List of Touchstone Pictures films
This is a list of theatrical feature films released under the Touchstone Pictures film label (known as that since 1986, with Tough Guys) and films released before that under the former name, Touchstone Films (1984–86).
Most films listed here were distributed in the United States, unless otherwise noted, by The Walt Disney Studios' theatrical distribution unit; currently known as Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, formerly known as Buena Vista Distribution Company (until 1987) and Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (1987-2007).
This list does not include those titles theatrically distributed overseas by Buena Vista International, and subsequently released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment under the Touchstone label (e.g. Die Hard with a Vengeance, Air Force One and Bruce Almighty).
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1980s · 1990s · 2000s · 2010s |
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1980s
Title | US Release | Co-production with | Based on |
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Splash | March 9, 1984 | ||
Country | September 28, 1984 | Far West and Panagea | |
Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend | March 22, 1985 | Silver Screen Partners II | Mokele-mbembe myth |
My Science Project | August 9, 1985 | Silver Screen Partners II | |
Down and Out in Beverly Hills | January 31, 1986 | Silver Screen Partners II | Remake of Boudu Saved from Drowning |
Off Beat | April 11, 1986 | Silver Screen Partners II | |
Ruthless People | June 27, 1986 | Silver Screen Partners II | |
Tough Guys | October 3, 1986 | Silver Screen Partners II and Bryna Productions | |
The Color of Money | October 17, 1986 | Silver Screen Partners II | The Color of Money by Walter Tevis |
Outrageous Fortune | January 30, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners II and Interscope Communications | |
Tin Men | March 6, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners III and Bandai Films | |
Ernest Goes to Camp | May 22, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners III and Emshell Producers | Ernest P. Worrell character |
Adventures in Babysitting | July 1, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners III | |
Stakeout | August 5, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners II | |
Can't Buy Me Love | August 14, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners III, Apollo Pictures, and The Mount Company | |
Hello Again | November 6, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners III | |
Three Men and a Baby | November 25, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners III and Interscope Communications | Remake of Three Men and a Cradle |
Good Morning, Vietnam | December 25, 1987 | Silver Screen Partners III | Loosely based on Adrian Cronauer |
Shoot to Kill | February 12, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners III and Century Park Pictures | |
D.O.A. | March 18, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners III and Bigelow Productions | Remake of the 1950 film of the same name |
Big Business | June 10, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners III | |
Who Framed Roger Rabbit | June 22, 1988 | Amblin Entertainment, Walt Disney Feature Animation and Silver Screen Partners III | Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf |
Cocktail | July 29, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners III and Interscope Communications | Novel by Heywood Gould |
The Rescue | August 5, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners III | |
Heartbreak Hotel | September 30, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners III | |
The Good Mother | November 4, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners IV | Novel by Sue Miller |
Ernest Saves Christmas | November 11, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners III and Emshell Producers | |
Beaches | December 21, 1988 | Silver Screen Partners IV and All Girl Productions | Novel by Iris Rainer Dart |
Three Fugitives | January 27, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV | Remake of Les Fugitifs |
New York Stories | March 10, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV and American Zoetrope | |
Disorganized Crime | April 14, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV and Kouf/Bigelow Productions | |
Dead Poets Society | June 9, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV | |
Turner & Hooch | July 28, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV | |
An Innocent Man | October 6, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV and Interscope Communications | |
Gross Anatomy | October 20, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV, Sandollar Productions and Hill/Roseman | |
Blaze | December 13, 1989 | Silver Screen Partners IV and A&M Films | Blaze Starr: My Life as Told to Huey Perry by Blaze Starr and Huey Perry |
1990s
2000s
2010s
Title | US Release | Co-production with | Based on |
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When in Rome | January 29, 2010 | ||
The Last Song | March 31, 2010 | Offspring Entertainment | Novel by Nicholas Sparks |
Step Up 3D | August 6, 2010 | Summit Entertainment | |
You Again | September 24, 2010 | Frontier Pictures | |
The Tempest | December 10, 2010 | Miramax Films | Play by William Shakespeare |
Gnomeo & Juliet | February 11, 2011 | Rocket Pictures, Arc Productions and Miramax Films | Play by William Shakespeare |
DreamWorks Studios releases
The following films were produced by DreamWorks Studios and distributed by Disney through the Touchstone label.
