Jolie and many more. Our passion and experience combined with such talent has resulted in the production of countless iconic films, including the highest grossing blockbuster of all time, “Titanic” (1997).

'From the Big Screen to the Small Screen'

Movies aren’t the only driving force behind our success stories. It was in the mid-1960s that we dove head first into the world of television when new owners began to steer the studio down new paths. In 1967, the lot was expanded when we purchased Desilu television studios from Lucille Ball. We immediately put the lot expansion to good work, creating memorable series like “The Odd Couple,” the original “Star Trek,” “The Brady Bunch,” “Mission: Impossible,” “Taxi,” “Happy Days,” “Cheers,” and the record-breaking “Frasier.” Since our start in television, The Studios at Paramount has become the place where quality shows are continually produced alongside world famous pictures.

'Making History Today'

As the longest operating major studio in Hollywood, The Studios at Paramount has almost a century of experience providing the finest production services from development through post production. Along the way, we’ve only become better at everything we do. Today, we’ve emerged as an international leader in the production of film and TV entertainment. We engineer partnerships with projects large and small in a ceaseless effort to create celebrated movies, television shows, and commercials.

Scarface

  

 

 

Produced by: Universal Pictures

                                                                   What is Universal?..   

 

Universal Studios Inc. (also known as Universal Pictures), is an American film studio, owned by Comcast through its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal,[1] and is one of Hollywood's "Big Six" film studios. Its production studios are at 100 Universal City Plaza Drive in Universal City, California. Distribution and other corporate offices are in New York City. Universal Studios is a member of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA). Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle, Mark Dintenfass, Charles O. Baumann, Adam Kessel, Pat Powers, William Swanson, David Horsley, and Jules Brulatour. It's the world's third oldest major film studio, after the French studios Gaumont Film Company and Pathé. Three of Universal Studios' films—Jaws (1975), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993) (all of which were directed by Steven Spielberg)–achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film at the time.

Common Production companies:

The Gangster genre consistantly throughout it's history has had producers such as Universal Pictures,

I feel that this task has vastly increased my understanding on distributors in general. It was interesting seeing how different companies' history differs and to be honest I expected them to be a lot different. It was the sort of thing that I used to overlook but now I realise the importance big distributors have, especially in the Gangster genre. Through this I can now make an educated prediction on what type of company would distribute my film.