Optimum Releasing

Optimum Releasing
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Web Site: Optimum Releasing

Optimum Releasing is currently owned by StudioCanal, a division of Vivendi SA.

Country of operation: UK

The company is spilt in to 5 divisions, Optimum Releasing, Optimum Home entertainment, Optimum ASIA, Optimum Classic, Optimum World. allowing Optimum to offer a wide and varied product out put that cover many tastes, along with help to promote world cinema.

"Since its inception in 1999, Optimum Releasing has steadfastly adhered to one mantra: supporting filmmakers with a vision, and bringing these visions to the widest audience possible".

2007 Film Releases

Asterix And The Vikings
Orchestra Seats
Inland Empire
Caiman, The
Unknown
This Is England
My Best Friend
Exiled
Captivity
Golden Door, The
Tales From Earthsea
The Signal
Rise of the Foot soldier
In The Valley Of Elah
I Do

Optimum Home Entertainment

Launched in early 2004, Optimum Home Entertainment is Optimum Releasing DVD and video division and have release many titles some very well know some more on the fringes of cinema there catalogue includes.

Back catalogue

9 1/2 Ninjas
9 Songs
9 Songs UMD
Agronomist, The
Aileen: Life And Death Of A Serial Killer
All Blacks, The
American Splendor
Animal Factory
Asterix and the Vikings
Bad Boys
Basketcase 2 and 3
Biggie & Tupac
Blind Flight
Boy Eats Girl
Brick
Brick - Single Disc
Bronx Tale, A
Brotherhood of the Wolf
Brotherhood of the Wolf HD
Bugsy Malone Sing-A-Long Edition
Children's Classics
City of Lost Children, The
Clan of the Cave Bear
Cliff Richard Sing-A-Long Edition
Clockwise
Comandante
Convoy
Crumb
Cry Wolf - Uncut
Crying Game Special Edition, The
Dark Days
Dave Chappelle's Block Party
Dead Man's Shoes
Death of a President
Deep Blue
Deep Blue (single disc)
Deer Hunter HD
Deer Hunter, The - Special Edition
Don't Look Now - Special Edition
Driver, The
Dust Devil
Elephant
Exterminator, The

Fahrenheit 9/11
Fahrenheit 9/11 (single disc)
Family Life
Fanny Hill
Festival Express
Fire & Ice
Frankenhooker
Grifters, The
Guillermo Del Toro Triple Boxset
Henry: Portrait Of A Serial Killer
Highlander
Honeymoon in Vegas
Immortal
In My Father's Den
Jazz Singer, The
John Sayles Collection
Killing Fields, The (single disc)
Kurt & Courtney
Last Days
Last Emperor (The) - single disc
Lawless Heart
Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, The
Little Buddha
Long Weekend
Lost In La Mancha
Malice
Man Of No Importance, A
Man Thing
Man Trouble
Man Without a Face, The
Maniac Cop
Me and You and Everyone We Know
Mediterraneo
Minus Man, The
Mulholland Drive (Single Disc)
Mulholland Drive: Special Edition
Murderball
Music from Another Room
Narrow Margin
Near Dark (Single disc)
Near Dark - Special Edition (2 Discs)
New York Doll
Nick Broomfield Collection

Night and the City
Ooh You Are Awful
Pan's Labyrinth
Pan's Labyrinth - Single Disc
Pianist, The
Pianist, The - HD
Piano, The (single disc)
Pippi Longstocking
Real McCoy, TheRed Scorpion
Ricochet
Rocky & Bullwinkle & Friends Complete Season 1
Roger Dodger
Salute of the Jugger
Silent Tongue
Silver Bears
Sleepy Hollow
Spirited Away
Steptoe Double Bill
Stormy Monday
Sweeney! & Sweeney 2
Switchblade Romance
Tales of Beatrix Potter, The
Tarnation
Taxi 3
The Score
The Stud & The Bitch
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada
Third Man, The - Special Edition (2 Discs)
Timecode
Tiptoes
Trauma
Trial, The
Two Bits
Wanted, Dead or Alive - Season 1, Volume 1 (4 discs)
Waterland
Wicker Man, The - Single disc
Wings of the Apache (Firebirds)
Wolf Creek
Wolf Creek (single disc)
Wolf Creek UMD
World of Luc Jacquet
XX/XY
Yes
Zodiac, The

Optimum Asia

Optimum Asia brings the most exciting movies from the Far East to DVD. From high-octane Hong Kong action to good old-fashioned kung-fu, from sleek Korean sci-fi to Japanese anime, Optimum Asia gives you the chance to take in the best of East Asian cinema.

