Capitol Films

{{Short description|British film production}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

{{Infobox company

| name = Capitol Films Limited

| logo = Capitolfilms.gif

| logo_size = 200px

| founded = {{Start date and age|1989|6|6}}

| dissolved = {{Start date and age|2013|5|7}}

| fate = Bankruptcy

|location_city = Los Angeles, California, United States

|location_country =

|industry = Motion pictures

|divisions =

|subsid = ThinkFilm

}}

Capitol Films was a British film production and distribution company (number 02392790), incorporated on 6 June 1989 and dissolved on 7 May 2013. In January 2006 it was sold to American Mobius Pictures,[http://www.linkedin.com/company/capitol-films LinkedIn: Capitol Films] Retrieved 2012-02-16 owned by entrepreneur and film producer David Bergstein, who placed it at the hub of his Pegasus Studios. In early 2010, David Bergstein's appointment as director for the British company was terminated and the company was placed in receivership.[http://www.companiesintheuk.co.uk/Company/AllDocuments/capitol-films Companies in the UK: All official legal documents for Capitol Films Limited] Retrieved 2012-02-16 In October 2010 the US branch of the company was forced into bankruptcy,[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/federal-judge-places-three-remaining-97825 The Hollywood Reporter February 9, 2011: Federal Judge Places Three Remaining David Bergstein Companies Into Bankruptcy] Retrieved 2012-02-16 and in January 2012 a group of creditors filed a proposal with a federal bankruptcy court in Los Angeles to take over and liquidate five companies formerly controlled by David Bergstein, among them Capitol Films.[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/david-bergstein-thinkfilm-capitol-bankruptcy-279309 The Hollywood Reporter January 9, 2012: Creditors, Guilds Move to Liquidate Five Former David Bergstein Companies] Retrieved 2012-02-16

Capitol Films was involved in the production of some fifty films, among them Radio Inside (1994), A Good Man in Africa (1994), Death and the Maiden (1994), Wilde (1997), Dancing at Lughnasa (1998), Gosford Park (2001), Elvis Has Left the Building (2004), and Lucky Number Slevin (2006).[https://www.imdb.com/company/co0060324/ IMDb Capitol Films (gb) filmography] Retrieved 2012-02-16