Future releases
Title | US Release | Co-production with | Based on |
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The Wind Rises[2] | February 21, 2014 | The Kennedy/Marshall Company and Studio Ghibli | Kaze Tachinu by Hayao Miyazaki |
Need for Speed | March 14, 2014 | DreamWorks Pictures, Reliance Entertainment and Electronic Arts | Video game series of the same name |
The Hundred-Foot Journey[3][4][5] | August 8, 2014 | DreamWorks Pictures Participant Media[6] | Novel by Richard C. Morais |
Robopocalypse[7][8] | TBD | DreamWorks Pictures, 20th Century Fox and Amblin EntertainmentSF | Novel of the same name by Daniel H. Wilson |
The Fall Guy | TBD | DreamWorks Pictures | Remake of The Fall Guy, 1981 TV series |
Notes
- STDistribution was split between Buena Vista for North America and Goldwyn for foreign territories.[9]
- TPThese films were co-financed by Touchstone (Disney) and Paramount Pictures, with Buena Vista Pictures Distribution handling the North American distribution and Paramount handling the international distribution.[10][11]
- TNBCReleased as a Touchstone Pictures film in its original 1993 release, it has since been branded under the Walt Disney Pictures label, since its 2006 theatrical reissue.[12] The change is in legal terms insignificant, as the copyright has always been held by Disney.[13]
- TRThe Rocketeer was set to be released through the Touchstone Pictures label. However, Disney studio chief Jeffrey Katzenberg switched the film to a Walt Disney Pictures release.[14] However, outside the United States, Canada and Japan, the film was released through the Touchstone label rather than the Disney label in an attempt to attract a wider audience.[15]
- PTThese films were co-financed by Paramount and Touchstone (Disney), with Paramount handling North American distribution and Buena Vista International handling the international distribution.[16][17][18][19][20]
- LIBCThe U.S. theatrical release of this French film was a contractual condition, from actor-producer Thierry Lhermitte, that Disney had to accept in order to gain the remake rights. The version shown to U.S. audiences was dubbed with American voice actors. The American remake, Jungle 2 Jungle starring Tim Allen, was released through the Walt Disney Pictures label on March 7, 1997.[21]
- BCBicentennial Man was co-financed by Touchstone (Disney) and Columbia Pictures, with Buena Vista Pictures Distribution handling the North American distribution and Columbia TriStar handling the international distribution.[22]
- STTRStarship Troopers was co-financed by TriStar Pictures and Touchstone (Disney), with Columbia TriStar handling the North American distribution and Buena Vista International handling the international distribution.
- OBWATO Brother, Where Art Thou was co-financed by Touchstone (Disney) and Universal Pictures, and StudioCanal, with Buena Vista Pictures Distribution handling the North American distribution and Universal handling the international distribution.
- TPRThe Prestige was co-financed by Touchstone (Disney) and Warner Bros., with Buena Vista Pictures Distribution handling the North American and Japan distribution and Warner Bros. handling the international distribution.
- SFThe film was co-financed by DreamWorks and 20th Century Fox, with Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures handling the North American distribution through Touchstone and Fox handling the international distribution.
See also
Further reading
- Maltin, Leonard. The Disney Films. New York: Disney Editions, 2000. ISBN 978-0-7868-8527-5.
- Smith, Dave. Disney A to Z: The Official Encyclopedia (Third Edition). New York: Disney Editions, 2006. ISBN 978-0-7868-4919-2.
- List of all films released by Disney regardless of label
References
- ↑ Neal, Rome (2003-12-24). "Helen Mirren's Calendar Girls". CBS News. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ↑ Keegan, Rebecca (11 September 2013). "Miyazaki's 'The Wind Rises' to get Oscar-qualifying run in November". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
- ↑ Rome, Emily (13 June 2013). "'Muppets' sequel gets new title, 'Into the Woods' gets release date, and more Disney updates". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
- ↑ Schillaci, Sophie; McClintock, Pamela (June 13, 2013). "Disney Dates Musical 'Into the Woods' Opposite 'Annie' in December 2014". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved June 14, 2013.
- ↑ Stewart, Andrew (13 June 2013). "Disney Schedules Two Untitled Marvel Movies for 2016 and 2017". Variety. Retrieved 15 June 2013.
- ↑ McNary, Dave (6 September 2013). "‘Hundred-Foot Journey’ Joined By Participant". Variety. Retrieved 6 September 2013.
- ↑ "Steven Spielberg to Direct Robopocalypse". ComingSoon.net. Retrieved 2012-11-06.
- ↑ Masters, Kim. "Steven Spielberg's 'Robopocalypse' Postponed Indefinitely (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
- ↑ Sussman, Soll. "Bette Midler to star in Stella Dallas remake." The Item (June 4, 1989).
- ↑ D. Smith 2006, pp. 127-128.
- ↑ D. Smith 2006, p. 22.
- ↑ "An Interview with Don Hahn (page 1 of 2)". dvdizzy.com. 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2013-05-11.
- ↑ PA0000659601 / 1993-10-25, United States Copyright Office. Retrieved on 2013-05-06.
- ↑ Cooke, Jon B. (transcribed by Sam Gafford). "Rocketeer creator Dave Stevens on his life as an artist." Comic Book Artist #15 via tomorrows.com. Retrieved: October 31, 2010.
- ↑ "Disney rebrands Rocketeer to reach wider audience." Screen Finance, August 21, 1991.
- ↑ D. Smith 2006, p. 92.
- ↑ PA0000857190 / 1997-08-29, United States Copyright Office. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ↑ Supplemented by: PA0000938840 / 1999-05-03, United States Copyright Office. Retrieved on 2013-05-11.
- ↑ D. Smith 2006, p. 96.
- ↑ D. Smith 2006, p. 584.
- ↑ D. Smith 2006, pp. 370 & 404.
- ↑ D. Smith 2006, p. 71.