The Weinstein brothers, the Hollywood film producers behind Sex, Lies and Videotape and Pulp Fiction, have called in Goldman Sachs to help raise both debt and equity to support their new $285m (€210m) film fund dedicated to the booming Asian film industry.

Harvey and Bob Weinstein, who set up their investment vehicle the Weinstein Company in October 2005 after they left Miramax Film Corporation, are to invest some $15m into the new fund with Goldman expected to raise $245m in debt and $25m in equity.