Cannon Films had a epic downfall that needs to be covered
@jasonblalock44292 ай бұрын
Definitely, great idea!
@RGF912 ай бұрын
Artisan too
@poindextertunes2 ай бұрын
I just watched a Cannon film and boy was it a stinker lmao LifeForce dir by Tobe Hooper and written by Dan O’bannon On paper thats a dynamic duo but if I had to guess, cocaine was the driving force of the movie 😂 It was so bad haha had great potential tho
@channelserfer2 ай бұрын
Looks like a big, complex story to tell. I'll get to it eventually
@V3ntilator2 ай бұрын
Cannon already have 2 major documentaries. "Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films". "The Go-Go Boys: The Inside Story of Cannon Films" One of them are positive and one of them are negative. Watch both.
@ScottAhearnShipbuilder2 ай бұрын
Chairman of the Board? I bet "Board" was spelled B-O-R-E-D
@dropout8182 ай бұрын
Norm MacDonald was a legend for that Conan O'Brien interview 🤣
@robs18732 ай бұрын
I remember watching that the first night it was on Conan and man he’s funny
@jasoncallan2 ай бұрын
i saw that on cinemax. it was ok. it played with another movie that no one saw at my local theatre & they were only charging 1.50 for a movie ticket then. it barely did any business that week. lol
@brandonpage70872 ай бұрын
LMFAO, to think that Carrot Top could ever rival or replace Jim Carrey!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@jasoncallan2 ай бұрын
@@brandonpage7087 i know that was crazy.
@369frequencyandvibration2 ай бұрын
I have never seen a trampoline ad on youtube
@BovineDesigns2 ай бұрын
A trampoline ad? Finally an ad that is actually for something cool!
@wesss9353Ай бұрын
Usually in video ads are scams. Think this guy is legitimate
@shrox51212 ай бұрын
Trimark also had computer video games, I was lead artist on Trimark's first release of a video game, Rainbow Studios "The Hive" in 1994. Rainbow was in Phoenix, AZ, so we worked at night mostly during the city's summer schedule. Lots of fun, I would do it again.
@RoseanneSeason721 күн бұрын
That's awesome
@WonderSparkPuppets12 ай бұрын
I worked in a “mom & pop” video rental store that was bought out by Hollywood Video in 2002 and the transition from a diverse ocean of films to walls of samey popular movies was crazy.
@juniorjames70762 ай бұрын
Growing up the 1980s, the whole point of going to the local video store for my friends and I was to see weird, obscure/semi-obscure, good but unpopular films! At that time in the mid 1980s renting a newly released to video movie was expensive and not everyone could afford or wanted to. Why rent Back to the Future 3 or Aliens 3 newly released to video for $10 a night when you could rent five '70s Blaxploitation or low-budget Sci-Fantasy or Kung Fu classics for $3.99? I discovered many indie and foreign films on the dollar budget bins of my local video stores. It was a wonderful era for discovering film.
@juniorjames70762 ай бұрын
@WonderSparkPuppets1 Actually, the film Be Kind Rewind (Mos Def, Jack Black) is basically about thus topic. It's a beautiful funny movie, a love letter to small video stores.
@BerryBurnstein2 ай бұрын
Do you remember carrying the VHS of Shazam with Sinbad
@TheChrisHype2 ай бұрын
I actually saw Star Kid in the theater. First time in my life I was ever the only person in the theater.
@poindextertunes2 ай бұрын
My Dad took me to see Star Kid. We both agreed it was like a kid’s version of The Guyver lol
@johnpenguinthe3rd132 ай бұрын
I saw Star Kid with my mom when it was released in theaters during January 1998. We were the ONLY ones in that theater. LOL. It was actually pretty fun. Since no one else was in that theater, me and my mom actually spoke to each other as we were commenting on the film while watching it and eating popcorn. We both enjoyed it for what it was. It's NOT the best film, but we liked it. We both gave it a thumbs up. Also, The only film I saw by myself in theaters (where I was the ONLY person in the theater) was the 2005 film "Alone in the Dark" where I was watching the film by myself in the theater... LITERALLY alone in the dark. LMAO. I only went to see Alone in the Dark because I heard it was horrible and I just wanted to experience it and see if it was really that bad and I had time on my hands to do that. How was it? Well, I actually enjoyed it during the first 30 minutes or so.... then after the first 30 minutes or so, the film rapidly falls apart into a pile of crap and gets really terrible. The film felt like the script writer only turned in 1/3rd of the script and forgot to write the remaining 2/3rds of the script and director Uwe Boll just randomly made up the rest of the film as he went along (and he did a terrible job at it. LOL).
