New Line Home Entertainment is the home entertainment distribution arm of New Line Cinema, founded in 1990. According to New Line's website, Misery was the first New Line Home Video release. It is responsible for the distribution of all New Line Cinema theatrical films for release on DVD and Blu-ray Disc. The company also distributes some feature films from the specialty studio Picturehouse , as well as films or non theatrical programs produced or acquired by New Line Home Entertainment and New Line Television. In the early years of the video division, New Line acquired some holdings of... Nelson Entertainment and released some Nelson-owned films on video, including The Graduate and Escape From New York, as well as Castle Rock Entertainment films such as City Slickers, Mr. Saturday Night, Honeymoon in Vegas, and the aforementioned Misery. All of these films have passed on to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Before New Line formed its own video division, many of the company's films were released on video by various distributors.
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