11.   Carillon previously lost distribution rights to Absolut vodka to the Seagram Co.

12.   Chrysler bought Brazilian distribution rights from its former distributor last year.

13.   Chrysler then acquired the distribution rights for Brazil.

14.   Columbia TriStar, a division of Sony Pictures Entertainment, will have international distribution rights for all soap operas that each company makes.

15.   Dan Talbot of New Yorker Films bought distribution rights to the French film, a complex meditation on art and politics set in Sarajevo.

16.   Disney was described by a studio executive as having a minority financial stake in the film, with distribution rights in the United States.

17.   Eventually, Miramax took over domestic distribution rights and, in the process, apparently persuaded Thornton to cut the film -- and then some.

18.   Film distribution rights were sold to Warner Bros. to help defray costs.

19.   Finally, the North American distribution rights were sold to Strand Releasing, which has arranged a two-week run at Film Forum beginning Wednesday.

20.   Expressvu maintains that since it purchased distribution rights in Canada, the gray market hurts it directly.