Legacy Releasing

Legacy Releasing was an independent film distribution company based in California. It was founded in 1996 by Mark Borde and J. David Williams, veterans in the motion picture industry.

Legacy Releasing
TypeIndependent
Industryfilm distribution
Founded1996
United States
FounderMark Borde
Defunct1999
FateBankruptcy
HeadquartersCalifornia

The company's first two releases, Once Upon a Time...When We Were Colored and Robert Wuhl's Open Season, were shown at the Cannes Film Festival the same year it was established.[1] Afterwards, it became a leader in independent distribution, releasing an average of 15 films per year.

Notable films from the company included Little Men, Wedding Bell Blues, The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain, Shiloh (and its sequel, Shiloh Season), and an animated version of Pippi Longstocking.

None of Legacy's output was successful financially. Its highest-grossing film, When We Were Colored, took close to $2.3 million at the U.S. box office. However, the home video business was booming at the time and was the economic engine of this company.[2]

In 1999, Legacy went out of business, and was successfully merged and consolidated into Warner Home Video. Borde went on to become co-president of another company, the short-lived Independent Artists.[3] As of 2006, Legacy's official site (legacyfilms.com) no longer exists.

Borde is now the head of Freestyle Releasing.[4] Williams is now the CEO of Marble Arch Entertainment.[5]

Filmography
Title Release Date Distributing Partner
Once Upon a Time...When We Were ColoredJanuary 26, 1996Republic Pictures
Open SeasonMay 3, 1996Republic Pictures
A Season in PurgatoryMay 5, 1996Republic Pictures
RumpelstiltskinMay 17, 1996Republic Pictures
Lover's KnotJuly 12, 1996Cabin Fever Entertainment
Killer: A Journal of MurderSeptember 6, 1996Republic Pictures
Somebody to LoveSeptember 27, 1996Cabin Fever Entertainment
Cadillac RanchOctober 10, 1996BMG Independents
Santa with MusclesNovember 8, 1996Cabin Fever Entertainment
Adrenalin: Fear the RushNovember 29, 1996Dimension Films
The Wind in the WillowsDecember 16, 1996GoodTimes Entertainment
ShilohApril 27, 1997Warner Bros.
Wedding Bell BluesJune 13, 1997BMG Independents
Digging to ChinaJuly 16, 1997
The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle MountainJuly 18, 1997Warner Bros.
Pippi LongstockingAugust 22, 1997Warner Bros.
Love AlwaysOctober 10, 1997
Kiss & TellOctober 17, 1997Republic Pictures
Grizzly MountainOctober 31, 1997LIVE Entertainment/Hemdale Communications
The Only ThrillMarch 6, 1998
A Rat's TaleMarch 20, 1998Warner Bros.
EdenMarch 27, 1998BMG Independents
Little MenMay 8, 1998Warner Bros.
Plump FictionMay 15, 1998Rhino Entertainment
The Mighty KongJune 16, 1998Warner Bros.
Hands on a Hard Body: The DocumentaryJuly 10, 1998
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer: The MovieOctober 16, 1998GoodTimes Entertainment
ThursdayNovember 13, 1998PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
Eight Days a WeekFebruary 26, 1999
ClublandApril 16, 1999
Shiloh 2: Shiloh SeasonJuly 2, 1999Warner Bros.
Simon SezSeptember 24, 1999Columbia Pictures
TroisFebruary 11, 2000Rainforest Films
Family TreeApril 21, 2000WarnerVision Entertainment

References
  1. "Cannes 96 - News". www.filmfestivals.com. Archived from the original on 23 April 1997. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. "Legacy All Time Box Office Results". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 2016-12-09.
  3. PDF biography of Borde, the company's founder
  4. "Mark Borde | Freestyle Releasing". Archived from the original on 2017-10-16. Retrieved 2017-10-16.
  5. "Management". Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2017-10-16.


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