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[[File:TouchstonePictures.jpg|thumb|298px]]'''Touchstone Pictures''' is an American film production label and is one of several film labels of the [[wikipedia:Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]]. Established in 1984, its releases typically feature more mature themes and darker tones than those that are released under the [[wikipedia:Walt Disney

[[File:TouchstonePictures.jpg|thumb|298px]]'''Touchstone Pictures''' is an American film production label and is one of several film labels of the [[wikipedia:Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]]. Established in 1984, its releases typically feature more mature themes and darker tones than those that are released under the [[wikipedia:Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] banner.

Pictures|Walt Disney Pictures]] banner.

Touchstone Pictures is merely a label (similar to a [[wikipedia:record label|record label]]) and does not exist as a separate company: the two companies behind it are the [[wikipedia:~~wikipedia:Alt~~ Disney Motion Pictures Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] and Walt Disney Pictures and Television.<ref>The Walt Disney Company [[SEC filing]] [[Form 10-K]] For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006, page 15</ref>

Touchstone Pictures is merely a label (similar to a [[wikipedia:record label|record label]]) and does not exist as a separate company: the two companies behind it are the [[wikipedia:Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] and Walt Disney Pictures and Television.<ref>The Walt Disney Company [[SEC filing]] [[Form 10-K]] For the Fiscal Year Ended September 30, 2006, page 15</ref>

Their most commercially successful production partners in later years have been [[wikipedia:Caravan Entertainment|Caravan Pictures]], [[wikipedia:Summit Entertainment|Summit Entertainment]], [[wikipedia:Jerry Bruckheimer Films|Jerry Bruckheimer Films]], [[wikipedia:Icon Productions|Icon Productions]], [[wikipedia:Imagine Entertainment|Imagine Entertainment]], [[wikipedia:Mandeville Films|Mandeville Films]], [[wikipedia:Focus Features|Focus Features]] and [[wikipedia:Spyglass Entertainment|Spyglass Entertainment]].

The [[wikipedia:Walt Disney Motion

The [[wikipedia:Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] entered into a long-term, 30-picture distribution deal with [[wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]] by which DreamWorks' productions would be released through the Touchstone Pictures banner over the next five years beginning in 2011.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999836.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Variety: Disney signs deal with DreamWorks; Company will handle distribution for films], ''Variety'', February 9, 2009</ref>

~~Octubres~~ Group|Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group]] entered into a long-term, 30-picture distribution deal with [[wikipedia:DreamWorks|DreamWorks]] by which DreamWorks' productions would be released through the Touchstone Pictures banner over the next five years beginning in 2011.<ref>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117999836.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Variety: Disney signs deal with DreamWorks; Company will handle distribution for films], ''Variety'', February 9, 2009</ref>

[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]] was an actual Disney film, but was released under the Touchstone Pictures banner due to fear of the film's content.