The classic 1988 Carolco Pictures logo. Carolco Pictures, Inc. was an independent production company, that within a decade went from producing such blockbuster successes as Terminator 2: Judgment Day and the Rambo series to being made bankrupt by bombs such as Cutthroat Island and Showgirls. Image File history File links Carolco. ...
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Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ...
Rambo is a saga of popular action films starring Sylvester Stallone, based on the characters created by David Morrell in his novel First Blood. ...
Cutthroat Island is a pirate-themed action film starring Geena Davis and directed by her then-husband Renny Harlin, filmed in various locations around Malta. ...
Showgirls is a film directed by Paul Verhoeven and released in 1995 by United Artists. ...
Early years
The company was founded by two film investors, Mario Kassar and Andrew Vajna, as Anabasis Investments. Their goal was to make their new studio a major independent production company producing A-movie product. Mario Kassar (born Beirut, Lebanon, 10 October 1951) is a movie-industry executive whose projects are frequently in association with Andrew Vajna. ...
Andrew George Vajna (born August 1, 1944) is a Hungarian film producer, originally from Budapest. ...
One of the first Anabasis/Carolco films was First Blood (1982), followed by the sequel Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985) (released the year it was renamed Carolco) with Sylvester Stallone (who later signed a ten-picture deal with the studio). The release of First Blood Part II was so instrumental to Carolco's financial success that from then on, the music of the company's logo utilizes the first stanza of its famous score, written by Jerry Goldsmith. For the David Morrell novel, see First Blood (book). ...
// This is the year of film E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, which will become the highest grossing movie for almost 15 years (until Titanic), earning double or triple against any major film of the 1980s. ...
Released on Friday, May 24, 1985, the second movie of Rambo, Rambo: First Blood Part II, has Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) released from prison by Federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing and the government can sweep the issue...
// Back to the Future, starring Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd and Lea Thompson Rambo: First Blood Part II, starring Sylvester Stallone Rocky IV, starring Sylvester Stallone The Color Purple, starring Whoopi Goldberg, Danny Glover, Oprah Winfrey, Margaret Avery, Rae Dawn Chong, Adolph Caesar Out of Africa, starring Meryl Streep and...
Sylvester Stallone (born Michael Enzio Sylvester Stallone on July 6, 1946 Died 20th September 2007 in accident, is a two-time Academy Award-nominated American actor, director, producer and screenwriter. ...
Jerrald King Goldsmith (February 10, 1929 – July 21, 2004) was a famous American film score composer from Los Angeles, California. ...
Success with Terminator 2: Judgment Day With this success, Carolco went on to acquire the rights to the Terminator franchise from Hemdale Film Corporation. The company re-hired Terminator director James Cameron (who had also worked as a screenwriter on Rambo), and Arnold Schwarzenegger to star, in a multi-million-dollar budgeted sequel, Terminator 2: Judgment Day (released in 1991). It was the highest-grossing film of its year, and as it turned out, the most successful film in Carolco's history. Hemdale Film Corporation is an independent film production company and distributor founded in the early 1970s by David Hemmings and John Daly, headed by John Daly and Derek Gibson. ...
James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a three-time Academy Award winning director, producer and screenwriter. ...
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German pronunciation (IPA): ) (born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, actor, and politician, currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ...
The year 1991 in film involved many significant films. ...
Filmography
1970s The Silent Partner is a 1978 crime film directed by Daryl Duke. ...
1980s For other uses, see Superstition (disambiguation). ...
For the David Morrell novel, see First Blood (book). ...
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Released on Friday, May 24, 1985, the second movie of Rambo, Rambo: First Blood Part II, has Rambo (Sylvester Stallone) released from prison by Federal order to document the possible existence of POWs in Vietnam, under the belief that he will find nothing and the government can sweep the issue...
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Angel Heart is a 1987 horror movie written and directed by Alan Parker, starring Mickey Rourke, Lisa Bonet and Robert De Niro. ...
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Extreme prejudice is a term coined to discribe the attitude and behavior exhibited by a certain armed force on any particular mission. ...
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Nightflyers is a 1987 science fiction-horror film about a group of scientists who set out on a space voyage to find a mysterious alien creature, and in the process run afoul of the ships malevolent computer. ...
Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw is an animated feature film released on March 18, 1988 by TriStar Pictures. ...
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Rambo III, is an American action film released on May 25, 1988. ...
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Red Heat is a 1988 movie in which Arnold Schwarzenegger plays Russian policeman Ivan Danko. ...
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Iron Eagle II is a 1988 action film about a joint United States/Soviet task force formed to counter the threat of an unnamed Middle Eastern country. ...
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According to Jewish folklore, the Watchers or Grigori are a superior order of angels whose proper place is either second or fifth heaven. ...
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DeepStar Six (1989) is a sci-fi/horror film about the struggles of the crew of an underwater military outpost to defend their base against the attacks of a strange monster. ...
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Lock Up is a film detailing the last six months of inmate Frank Leones (played by Sylvester Stallone) prison term. ...
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A musical box (or music box) is a 19th century automatic musical instrument that produces sounds by the use of a set of pins placed on a revolving cylinder so as to strike the tuned teeth of a steel comb. ...
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1990s The Mountains of the Moon or Montes Lunae was a mountain range in central Africa that was long believed to be the source of the White Nile. ...
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Shattered Dreams is a single by Russian pop star Sergey Lazarev. ...
