LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
In the last few months, Bergstein and ThinkFilm have been dogged by a string of lawsuits from associates who allege they were stiffed. Hollywood is a club. But when an outsider with bundles of cash arrives on the scene, the newcomer usually is granted immediate entree. Talent agents, hungry to land clients their next movie, flock to anyone with an open checkbook.
LA Times (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
Capitol Films and ThinkFilm impresario David Bergstein has been taking it on the chin in the press in recent months, dogged by charges that his financial woes have led to a string of unpaid bills, law
SpoutBlog (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
The headline to this Hollywood Reporter story is pure provocation: “Has ThinkFilm Lost Its Mind'” The three pages that follow offer little in the way of analysis of the sanity of the studio’s recent moves; instead, Alex Ben Block contrasts angry accusations from filmmakers who claim to have been wronged by the distributor, with defensive statements from Think/Capitol Films head David Bergstein....
Rotten Tomatoes (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
He's been plagued with money problems, beset by delays, and hammered with lawsuits, so it seems fair to ask: Where's David Bergstein going with ThinkFilm?
The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz B (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
... week of September be any different? Though the specialty market may be in greater doledrums than David Bergstein's bank account, there's hope in the form of one of Bergstein's recent execs -- Mark Urman, who as grills fired up over Labor Day created some heat with the news that he was joining the revitalized Senator (and ensuring one more company name for optimist pundits to...
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Mark Urman is ankling troubled indie ThinkFilm to join Marco Weber’s Senator Entertainment U.S. as president of his newly formed distribution company. Senator announced Friday that Urman will begin work in the new post on Oct. 1 Urman co-founded ThinkFilm in 2001 and served most recently as president. The production-distribution company, taken over by Capitol Films topper David Bergstein...
http://nexttobabilonia.wordpress.co (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
... Line and Paramount Vantage, the travails of indies such as the Weinstein Co., Sidney Kimmel and David Bergstein ’s Capitol/ ThinkFilm group, and the drying up of private equity investment, it’s clear that the U.S. majors are no longer so willing to foot the bill for expensive art movies, even if they do win awards. And that could leave the red carpets of major film festivals looking...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 08/19/2008
Film News: German company declares itself bankrupt -- German film giant Internationalmedia has declared itself bankrupt, claiming to be the latest victim of David Bergstein’s financial woes.
Past Deadline (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
By Randee Dawn Today's headline for the ThinkFilm article by Alex Ben Block reads: "Call him notorius" (referring to TF's owner David Bergstein). I'm actually more of a fan of the online head: "Has ThinkFilm Lost Its Mind?" Either way,...
Defamer (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
It's been a while since we last heard from David Bergstein, the embattled studio chieftain whose cash-challenged Capitol/ThinkFilm operation has withstood everything from repeated production...
TO411 Daily (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
He's been called an unabashed Hollywood hustler. Sordid tales of unpaid vendors, lawsuits, layoffs and movie shutdowns have dogged him in the year and a half since he took over specialty distributor ThinkFilm and foreign sales agent Capitol Film. Yet David Bergstein is unperturbed. "There is always an adjective that precedes us: 'Beleaguered,' 'financially distressed,' " Bergstein...
The Hollywood Reporter: Risky Biz B (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
By Steven Zeitchik Is David Bergstein one of the worst things hit the indie business? Its necessary lifeline in troubled times? Or a complicated entrepreneur, one-part bogeyman, one part misunderstood victim? As is so often the case with the embattled...
Variety.com (Free subscription) | 07/12/2008
Film News: Stuart Ford buys out minority financier at co. -- IM Global CEO Stuart Ford has bought out beleaguered financier David Bergstein's minority stake in the foreign sales and distribution company IM Global. The deal was closed several weeks ago, sources say. Ford was on vacation and had no comment.
