Independent film
"Private Life"
By Producer Tamara Jenkins.
An author (Hahn) is undergoing multiple fertility therapies to get pregnant, putting her relationship with her husband (Giamatti) on edge.
This was released on and distributed by Netflix and has been nominated for multiple Independent Spirit Awards.
Time: 123 min (~2h)
Production Company: Likely Story
Release Information:
Was released on January 18th 2018 at Sundance (a film festival for independent and alternative films). It was then released on October 5th 2018 in the United States.
Private Life is an independent movie, so will most likely have had a musch smaller budget than The Hobbit. If it was to have been released in the cinemas, It would probably have only been shown in cinemas like Cinema City who give independent movies screen time and exposure. However, It was released straight onto Netflix, an online monthly-subscription entertainment streaming service.
Multinational film
"The Hobbit" Trilogy
A story about an adventure a Hobbit, his Dwarf friends and good old Gandalf the Grey take to retrieve a Mountain Kingdom, but, must first acquire the precious Arkenstone to force other dwarf kingdoms to fight by their side to drive away Smaug who stands guard of the kingdom and its vast amounts of gold.
Director: Peter Jackson
Distributor: Warner Brothers Studios
Budget: 180 million USD
The Hobbit was filmed in New Zealand and includes many high-profile actors like Martin Freeman, Benedict Cumberbatch and Ian McKellen. The budget for advertising was huge, allowing for special artwork available on the Hobbit Website (which is currently down). The movie is currently available in the Play store and iTunes store for around £40 for the extended edition of the trilogy.
Keywords
Film distribution: the process of making a movie available for viewing by an audience
Sundance: A Prized Competition film festival for independent film makers.