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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.<ref name=biskind/> Its first release was [[Robert Altman]]'s ''[[Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (film)|Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean]]''.<ref name=spike-mike>{{cite book|last1=Pierson|first1=John|last2=Smith|first2=Kevin|authorlink2=Kevin Smith|title=Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema|page=38|isbn=0-7868-8222-0|year=1997|publisher=[[Miramax Books]]/[[Disney Hyperion|Hyperion]]}}</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> Cinecom closed operations in 1991 after it filed for bankruptcy; [[Crédit Lyonnais]] acquired the company's film library the following year, licensing worldwide distribution rights to the library to [[October Films]].<ref>{{cite Theweb|title=|website=[[Variety Cinecom(magazine)|Variety]]|date=27 October 1992|access-date=19 October films|url=https://variety.com/1992/biz/news/october-to-run-cinecom-library-100821/}}</ref> isAlthough currentlythe ownedCinecom library was acquired by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM Studios]], who purchased Crédit Lyonnais' film library from [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] in 1999, much of its films have since been acquired by third parties.
 
==Selected films released==