The Death of Hollywood Pictures

[@fightingidiocy7724]

I was an Usher at a movie theater from 1988-1993...and I tell you: *that* was the true golden age of cinema. Siskle and Ebert were regulars at our place!

[@SterlingStarksIzHere]

The movie Dead Presidents was a Hollywood Pictures/Disney film. Directed by the same Directors of Menace II Society. Hardcore R rated. Definitely worth a watch. It’s about Vietnam Vets

[@redwaytoo]

God, I miss this era of mid-budget movies so much

[@robertstuart480]

I do as well. And I just miss when more movies were put out overall.

[@ethanbrittain2699]

Fr, Hollywood needs to stop wasting so much money on mediocre bullshit

[@JLee-g6w]

@@ethanbrittain2699Yes! Especially since Joker 2 sucked.

[@chillindylan6497]

I've noticed that the 100 million dollar budget is making a bit of a comeback. With all the high-profile and expensive flops of the last couple of years, I hope it becomes a real trend.

[@trorisk]

A24

[@lorddalek]

All it took was Disney to learn they could release PG-13 movies themselves to kill off both Hollywood AND Touchstone.

[@SterlingStarksIzHere]

Pretty much. Once they made Pirates … it was a wrap!

[@ivoreategui781]

PG-13 is the most used age rating not only by Disney, but also used by another movie majors such as Universal, Paramount, United Artists, Columbia Pictures, Warner Bros, MGM and 20th Century Studios (20th Century Fox), all them used PG-13 for improve the raise of the box office at the cost of deleting specific and smalls details such as gore, nudity and f bombs, and that's the reason of why the quantity of rated-R movies we're reduced since 2000s.

[@StephenLuke]

RIP Hollywood Pictures (1989-2007)

[@scottlette]

This is actual ‘content’. Thank you for taking the time to make this.

[@MKLettis]

The advice to not rely on "high cost, high risk projects" is something that modern Disney def needs to do.

[@xBINARYGODx]

hi risk? hi cost, yes, but they are avoiding risk like the plague

[@javiercortes5232]

​@xBINARYGODx the first 10 minutes of Deadpool & Wolverine... aha

[@dik943]

I see dead studios

[@CarbyGuuGuu]

All the time

[@Aceiolix]

I see a dead studio -Disney its a studio runby zombies eg dead people

[@MagicalSkyWizard]

Certified cinephiles

[@FredGSanford.]

Remember when it was “I see white studies”

[@christhomas1806]

Katzenberg was really ahead of the curve on trying to warn Disney not to over-rely on expensive blockbusters 😮‍💨😮‍💨

[@wbfwbl8434]

I want more video's like this one 👍

[@TheChronozoan]

Well you have come to the right place

[@jianozi]

Just tell A.I. that you want more of these type of videos because I'm sure that's how all these are made now

[@ghosted7450]

Orion Pictures would be insane!

[@ghosted7450]

@@jianozi you're right... if i dont see a face, i opt out tbh

[@wbfwbl8434]

@@ghosted7450 I agree 👍

[@VileMisanthrope]

And now a days, Disney is mostly a conglomerate that just buys out studios, takes over all the titles and shells out sequels-galore with barely any originality.

[@laikanbarth]

Exactly!! It’s sad.

[@thewatchman13]

The worst part is they keep making mediocre content and keep blaming their fans for their failures.

[@UrbanMediaReview]

Crazy thing is , they can make big budget flops for a decade. Disney land and Disney world bring in like 5 billion a year.

[@javiercortes5232]

​@@thewatchman13Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine ...aha

[@thewatchman13]

@@javiercortes5232 Those are exceptions. Look at the rest of their slate.

[@CNHFTC2010]

“Blood In Blood Out” may have been a flop when it was released but over 30 years later it is still a cult classic in the Latino community, especially here in Los Angeles.

[@de132]

Miklo's loc shades in prison has been a profile pic for generations 😂

[@robertstuart480]

That Hollywood Pictures line-up is quite full of cult classics. "Arachnaphobia" and "Grosse Point Blank" are also cult classics.

[@lopezrome1982]

Simon que si ,vatos locos forever

[@TheUnfortunate0ne1]

I’m white as fuck and I love Blood In Blood Out as well. It’s just a great movie with great characters

[@darthroman98]

Chicago Chicano here! I honestly can't stress how important this movie is for Latinos. I watch it for the first time in years about a year ago. I honestly went in thinking it wouldn't live up or might be a little cringey. And yeah, at times that maybe a little true. But man that ending. I honestly don't know to describe it but it made me feel a certain way and feel proud of who I am.

[@mattymox86]

Dude I 💕💕💕💕💕 love these studio docs and I find them so interesting. Keep them coming!

