Film Chest
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| Private | |
| Industry | Film, Home Video, Television |
| Founded | New York, New York (2000) |
| Headquarters | New York, New York, United States |
Area served | North America, South America, Europe, Asia |
Key people | Phil Hopkins, Ralph Stevens, Ian Stone (principals) |
| Website | www.filmchest.com |
Film Chest, is a privately held media company that specializes in the archiving, restoring, licensing and distribution of films. It is headquartered in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Film Chest distributes consumer DVDs, and sells digital content via online outlets including Apple's iTunes Store, Amazon.com, and Hulu. It also licenses its movies to TV networks, including American Movie Classics and Turner Classic Movies,[1] and for use as stock footage. According to the company’s website, it services "high-quality content for use in broadcast television, film projects, video streaming, distribution, public television, cable or other professional needs." [2]
History
The company was founded in 2000 by partners Phil Hopkins and Ralph Stevens, and has since amassed one of the largest privately owned film libraries, containing approximately 2,000 film and TV titles.[3] The titles comprise rare science-fiction, horror and action-adventure films (such as The Devil Bat), cartoons, and Oscar-winning classics like Orson Welles’ The Stranger, for which Film Chest completed the first-ever HD restoration.[4]
In 2010, the company purchased a 45,000-foot warehouse in Bridgeport, Connecticut, where it plans to store and digitize film collections.[5]
Select titles
- The Bat
- The Brain That Wouldn't Die
- A Bucket of Blood
- Carnival Magic
- Dementia 13
- His Girl Friday
- House on Haunted Hill
- Kansas City Confidential
- The Last Time I Saw Paris
- Metropolis
- Nosferatu
- Sherlock Holmes – Murder At The Baskervilles
- The Stranger
- Three Stooges - Disorder In The Court
- Till the Clouds Roll By
References
- ↑ McCarthy, Gail - Gloucester Times (October 7, 2010) "Return of The Stranger: Showing Spotlights Local Man's Restoration"
- ↑ Film Chest official website
- ↑ Peary, Gerald - Boston Globe (October 10, 2010) “He’s on The Hunt for Lost Movie Treasures”
- ↑ About Film Chest - from the company's web page
- ↑ Varnon, Rob - Stamford Advocate (August 18, 2010) “Film Vault Comes to Park City”