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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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=== Films produced or distributed by PolyGram include: === |
=== Films produced or distributed by PolyGram include: === |
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* ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981) |
* ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981) |
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* ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' (1985) |
* ''[[A Chorus Line]]'' (1985) |
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* ''[[Batman ( |
* ''[[Batman (film)|Batman]]'' (the four films between 1989 and 1997) |
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* ''[[Wild |
* ''[[Wild at Heart]]'' (1990) |
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* ''[[Candyman]]'' and [[Candyman Farewell to The Flesh|its first sequel]] (1992, 1995) |
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* ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' (1992) - international distribution |
* ''[[Reservoir Dogs]]'' (1992) - international distribution |
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* ''Posse'' (1993) |
* ''Posse'' (1993) |
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* ''[[Dazed and Confused]]'' (1993) |
* ''[[Dazed and Confused]]'' (1993) |
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* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994) |
* ''[[The Hudsucker Proxy]]'' (1994) |
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* ''[[Four Weddings and |
* ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' (1994) |
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* ''[[Nell]]'' (1994) |
* ''[[Nell]]'' (1994) |
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* ''[[Shallow Grave]]'' (1995) |
* ''[[Shallow Grave]]'' (1995) |
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* ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' (1995) |
* ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' (1995) |
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* ''[[Mr. Holland's Opus]]'' (1995) |
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* ''[[12 Monkeys]]'' (1995) |
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* ''[[Trainspotting]]'' (1996) |
* ''[[Trainspotting]]'' (1996) |
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* ''[[Fargo]]'' (1996) |
* ''[[Fargo]]'' (1996) |
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Latest revision as of 01:14, 29 May 2017
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:
- An American Werewolf in London (1981)
- A Chorus Line (1985)
- Batman (the four films between 1989 and 1997)
- Wild at Heart (1990)
- Candyman and its first sequel (1992, 1995)
- Reservoir Dogs (1992) - international distribution
- Posse (1993)
- Kalifornia (1993)
- Dazed and Confused (1993)
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
- Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
- Nell (1994)
- Shallow Grave (1995)
- The Usual Suspects (1995)
- Mr. Holland's Opus (1995)
- 12 Monkeys (1995)
- Trainspotting (1996)
- Fargo (1996)
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
- Barb Wire (1996)
- Kazaam (1996)
- Sleepers (1996)
- Bean (1997)
- A Life Less Ordinary (1997)
- The Borrowers (1997)
- The Gingerbread Man (1998)
- The Big Lebowski (1998)
- The Last Days of Disco (1998)
- What Dreams May Come (1998)
- Notting Hill (1999)
- Arlington Road (1999)