Four-wall distribution

[5] They tended to operate in states such as Utah, Oregon, Florida, and Texas, but this practice was not used in major markets such as New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago.

[6][7] Rayland Jensen handled distribution of the film; in 1971, at the request of employees from the Schick razor company, other ANE members and he established their own outlet, Sunn Classic Pictures.

[2][7] Like its predecessor, Sunn also specialized in four-walled releases, among them a 1973 reissue of Chariots of the Gods, 1974's The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams, 1976's In Search of Noah's Ark, and 1977's The Lincoln Conspiracy.

[11] As recently as the 1990s and 2000s, examples of four-walled releases included the films of Warren Miller; 1992's Brother's Keeper, by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky; and the annual short-subject anthology Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation.

[5] Filmmaker Joe Camp expressed concern over the four-wall movement and told Variety in 1977: "It has become an industry-caused thing, but the G rated classification has to some degree become 'if it's G, it can't be for me'."