Orion Pictures Corporation was an American company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists called Orion Pictures Company. Never a large motion picture producer, Orion achieved a comparatively high reputation for Hollywood quality. Woody Allen and several other Oscar-winning directors worked with Orion during its most successful...
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Orion Pictures Corporation was an American company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists called Orion Pictures Company. Never a large motion picture producer, Orion achieved a comparatively high reputation for Hollywood quality. Woody Allen and several other Oscar-winning directors worked with Orion during its most successful years in 1978–1992.
It still operates today, but it is now an in-name-only subsidiary of MGM.
Orion got its start in January 1978, when three disgruntled officers of UA – a motion picture distributor owned by the conglomerate Transamerica – quit their jobs. Arthur B. Krim, chairman; Eric Pleskow, president and chief executive officer; and Robert S. Benjamin, chairman of the finance committee, had become frustrated with the degree of control their corporate parent exerted over the operation of UA, particularly with regard to salaries and other...
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