| Founded | 1977 |
|---|---|
| Founder(s) | Jake Eberts |
| Industry | Media, Entertainment |
| Website | http://www.goldcrestfilms.com/ |
Goldcrest Films is a British film production company founded by Jake Eberts in January 1977.[1] It enjoyed great success in the 1980s with films such as Local Hero (1983), The Killing Fields (1984) and Hope and Glory (1987) mostly produced by David Puttnam on modest budgets. The company also benefited from the new investment of Channel 4 in film production. The company won two Academy Awards for Best Picture, for Chariots of Fire in 1981 and Gandhi in 1982. After these initial successes the company backed more expensive productions with established Hollywood stars that often ran over schedule and budget culminating in Revolution, The Mission (1986) and Absolute Beginners that all turned out to be box office flops.
In recent years, Goldcrest Films has relaunched.
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Goldcrest Post was launched in 1992 - located across two key sites in the heart of Soho . One of the UK 's largest facilities, it meets the exacting standards of feature film, broadcast television and all multimedia applications. The London operation comprises five dubbing theatres and sound transfer suites, a specialist deliveries room, and a 60-seat presentation theatre. The luxury penthouse apartments, the production offices and the 60+ cutting rooms all have 200Mb/s access to SohoNet, and are serviced by certified Avid technicians and full-time IT experts. Goldcrest Post has a long and prestigious list of credits including The Last Emperor, Saving Private Ryan, Bridget Jones' Diary and Gangs of New York. Recently work has been completed on Stars Wars Episodes I, II & III, The Magic Roundabout, Hotel Rwanda, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Batman Begins, The Brothers Grimm, and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
In 2000, a sister facility was launched in New York City's West Village. Goldcrest Post New York incorporates an excellent 50-seat screening room with 35mm and HD/SD Digital Projection and three fully-equipped Dubbing Theatres with ADR and Foley. The entire third floor is dedicated to Sound Design with a proprietary all digital workflow. In addition, there are 23 online and offline picture editing suites, a gigabit network, picture and sound editing suites, production offices and a CGI department. In 2004, Goldcrest Post NY opened their brand new HD/2K Digital Intermediate Theatre. This theatre provides clients with 2k Data or HD Online Editorial and Color Correction services to a large screen. The cinema environment, 16ft by 9ft screen and Dark Chip projector, provide filmmakers with accurate pre-visualization of their films in the Editorial, Visual Effects, and Color Correction stages. Goldcrest Post NY is designed to facilitate the post-production processes for the independent filmmaker.
Goldcrest Films' latest venture, Goldcrest Independent, aims to lend the company's extensive experience with studio films to the independent film world. Goldcrest Independent offers independent producers comprehensive sales representation and distribution worldwide. In addition, Goldcrest Independent's extensive financing expertise can provide producers with innovative financing solutions and assistance in structuring of film projects.
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