[@Oldirtycrza]

Seeing the Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures logos gives me such nostalgia. So many childhood memories, some of my favorite movies

[@jjamiejackson]

I'm fascinated by the failures of Hollywood studios. Can you do Carolco and Orion next? Seriously i love this stuff.

[@matthewprince9705]

Carolco/Cinergi went bust because they spent far too much on movies. Nothing they made cost less than $50 million. Cutthroat island in 1995, sunk the studios as it cost $100 million. Orion went down around the same time with Cannon. Cannon was too ambitious, yet too tight with budgets as they never had major studio money and should have focused on B-movies under $30 million and straight to video movies.

[@ingridfong-daley5899]

I second that request--Carolco and Orion!

[@anikamathur25]

​@@matthewprince9705 cinergi got show due to Strings of flops except Evita

[@Matthew6248]

Also American International pictures of the 1960s/70s too

[@Father_of_Death]

Hollywood Pictures could have been Disney's genre label for horror and thriller. I mean, yes they had Dimension Films as well but Disney had Miramax operate autonomously outside of the company.

[@de132]

Your channel comeback has been awesome!

[@WatchitforDays]

Wow! This was a massive amount of research and very beautifully put together. Newly subscribed! 🍿

[@dtape]

That's crazy Disney shot themselves in the foot and sold off the worldwide distribution rights for The Sixth Sense because they had no confidence in it. I remember when that came out when I was in high school. It was such a massive phenomenon. Everyone was talking about the twist. Shame that the studio responsible for it didn't get to reap the benefits.

[@SlapstickGenius23]

It’s because it was selling power rangers back to Saban and then buying Marvel at the time.

[@Attmay]

Disney never should've gotten involved with that franchise and never should have done business with a crook like Haim Saban. The only reason they did is to get back at Barry Diller over what station *DuckTales* was on in LA.

[@laikanbarth]

I love that movie. I just watched it again the other day.

[@marsoblivi0n945]

Same. Great movie. But seen that plot twist within the first 30 mins.

[@frankf684]

It’s a bad movie,once you know the twist it loses a lot

[@beaker4311]

As someone who stumbled upon ur channel while scrolling during a work bathroom break (and then took 30 minutes to “poop” while i watched the video) this is wonderful content. I knew eisner when i was a kid. My earliest memory is from 1988 when he took my dad n me to a baseball game while they talked business. Its crazy to see how things i saw as normal as a kid were giant upheavals or terrible flops in the broader world. At one point, every movie u listed, i owned. (After 99, i stopped asking for movies from eisner. Idk what changed, maybe i became a teen n was “too cool” to ask for videos lol. Stupid me) i really appreciate your insight on this stuff :)

[@lerm2866]

Quiz Show is simply one of the best films of the 90’s. A rare movie in which there isn’t one wasted scene

[@capnmnemo]

None wasted, some not very good.

[@laikanbarth]

Quiz show was awful

[@jumpupdown2556]

My friends and I once won a game of Scattegories by naming Quiz Show as our movie, when given the letter Q. My backup was Quetzcoatl: the Winged Serpent from 1982.

[@supoa9489]

Agree

[@vincegarcia914]

For the record, Blood in Blood out has developed a huge cult following in the Latino community. Still waiting for Disney to open the vault and release the 5 hour cut of that movie.

[@Attmay]

Laughs in *Bedknobs and Broomsticks.*

[@CarlosDiasJr]

When you buy out the competition, creativity suffers.

[@supoa9489]

Facts

[@UniqornGleek29]

i love your videos so much as film + business have always been deep interests of mine, but god did this one make me wanna cry. being born in the mid 90s a lot of these films have sentimental value to me. the fact that mid budget dramas and thrillers are pretty much non existent (especially theatrically) is so sad. 😢

[@pavelborisov9044]

Man, there's something about The Invisible in general that makes me rewatch it once every couple years, and knowing that movie was also the last one to be released by Hollywood just adds another dimension to it.

[@Guancous]

Kudos for the phenomenal level of detail

[@julianlinsel4346]

Really enjoyable video

[@CultureSlice]

This is an outstanding video my friend. Huge fan of your work.

[@ivanw2080]

To the Studio that brought us The ORIGINAL Super Mario Bros. Live Action Movie or "Super Marios Bros. '93" as it seems to be referred to now R.I.P.

[@bedfordshiremodeller4491]

I saw that film once/god it was awful

[@TheJPopHistorian]

Did anyone else see the Fred Fuchs jumpscare at 13:34?

[@consequences9803]

yes

[@bootsdad13]

I love these videos. Don’t just do ‘death of’. Do histories of some of these smaller studios like Morgan Creek.

[@anikamathur02]

Morgan creek is still here

[@Nirual]

@@anikamathur02, he said do a history of it, not that it was dead.😀

[@anikamathur02]

@@Nirual ok

[@keanunelson27-5]

I saw The Invisible in theaters back in 2007 which eventually was the last film from Hollywood Pictures after Disney decided to defunct it. At the time, they brought Pixar and were rebranding their labels retiring the Buena Vista name.

