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Go Fish Pictures was an American film production and distribution company and a division of DreamWorks SKG.[1] The company was founded in 2000 in order to release arthouse, independent, and foreign films. The division was initially successful with the anime films Millennium Actress[1] and Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence in 2003 and 2004, respectively. This led to venturing into live-action films with the releases of The Chumscrubber and The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
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However, following the critical and commercial failure of The Chumscrubber, DreamWorks shut down the division in 2007 shortly after the release of the Japanese film Casshern.
Filmography
[edit]| Title | Release date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Millennium Actress[1] | September 14, 2002 (Japan) September 12, 2003 (USA) |
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| Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence | March 6, 2004 (Japan) September 17, 2004 (USA) |
North American and French distribution only in the second and last anime film adaptation distributed by the company. |
| The Chumscrubber | August 26, 2005 (USA) | Co-production with El Camino Pictures and Newmarket Films |
| The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio | October 14, 2005 | Co-production with Revolution Studios and ImageMovers |
| Casshern | April 24, 2004 (Japan) October 16, 2007 (USA) |
Released through Paramount Pictures in the United States |
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Go Fish Pictures was an American film production and distribution company established in 2000 as a specialty division of DreamWorks SKG, focusing on independent, art-house, foreign-language, and anime titles.[1]
The label quickly gained recognition for bringing acclaimed anime features to North American audiences, including Satoshi Kon's Millennium Actress (2003) and Mamoru Oshii's Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (2004), both of which received critical praise and award nominations for their innovative animation and storytelling.[2][3] It later expanded into live-action independent cinema, distributing films such as The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio (2005), a biographical drama starring Ellen Burstyn, and The Chumscrubber (2005), a dark comedy directed by Arie Posin featuring Jamie Bell and Glenn Close.[4]
Despite initial successes, particularly in the anime sector where it helped elevate titles like Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence at events such as the Annie Awards, Go Fish Pictures struggled with broader commercial viability.[5] The release of Casshern (2007), a Japanese live-action science fiction film, marked the division's final project before DreamWorks shuttered it amid financial challenges and the poor box office performance of The Chumscrubber.[2][1] Its library was subsequently absorbed into Paramount Pictures following the 2006 acquisition of DreamWorks' live-action catalog.[1]
