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PolyGram Filmed Entertainment was a film company created by the people at the PolyGram music company as a way to get into film production and create a viable European competitor to the [[Hollywood]] studios. Over its twenty-year existence, the company managed to produce and distribute many successful UK productions (bringing people such as Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis into worldwide fame) and producing a number of American films in joint ventures with [[Disney]] and [[Universal]]. In 1998, they were bought out by Seagram (then owners of Universal), [[So What Do We Do Now?|who, after failing to find a buyer]] absorbed the company into Universal (though most of the company's back catalog now rests with [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]).
PolyGram Filmed Entertainment was a film company created by the people at the PolyGram music company as a way to get into film production and create a viable European competitor to the [[Hollywood]] studios. Over its twenty-year existence, the company managed to produce and distribute many successful UK productions (bringing people such as Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis into worldwide fame) and producing a number of American films in joint ventures with [[Disney]] and [[Universal]]. In 1998, they were bought out by Seagram (then owners of Universal), [[So What Do We Do Now?|who, after failing to find a buyer]] absorbed the company into Universal (though most of the company's back catalog now rests with [[Metro Goldwyn Mayer]]).


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* ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981)
* ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981)
* ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' (1985)
* ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' (1985)
* ''[[Batman (Film)|Batman]]'' (the four films between 1989 and 1997)
* ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' (the four films between 1989 and 1997)
* ''[[Wild At Heart]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Wild at Heart]]'' (1990)
* ''[[Candyman (Film)|Candyman]]'' and [[Candyman Farewell to The Flesh|its first sequel]] (1992, 1995)
* ''[[Candyman]]'' and [[Candyman Farewell to The Flesh|its first sequel]] (1992, 1995)
* ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' (1992) - international distribution
* ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' (1992) - international distribution
* ''Posse'' (1993)
* ''Posse'' (1993)
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* ''[[Dazed and Confused]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Dazed and Confused]]'' (1993)
* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994)
* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Four Weddings and A Funeral]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Nell]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Nell]]'' (1994)
* ''[[Shallow Grave]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Shallow Grave]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' (1995)
* ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Mr. Hollands Opus]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Mr. Holland's Opus]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Twelve Monkeys]]'' (1995)
* ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995)
* ''[[Trainspotting]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Trainspotting]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Fargo]]'' (1996)
* ''[[Fargo]]'' (1996)
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PolyGram Filmed Entertainment was a film company created by the people at the PolyGram music company as a way to get into film production and create a viable European competitor to the Hollywood studios. Over its twenty-year existence, the company managed to produce and distribute many successful UK productions (bringing people such as Hugh Grant and Richard Curtis into worldwide fame) and producing a number of American films in joint ventures with Disney and Universal. In 1998, they were bought out by Seagram (then owners of Universal), who, after failing to find a buyer absorbed the company into Universal (though most of the company's back catalog now rests with Metro Goldwyn Mayer).

Films produced or distributed by PolyGram include:

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