Savoy Pictures Inc. was an independent motion picture company in operation from 1992 to 1997.
Victor A. Kaufman became chairman and chief executive officer of Savoy Pictures in 1992 along with vice chairman executive, Lewis J. Korman. Among Savoy Picture's noteworthy feature films were A Bronx Tale, No Escape, Last of the Dogmen and Serial Mom.
Budgets for their films grew. However, with rather poor marketing, Savoy faced a major financial slump,...
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Savoy Pictures Inc. was an independent motion picture company in operation from 1992 to 1997.
Victor A. Kaufman became chairman and chief executive officer of Savoy Pictures in 1992 along with vice chairman executive, Lewis J. Korman. Among Savoy Picture's noteworthy feature films were A Bronx Tale, No Escape, Last of the Dogmen and Serial Mom.
Budgets for their films grew. However, with rather poor marketing, Savoy faced a major financial slump, only three years after being formed. For three years, Savoy then released box office failures including Exit to Eden and Getting Away with Murder. HBO handled home video release for the Savoy library.
In January 1995, Kaufman announced that he was hiring Robert N. Fried to run the motion picture studio. Fried brought in executives Alan Sokol, Bob Levin, Cathy Schulman, Stan Brooks, Stan Wlodkowski and filmmakers Sam Raimi, Bob Teitel and George Tillman, Rob Weiss and Peter Chelsom. In September 1995, Kaufman announced that he was no longer...
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