Total Recall is an American science fiction film released on June 1, 1990, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Ronald Shusett, Dan OBannon, Jon Povill and Gary Goldman. ...
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Air America is a 1990 film starring Mel Gibson and Robert Downey Jr as Air America pilots in Vietnam War era Laos. ...
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Narrow Margin is a 1990 film directed by Peter Hyams and released by TriStar Pictures. ...
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Repossessed was a 1990 comedy film that spoofed The Exorcist. ...
New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ...
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Hamlet is a 1990 film based on the Shakespearean play of the same name. ...
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L.A. Story is a 1991 movie directed by Mick Jackson and written by Steve Martin. ...
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The Doors is a 1991 film about Jim Morrison and The Doors. ...
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The Dark Wind is the second Tony Hillerman novel to feature Officer Jim Chee. ...
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New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ...
Terminator 2: Judgment Day (commonly abbreviated T2) is a 1991 movie directed by James Cameron and starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, and Robert Patrick. ...
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James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a hugely successful three-time Academy Award winning director, producer and screenwriter. ...
Basic Instinct is a 1992 thriller film, directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Joe Eszterhas. ...
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An action movie starring Sylvester Stallone and including John Lithgow as a key villain. ...
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Wagons East! is a 1994 Western comedy film directed by Peter Markle and starring John Candy and Richard Lewis. ...
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Stargate is a science fiction/action film released in 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, with a soundtrack by David Arnold. ...
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Showgirls is a film directed by Paul Verhoeven and released in 1995 by United Artists. ...
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Cutthroat Island is a pirate-themed action film starring Geena Davis and directed by her then-husband Renny Harlin, filmed in various locations around Malta. ...
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Television production and distribution In later years, Carolco acquired television syndicator Orbis Communications and initiated television production and distribution. They also purchased the former De Laurentiis Entertainment Group production facility in North Carolina (where the television series Matlock was partially filmed), and established a home video division (with Live Entertainment, later Artisan Entertainment and Lions Gate Home Entertainment, as output partner). De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was a production company/distribution unit founded by producer Dino De Laurentiis. ...
Ben Matlock in court Matlock was an American television legal drama starring Andy Griffith as attorney Ben Matlock. ...
Live Entertainment is the second name of International Video Entertainment when it changed its name in 1990. ...
Artisan Entertainment was a privately held independent American movie studio that has been owned by Lions Gate Entertainment since 2003. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lions Gate Films. ...
Spider-Man Carolco struggled for some years to secure the rights to Spider-Man, a property that Cameron was keen to produce as a film. Plans fell through, although it would eventually be made as a Sam Raimi film for Columbia Pictures. Spider-Man is a 2002 superhero film based on the fictional Marvel Comics character Spider-Man. ...
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The Columbia Pictures logo from 1993 to the present Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. ...
Bankruptcy As budgets for their feature films grew, the box-office intake fell. Following the disastrous releases of Cutthroat Island and Showgirls, Carolco went bankrupt and the company closed soon after.
Out of the ashes rose a new partnership between Carolco's owner (Mario Kassar) and Cinergi's owner (Andrew G. Vajna) in 2002: C2 Pictures. Cinergi Pictures Entertainment Inc. ...
Also see: 2002 (number). ...
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The assets The assets of Carolco were later sold off to other companies, most already sold during Carolco's existence. Today, the ancillary rights to a majority of Carolco's library are held by French production company StudioCanal, while CBS Paramount Television holds the television rights (inherited from Worldvision Enterprises). StudioCanal (aka Le Studio Canal, Canal Plus, Canal + Distribution, and Canal+ Image S.A.), is a French-based production and distribution company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. ...
CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies) is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions. ...
WorldVision Enterprises, Inc. ...
Lions Gate continues to hold the US/Canadian home video rights (via a new output deal with StudioCanal), while the international home video rights are held by a different company for each country. For example, the UK rights are with Momentum Pictures (a subsidiary of Alliance Atlantis) and the Australian rights rest with Universal Studios. Also, Lions Gate spun off its Canadian distribution arm as Maple Pictures in 2005, hence the Canadian video rights rest with Maple. Alliance Atlantis Alliance Atlantis is a Toronto-based media company. ...
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Maple Pictures Corp. ...
The only Carolco films not included in the deal are Cliffhanger, Aces: Iron Eagle III, Last of the Dogmen, and Showgirls; the rights to these have been retained by their original theatrical distributors (TriStar Pictures, New Line Cinema, Savoy Pictures/HBO, and United Artists, respectively). However, Lions Gate does own some anciliary rights to the original Stargate, and full rights to Wagons East. Last of the Dogmen is a 1995 action film about the search for a lost Indian tribe. ...
The TriStar Pictures logo from 1993 to the present TriStar redirects here. ...
New Line Cinema, founded in 1967, is one of the major American film studios. ...
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The current United Artists logo (a variant was used during the 1980s). ...
Stargate is a science fiction/action film released in 1994, directed by Roland Emmerich and written by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich, with a soundtrack by David Arnold. ...
Wagons East is a 1994 Western comedy film directed by Peter Markle and starring John Candy and Richard Lewis. ...
Trivia - Carolco's previous ownship of Cliffhanger is made clear in a circulating copy of the film's workprint; "Prop. of Carolco Pict." is displayed above the footage for its entire duration. The display of ownership is so prominent that it takes up one quarter of the entire screen. This circulating workprint of Cliffhanger is marked as being from October 1991. For reference, see www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkzmgaP8GVs
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