'Hollywood Collection' Titles Acquired for South American DVD Market

Janson Media announced today that it has licensed 20 titles from the Hollywood Collection to Five Stars Distribudora de Filmes, Ltd. to be released on DVD in the territories of Brazil, Argentina and Chile. The Hollywood Collection is an award-winning archive of 34 movie star biographies and retrospectives produced by Wombat Productions between 1985 and 1999. As per the agreement Five Stars Distribudora de Filmes, Ltd. has licensed the biopics on Audrey Hepburn, Anthony Quinn, Burt Lancaster, Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Gregory Peck, Ingrid Bergman, Jack Lemmon, Joan Crawford, Mae West, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Caine, Robert Mitchum, Roger Moore, Shirley MacLaine, Shirley Temple, Steve McQueen and Yul Brynner. The Hollywood Collection is a rich archive of television documentary films, which profile many of Hollywood"s most beloved and respected stars. These films are the legacy of Gene Feldman (1921-2006), a director, writer, and producer. In partnership with his wife, Suzette Winter, their company Wombat Productions created 34 insightful and entertaining biographies for television broadcast. All of these programs were originally shot on both 35mm and 16mm film stocks and recorded on quarter-inch audiotape, as well as 35mm magnetic film. Now available on DVD, Janson Media maintains exclusive commercial rights to the entire collection. Established in 1989, Janson Media is an independent content distribution company based in the United States, with a rights portfolio of over 1,500 hours of exclusive programming available for licensing to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, non-theatric, and emerging new media markets, and a publisher/ manufacturer of award-winning DVDs. The company has licensed programming to virtually every country in the world, and its clients include most major broadcasters and media companies.