Silver Screen Partners

E72330

film financing entity limited partnership program

Silver Screen Partners was a series of limited partnerships that financed numerous Walt Disney film and television projects in the 1980s and early 1990s.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Silver Screen Partners IV	4
Silver Screen Partners canonical	2
Silver Screen Partners III	2
Silver Screen Partners I	1
Silver Screen Partners II	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T577830 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Silver Screen Partners
Context triple: [Splash, productionCompany, Silver Screen Partners]

A. Amblin Partners
Amblin Partners is an American film and television production company founded by Steven Spielberg that develops and produces a wide range of major studio and independent projects.
B. Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures is an American film production and distribution company known for critically acclaimed independent and specialty films, operating as a division of The Walt Disney Company.
C. Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International is a global film distribution company historically associated with The Walt Disney Company, responsible for releasing many of its movies in international markets.
D. The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company was an American independent film studio and distributor founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, known for producing and releasing numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning films.
E. Ventana Films
Ventana Films is a film production company known for its work on Guillermo del Toro’s acclaimed 1993 horror-fantasy film "Cronos."
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Silver Screen Partners
Target entity description: Silver Screen Partners was a series of limited partnerships that financed numerous Walt Disney film and television projects in the 1980s and early 1990s.

A. Amblin Partners
Amblin Partners is an American film and television production company founded by Steven Spielberg that develops and produces a wide range of major studio and independent projects.
B. Searchlight Pictures
Searchlight Pictures is an American film production and distribution company known for critically acclaimed independent and specialty films, operating as a division of The Walt Disney Company.
C. Buena Vista International
Buena Vista International is a global film distribution company historically associated with The Walt Disney Company, responsible for releasing many of its movies in international markets.
D. The Weinstein Company
The Weinstein Company was an American independent film studio and distributor founded by Bob and Harvey Weinstein, known for producing and releasing numerous critically acclaimed and award-winning films.
E. Ventana Films
Ventana Films is a film production company known for its work on Guillermo del Toro’s acclaimed 1993 horror-fantasy film "Cronos."
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film financing entity ⓘ limited partnership program ⓘ
activePeriodEnd	early 1990s ⓘ
activePeriodStart	1980s ⓘ
associatedWith	E.F. Hutton & Company ⓘ linked to: E. F. Hutton
basedIn	New York (in connection with E.F. Hutton/partnership offerings) ⓘ
businessModel	raising capital through limited partnerships ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distributionPartner	Buena Vista Distribution ⓘ linked to: Buena Vista International
financed	Disney feature films ⓘ Disney television movies ⓘ Disney television series ⓘ
financingStructure	equity investment by limited partners ⓘ revenue participation for investors ⓘ
industry	entertainment industry ⓘ film industry ⓘ television industry ⓘ
investmentType	private placement limited partnership interests ⓘ
mainActivity	financing motion pictures ⓘ financing television productions ⓘ
notableFor	financing Walt Disney film projects ⓘ financing Walt Disney television projects ⓘ
partner	The Walt Disney Company ⓘ Walt Disney Pictures ⓘ
purpose	to provide production financing for Disney projects ⓘ
reasonForEnd	Disney’s shift to other financing methods in the 1990s ⓘ
riskProfile	high-risk investment in film slate ⓘ
series	Silver Screen Partners I ⓘ linked to: Silver Screen Partners Silver Screen Partners II ⓘ linked to: Silver Screen Partners Silver Screen Partners III ⓘ linked to: Silver Screen Partners Silver Screen Partners IV ⓘ linked to: Silver Screen Partners
status	defunct ⓘ

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