@Offramp-z7p2 ай бұрын
OMG, is that the one where the boy has to get help getting his fly open? All these years, and that scene is the first thing I think of when I hear about this movie.
@keanunelson27-5Ай бұрын
With that quote, “we’re the only ones in theaters.” shows that the movie massively bomb at the box office.
@xAlexZifko10 күн бұрын
@@johnpenguinthe3rd13hey, at least he published it without getting into a boxing match!
@jasonblalock44292 ай бұрын
This story feels like a validation of Picard saying "It's possible to commit no mistakes and still lose." Strategically, almost everything Trimark did was a good idea, and they were forward-looking in a way most companies aren't. But they just didn't have the clout and resources to keep their momentum going once the big studios started moving into their markets. If there's one thing I'd armchair quarterback, it's that their "spaghetti at the wall" approach to their first year of theatrical films was probably a bad call. Most of their early films like Star Kid just looked *cheap* and kinda tacky. If they'd cut their production schedule in half and put more resources into the best prospects, they might have pulled it off. But even then, the major studios had already crowded the low/mid-budget market to the point there'd be no guarantee of success.
@bigfootwalker53992 ай бұрын
Picard just couldn't admit he f*cked up!
@blackdragon62 ай бұрын
@@bigfootwalker5399 nah
@EastofSouthwest2 ай бұрын
This video unlocked a core memory in me with Leprechaun.
@Drew79128 күн бұрын
I love hearing the history behind all these studios whose logos and quick theme songs are part of my childhood and teenage years. There was nothing like a Friday or Saturday night with the lights turned down and a couple of rented videos as those logos popped up.
@FigmentForever2 ай бұрын
I ran a Mom & Pop video store in Alabama from 1998-2009. They were the best as they let me bring in semi-Indie films such as Donnie Darko, the Before Trilogy, and Asian Horror/Drama. The wall of Tartan Video releases was super popular in our area as no one had these titles, as Hollywood/Budget Video/Blockbuster primarily carried major theatrical releases only & focused on gaming as a side project. We had a solid gaming area with 3 titles of big Xbox/360, PS1/PS2, GameCube/Wii, and even a few Dreamcast titles. I miss that place & the faith they had in me as a freshly graduated HS/Freshman in University. I wish we hadn’t lost the building due to the housing crisis (owners were losing their home & had to sell business to keep home). My physical media library is as big as it is today because of Norman & Nan, and miss spending hours in that place on & off clock
@juniorjames70762 ай бұрын
Growing up the 1980s, the whole point of going to the local video store for my friends and I was to see weird, obscure/semi-obscure, good but unpopular films! At that time in the mid 1980s renting a newly released to video movie was expensive and not everyone could afford or wanted to. Why rent Back to the Future 2 or Top Gun newly released to video for $10 a night when you could rent five '70s Blaxploitation or low-budget Sci-Fantasy or Kung Fu classics for $3.99? I discovered many indie and foreign films on the dollar budget bins of my local video stores. It was a wonderful era for discovering film.
@kane50002 ай бұрын
same...from Canada here ..my timeframe as well.. though the pay wasn't the best those video store days were some of funnest times ever .... wouldn't change it for anything ..and so bummed when it was over
@Kurtsg102 ай бұрын
Do you still have any of those titles?
@juniorjames70762 ай бұрын
@@FigmentForever Be Kind Rewind (Jack Black, Mos Def 2008) is a really funny, bittersweet film about this topic.
@FigmentForever2 ай бұрын
@@Kurtsg10 I have every single one. When they shuttered the store, I got my pick of any/all I wanted before they auctioned off the entirety of the contents (shelving, movies/games, etc). My physical movie collection just hit 9k this last month 😊
@WesMoast2 ай бұрын
Great video. Every now and then KZbin gets their recommendations right.
