Fate of Tartan library resolved

[Mark Nornes]

Variety reports that a company called Palisades picked up the Tartan  
library:

http://www.varietyasiaonline.com/content/view/6431/1&nid=3597

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Tartan library travels to Palisades		
Written by Sharon Swart	
Wednesday, 09 July 2008
Story Categories: Film, Finance, Hollywood In Asia, Hong Kong, Japan,  
Wong Kar-wai,

LOS ANGELES -- New York-based securitization and P&A financing  
specialist Palisades Media has acquired the majority of beleaguered  
U.K. indie Tartan Films' 400-plus title library.
[snip]
The nearly 25-year-old Tartan's brand was built on edgy arthouse  
titles, most recently with the cultish Asia Extreme action/horror pic  
wave ("Ring," "Dark Water," "Infernal Affairs" and "The Eye").  
Tartan's catalog also includes "The Last Seduction," "Secretary,"  
"Super Size Me," "In the Mood for Love" and "Battle Royale." Tartan  
Video handles the works of Ingmar Bergman, Francois Truffaut and Pier  
Paolo Pasolini.
[snip]
Goal is for Palisades to own a library of some 2,000 titles by 2010.
"We're not in the blockbuster business," Roberti added, "but we will  
continue to do theatrical releases when it benefits the titles. The  
most important thing about this is preserving titles and making sure  
they get the exposure and exploitation they deserve."
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