Touchstone Pictures: Difference between revisions

'''{{PAGENAME}}, Inc.''' was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded on February 15, 1984 and owned by [[The Walt Disney Company]]. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted towards adult audiences than typical [[w:c:disney:Walt Disney Pictures|Walt Disney Pictures]] films.<ref>[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/will-steven-spielberg-drop-dreamworks-826201 Will Steven Spielberg Drop the DreamWorks Name?]</ref><ref>[https://d23.com/touchstone-splash-30th-anniversary/ It's Been 30 Years Since Touchstone Pictures' Splash-y Debut]</ref> As such, Touchstone was merely a brand of the studio and did not exist as a distinct business operation.<ref>[https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1001039/000100103907000090/filename1.htm Letter signed by] Thomas O. Staggs (Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, The Walt Disney Company) to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, March 1, 2007. Retrieved on May 6, 2013.</ref> Touchstone went defunct on December 20, 2017.<ref>Barnes, Brooks (August 5, 2018). [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/05/business/media/disney-streaming-service-ricky-strauss.html "Disney's Streaming Service Starts to Come Into Focus"]. ''The New York Times''. Retrieved July 12, 2020.</ref>

Touchstone, [[Amblin Entertainment]], and [[w:c:disney:Silver Screen Partners|Silver Screen Partners]] were the production companies who worked on and released ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit (film)|Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''.