Section Eight Productions
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| Company type | Production company |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Predecessor | Maysville Pictures |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founders | George Clooney Steven Soderbergh |
| Defunct | 2006 |
| Fate | Defunct |
| Successor | Smokehouse Pictures |
Key people | Jennifer Fox Gregory Jacobs Ben Cosgrove |
Section Eight Productions, or just Section Eight, was an American film production company founded in 2000 by film director Steven Soderbergh and actor/director George Clooney.[1]
It produced the critical hits Far from Heaven, Insomnia, Syriana,[2] A Scanner Darkly and Michael Clayton, as well as Clooney-directed films Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck.[2] In 2005, Syriana and Good Night, and Good Luck picked up eight Oscars nominations between them.
With Soderbergh citing a desire to focus on directing, and Clooney forming production company Smokehouse Pictures with Grant Heslov, the two decided to shut down Section Eight at the end of 2006.[2]
Films
[edit]| Year | Film | Director | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Ocean's Eleven[2] | Steven Soderbergh | Remake of Ocean's Eleven (1960) |
| 2002 | Insomnia | Christopher Nolan | Remake of Insomnia (1997) |
| Welcome to Collinwood | Anthony Russo Joe Russo |
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| Confessions of a Dangerous Mind | George Clooney | ||
| Full Frontal | Steven Soderbergh | ||
| Far from Heaven | Todd Haynes | ||
| 2004 | Criminal | Gregory Jacobs | Remake of Nine Queens (2000) |
| Ocean's Twelve | Steven Soderbergh | ||
| 2005 | The Jacket | John Maybury | |
| Good Night, and Good Luck[2] | George Clooney | ||
| Syriana | Stephen Gaghan | ||
| Rumor Has It... | Rob Reiner | ||
| 2006 | A Scanner Darkly | Richard Linklater | |
| The Good German | Steven Soderbergh | ||
| 2007 | Wind Chill | Gregory Jacobs | |
| Ocean's Thirteen | Steven Soderbergh | ||
| Michael Clayton | Tony Gilroy | ||
| 2009 | The Informant! | Steven Soderbergh |
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ Stone, Rob (April 10, 2018). The Cinema of Richard Linklater: Walk, Don't Run. Columbia University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-231-85124-4.
- ^ a b c d e McLean, Thomas J. (October 13, 2006). "Section Eight goes up in Smoke". Variety. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
External links
[edit]- New York Times, January 18, 2005: Trying to Combine Art and Box Office in Hollywood — article about Section Eight, Clooney, & Soderbergh.
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