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Touchstone Pictures (formerly Touchstone Films) is a film division of The Walt Disney Company. Its releases are typically more adult than those under the Disney label, although some of its features, including Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) and The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) strayed to some extent onto Disney territory. Touchstone also has a television production arm, Touchstone Television.

The origins of Touchstone Pictures can be traced to the 1979 release of The Black Hole, a science fiction film that sparked controversy due to the fact that it was the first Disney production to receive a PG rating (the company, however, had already distributed its first PG-rated film, Take Down—a non-Disney production—almost a year before the release of The Black Hole.) Over the next few years, Disney experimented with more PG-rated fare, such as the 1981 film Condorman, 1982's Tron and 1983's Never Cry Wolf and Trenchcoat. The latter film attracted major criticism for including adult themes that were considered inappropriate for a Disney film.<ref>Trivia for Trenchcoat (1983). IMDb. Retrieved on 2006-11-23.</ref> The controversy over Trenchcoat is generally considered the catalyst that sparked the creation of Touchstone Pictures. One title considered for the new company was "Hyperion Pictures," named after the location of the studio in the 1930s before the move to Burbank. Eventually, Hyperion would become the name of Disney's publishing arm.

Some critics felt that the creation of Touchstone side-stepped but did not address the view that mature content was inappropriate for Disney. The Touchstone name was taken from a character in William Shakespeare's As You Like It.^{[citation needed]}

Founded by Disney CEO Ron W. Miller in 1984, Touchstone's first release was Splash, a huge hit for the studio. The film included brief nudity on the part of star Daryl Hannah and adult language.

The unit became a top source of income for Disney during the 1980s. Touchstone/Disney's first R-rated film, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, came in January of 1986 and was another smash. Ruthless People followed in April of 1986 and was also huge. One example of a recent release is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005). Touchstone is still an active unit of the company today. The studio's sister company, Touchstone Television, currently produces the smash hits Desperate Housewives and Lost, as well as Scrubs.

At one point, the international theatrical rights to films from Touchstone Pictures were held by Warner Bros., they are currently held by Buena Vista International.