[@michaell7927]

Great video really enjoyed it

[@nicholasvanzomeren7609]

You gotta do The Death of Dimension Films next.

[@anikamathur25]

Please no dimension films Weinstein studio are not allowed

[@AnitaNewport]

That's a five minute video

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

​@@anikamathur25That is what makes it an interesting topic

[@anikamathur25]

@@NeverSaySandwich1 it's not interesting for me btw he should pickup Geffen Company instead because we don't know why Geffen Shutdown in late 90s and how it surprisingly came back this year

[@anikamathur25]

@@goBadgers1995right here I'm talking about movie studio not record label

[@SterlingStarksIzHere]

Great video! Since you’re doing Disney film companies,Could you make one about Caravan Pictures as well? It’s literally Hollywood Pictures little brother. Thanks 😊

[@SB0780]

Thank you for this, great video, well researched.

[@Face2East]

These movies came from an era when it was obviously cheaper to 90 minutes make sub-standard ill-conceived dreck than it was to mothball the studio plots and staff until a decent script lands at the desk in reception.

[@BloodMoonBobby]

Great video! I like learning about Disney’s distribution labels. Keep it up! Your Touchstone video was great as well! 🙂

[@Jamal-bl7yh]

Don't Forget Hollywood Pictures Was Behind the Chicano community phenomenon Blood In Blood Out that's been embraced by all races and cultures like Sega to Segata Sanshiro or Canon Film Group To Breakin' I've made these Phenomena my own and It worked out for the best

[@laikanbarth]

Because everyone wants to pretend they are a gangster 😂

[@Samson16667]

Hey Channel Serfer, you might have posted an update on that video, but i have to ask what happened to your video on Ross Perot? I remember seeing it way back and now, coming back to your channel, i see that it is gone. Do you have a link to the Ross Perot video? it was really educational

[@justindenney-hall5875]

Channel Serfer Your videos are always a treat to watch.

[@jimmyboy7817]

When I first saw the logo and label Hollywood Pictures, I thought how generic is that since technically most American movies are out of Hollywood. But they served out some great films like The Rock, Crimson Tide, While You Were Sleeping, and Mr Holland's Opus.

[@RainBird88x]

7:37 Disney needs to heed this advice for its streaming division.

[@BojackHorseman0098]

Why do these Disney executives sounds like spoiled kids who cant share a toy. "I don't want to be VP I want my own studio!!!"

[@andrewscungio3200]

Channel Surfer, your videos are the best.

[@consequences9803]

@13:36 Fred Fuchs? THE Fred Fuchs?

[@johnnyfatsacks5209]

The man, the myth, the legend!!

[@Nirual]

It is pronounced “Foox”. It’s German and it means “fox”.

[@consequences9803]

@@Nirual it was a joke but thanks for the wikipedia lesson

[@TheChronozoan]

Here is my submission to feed the algorithm: I love your channel name. It is incredibly witty.

[@RGF91]

13:35 FRED FUCHS!!!!!!

[@blushslice]

YESSS IVE BEEN WAITING

[@ojointernational]

Great video! Is Polygram Filmed Entertainment on the table?

[@MArkElijio-s2y]

Not that we know of. Since November 4, 1980, Seagram's Universal Studios based PFE has been on the table.

[@Pencilman246]

There should be a whole subgenre of KZbin video essays for videos about 90s Disney loosely based on DisneyWar. Classic, reliable genre which always features the big reveal of Michael Eisner and a turning point around Frank Wells’ death.

[@bookaufman9643]

I love when a sponsor is completely unconnected to the subject matter of the video or the channel. Nothing like movies and mini trampolines.😊

[@NeverSaySandwich1]

Pauly Shore SAVED the studio

[@delbongo]

That Patrick Dempsey movie “Run” that’s mentioned in this video? Absolute dynamite. If you can find it, you’re in for a great ride. Underrated!!

[@anikamathur02]

It's available on KZbin

[@jtszabo1691]

Just a fun fact, the distinguished gentleman was Murphy’s first movie not released by Paramount

[@RoseanneSeason7]

Awesome video.

[@nosidezero]

very very well put together video

[@bredrew1990]

Another great video!

[@julianlinsel4346]

I still can't understand why Dick Tracy under achieved so much as it was a fun ride.

[@frankf684]

It was kinda ahead of its time I think

[@Shorty_Lickens]

Disney pictures waxing and waning in success is also probably worth a multi-part documentary.

[@seereadnhear]

Damn good video.

[@afrdy1]

Great video 👍🏼

[@jamesdrummond7684]

quality work, bruv

[@ACARDtvMusic]

Nothing will ever be the same after its time has passed… we only have our memories now or uploads of archived footage.

