A Band Apart
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A Band Apart was a production company created by a number of famous and acclaimed movie directors. Its name is a play on the French New Wave classic, Bande à part ("Band of Outsiders") by filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, whose work was highly influential on the work of the company's members. The company's logo is a stylized image of the robbers from A Band Apart member Quentin Tarantino's debut film, Reservoir Dogs.
Members include Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, John Woo, Tim Burton, Steve Buscemi and John Landis. Producer Lawrence Bender was a co-founder of the company and currently owns and runs the business.
The following movies have been produced by A Band Apart:
-Build Or Bust (2005)
-Voces Inocentes (2004)
-Kill Bill Volume 2 (2004)
-Kill Bill Volume 1 (2003)
-Stark Raving Mad (2002)
-Lost In Oz (2002)
-When Incubus Attacks (2002)
-From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter (2000)
-From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money (1999)
-Metallica: Cunning Stunts (1998)
-Jackie Brown (1997)
-Curdled (1996)
-From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
-The Whisky Heir (1995)
-White Man's Burden (1995)
-Four Rooms (1995)
-Pulp Fiction (1994)
A Band Apart closed in June 2006. The feature work goes through owner Lawrence Bender's other production company, Lawrence Bender Productions. Most of the former A Band Apart members have found new roots at Holmes Defender of the Faith, which does most of its business in music video and television commercials. The former A Band Apart members that have moved to Holmes Defender of the Faith are Darren Aronofsky, Shane Black, Steve Buscemi, Andy Dick, Brendan Donovan, John Landis, Marcel Langenegger, Jennifer Little and McG.
