The Hollywood studio founded by the four Warner brothers in 1923, which bet the company on synchronized sound and released The Jazz Singer in 1927, forcing the industry into the talkie era. Its gangster cycles, cartoons and franchises made it one of the defining major studios for a century.
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Longtime studio partner across the Dark Knight trilogy, Inception, Interstellar, Dunkirk and Tenet.
His Malpaso Productions has held a first-look deal with Warner Bros. since 1975, covering Unforgiven and Million Dollar Baby among others.
Source Encyclopedia Britannica
Directed and starred in The Postman (1997), released by Warner Bros.
Directed The Departed (2006) for Warner Bros., which won the Academy Award for Best Picture and Best Director.
Directed JFK (1991), released by Warner Bros.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy was released by New Line Cinema, later folded into Warner Bros.
Released every feature from A Clockwork Orange (1971) through Eyes Wide Shut (1999) through Warner Bros.
Directed Ocean's Eleven (2001), released by Warner Bros.
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Source A History of Narrative FilmDavid A. Cook
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.Warner Bros., lead paragraph (Wikipedia), status
is a brand name that has been used by several multinational mass media and entertainment companies and corporations, mostly based in the United States, with attributions to Warner Bros.
- Associated With: Film
View the Source A History of Narrative Film
David A. Cook, W. W. Norton, 2016Works Created: The Jazz Singer
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