[edit] List of Touchstone Pictures features

• Splash (1984)
• Country (1984)
• Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
• My Science Project (1985)
• Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
• Off Beat (1986)
• Ruthless People (1986)
• Tough Guys (1986)
• The Color of Money (1986)
• Outrageous Fortune (1987)
• Tin Men (1987)
• Ernest Goes to Camp (1987)
• Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
• Stakeout (1987)
• Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
• Hello Again (1987)
• Three Men and a Baby (1987)
• Good Morning, Vietnam (1988)
• Shoot to Kill (1988)
• D.O.A. (1988)
• Big Business (1988)
• Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
• Cocktail (1988)
• The Rescue (1988)
• Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
• The Good Mother (1988)
• Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
• Beaches (1988)
• Three Fugitives (1989)
• New York Stories (1989)
• Disorganized Crime (1989)
• Dead Poets Society (1989)
• Turner & Hooch (1989)
• An Innocent Man (1989)
• Gross Anatomy (1989)
• Blaze (1989)
• Stella (1990)
• Where the Heart Is (1990)
• Pretty Woman (1990)
• Ernest Goes to Jail (1990)
• Spaced Invaders (1990)
• Fire Birds (1990)
• Dick Tracy (1990)
• Betsy's Wedding (1990)
• Mr. Destiny (1990)
• 3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)
• Green Card (1991)
• Oscar (1991)
• What About Bob? (1991)
• The Doctor (1991)
• Scenes from a Mall (1991)
• True Identity (1991)
• Deceived (1991)
• Paradise (1991)
• Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
• The Rocketeer (1991)
• Billy Bathgate (1991)
• Father of the Bride (1991)
• Noises Off... (1992)
• Sister Act (1992)
• A Stranger Among Us (1992)
• The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag (1992)
• 3 Ninjas (1992)
• Crossing the Bridge (1992)
• Captain Ron (1992)
• Alive: 20 Years Later (1993)
• Alive (1993)
• The Cemetery Club (1993)
• Indian Summer (1993)
• Life with Mikey (1993)
• What's Love Got to Do with It? (1993)
• Another Stakeout (1993)
• My Boyfriend's Back (1993)
• The Program (1993)
• The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
• Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1993)
• Cabin Boy (1994)
• My Father the Hero (1994)
• The Ref (1994)
• The Inkwell (1994)
• When a Man Loves a Woman (1994)
• Renaissance Man (1994)
• I Love Trouble (1994)
• It's Pat...The Movie (1994)
• A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
• Ed Wood (1994)
• Bad Company (1995)
• Jerky Boys: The Movie (1995)
• Jefferson in Paris (1995)
• Mad Love (1995)
• Feast of July (1995)
• Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
• Mr. Wrong (1996)
• Up Close & Personal (1996)
• Two Much (1996)
• Boys (1996)
• Last Dance (1996)
• Phenomenon (1996)
• Kazaam (1996)
• The War at Home (1996)
• Ransom (1996)
• The Preacher's Wife (1996)
• Metro (1997)
• The Sixth Man (1997)
• Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
• Con Air (1997)
• Nothing to Lose (1997)
• A Thousand Acres (1997)
• Playing God (1997)
• Starship Troopers (1997)
• Kundun (1997)
• Krippendorf's Tribe (1998)
• He Got Game (1998)
• The Horse Whisperer (1998)
• Six Days Seven Nights (1998)
• Armageddon (1998)
• The Patriot (1998)
• Jane Austen's Mafia (1998)
• Snake Eyes (1998)
• Holy Man (1998)
• Beloved (1998)
• The Waterboy (1998)
• Enemy of the State (1998)
• A Civil Action (1998)
• Rushmore (1999)
• The Other Sister (1999)
• Cradle Will Rock (1999)
• 10 Things I Hate about You (1999)
• Instinct (1999)
• Summer of Sam (1999)
• The 13th Warrior (1999)
• Mumford (1999)
• Bringing Out the Dead (1999)
• The Insider (1999)
• Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (1999)
• Play It to the Bone (1999)
• Mission to Mars (2000)
• High Fidelity (2000)
• Keeping the Faith (2000)
• Shanghai Noon (2000)
• Gone in Sixty Seconds (2000)
• Coyote Ugly (2000)
• The Crew (2000)
• Unbreakable (2000)
• O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000)
• Double Take (2001)
• Pearl Harbor (2001)
• Crazy/Beautiful (2001)
• High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)
• Bubble Boy (2001)
• New Port South (2001)
• Corky Romano (2001)
• Out Cold (2001)
• The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
• Sorority Boys (2002)
• Big Trouble (2002)
• Bad Company (2002)
• Ultimate X: The Movie (2002)
• Reign of Fire (2002)
• Signs (2002)
• Moonlight Mile (2002)
• Sweet Home Alabama (2002)
• The Hot Chick (2002)
• 25th Hour (2003)
• The Recruit (2003)
• Shanghai Knights (2003)
• Bringing Down the House (2003)
• Hope Springs (2003)
• Calendar Girls (2003)
• Open Range (2003)
• Cold Creek Manor (2003)
• Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)
• Veronica Guerin (2003)
• Hidalgo (2004)
• The Ladykillers (2004)
• The Alamo (2004)
• Raising Helen (2004)
• King Arthur (2004)
• The Village (2004)
• Mr. 3000 (2004)
• Ladder 49 (2004)
• The Last Shot (2004)
• The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
• A Lot Like Love (2005)
• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005)
• Flightplan (2005)
• Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)
• Shopgirl (2005)
• Casanova (2005)
• Annapolis (2006)
• Rearranged (2006)
• Stick It (2006)
• Step Up (2006)
• The Guardian (2006)
• The Prestige(with Warner Bros.) (2006)
• Deja Vu (2006)
• Apocalypto (2006)
• Hail Caesar (2007)

[edit] Notes

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[edit] External links

• Touchstone Pictures
• Touchstone Pictures at the Internet Movie Database

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