The Kushner-Locke Company
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The Kushner-Locke Company is an American
independent motion picture/television production company founded in 1983, it is named after its founders Donald Kushner
and Peter Locke
.
It is known for films such as The Adventures of Pinocchio, Liberace: Behind the Music
, Basil
, But I'm a Cheerleader
, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
, Freeway, Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
and Teen Wolf
. Kushner-Locke also produces animated films such as and the The Brave Little Toaster
series and Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
.
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independent motion picture/television production company founded in 1983, it is named after its founders Donald Kushner
Donald Kushner
Donald Kushner is an American producer who has worked with animation, live-action and theater productions.He attended high school in Providence, received an undergraduate degree from Syracuse University in 1971 and a Boston University law degree in 1973...
and Peter Locke
Peter Locke (producer)
Peter Locke is a veteran American film producer, and co-founder of The Kushner-Locke Company along with his partner, Donald Kushner.Locke's television credits include the series: The Stockard Channing Show, Automan, six seasons of 1st & Ten, 860 episodes of Divorce Court, 66 episodes of Sweating...
.
It is known for films such as The Adventures of Pinocchio, Liberace: Behind the Music
Liberace: Behind the Music
Liberace: Behind the Music is a 1988 Kushner-Locke Company television production. It is an "unofficial" biopic drama on the life and death of Wladziu Valentino Liberace, who went from a humble working-class background to become a famous American pianist and vocalist...
, Basil
Basil (film)
Basil is a 1998 British historical drama film directed by Radha Bharadwaj and starring Jared Leto, Derek Jacobi, Claire Forlani, and Christian Slater. It was based on the 1852 novel of the same name by Wilkie Collins. The adaptation was by Bharadwaj.-Plot:...
, But I'm a Cheerleader
But I'm a Cheerleader
But I'm a Cheerleader is a 1999 satirical romantic comedy film directed by Jamie Babbit and written by Brian Wayne Peterson. Natasha Lyonne stars as Megan Bloomfield, an apparently happy heterosexual high school cheerleader...
, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind
Confessions of a Dangerous Mind is a 2002 biographical spy film depicting the life of popular game show host and producer Chuck Barris, who claimed to have also been an assassin for the Central Intelligence Agency...
, Freeway, Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture
Nutcracker: The Motion Picture , is a 1986 film produced by Pacific Northwest Ballet in associates with Hyperion Pictures and Kushner/Locke. It is a film adaptation of the ballet The Nutcracker by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky as well as based on the short story by E.T.A. Hoffmann...
and Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf
Teen Wolf is a 1985 American fantasy comedy film released by Atlantic Releasing Corporation starring Michael J. Fox as Scott Howard, a high school student who discovers that his family has an unusual pedigree when he finds himself transforming into a werewolf...
. Kushner-Locke also produces animated films such as and the The Brave Little Toaster
The Brave Little Toaster
The Brave Little Toaster is a novel by Thomas M. Disch intended for children or as put by Disch, A Bedtime Story for Small Appliances...
series and Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw is a 1988 animated feature film distributed by TriStar Pictures. The film is based on the Tonka/Mattel toy line and Hanna-Barbera television series of the same name. It was directed by Pierre DeCelles, and stars the voices of Brennan Howard, B. J...
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