Inside the Multi-Window Distribution Model | Simon Swart

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Today on the show we have Simon Swart. Swart has diverse experience in all areas of film production and distribution by virtue of his 30+ years as a leading studio executive at Warner Brothers, The Walt Disney Studios, and most recently 20th Century Fox. Swart left Fox to focus on producing with his film credits including 6 Below and the most profitable Indie release of 2018 I Can Only Imagine ($83 million box-offices) among others. He brings with him a variety of global strategic partnerships in multi-window distribution.
In addition to launching worldwide franchises, he championed and created new distribution markets as the market shifted to new formats (DVD, digital) and seized the opportunity to create a service organization offering distribution services to competitive smaller studios. This third-party distribution model started with Artisan/Lionsgate and grew to include MGM, Relativity, DreamWorks, and Miramax, generating substantial fees and greater efficiency.
Enjoy my conversation with Simon Swart.
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Gawd, this guy was in the middle of the Original version controversy and STILL gets it wrong.
The Special Editions came out in 1997, nothing to do with DVD, it was to build up hype and finance Episode I.
When DVD became the standard format, Lucasfilm took its sweet time to do yet another Special Edition and released them in 2004. This frustrated fans because the originals weren't being released on DVD. No respect to fans at all.
2006 they did another reissue with the 2004 Special editions and as a "bonus" a piss poor laserdisc transfer of the originals. This guy saying "the original resolution" is ridiculously dumb, like... Has he no awareness of NTSC? The original resolution is film, period, that wasn't even attempted, his corporate speak of "fur the fayns" is so grating and dishonest.