It's official. The production company that brought us the violent beginnings of Quentin Tarantino, created such beloved gems as The Queen, There Will Be Blood, and Chicago, and has been the home of the animated Pokemon movie franchise since a millenia ago has met it's tragic end. To be truthful, who can blame them? They failed to get a film from the past year into the awards race, and the company only existed as place for Harvey Weinstein to distribute films from, and now he has his own company, which is behind one of the big awards contenders this year, Inglourious Basterds.
Still it will be sad to see it go away. Often when a small, but amazing film had nowhere else to turn, they'd go to the sheltering bosom of Miramax, and find that they were loved. I was one of the 7 people who saw Adventureland, the company's greatest achievement in its final year, and if it had been released late in the year, it would have a great shot a grabbing that 10th Oscar nomination that has been hanging around loosely for a while. Miramax also brought to America what I believe to be the greatest film ever made, Princess Mononoke. Despite this setback, I'm sure that somehow the greatest films will find their way to theatres.
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