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    Carolco Pictures, Inc. was an American independent film studio that existed from 1976 to 1995, founded by Mario Kassar and Andrew G. Vajna. Kassar and...
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  • fortuitous distribution deals with the Producers Sales Organization, Carolco Pictures and the Taft Entertainment Group. It also expanded ambitiously throughout...
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    Mario Kassar (category Carolco Pictures)
    Cannes Film Festival. A year later, Kassar and Vajna founded Carolco Pictures. "Carolco" was a name they had taken from a long-defunct company based in...
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  • Cutthroat Island (category Carolco Pictures films)
    Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl. Its failure caused the closing of Carolco Pictures. In 1668 Jamaica, having escaped a trap set by authorities, Morgan...
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  • Million Dollar Mystery, among other films, failed at the box office. Carolco Pictures acquired DEG in 1989. In 1983, Dino De Laurentiis produced Firestarter...
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  • independent American studio Carolco Pictures. However, in 1992, Le Studio Canal+ suffered financial difficulties after Carolco Pictures entered a corporate restructure...
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    Warner Bros. Pictures is an American film production and distribution company of the Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group division of Warner Bros. Entertainment...
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  • Republic Pictures, ITC Entertainment, Gladden Entertainment, Miramax Films, Hemdale Film Corporation, The Shooting Gallery, and Carolco Pictures before...
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  • Total Recall (1990 film) (category Carolco Pictures films)
    but had been dismissed as inappropriate for the lead role, convinced Carolco Pictures to purchase the rights and develop the film with him as the star. On...
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    Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film and television production and distribution...
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    Andrew G. Vajna (category Carolco Pictures)
    He founded the now-defunct production companies Carolco Pictures, Cinergi Pictures, and C2 Pictures, frequently in collaboration with Mario Kassar. Andrew...
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    Stock Exchange. In 1991, Carolco Pictures extended Golan's option agreement with Marvel through May 1996, but in April 1992, Carolco ceased active production...
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  • Wagons East (category Carolco Pictures films)
    of him as well as the film being the last Carolco Pictures production to be distributed by TriStar Pictures. The film was panned by critics with the rare...
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  • Annapurna Pictures is an American independent media company founded by Megan Ellison on April 2, 2011, and based in Los Angeles, California. It is active...
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    Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (informally as Universal Studios or also known simply as Universal) is an American film...
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  • Searchlight Pictures, Inc. is an American film production and distribution arm of The Walt Disney Studios, a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company's Disney...
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  • Cliffhanger (film) (category Carolco Pictures films)
    McCarthy as the pilot Wolfgang Güllich as Gabe Walker (stunt double) Carolco Pictures had originally signed Sylvester Stallone to appear opposite John Candy...
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  • distribution only) Rambo III (France distribution only; produced by Carolco Pictures) Scanners (France distribution only) Sex, Lies, and Videotape (France...
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  • Jacob's Ladder (1990 film) (category Carolco Pictures films)
    includes Elizabeth Peña and Danny Aiello. Jacob's Ladder was made by Carolco Pictures ten years after being written by Rubin. Despite only being moderately...
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  • DreamWorks Pictures (also known as DreamWorks SKG and formerly DreamWorks Studios, commonly referred to as DreamWorks) is an American film studio and distribution...
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  • defunct joint venture releasing company between Carolco Pictures and New Line Cinema Seven Arts Pictures, a UK independent film production company Seven...
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    Sony Pictures Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Sony Pictures or SPE, and formerly known as Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc.) is an American diversified...
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  • Terminator 2: Judgment Day (category Carolco Pictures films)
    owned the film's rights. In 1990, Schwarzenegger and Cameron persuaded Carolco Pictures to purchase the rights from The Terminator producer Gale Anne Hurd...
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  • company was established in 1998 by Carolco Pictures co-founders Andrew G. Vajna (who had formed Cinergi Pictures until it folded in this same year) and...
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  • Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (category Columbia Pictures films)
    Judgment Day through their company Carolco Pictures, obtained the rights for the franchise through both Carolco's liquidation auction and negotiations...
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    The Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group (commonly known as the Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, formerly known as the Columbia TriStar...
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    Walt Disney Pictures is an American film production company and subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by...
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  • First Blood (category Carolco Pictures films)
    interested in doing an adaptation as the first production of their studio Carolco Pictures funded by "in-house sources". They purchased the film rights from Warner...
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  • Basic Instinct (category Carolco Pictures films)
    Eszterhas in the 1980s, and it became the subject of a bidding war. Carolco Pictures secured the rights to the film and brought Verhoeven on board to direct...
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    in cash) in Carolco Pictures plus a $30 million convertible note was approved by Carolco's board. MGM also started distributing Carolco's films in January...
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