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Fine Line Features

Company type	Division
Industry	Film production
Founded	1991; 33 years ago (1991)
Founder	Ira Deutchman
Defunct	2005 (2005)
Fate	Folded into Picturehouse
Successor	Company: Picturehouse Library: New Line Cinema
Headquarters	4000 Warner Blvd, Burbank, California , United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Ira Deutchman (president)
Products	Motion pictures
Owner	Warner Bros. Discovery
Parent	New Line Cinema

Fine Line Features was the specialty films division of New Line Cinema. From 1991 to 2005, under founder and president Ira Deutchman,^[1] Fine Line acquired, distributed and marketed independent films. In 2005, New Line teamed up with fellow Time Warner subsidiary HBO to form Picturehouse, a new specialty film label into which Fine Line was folded into.^[2]

Fine Line Features DVD releases were split between HBO Video and New Line Home Entertainment. When New Line Home Entertainment ceased to exist in 2010, it was folded into Warner Home Video (now Warner Bros. Home Entertainment).

Selected films released

1990s

Title	Release Date	Notes
March 10, 1991	Shadow of China
May 19, 1991	An Angel at My Table	distribution only; produced by Film4 Productions
July 26, 1991	Trust	distribution only; produced by Republic Pictures
September 29, 1991	My Own Private Idaho	distribution only
October 4, 1991	The Rapture
December 6, 1991	Let Him Have It
February 28, 1992	Where Angels Fear to Tread
March 20, 1992	Edward II
March 20, 1992	Proof
March 27, 1992	Roadside Prophets
April 10, 1992	The Player
May 2, 1992	Night on Earth	distribution only; produced by JVC
May 15, 1992	Monster in a Box
July 24, 1992	Afraid of the Dark
August 7, 1992	London Kills Me	distribution only; produced by LIVE Entertainment
August 21, 1992	Light Sleeper	distribution only; produced by LIVE Entertainment
September 11, 1992	Swoon
October 14, 1992	Simple Men
October 30, 1992	Waterland	distribution only; produced by Film4 Productions
February 3, 1993	To Want to Fly
February 12, 1993	Riff-Raff	distribution only; produced by Film4 Productions
February 26, 1993	The Last Days of Chez Nous
April 2, 1993	Léolo
April 9, 1993	Bodies, Rest & Motion
April 16, 1993	Wide Sargasso Sea
July 23, 1993	Amongst Friends
August 20, 1993	The Ballad of Little Jo
September 15, 1993	Household Saints	distribution only; produced by Jones Entertainment
October 8, 1993	Short Cuts
December 15, 1993	Naked	distribution only; produced by Film4 Productions
February 2, 1994	Fiorile
March 11, 1994	Bitter Moon	distribution only; produced by Le Studio Canal+
April 13, 1994	Naked in New York	distribution only
May 13, 1994	Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
May 13, 1994	Widows' Peak
July 15, 1994	Spanking the Monkey
July 29, 1994	Barcelona	distribution only; produced by Castle Rock Entertainment
September 30, 1994	Caro diario
October 14, 1994	Hoop Dreams
November 23, 1994	Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
December 23, 1994	Death and the Maiden
May 3, 1995	Once Were Warriors
May 19, 1995	Little Odessa	distribution only; produced by LIVE Entertainment
June 16, 1995	The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love
July 21, 1995	An Awfully Big Adventure
July 28, 1995	Double Happiness
November 3, 1995	The Promise
November 3, 1995	Total Eclipse
November 22, 1995	Frankie Starlight
February 9, 1996	Pie in the Sky
March 29, 1996	Carried Away
August 16, 1996	Kansas City
September 13, 1996	Feeling Minnesota	co-production with Jersey Films
October 11, 1996	The Grass Harp
October 25, 1996	Normal Life
October 25, 1996	Twelfth Night
November 1, 1996	Mother Night
November 20, 1996	Shine
March 21, 1997	Crash	distribution only; produced by Alliance Communications, The Movie Network, Telefilm Canada and Recorded Picture Company
March 21, 1997	The Quiet Room
April 11, 1997	Pink Flamingos	25th anniversary re-release
May 9, 1997	Nowhere
May 16, 1997	Love! Valour! Compassion!
June 18, 1997	For Roseanna
June 25, 1997	Head Above Water	co-production with Tig Productions
July 16, 1997	All Over Me
September 5, 1997	Julian Po
October 17, 1997	Gummo	with Independent Pictures
November 21, 1997	The Sweet Hereafter	distribution only; produced by Alliance Communications
December 24, 1997	The Winter Guest
January 2, 1998	Deconstructing Harry	USA distribution only; produced by Sweeetland Films and Jean Doumanian Productions; Buena Vista International handled international rights
April 17, 1998	Wild Man Blues	distribution only; produced by Sweetland Films
June 12, 1998	Passion in the Desert
July 10, 1998	When I Close My Eyes
September 11, 1998	Let's Talk About Sex
September 18, 1998	Esmeralda Comes by Night
September 25, 1998	Pecker
December 25, 1998	Hurlyburly
December 25, 1998	The Legend of 1900
January 22, 1999	The Theory of Flight
January 24, 1999	Man of the Century
April 9, 1999	Lovers of the Arctic Circle
May 21, 1999	Besieged	co-production with BBC Films
July 23, 1999	Trick	co-production with Roadside Attractions and Good Machine
October 15, 1999	Julien Donkey-Boy	with Independent Pictures
December 10, 1999	Tumbleweeds
December 15, 1999	Simpatico

2000s

Title	Release Date	Notes
January 28, 2000	The Cup	co-distribution with Palm Pictures
March 24, 2000	Buddy Boy
March 29, 2000	The Filth and the Fury
July 14, 2000	The Five Senses	co-production with Alliance Atlantis
August 11, 2000	An Affair of Love
September 1, 2000	Saving Grace
October 6, 2000	Dancer in the Dark	co-production with Zentropa Entertainments, Canal+ and FilmFour
January 12, 2001	State and Main	distribution only; produced by Filmtown Entertainment, Green/Renzi and El Dorado Pictures
January 26, 2001	Before Night Falls
January 26, 2001	Tomorrow
February 2, 2001	The Invisible Circus
June 14, 2001	The Anniversary Party
July 20, 2001	Hedwig and the Angry Inch	with New Line Cinema
September 14, 2001	The Prime Gig	with Independent Pictures
January 25, 2002	Storytelling	co-production with Good Machine
April 12, 2002	Human Nature	co-production with StudioCanal and Good Machine; distributed by Pathé in UK
June 7, 2002	Cherish
September 20, 2002	Invincible
February 18, 2003	The Sleeping Dictionary
September 7, 2003	Ripley's Game
September 12, 2003	American Splendor	with HBO Films
October 24, 2003	Elephant	with HBO Films
July 16, 2004	Maria Full of Grace	with HBO Films
September 24, 2004	A Dirty Shame	with New Line Cinema
October 22, 2004	Vera Drake	with New Line Cinema
October 29, 2004	Birth	with New Line Cinema
December 17, 2004	The Sea Inside
April 29, 2005	The Holy Girl	US theatrical distribution only; with HBO Films
April 29, 2005	The Year of the Yao	co-production with Endgame Entertainment and NBA Entertainment
June 10, 2005	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	co-production with Metropolitan Films and Davis Films

References

^ Eller, Claudia (Oct 24, 1991). "Fine Line Features Enters Coprod'n Arena Via 2 Pix". Daily Variety. p. 1.
^ "Fine Line Features - Filmbug". www.filmbug.com. Retrieved 2021-11-25.