(The distributor, Winebow, may receive the '87 in March.)

Several analysts have called the relationships between the companies "incestuous" and troublesome, raising questions about whether the distributors would receive overly favorable treatment from Blue Rhino.

If the movies were a hit, the distributors would receive a percentage of the movies' revenue from their territory, which would be split with New Line.

As part of these agreements, more than 11,000 distributors in the United States receive one and done service including underwriting, telephone support, Internet technical assistance, policy issuance and billing service, and cooperative advertising.

On average, the movie's distributor receives more than half of the revenue, with the remainder kept by the movie theater.

In 1970 it emerged that the distributors had been receiving large quantities of New Worlds and had deliberately refrained from distributing them without telling us because they wanted to avoid any further newspaper publicity.

Last year, its 45 independent films took in $250 million at the North American box office; the distributor usually receives about half of the box office.

Consequently, for the out-of-state distributors to receive a refund now would be a "windfall."

Consumers, distributors and collectives have not received the attention they deserve.

The distributor, Orca, received and repacked some pistachios recalled by Setton Pistachio.