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In 1986, Merchant Ivory Productions and Cinecom International Films partnered to co-produce films, such as ''[[The Deceivers (film)|The Deceivers]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Cohn|first=Lawrence|date=1986-03-12|title=Merchant Ivory, Cinecom Teaming On Coproductions|page=5|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> That year, on June 18, 1986, Cinecom inked a co-production deal with film producers [[Peter Newman (film producer)|Peter Newman]] and Lewis Allen to start production on ''Gris Gris'', to be directed by [[Stuart Gordon]], but it was never materialized.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1986-06-18|title=Cinecom To Coproduce 'Gris Gris' With Newman And Allen; January Start|page=7|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
On October 22, 1986, Cinecom International Films decided to anticipate its foreign sales hum on in-house productions, which executive Amir Malin says it would be more significant to the agreement, and ''Gris Gris'' was planned on to be shooting in [[New Orleans]] as an in-house production of Cinecom, but the film went unreleased.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Robbins|first=Jim|date=1986-10-22|title=Cinecom Anticipates Foreign Sales Hum For In-House Pics|pages=80, 140|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> On December 1986, the company was renamed to Cinecom Entertainment Group in order to expand its holdings, and had completed what it calls a "significant private placement" and added three new directors to its board, as part of the independent film director's expansion plans, and financing agreements were handled on the investment banking of various companies.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1986-12-24|title=Cinecom Makes Finance Move, Adds Directors|page=7|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref>
The company also distributed ''[[The Brother from Another Planet]]'' and ''[[Salaam Bombay!]]''. Its highest-grossing release was 1985's ''[[A Room with a View (1986 film)|A Room with a View]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/studio/chart/?studio=cinecom.htm|title=All-Time Grosses for Cinecom|accessdate=2010-05-20|publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]]}}</ref> It closed down in 1991 after it filed for bankruptcy and sold to [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]].
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