Adam “MCA” Yauch of the Beastie Boys Launching Indie Film Company

 •  XXL Magazine  •  by XXL Staff  •  7 Comments

Adam Yauch, better known as MCA of pioneering trio the Beastie Boys, has announced the launch of a new indie film distribution company Oscilloscope Laboratories. According to Billboard.com, the company will acquire features from film festivals and provide financial backing to complete and release unfinished works in the U.S. Oscilloscope will be headed by David Fenkel, VP of ThinkFilm, and Yauch’s partner on the Beastie Boys’ fan shot documentary Awesome! I Fucking Shot That! The company will operate out of an 8,000 square-foot Manhattan office space and plans to release between two and ten films during their first year. What makes the venture unique is that they will not be counting on any third party financial assistance, but rather plan to share the risk with their filmmakers. Oscilloscope will handle all of its own marketing and theatrical distribution. Their first release will be announced within a month and is expected to be in theaters by this summer.

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  • Trickdd

    THESE DUDES ARNT EVEN CUTE! WTF I AINT GAY OR NOTHING BUT LOOK AT THE PICTURE ON THE HEADLINE, THEY LOOK LIKETHEIR PPRUDED.

  • http://www.hip-hopkings.com Stu

    I’m glad they are venturing away from music. Dudes old enough to be my grandad.

  • gh31

    ha, yeah its been a good decade since they had a good rap album but their recent instrumental mix album was good.

  • Richard

    Ohio’s finest check me out and if you like what you hear add me thanks

    http://www.myspace.com/rimestrike1

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  • bones

    my favorite music group/act of all time, they exposed me to alot of good hip hop like rundmc, p.e and a tribe called quest

    adam yauch directed most of the beastie boys videos like so whatcha want, shadrach and every video from hello nasty on

    The Anthology: Criterion Collection and Awsome I fukcin SHot That are awsome rap dvds

  • niggafrommephis

    I got to get on yo ass trickdd.You ain’t gay,huh?What the fuck you mean they ain’t cute then?Anyone reading that shit gonna think somethins’ up with you,but that ain’t why I’m writing.Just lettin Mca know good luck and put some brothers on.The beasties aint been here since march 87,put some brothers on Mca.

  • Chucktown

    Yo Trickdd, u gay!!