@matthewprince97052 ай бұрын
Please do Carolco Pictures, New World Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Vestron, Artisan and other smaller companies now owned by Lionsgate too!
@FuzzyDan2 ай бұрын
I do miss the eclectic selection my mom-and-pop video store had when I was a kid. Once Blockbuster dominated the market, those titles vanished.
@juniorjames70762 ай бұрын
Growing up the 1980s, the whole point of going to the local video store for my friends and I was to see weird, obscure/semi-obscure, good but unpopular films! At that time in the mid 1980s renting a newly released to video movie was expensive and not everyone could afford or wanted to. Why rent Back to the Future 2 or Top Gun newly released to video for $10 a night when you could rent five '70s Blaxploitation or low-budget Sci-Fantasy or Kung Fu classics for $3.99? I discovered many indie and foreign films on the dollar budget bins of my local video stores. It was a wonderful era for discovering film.
@belloq812 ай бұрын
Fascinating history! I really wasn't aware that there was more to the Trimark story than just being the home of the LEPRECHAUN movies!
@yuhyuh99392 ай бұрын
Thank you for covering this I have so many vidmark/Trimark tapes
@juniorjames70762 ай бұрын
Growing up the 1980s, the whole point of going to the local video store for my friends and I was to see weird, obscure/semi-obscure, good but unpopular films! At that time in the mid 1980s renting a newly released to video movie was expensive and not everyone could afford or wanted to. Why rent Back to the Future 2 or Top Gun newly released to video for $10 a night when you could rent five '70s Blaxploitation or low-budget Sci-Fantasy or Kung Fu classics for $3.99? I discovered many indie and foreign films on the dollar budget bins of my local video stores. It was a wonderful era for discovering film.
@themirrorsofmymind2 ай бұрын
I was probably between 25 and 28 when I saw Larry Clark's _"kids"_ for the first time on VHS. I remember thinking, *_"The parents who pay little to no attention to their kids would swear up and down that this movie is SO outrageous and exaggerated!"_* I also thought about my PSYCHO cousins, because they were the type to give beer and/or cigarettes to younger kids because they thought it was funny... That scene with those 5 or 6 year old boys imitating the teens (passing a joint) was *ROUGH!*
@blackdragon62 ай бұрын
I still think it's an exaggerated depiction of teens for shock value.
@RoseanneSeason721 күн бұрын
The kids soundtrack is so good
@waltsapartment-1052 ай бұрын
Wow. An incredible amount of research into the home video industry went into this, well beyond simply understanding Trimark's history.
@pillarnexustheancientgladiator2 ай бұрын
I heard 'Carrot Top' and said 'aw shit' out loud.
@TheKingScrod2 ай бұрын
Slight correction: the first retail home videocassette format was actually Cartrivision in 1972, with fully licensed Hollywood films being made available on tape for the first time, and you could even rent Cartrivision tapes, either via mail, or from some Sears (and maybe Montgomery Ward) locations. Of course Cartrivision failed miserably, for the most part gone by 1973, so VHS and BETA were the first to "viable" home video formats.
@brandonpage70872 ай бұрын
Thanks for this bit of info. Interesting, I never heard of Cartrivision.
@Code7Unltd2 ай бұрын
Betamax only ever failed because Sony's licensing terms were too strict and expensive. Of course, RCA's invention of the 'EP' speed would slightly help VHS later.
@bobcobb36542 ай бұрын
@@Code7UnltdBetamax failed because the initial blank tapes only recorded an hour of footage as opposed to 2 hours on VHS.
@BabyfaceThompson18 күн бұрын
Still pisses me off that on the "Leprechaun" blu-ray they use the newer Lionsgate logo and not the old Trimark one, yet "Leprechaun 2" has the Trimark one.
@orwellianson2 ай бұрын
This is a terrific documentary on such an endearing subject. Thank you for this.
@RoseanneSeason721 күн бұрын
I really miss going to the video store and looking for movies to watch
@orwellianson21 күн бұрын
@@RoseanneSeason7 so do I.
@juliolopez62892 ай бұрын
Stoned Age,Warlock 2,Leprechaun,Sandra Bullock nude in a flick,Return Of The Living Dead 3.I rented a ton of their output from my local mom and pop shop.
