A Band Apart

{{Short description|American film production company (1991–2006)}} {{Infobox company | name = A Band Apart Films LLC | logo = A Band Apart logo.png | type = [[Privately held company|Private]] | founded = {{start date and age|1991}} | defunct = {{end date and age|2006}} | fate = [[Liquidation]] | successor = Visiona Romantica | founders = {{Plainlist| * [[Quentin Tarantino]] * Michael Bodnarchek * [[Lawrence Bender]] }} | location = {{Plainlist| *7966 Beverly Boulevard *2nd Floor *[[Los Angeles]], [[California]] 90048 *United States }} | key_people = {{Plainlist| * Lawrence Bender {{small|([[Chief executive officer|CEO]]/[[President (corporate title)|president]])}} * Michael Bodnarchek {{small|(CEO/president)}} * Adam Bloom {{small|(executive producer/head of production)}} }} | num_employees = | parent = | industry = {{Plainlist| *[[Entertainment]] *[[Motion picture]] }} | products = {{Plainlist| *[[Film production]] *[[Television advertisement|Television commercials]] *[[Music video]]s }} | website = {{url|abandapart.com}} {{small|(defunct)}} }} '''A Band Apart Films LLC''' was an American independent [[film production]] company founded by [[Quentin Tarantino]], Michael Bodnarchek, and [[Lawrence Bender]] in 1991, before its [[liquidation]] in 2006. Its name is a play on the [[French New Wave]] classic film, ''[[Bande à part (film)|Bande à part]]'' ("Band of Outsiders") by filmmaker [[Jean-Luc Godard]], whose work was highly influential on the work of the company's members.

==History== [[File:Rodriguez and Tarantino, 2007.jpg|thumb|Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino, two central members of A Band Apart (pictured at the 2007 [[Scream Awards]]).]]

Tarantino formed A Band Apart in 1991,<ref name="BarnesHearn1996">{{cite book|author1=Alan Barnes|author2=Marcus Hearn|title=Tarantino A to Zed: the films of Quentin Tarantino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JX9iAAAAMAAJ|access-date=15 October 2011|year=1996|publisher=B.T. Batsford|isbn=978-0-7134-7990-4|page=14}}</ref> naming it after his favorite Godard film, ''[[Bande à part (film)|Bande à part]]''.<ref name="Charyn2006">{{cite book|author=Jerome Charyn|title=Raised by Wolves: The Turbulent Art and Times of Quentin Tarantino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WZqSswEACAAJ|access-date=15 October 2011|date=23 May 2006|publisher=Da Capo Press|isbn=978-1-56025-858-2|page=75}}</ref> The company's logo was a stylized image of the robbers from ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'', Tarantino's debut film. Subsequently, several legal entities within the company were named after the film's characters. [[Reservoir Dogs#Cast|Mr. Pink LLC]] was for music video production budgets, and [[Reservoir Dogs#Cast|Mr. Brown LLC]] was for commercials.

In addition to Tarantino, members of the company included [[Robert Rodriguez]], [[John Woo]], [[Tim Burton]], [[Steve Buscemi]], [[Darren Aronofsky]], [[John Landis]], Athanasius Acropolis, [[McG|Joseph McGinty Nichol]], [[Nigel Dick]], Varl Hobe, [[Steve Carr]], Cameron Casey, [[Marcel Langenegger]], [[Wayne Isham]], Cale Donk, Terry Windell, Lisa Prisco,<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Woodward |first1=Sarah |title=Lisa Prisco To Direct Via A Band Apart |magazine=[[Shoot (advertising magazine)|Shoot]] |date=December 15, 2000 |url=https://www.shootonline.com/news/lisa-prisco-direct-band-apart/archived_node}}</ref> Paul Street, Phil Harder-Rick Fuller, [[Coodie & Chike]], Osbert Parker, [[Luc Besson]], Porker LeVance, [[Adam Christian Clark]], [[André 3000]], [[Christopher Morrison]] and Michael Palmieri, Ducky Powell, Andy Mornahan, Chash Brower, Steve Lowe, Loren Hill, Darren Grant, Charles Whittenmier, Geoff McGann, Olivier Venturini, The 405 Guys, and Craig Tanamoto.{{fact|date=June 2023}}