[@PauloHernandezXD]

That intro; first movie I can think of is Blood In Blood Out. Legitimately it has such a COOL opening sound :3

[@pups_k9]

Great video. What's the name of the song at the end? Is it on youtube?

[@jonathanwright8025]

Pretty Woman, the Hand that rocks the cradle, the ref, dangerous minds and GI Jane are Disney movies.

[@PrinceCity007]

Great content 👍👍

[@jeffcarlin5866]

Can you imagine being a studio executive?! Thousands of people are depending on you to produce films that generate tens (or even hundreds) of millions of dollars. What a job!

[@Bored_Barbarian]

12:11 the only movie I’ve seen of their catalog is super Mario bros lol

[@anikamathur02]

Thank You so much for making this video on My request I hope the next video you make for is carolco and Geffen pictures

[@bruh_hahaha]

The Hand that Rocks the Cradle. 🍿

[@BenCaesar]

Digging this series 🙌🏾

[@pobbityboppity1110]

Great summary, very interesting

[@loommoon2301]

Your videos are very very good 👍😊

[@VideoGamesIncorporated]

Disney owns Searchlight through the Fox purchase. While about half of their movies end up on streaming, they still released The Menu and Poor Things. These aren't just grandfathered-in projects either, they have a lot of movies slated like the Bob Dylan biopic and Super Troopers 3. Theatrically, it's not at the level Hollywood Pictures was at, but Disney is still in the low-mid budget game.

[@geoffreyrichards6079]

With Touchstone also folding up, Disney has pretty much made the acquired 20th Century Studios and FX their new older-oriented media studios. Whether that’s proven to be a good thing or not remains to be seen.

[@thegrind5273]

Plz do more. Vids r perfect. U in a goldmine man

[@AdamHigginsMusic]

Wow.. Honest question: Successes aside, has any label spent more money on / released a larger quantity of absolute flops?? I was shocked by how many of those films i've never heard of.

[@goodwood-rc4nx]

quiz show is one of those classics that not made a wide release on HD or bluray etc are a few others like the dish and Mr Holland's opus

[@kommissar.murphy]

This is exactly the kind of studio we need today. They should bring it back even if it's still Disney!

[@lsimon343]

As a movie buff, I love your content. Everything you talk about I remember and a lot of things you talk about I didn’t know, but know some of the back stories. This is just a wonderful channel.

[@Pwj579]

@10:30 Encino Man is a classic 90s nostalgia trip

[@ricksterk7014]

This is excellent

[@Drew791]

13:35 Good ol’ Fred. This guy Fuchs!

[@cloudtx]

I only know the label because of Deep Rising. It might have bombed at the box office but I love it. It's the best B-movie with a blockbuster budget I've seen haha

[@garybussell]

I remember seeing Hollywood and Touchstone Pictures when you'd watch movies. When I think Touchstone Pictures I think Sister Act.i thought the Sphinx in the Hollywood Pictures Logo was cool.

[@TheJulior1983]

1993’s Blood in and Blood out is a all time classic. It’s rewatched in Mexican homes to this day.

[@paulwalterhauser777]

I adore these videos - Paul Walter Hauser

[@vicjoseromero]

I live in Kew Gardens Hills. I've been to that theater so many times. 3:23. You in Queens?

[@FirstNameLastName-io5co]

Mystery, Alaska is such an underrated movie!!! And The Invisible!!! Can you say the movie Ghost with teenagers??

[@charlesbennett7484]

I don't know if this is something you'd be interested in talking about but, I'd like to see a video about Jim Varney and the Ernest franchise in particular.

[@triforcewielder8500]

Right on!

[@chicagotransitauthority1967]

I find this company and Artisan Entertainment to be some of the most interesting defunct movie studios, especially how both have some well known movies. Speaking of Artisan Entertainment, would you do a video on that company?

[@Anynom]

Great history of a fun studio brand.

[@FrancisXLord]

I have to say, in hindsight, Jeffrey Katzenberg was right. I'm personally fed up with huge budget tentpole films based on existing intellectual properties. The last film I went to the cinema to see was The Fabelmans (2022) and before that The Last Jedi (2017), after a lifetime of habitual cinema visits. The stories Hollywood films are generally telling today are derivative drivel. Bring back low budget high-concept films I say, then maybe I'll start going to the cinema again. Until then you can consider Hollywood and I officially divorced.

[@davidrose647]

History is repeating itself😮

[@AJ-xc4qe]

I actually watched The Hand That Rocks The Cradle a month ago and Encino Man a month earlier AND watched The Sixth Sense a year ago! I get the hype now!

[@migueldisla2332]

Like this doc hope you do Carolco next

[@ThompsonSteamtrain]

The super Mario Bros movie when I think of Hollywood pictures