@poindextertunes2 ай бұрын
Return of the Living Dead III was a solid movie for what it was. Return of the Living Dead 2 was a dumpster fire only redeemed by the Doctor character who was essentially the comic relief and of course Return of the Living Dead was a god damned masterpiece 🔥 probably the best example of blending comedy/horror. maybe tied with ReAnimator
@yuhyuh99392 ай бұрын
What’s the name of that Sandra bullock movie
@juniorjames70762 ай бұрын
@juliolopez6289 I discovered many gems in the dollar bargain bin at my local video stores in the late 80s/early 90s.
@keanunelson27-52 ай бұрын
Channel Surfer should do a video of another independent company that Lionsgate acquired three years later after Trimark Pictures. Artisan Entertainment, which was mentioned in this video.
@Musicradio77Network2 ай бұрын
Back in the day, there was Vestron Video, they put a series of movies on home video from different genres like B Movies, horror, comedy, and mostly family films, the only Vestron release was the original “My Little Pony: The Movie” from 1986. It bombed at the Box Office, and then later released on home video during that time the New York Mets won the World Series which was October 27, 1986. “Dirty Dancing” was another film produced by Vestron Pictures which was their in-house production company at the time.
@deathmetal27123 күн бұрын
they also held the home video rights to the first 13 episodes of the DragonBall when it first aired in US syndication in 1995 and why Funimation had to start its dvd release with episode 14 until 2009 five years later than planned when the rights finally lapsed after Trimark renewed them out of nowhere
@thebrood1382 ай бұрын
Subscribed after the Touchstone video. Excited to see this pop up in my subscriptions! Excellent video. Keep em coming
@dashawns2cents2 ай бұрын
Same this channel rules
@Kurtsg102 ай бұрын
I remember Trimark movies- especially watching Warlock, the early Leprechauns and Dead-Alive on VHS. Thank you for this great video history!
@DavesArchives2 ай бұрын
Awesome video! Would love to see one on New Line Cinema or Cannon!
@johnr.79062 ай бұрын
Whore. A movie named Whore.... I don't remember that one, but it was a hit for Trimark.
@Emulous792 ай бұрын
Imagine if Baise Moi came out back then.
@SonCarlosH2 ай бұрын
Glad ur back! This is a great retrospective! Truly speaks to behind the scenes account nerd side 🤓 ❤ you should do Full Moon and Dimension Films in the future!
@JohnnyTong215Ай бұрын
Eve’s Bayou got a Criterion release. I wish the rest of Trimark’s movies got that as well!!!
@rholbert12 ай бұрын
Thank you for including the Kohlhouse Video store advertisement from Vincennes, IN. They had a branch store in my hometown when I was a teenager.
@alexandergonzie12002 ай бұрын
I always think of the Leprechaun films when I see the Trimark logo
@timloss872 ай бұрын
Warlock was kick ass...
@3xfaster2 ай бұрын
4:41 “The Warehouse” was my video store. I think they and some other retailers got in trouble for price fixing non-compete on CD pricing.
@coreylineberry85572 ай бұрын
TRAMOPOLINE! TRAMBOPLINE!!!
@pobbityboppity11102 ай бұрын
Glad KZbin algorithm recommended me this one!
@LatitudeSky2 ай бұрын
Ah thank you. I always wondered where the heck Kidmark came from and why it had that name. They were imfamous for being the first to release Star Blazers on VHS, but the tapes were apparently mastered through a cup of coffee or mud, or both. They didn't find sucess selling those tapes. But it wasn't clear to me why they existed at all. Now I get it. Thanks.
@Offramp-z7p2 ай бұрын
It's a long time between your video, but they a really good. Often, yours is the only video on the subjects you cover. Keep up the fine work.
@BlackMaleSpirituality2 ай бұрын
Another great video on obscure movie studios. You could do videos on Orion Films and Cannon Films. Not to be random or off topic but if you ever want to go back to doing defunct tv channels, can you do a documentary on The WB.
@Matthew62482 ай бұрын
@@BlackMaleSpirituality for defunct channels, do one on Z Channel and Festival (HBO's short lived spinoff family channel from the 1980s) and over the air Pay Tv networks ONTV and SelecTv
@RoseanneSeason721 күн бұрын
Great idea. The WB.