The company catapulted to fame with the 1994 release of Tarantino's ''[[Pulp Fiction]]'', which was considered by some critics to be the most influential American film of the decade.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050525003513/http://www.time.com/time/2005/100movies/0,23220,pulp_fiction,00.html "The All-Time Greatest 100 Films"]. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' 2005.</ref> In the summer of 1995, the company added a division for commercials and later, for music video production, adding a third co-owner Michael Bodnarchek. Michael Bodnarchek tapped Simon Foster to co-found A Band Apart Music Video who brought notable A-list Directors as well as Kristin Cruz (aka Kris Foster) and Heidi Santelli as directors' rep and executive producer, respectively.<ref>[http://articles.citypages.com/2007-10-10/news/reservoir-dog-days/ "City Pages Article", City Pages] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080209183734/http://articles.citypages.com/2007-10-10/news/reservoir-dog-days/ |date=February 9, 2008 }} 2007</ref>

===Company closure=== Tarantino and Bender had an amicable split, leaving Tarantino as the sole owner of the studio and the studio being up for [[liquidation]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vulture.com/2015/08/quentin-tarantino-the-complete-syllabus.html|title=Quentin Tarantino: The Complete Syllabus of His Influences and References|website=Vulture|last=Fitzmaurice|first=Larry|date=August 28, 2015|access-date=August 15, 2019}}</ref> while [[David Heyman]] (''[[Harry Potter (film series)|Harry Potter]]'', ''[[Gravity (2013 film)|Gravity]]'') produced Tarantino's ninth film, ''[[Once Upon a Time in Hollywood]]''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Fleming|first1=Mike Jr.|title=Bidding Heats on Quentin Tarantino Script As David Heyman Boards As Producer|url=https://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-movie-bidding-david-heyman-producer-margot-robbie-tom-cruise-brad-pitt-leonaro-dicaprio-1202208169/|access-date=August 15, 2019|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date=November 14, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171114232804/http://deadline.com/2017/11/quentin-tarantino-movie-bidding-david-heyman-producer-margot-robbie-tom-cruise-brad-pitt-leonaro-dicaprio-1202208169/|archive-date=November 14, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The company is listed for Tarantino's ''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' (2009) and ''[[Django Unchained]]'' (2012),<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/64912-INGLOURIOUS-BASTERDS |website=catalog.afi.com |access-date=24 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=AFI{{!}}Catalog |url=https://catalog.afi.com/Film/69103-DJANGO-UNCHAINED |website=catalog.afi.com |access-date=24 November 2018 |language=en}}</ref> and credited for ''[[Grindhouse (film)|Grindhouse]]'' (2007).

==Filmography== === Films produced and co-produced === {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Directed by !Distribution !Co-production !Notes |- |1992 |''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' |[[Quentin Tarantino]] |[[Miramax Films]] |[[Artisan Entertainment|Live America Inc.]] Dog Eat Dog Productions | first film |- |1993 |''[[True Romance]]'' |[[Tony Scott]] |[[Warner Bros.]] |[[Morgan Creek Productions]] [[Davis Films]] | |- |1994 |''[[Pulp Fiction]]'' |Quentin Tarantino |Miramax Films |[[Jersey Films]] | |- | rowspan="3" |1995 |''The Whiskey Heir'' |JoAnn Fregalette Jansen |A Band Apart |{{n/a}} |Short film |- |''[[White Man's Burden (film)|White Man's Burden]]'' |[[Desmond Nakano]] |[[Savoy Pictures]] |[[UGC (cinema operator)|UGC]] [[Rysher Entertainment]] | |- |''[[Four Rooms]]'' |[[Allison Anders]] [[Alexandre Rockwell]] [[Robert Rodriguez]] [[Quentin Tarantino]] |Miramax Films |{{n/a}} | |- | rowspan="2" |1996 |''[[Curdled (film)|Curdled]]'' |Reb Braddock |[[Rolling Thunder Pictures]] Miramax Films |Tinderbox Films | |- |''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'' |[[Robert Rodriguez]] | rowspan="3" |Miramax Films |[[Dimension Films]] [[Los Hooligans Productions]] | |- | rowspan="2" |1997 |''[[Jackie Brown]]'' |Quentin Tarantino |Mighty Mighty Afrodite Productions Lawrence Bender Productions | |- |''[[Good Will Hunting]]'' |[[Gus Van Sant]] |Be Gentleman Limited Partnership |as [[Lawrence Bender Productions]] |- |1998 |''[[Metallica: Cunning Stunts]]'' |Wayne Ishun [[Adam Dubin]] |[[Elektra Entertainment]] |Celluloid Construction Company Woof! Woof! |Concert video |- |1999 |''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money]]'' |[[Scott Spiegel]] |[[Buena Vista Home Entertainment]] | rowspan="2" |Dimension Home Video Los Hooligans | rowspan="2" |[[Direct-to-video]] |- |2000 |''[[From Dusk Till Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter]]'' |[[P. J. Pesce]] |Amuse Pictures Buena Vista Home Video New Films International |- |2003 |''[[Kill Bill: Volume 1]]'' | Quentin Tarantino | Miramax Films | {{n/a}} | |- | rowspan="3" |2004 |''[[Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights]]'' |[[Guy Ferland]] |[[Lionsgate Films]] Miramax Films |[[Artisan Entertainment]] Havana Nights LLC [[Lawrence Bender Productions]] Miramax Films | |- |''[[Kill Bill: Volume 2]]'' | rowspan="5" |Quentin Tarantino |Miramax Films |{{n/a}} | |- | ''[[Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair]]'' |[[Lionsgate Films]] |{{n/a}} | |- |2007 |''[[Death Proof]]'' |[[Dimension Films]] |[[Troublemaker Studios]] |Soundtrack only |- |2009 |''[[Inglourious Basterds]]'' |[[The Weinstein Company]] [[Universal Pictures]] |[[Studio Babelsberg]] Visiona Romantica | |- |2012 |''[[Django Unchained]]'' |The Weinstein Company [[Columbia Pictures]] |Columbia Pictures |last film |}

