bob-weinstein

Weinsteins Set New Standard for DVD Oblivion

STV · 02/28/08 03:11PM

With interests including Halston, A Small World and, well, the Weinstein Company, the post-Miramax Weinstein brothers have proven their uncanny ability to diversify, crash and burn as well as any moguls this side of Charles Keating. No reversal of fortune is complete, however, without a boutique DVD label and a few classics freshly extracted from Harvey Weinstein's TiVo:

Bob Weinstein

cityfile · 02/03/08 10:48PM

The less volatile, more low-key sibling, Bob Weinstein co-founded Miramax and The Weinstein Company with his brother Harvey. The Weinsteins founded Miramax in 1979, focusing on small art-house films throughout the '80s, including Errol Morris' The Thin Blue Line. The movie that ignited their careers—and the entire indie film movement—was Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies and videotape in 1989, which made Miramax the leading independent production studio in America. Bob and his brother went on a tear during the '90s, producing such films as Oscar-winners The English Patient, Shakespeare in Love, and Good Will Hunting. The brothers left Disney-acquired Miramax in 2005 to form their own production company. Bob is also the founder of genre-focused Dimension Films, now one of the Weinstein Company's most successful divisions thanks to franchises like Scream and Scary Movie. Bob found love in business: he is married to Annie Clayton, a former Miramax receptionist.

Harvey's directorial debut

Gawker · 03/05/03 02:51PM

It's Harvey Day at Gawker! (Again!) A reader points out that Mila 18 won't be Harvey Weinstein's directorial debut. He co-directed a teen comedy in the '80s called Playing for Keeps with brother Bob Weinstein. "It's sort of Footloose meets Ringolevio, featuring Marisa Tomei," writes our tipster.
Playing for Keeps [IMDB]
Playing for Keeps movie poster [eBay]