@mikevalenzuela39742 ай бұрын
Great video, hope you can cover the rise and fall of Carolco someday
@chadmyron255212 күн бұрын
My video store was “Budget tapes and records”, and the horror section was the stuff of legend! Man I miss those days..
@MrSmith1984Ай бұрын
You could argue that Lionsgate is the end result of combining all the significant Movie Studios outside the Big 7 (Disney, Universal, Warner Brothers, Sony Pictures, Paramount, Netflix & Amazon MGM) into one major studio.
@kevbonesy2 ай бұрын
Incredible video, my type of stuff. Would love a video on the Downfall of Artisan! We covered Artisan and early Lions Gate Films on my podcast Almost Major and it's fascinating to me that Artisan had such a monster hit with Blair Witch Project and still was losing money.
@channelserfer2 ай бұрын
Thank you! Artisan has been requested a few times and is on my list.
@haruruben25 күн бұрын
Once he said “Carrot Top” I understood where things went wrong
@LapNgo-h9u2 ай бұрын
I remember them from the UFC tapes. Me and my buddies used to rent them all the time.
@brandonpage70872 ай бұрын
Of course, i remember Trimark. Anybody who grew up in the '90s, remembers Trimark. I mostly remember it, for the Leprechaun franchise, but wow, turns out i'd seen many movies, that i had no idea were Trimark films!! Btw, i consider Meet Wally Sparks to be a hugely underrated comedy gem. Anything with Rodney in it, is good, as far as I'm concerned. Would you consider covering the rise & fall of Tristar Pictures?
@raywallacefan77862 ай бұрын
I first heard of Trimark thanks to the SNL VHS cassettes and DVDs in the late 1990s. I had no idea they had such a rich indy history?
@KadeemG612 ай бұрын
Vidmark, Trimark, Live Entertainment, Artisan Entertainment, all absorbed into Lionsgate.
@Musicradio77Network2 ай бұрын
And don’t forget Vestron Video and eOne, these two are now part of Lionsgate. Hasbro did sold off eOne last year.
@STAUNCHTV2 ай бұрын
Love this channel! would be cool to see a deep dive into companies like Starmaker, Feature Films for Families or maybe APIX
@campxbox2 ай бұрын
Great video! I never knew Trimark had such a deep history.
@jdg12792 ай бұрын
Having lived in northern VA for ages, I'm particularly amused that your example for Blockbuster taking over the small chains was their acquisition of Erol's.
@carrrie_lynnn2 ай бұрын
RIP Hometown Video and Tip-Top Video
@somegamer79582 ай бұрын
That Act of Passion VHS box is hilarious
@Darkuni2 ай бұрын
Thanks for this! Was great.
@spiderjerusalem1002 ай бұрын
This was really great, you have a new subscriber! RIP Julian Sands.
@timothyivey54972 ай бұрын
Renting movies wasn't QUITE as easy as checking out books from the library. Renting movies wasn't free.
@369frequencyandvibration2 ай бұрын
Now movies ARE at libraries 😂
@frankf68423 күн бұрын
The process was easy
@NedoflandersArchives2 ай бұрын
1:34 Not totally correct. There's earlier examples - Sony's CV2000 goes back to 1965 and Philips produced the N1500 video format in Europe in 1972 - albeit with extortionate price tags.
@OldDirtyPhil2 ай бұрын
makes me think of watching "Kicking and Screaming" with my brother in the 90s we both loved indie films
@brianacebedo26362 ай бұрын
Chairman of the Board, aka "Box Office Poison".
@RoboSean2 ай бұрын
Decent doc. Felt a little longer, but good structure overall. You kept me interested all the way through. Even had me saying “So THAT’s what happened to them” late in the doc as opposed to way too early. I will stay and watch more. Now, on it find out what happened to Touchtone Pictures…
@de1322 ай бұрын
Honestly, that's a respectable start and finish to Trimark Pictures. Cool video! :)
@joeriveracomedy2 ай бұрын
I bet kickboxer 2 was scarier than warlock 2
@bobcobb36542 ай бұрын
One of David Goyer’s first writing jobs.
@abuferasabdullah2 ай бұрын
Amazing writing bro. So convenient 👌🏼
@robs18732 ай бұрын
Great video once again
@moviesbye92942 ай бұрын
$50 to buy forever or $10 for one night? Def best to buy!