===Music videos produced (partial list)=== {| class="wikitable sortable" !Year !Title !Artist(s) |- |1997 |"Promise Ain't Enough" |[[Hall & Oates]] |- | rowspan="7" |1998 |"[[Pretty Fly (for a White Guy)]]" |[[The Offspring]] |- |"[[Fuel (Metallica song)|Fuel]]" |[[Metallica]] |- |"[[Believe (Cher song)|Believe]]" |[[Cher]] |- |"[[The City Is Mine]]" |[[Jay-Z]] ft. [[Blackstreet]] |- |"[[Miami (Will Smith song)|Miami]]" |[[Will Smith]] |- |"[[Clock Strikes]]" |[[Timbaland & Magoo]] ft. [[Mad Skillz]] |- |"[[Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)|Hard Knock Life]]" |[[Jay-Z]] |- | rowspan="2" |1999 |"[[Everything You Want (Vertical Horizon song)|Everything You Want]]" |[[Vertical Horizon]] |- |"[[The Hardest Thing (98 Degrees song)|The Hardest Thing]]" |[[98 Degrees]] |- | rowspan="6" |2000 |"[[Bye Bye Bye]]" |[[NSYNC]] |- |"[[Hemorrhage (In My Hands)]]" |[[Fuel (band)|Fuel]] |- |"[[(Rock) Superstar]]" |[[Cypress Hill]] |- |"U Got It" |[[Cleopatra (group)|Cleopatra]] |- |"[[Breathless (The Corrs song)|Breathless]]" |[[The Corrs]] |- |"[[Oops!... I Did It Again (song)|Oops!... I Did It Again]]" |[[Britney Spears]] |- | rowspan="4" |2001 |"[[Cry (Mandy Moore song)|Cry]]" | rowspan="2" |[[Mandy Moore]] |- |"[[Crush (Mandy Moore song)|Crush]]" |- |"[[Pop (NSYNC song)|Pop]]" |[[NSYNC]] |- |"[[Overprotected]]" |[[Britney Spears]] |- | rowspan="2" |2003 |"[[Some Girls (Dance with Women)|Some Girls]]" |[[JC Chasez]] |- |"[[Falls on Me]]" |[[Fuel (band)|Fuel]] |- | rowspan="3" |2005 |"[[An Honest Mistake]]" |[[The Bravery]] |- |"[[Resolve (song)|Resolve]]" |[[Foo Fighters]] |- |"[[Juicebox (song)]]" |[[The Strokes]] |}

== References == <references/>

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20110514152252/http://www.dsire.com/archive/aba/swf/Base.html An Archive of the Company's Website ''circa 2001''] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20080209183734/http://articles.citypages.com/2007-10-10/news/reservoir-dog-days/ City Pages feature on Michael Bodnarchek, co-founder of A Band Apart]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Band Apart}} [[Category:1991 establishments in California]] [[Category:2006 disestablishments in California]] [[Category:American companies established in 1991]] [[Category:American companies disestablished in 2006]] [[Category:Companies based in Los Angeles]] [[Category:Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles]] [[Category:Defunct film and television production companies of the United States]] [[Category:Film studios owned by Quentin Tarantino]] [[Category:Mass media companies established in 1991]] [[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2006]] [[Category:Film production companies based in California]] [[Category:Entertainment companies established in 1991]] [[Category:Entertainment companies disestablished in 2006]] [[Category:Television production companies based in California]] [[Category:Privately held companies based in Los Angeles]]