The Weinstein Company is an independent
American film studio founded by
Harvey and
Bob Weinstein in
2005 after the pair left the
Disney-owned
Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in
1979. The
Dimension Films label of Miramax followed the brothers to their new company.
Robert Redford is currently an advisor to the new studio.
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History
Their first releases in
2005 included the dramatic thriller
Derailed (starring
Jennifer Aniston and
Clive Owen), the offbeat comedy-drama
Transamerica (starring
Felicity Huffman) the
computer-animated family film Hoodwinked, the
World War II-era dramedy
Mrs. Henderson Presents (starring
Judi Dench and
Bob Hoskins) and the caper comedy
The Matador (starring
Pierce Brosnan and
Greg Kinnear).