Tartan Films

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Tartan Films, established in 1982[1], is a United Kingdom-based film distributor. It also owns the United States-based Tartan U.S.A. and Tartan Video. They are known for distributing Asian films, especially those in the horror and thriller genre, under their banner Tartan Asia Extreme and also, more recently, they have gained a reputation for releasing horror movies of other origin under their new brand, Tartan Terror. Such films include Battle Royale, the Whispering Corridors trilogy, A Tale of Two Sisters, Triad Election (aka Election 2 ), and Oldboy.


Tartan Films USA In the United States, Tartan Films have also released other kinds of internationally acclaimed movies, like The Page Turner, 12:08 East of Bucharest, Red Road, 9 Songs, The Death of Mr. Lazarescu, The Cave of the Yellow Dog and Battle in Heaven.

Tartan Films USA release their movies' DVDs through Genius Products, which is 70% owned by The Weinstein Company. [1]


Contents

[edit] Films

This is a list of just some of the films distributed by Tartan.

[edit] Tartan Asia Extreme

[edit] Tartan Terror

[edit] Others

[edit] See also

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ Bergstein has eye on Image, Tartan Films. Retrieved on 2008-01-16.

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