Back catalogue

3-Iron
A Better Tomorrow
A Better Tomorrow (Single Disc)
A Touch Of Zen
Appleseed
Appleseed UMD
Arahan
Azumi
Azumi 2
Azumi Double Bill
Barefoot Gen and Barefoot Gen 2
Blind Shaft
Bruce Lee, Martial Arts Master
Castle of Cagliostro, The
Cat Returns, The
Deadful Melody
Doll Master, The
Drunken Master 3
Drunken Monkey
Election
Fighter in the Wind

Fire Dragon
Ghost, The
Gojoe
Grave Of The Fireflies
Howl's Moving Castle
Howl's Moving Castle - Single Disc
Iron Monkey 2
Laputa Castle In The Sky
Little Norse Prince
Memories Of Murder
My Neighbour Totoro
My Neighbours The Yamadas
Natural City
Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
Only Yesterday
Peace Hotel
Pom Poko
Porco Rosso
Princess Mononoke
Pulse
Ran
Return of the Street Fighter

Run Tiger Run
Shaolin Soccer

Sky High
Sonny Chiba Collection Volume 1: The Killing Machine, Yakuza Deka, Yakuza Deka: The Assassin
Sonny Chiba Collection Volume 2: G.I.Samurai, Golgo 13 and The Bullet Train
Spirited Away - Single Disc
Street Fighter Box Set, The
Street Fighter's Last Revenge, The
Street Fighter, The
Swordsman 2
Swordsman 3
The Host (2 Discs)
The Host - Single Disc
The Three Swordsmen
Touch of Zen
Treasure Hunt
Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust
Whisper Of The Heart

Optimum Classic

The Optimum Classic range comprises great films which are must-haves for any DVD collection. From the extended version of Bertolucci's multiple-Oscar winning The Last Emperor to favourites from the Golden Age of the Hollywood studio system and homegrown gems from the Ealing Studios: these are just some of the vintage movies on offer from Optimum Classic.

Back catalogue

5 Fingers
A Letter To Three Wives
Aces High
Agatha Christie Box Set
Alain Delon Boxset - Screen Icons
Anniversary, The
Are You Being Served? - Comedy Classics
Asterix, The Collected Adventures of
Beast Must Die, The (Amicus Classics)
Belles of St Trinian's, The
Billy Liar
Blood from the Mummy's Tomb
Blue Lamp, The
Blue Murder at St Trinian's
Brighton Rock
British Comedy Collection - 12 discs
Broken Arrow
Broken Lance
Brothers in Law (Boulting Brothers Collection)
Captain's Paradise, The
Carry on Cabby + That's Carry On
Carry on Cleo
Carry on Constable
Carry on Cowboy
Carry on Cruising
Carry on Jack
Carry on Nurse
Carry on Regardless
Carry on Screaming
Carry on Sergeant
Carry on Spying
Carry on Teacher
Catch Us If You Can
Catherine Deneuve Collection - Screen icons
Champagne Charlie
Circus of Horrors (Horror Classics)
Colditz Story, The
Complete War Collection - 12 discs
Conquest of Everest, The
Cross of Iron
Cruel Sea, The
Dalek Boxset
Dam Busters, The
Darling
David Essex Double Bill, The
Dead of Night
Deer Hunter, The (single disc)
Definitive Ealing Collection (The)
Demons of the Mind
Devil Rides Out, The
Dirk Bogarde Collection - Screen Icons
Dr Crippen
Dracula, Prince of Darkness
Dragonwyck
Drums Along The Mohawk
Ealing Studios Box Set 1
Ealing Studios Box Set 2
Ealing Studios Box Set 3
Ealing Studios Box Set 4
Ealing Studios DVD Collection
Emmanuelle
Errol Morris Collection, The
Fallen Idol
Family Way. The (Boulting Brothers Collection)
Fear in the Night
Forty Guns
Frankenstein Created Woman
Frankie Howerd Double Bill

Fu Manchu Double Bill
Garden of Evil
George Formby Boxset (4 Discs)
Ghost Ship
Go-Between, The
Gonks Go Beat
Graham Greene Box Set
Great St Trinian's Train Robbery, The
Green Man, The
Heart of the Matter
Heaven's Above!
Highlander: Immortal Edition
Hitchcock, The Early Years
Horror of Frankenstein
Hue & Cry
I Am a Dancer
I Was A Male War Bride
I Was Monty's Double
I'm All Right Jack
I, Monster (Amicus Classics)
Ice Cold in Alex
It Always Rains on Sunday
James Mason Collection - Screen Icons
Jean-Paul Belmondo Collection - Screen Icons
John Cassavetes Collection, The
Julie Christie Collection - Screen Icons
Killing Fields, The - Special Edition
Killing of a Chinese Bookie, The
Kind Hearts and Coronets
L-Shaped Room, The
Ladykillers (The)
Last Emperor (Director's Cut), The
Lavender Hill Mob (The)
Leslie Philips Collection, The (Comic Icons)
Likely Lads, The - Comedy Classics
Love Thy Neighbour - Comedy Classics
Maggie (The)
Magic Box (Boulting Brothers Collection)
Magnet (The)
Man in the White Suit (The)
Man Who Fell to Earth, The - Single Disc
Man Who Fell to Earth, The - Special Edition (2 DISCS)
Masque of the Red Death. The (The Corman Collection)
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Moby Dick
Naked Lunch
Nanny, The
New Avengers, The
Nicholas Nickleby
Night of the Eagle (Horror Classics)
No Limit
Nurse on Wheels
On the Buses Box Set - Comedy Classics
One Million Years B.C.
Passport to Pimlico
Peeping Tom - Special Edition
Peter Sellers Collection - Comic Icons
Piano, The - Special Edition
Pickup On South Street
Plague of the Zombies, The
Pop Gear
Prehistoric Women
Private Elvis
Pure Hell of St Trinian's, The
Quatermass and the Pit
Raging Moon, The
Railway Children, The
Rancho Notorious
Rasputin, The Mad Monk
Reptile, The