@369frequencyandvibration2 ай бұрын
Not if you were incredibly underwhelmed.
@robbiehughes83822 ай бұрын
dope vid, nicely done
@plus60994 күн бұрын
01:31 - Home Video was not introduced first in Japan in the mid-70ies. Betamax came in 1975, VHS came in 1976 . VCR by Philips and Grundig (the precursor of Video 2000) came in 1971, but not in Japan.
@whuttheblue62612 ай бұрын
Great video…..keep up the good work!
@369frequencyandvibration2 ай бұрын
Carrot Top got a movie contract ... oh, no!
@evanreid69172 ай бұрын
I miss Tri mark it was a cool distribution company, I actually think they did better with their straight to video flicks. Even from the get go they were never really meant to go theatrical releasing. I certainly didn't know half of what was said in this video so that was cool.👍 Overall trimark was the little company that could for a window of time.
@mrScififan22 ай бұрын
Wonderful video. Educational
@LoganHunter822 ай бұрын
And by the power of this video, you gained a subscriber 🥳
@Diegan2 ай бұрын
Excellent video!
@xAlexZifko10 күн бұрын
A documentary about the massively successful low budget studio "The Asylum" would be great. They make/made most of the schlock sci-fi youd find on Syfy or whatever the hell they renamed the channel
@Lexman5092 ай бұрын
You would think their release of The Stoned Age would of saved the company. They played it on late night tv all the time. "Every band puts out at least one P*$$* song, so they can find out who the F@66o#& are."
@CaedusRising2 ай бұрын
love to see stuff like this
@p__kingg2 ай бұрын
Aww man .. most of these VHS covers are like takin in a big slice of nostalgia pie.... BUT 15:19 takes the cake. I remember that COVER VIVIDLY. and to think it was made by Peter Jackson who is such a world renown director in 2024. I love these time period pieces but KZbin videos about VHS and rentals touch a special part of my memory cuz wed always rent movies. Born in 1980 so i was alive for the inception and destruction of it all.
@GreasyFilms-qc1xo2 ай бұрын
Really well done doc.
@bob87762 ай бұрын
My buddy’s parents let us rent Warlock from our local little video store when we were about eight or nine. I don’t know what they were thinking. That movie scared the hell out of eight year old me
@jasoncallan2 ай бұрын
this brings back memories & i always wondered why it took forever for warlock to come to theatres because it was heavily advertised in the coming attractions on new world's videos. i finally saw it in a military theatre in ft. bragg.
@DangerDave-e7u2 ай бұрын
It was worth it for no commercials.
@CinephileKyle2 ай бұрын
Thanks!
@nickhuber80232 ай бұрын
Please do VESTRON VIDEO next
@jtom682 ай бұрын
Whoa, an American showing Rogers Video
@thewkovacs3162 ай бұрын
20/20 was one of the best vid stores ever. they had titles you couldnt find anywhere else and let you rent up to 20 vids at a time
@kevinkelley3906Ай бұрын
Ahhhhh. I remember all too well. We had 2 new rental stores and the owner had bootlegs that people could get. I don't know if they rented them or borrowed them but yes, Bootleg Betamax!!
@xKynOx2 ай бұрын
I bought and still have lots of the big box ex rental VHS I used to rent as a kid, I bought them when Super Video closed down :( .
@AmityFeatures2 ай бұрын
Crocodile and the Shark Attack movies were consistent rentals.
@arielfangirlmendezАй бұрын
When i was little i remember watching the third leprechaun movie on tape and my dad watch it and the one scene where this woman wishes to be young and beautiful and this monster leprechaun kills her
@roger_something2 ай бұрын
Amazing video. 👍
@tehjamerz28 күн бұрын
YOOOOO ROGERS VIDEO They had such a good SNES collection
@bekindrewind33522 күн бұрын
I wouldn’t exactly call American Psycho a “popcorn film”.
@gumdroplandfilms28 күн бұрын
I would rent so many vidmark movies as a kid. Very fond memories of these films.
@johnmac40202 ай бұрын
Chairman of the Bored! Conan & Norm was best part of that movie!
@jjamiejackson2 ай бұрын
Can you recommend any good books on movie studios failings? It's quite interesting.