Have you ever wanted to screen movies from Shout! Factory's eclectic catalog on the big screen in your hometown cinema? Now you can explore that enticing option, as the American Genre Film Archive has teamed up with Shout! Factory for a theatrical distribution partnership. At this time, 50 movies from Shout! Factory's archives can be booked for theatrical screenings, including Black Christmas (1974), Chopping Mall, Dreamscape, Galaxy of Terror, The Ninth Configuration, Piranha, Rabid, Slumber Party Massacre, Slumber Party Massacre II, and more!
Press Release: Austin, TX | April 16, 2019 – The American Genre Film Archive, the largest non-profit genre film archive and distributor in the world, is excited to announce a theatrical partnership with Shout! Factory, a multi-platform media company. AGFA will distribute fifty film classics from Shout! Factory’s cult classic movie library to theaters in 2019. This is AGFA’s latest collaboration following their distribution partnerships with home video labels Arrow Films (DONNIE DARKO), Severin Films (SANTA SANGRE), and Vinegar Syndrome (DOLEMITE).
"We could not be more thrilled about this partnership," said AGFA Head of Business Affairs Alicia Coombs. "Shout! Factory's catalog is so diverse, and every title is a winner -- both for us as fans, and for the cinema-going public."
AGFA has curated fifty stunning classics from Shout’s movie catalog to reissue in theaters throughout the year. Thesemovies include fan favorites such as Bob Clark’s BLACK CHRISTMAS, arthouse milestones like John Cassavetes’ A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE, deep-cut horror blasts such as Amy Holden Jones’s THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE, and seminalgenre milestones like John Ford’s STAGECOACH.
“I greatly admire the care and attention afforded each film by AGFA,” said Mark Balsam of Shout! Factory. “That focus will serve each of these classic films wonderfully.”
Shout! Factory movies are available on DCP -- and in some cases, 35mm -- for theatrical bookings from AGFA starting immediately.
The full list of Shout! Factory titles distributed by AGFA:
BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS
BEN
BLACK CHRISTMAS
BOY AND HIS DOG
BREAKER MORANT
CAGED HEAT
CHOPPING MALL aka KILLBOTS
CRAZY MAMA
DOWNFALL
DREAMSCAPE
FACES
FANNY
FEAR CITY
FORBIDDEN WORLD
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT
GALAXY OF TERROR
GARGOYLES
GREASERS PALACE
HOLY MOTORS
HOPSCOTCH
HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP
HYPE!
I MARRIED A WITCH
THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT
KILLING OF A CHINESE BOOKIE
LONG VOYAGE HOME
THE NINTH CONFIGURATION
OPENING NIGHT
OTHELLO
PIRANHA
QUADROPHENIA
RABID
ROCK N' ROLL HIGH SCHOOL
THE HARDER THEY COME
THE RULING CLASS
SAINT JACK
SHADOWS
SHAKMA
SIMON, KING OF THE WITCHES
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE
SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II
SMITHEREENS
STAGECOACH
STARCRASH
THE STUNT MAN
SUBURBIA
TO BE OR NOT TO BE
WILLARD
THE VELVET VAMPIRE
WHALE RIDER
A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCEFor developments on AGFA’s preservation work follow:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/agfa/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/filmarchive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americangenrefilmarchive/
Website: http://americangenrefilm.com/For AGFA Theatrical Booking Inquiries:
CONTACT: Bret Berg, AGFA
EMAIL: booking@americangenrefilm.comAbout AGFA
The American Genre Film Archive (AGFA) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit located in Austin, Texas. AGFA exists to preserve the legacy of genre movies through collection, conservation, and distribution. Formed in 2009, AGFA focuses on outlaw exploitation movies that were produced from the 1960s through the 2000s. From manic hicksploitation epics to bloodthirsty shoestring goreblasts, each title in AGFA's collection is a celebration of culture that should never be forgotten. Housing over six thousand 35mm film prints and trailers, our non-profit archive counts among its board members and advisors Alamo Drafthouse founders Tim and Karrie League, filmmakers Paul Thomas Anderson, Anna Biller, Frank Henenlotter, and Nicolas Winding Refn, musician RZA, exploitation film savior Lisa Petrucci, and genre film superheroes Zack Carlson and Lars Nilsen.About Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory, LLC is a diversified multi-platform media company devoted to producing, uncovering, preserving and revitalizing the very best of pop culture. Founders Richard Foos, Bob Emmer, and Garson Foos have spent their entire careers sharing their music, television and film favorites with discerning consumers the world over. Shout! Factory’s entertainment offerings serve up feature films, classic and contemporary TV series, animation, live music and comedy specials. In addition, Shout! Factory maintains a vast entertainment distribution network which delivers culturally relevant programming, movie and audio content to all the leading digital service providers in North America and across multiple platforms. Shout! Factory owns and operates Shout! Studios, Scream Factory, Shout! Factory Kids, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and Shout! Factory TV. These riches are the result of a creative acquisition mandate that has established the company as a hotbed of cultural preservation and commercial reinvention. Shout! Factory is based in Los Angeles, California. For more on Shout! Factory, visit shoutfactory.com.
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