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Cinecom

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Cinecom Pictures was an independent film company founded in 1982 by Ira Deutchman (a former member of United Artists Classics), Amir Malin and John Ives.[1] Its first release was Robert Altman's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.[2]

Cinecom International Films
IndustryIndependent film production and distribution
Founded1982[1]
Defunct1991
FateBankruptcy
HeadquartersNew York City
Key people
Founders Ira Deutchman, Amir Malin and John Ives[1]

In 1985, Cinecom decided to terminate its pact with film producer Filmvest, which the six-picture agreement would start in 1984.[3] That year, Cinecom received deals with independent producers, like Lucasfilm, Goldcrest, M&R Amusement, the National Film Board of Canada and Merchant Ivory Productions, and decided to acquire twelve motion pictures that were designed to distribute over the next twelve months of its existence.[4]

In 1986, Merchant Ivory Productions and Cinecom International Films partnered to co-produce films, such as The Deceivers.[5] That year, on June 18, 1986, Cinecom inked a co-production deal with film producers Peter Newman and Lewis Allen to start production on Gris Gris, to be directed by Stuart Gordon, but it was never materialized.[6]

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.[7] In 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.[8]

In 1987, after a four-picture agreement with CBS/Fox Video, Cinecom inked a partnership with Lorimar Home Video to handle seven features, in order to prevail in a spirited bidding battle for the willingness that gave Cinecom themselves to Lorimar Home Video, a "distribution-fee agreement" that also included a substational upfront advance.[9]

The company also distributed The Brother from Another Planet and Salaam Bombay!. Its highest-grossing release was 1985's A Room with a View.[10] It closed down in 1991 after it filed for bankruptcy and sold to PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.

Selected films released

References

  1. ^ a b c Biskind, Peter (2004). Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film. New York City: Simon and Schuster. p. 17. ISBN 0-684-86259-X.
  2. ^ Pierson, John; Smith, Kevin (1997). Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema. Miramax Books/Hyperion. p. 38. ISBN 0-7868-8222-0.
  3. ^ "Cinecom Terminates Pact to Handle Filmvest Pics". Variety. 1985-11-06. p. 38.
  4. ^ Robbins, Jim (1985-11-13). "Cinecom Handling Release Of 12 Pics Over Next Several Months". Variety. p. 6.
  5. ^ Cohn, Lawrence (1986-03-12). "Merchant Ivory, Cinecom Teaming On Coproductions". Variety. p. 5.
  6. ^ "Cinecom To Coproduce 'Gris Gris' With Newman And Allen; January Start". Variety. 1986-06-18. p. 7.
  7. ^ Robbins, Jim (1986-10-22). "Cinecom Anticipates Foreign Sales Hum For In-House Pics". Variety. pp. 80, 140.
  8. ^ "Cinecom Makes Finance Move, Adds Directors". Variety. 1986-12-24. p. 7.
  9. ^ "K/L Snags Cinecom Seven-Pack Via Sweetened Fee Agreement". Variety. 1987-03-11. p. 91.
  10. ^ "All-Time Grosses for Cinecom". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-05-20.
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