Restless Natives
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Scars of Dracula
School for Scoundrels
Scott of the Antartic
Sea Devils
She
Sherlock Holmes and the Hound of the Baskervilles & Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror
Sherlock Holmes and the Scarlet Claw & Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear
Sherlock Holmes and the Spider Woman & Sherlock Holmes and the pearl of Death
Sherlock Holmes in Pursuit to Algiers & Sherlock Holmes in the Woman in Green
Sherlock Holmes in Terror by Night & Sherlock Holmes in Dressed to Kill
Sherlock Holmes in Washington & Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes the Definitive Collection
Sid James Collection - Comic Icons
Snake Pit, The
Southern Comfort
St Trinians Boxset
Steamboat Around The Bend
Straight On Till Morning
Summer Holiday (Sing-A-Long)
Swallows and Amazons
Terry Thomas Collection - Comic Icons
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes & Sherlock Holmes and The Secret Weapon
They Who Dare
Till Death Us Do Part - Comedy Classics
Titfield Thunderbolt (The)
To the Devil a Daughter
Tony Hancock Double Bill - Comic Icons
Twisted Nerve (Boulting Brothers Collection)
Two For The Road
Ultimate Hammer Box Set
Vengeance of She, The
Viking Queen
War Box Set 1
War Box Set 2
War Box Set 3
Warlock
Went the Day Well
Went the Day Well
Western Classics Collection
Western Union
Whisky Galore
Whisky Galore! Special Edition
Wicker Man, The - Special Edition
Wild River
Witches, The
Woman under the Influence, A
Wonderful Life (Sing-A-Long)
Wooden Horse, The
Young Mr Lincoln
Young Ones, The (Sing-A-Long)

Optimum World

Optimum World proves that there's more to life than Hollywood, pulling together great cinema from across the globe. Breakout hits Amores Perros and The Devil's Backbone are joined by exciting new work from countries as diverse as China, Brazil and Georgia, and a range of established world cinema classics from renowned directors, including Jean-Luc Godard's Breathless and Pedro Almodóvar's What Have I Done To Deserve This?

Back catalogue

A Slightly Pregnant Man
A Thousand Months
Abouna Our Father
Aimée & Jaguar
All About Lily Chou Chou
Almodovar The Collection Volume 1
Almodovar The Collection Volume 2
Amores Perros
Angel-A
Angela
Appartement (L')
Aprile
Ascenseur pour l'Echafaud (Lift to the Scaffold)
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Au Revoir Les Enfants
Balzac And The Little Chinese Seamstress
Belle de Jour - 40th Anniversary
Betty Fisher and Other Stories
Bob Le Flambeur
Bon Voyage
Boudu Saved From Drowning
Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)
Broken Wings
Bunuel Boxset, Luis (8 discs)
Chinoise, La
City Of Men
Claire's Knee
Closet, The
Color of Paradise, The
Cronos - Special Edition
Cuckoo, The

Dark Habits
Detective
Devil's Backbone, The
Diva
Donkey Skin
Dragonflies
Duck Season
Eclisse, L'
El Bonaerense
Eloge De L'Amour
Europa, Europa
Flic, Un
Flower of my Secret
H.G. Clouzot Boxset
He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not
Historias Minimas
In This World
Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus
Jean Cocteau Boxset
Jean Renoir Collection - 7 Discs
Jean-Luc Godard Collection, The - Vol 1
Kika
La Grande Illusion: Special Edition
La Haine
La Haine - HD
La Haine- Ultimate Edition
La Strada
Last Year In Marienbad (L’Année Dernière à Marienbad)
Law of Desire
Le Corbeau
Le Jour se Leve
Le Secret
Les Amants

Louis Malle Collection vol 1, The
Louis Malle Collection vol 2, The
Lovers of the Arctic Circle
Man Of The Year
Man Without a Past, The
Masai
Matador
Mostly Martha
Nine Queens
Notre Musique
Nowhere In Africa
Officer's Ward, The
Orchestra Seats
Pepe le Moko
Pepi, Luci, Bom
Plein Soleil
Quai des Brumes
Quai des Orfevres
Self Made Hero, A
Senso
Since Otar Left
Spirit Of The Beehive
Ten
Twin Sisters
Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The: Special Edition
Wages Of Fear
What Have I Done to Deserve This?
White Sheik, The
Women on the Verge of a Nervous