Seven Arts Pictures also known as Seven Arts Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded independent film

Independent film

An independent film, or indie film, is a professional film production resulting in a feature film that is produced mostly or completely outside of the major film studio system. In addition to being produced and distributed by independent entertainment companies, independent films are also produced...

 production company

Production company

A production company provides the physical basis for works in the realms of the performing arts, new media art, film, television, radio, and video.- Tasks and functions :...

 registered in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 engaged in developing, financing, producing and licensing theatrical motion pictures

Film

A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...

. It should not be confused with Seven Arts Productions

Seven Arts Productions

Seven Arts Productions was founded in 1957 by Ray Stark and Eliot Hyman. The company was a frequent producer of movies for other studios, including The Misfits for United Artists, Gigot for Twentieth Century-Fox, Lolita for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and Is Paris Burning? for Paramount Pictures.Over...

, founded in 1957 by Ray Stark

Ray Stark

Ray Stark was an American film producer and powerbroker known for his Machiavellian ways.While putting together the Broadway musical Funny Girl - the highly fictionalized account of the life of his mother-in-law, Fanny Brice - its producer David Merrick took Stark and his wife to see an unknown...

 and Elliot Hyman, which later acquired Warner Brothers Pictures in the late '60's. Notable films from Seven Arts include Stander

Stander (film)

Stander is a 2003 biographical film about Captain André Stander, a South African police officer who turned into a bank robber, starring Thomas Jane.-Reception:...

, Asylum, Noise and more recently Night of the Demons.

History

Seven Arts Pictures was founded in 2002 by former Carolco president and CEO Peter Hoffman. Carolco had previously used the name Seven Arts as a joint venture with New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...

 to produce and release mid-budget films; when the partnership was dissolved, Hoffman took the name Seven Arts with him to start over. With offices in London, England

London

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 and Los Angeles, California

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, Seven Arts is producing motion pictures worldwide with budgets ranking from $2 million to $15 million for exhibition in domestic (i.e., the United States and Canada) and foreign theatrical markets and for subsequent post-theatrical worldwide release in other forms of media, including Blu-Ray and DVD

DVD

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, home video, pay-per-view, and free television. Mario Kassar

Mario Kassar

Mario F. Kassar is a film producer and industry executive whose projects are frequently in association with Andrew G. Vajna.Kassar was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Working for Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures, he was executive producer of several movies starting with Victory in 1981...

 had headed Carolco with Hoffman.

In 2004 Seven Arts Pictures Plc became a listed company on AIM

Alternative Investment Market

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. After trading on AIM for 3 years, the company moved to Plus Markets

PLUS Markets Group

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 from 2007 to 2009. In preparation to its entrance on the NASDAQ

NASDAQ

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 Seven Arts Pictures Plc was listed on the OTCBB from 2008 to 2009. Since 2009 Seven Arts Pictures Plc has been trading on the NASDAQ under SAPX.

The production slate of Seven Arts Pictures and third partie producers are distributed through Seven Arts International.

Filmography

• No Good Deed
  No Good Deed
  No Good Deed is a 2002 crime thriller film directed by Bob Rafelson. It starred Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Stellan Skarsgård and Doug Hutchison. The screenplay by Christopher Cannan and Steve Barancik is based on the short story The House on Turk Street by Dashiell Hammett. The original...
  
  (2003)
• Stander
  Stander (film)
  Stander is a 2003 biographical film about Captain André Stander, a South African police officer who turned into a bank robber, starring Thomas Jane.-Reception:...
  
  (2004)
• Asylum (2005)
• Shooting Gallery
  Shooting Gallery (film)
  Shooting Gallery is a 2005 film directed by Keoni Waxman starring Freddie Prinze, Jr.. The plot consists of a young hustler who meets his match in a veteran pool player and small-time gangster ....
  
  (2005)
• Noise (2005)
• Deal (2006)
• Autopsy
  Autopsy (film)
  Autopsy is a 2008 American horror film directed by Adam Gierasch and from the producer of the Final Destination film series. It was premiered on August 24, 2008 in the United Kingdom at the London FrightFest Film Festival...
  
  (2007)
• Knife Edge
  Knife Edge
  Knife Edge is a 2009 British thriller film directed by Anthony Hickox and starring Nathalie Press, Hugh Bonneville and Tamsin Egerton.-Plot:...
  
  (2008)
• Nine Miles Down (2009)
• The Pool Boys
  American Summer
  The Pool Boys, also known as American Summer is a 2011 comedy film from Seven Arts Pictures directed by James B. Rogers. It stars Matthew Lillard, Brett Davern, Rachelle Lefèvre, Efren Ramirez and Tom Arnold.-Plot:...
  
  (2010)
• Night of the Demons (2010)

External links

• Seven Arts Pictures at the Internet Movie Database
  Internet Movie Database
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