Cinergi Pictures Inc. was a small independent production company that was formed in 1992 by Andrew J. Vajna. Vajna had previously sold his interest in his first production company, Carolco International Pictures in 1989, which he had started with his partner Mario Kassar in 1975. Cinergi released a few major motion pictures from 1992-1996, that included Tombstone, Nixon and Evita. However the box office and budgets for their films began to fall in late 1996, and Cinergi Pictures eventually closed. Ironically, the same year, Kassar's Carolco Pictures had also collapsed and Vajna and Kassar eventually became partners again in 2002, to form C-2 Pictures. Mario Kassar (born Beirut, Lebanon, 10 October 1951) is a movie-industry executive whose projects are frequently in association with Andrew Vajna. ... Tombstone is a 1993 Western movie written by Kevin Jarre and directed by George P. Cosmatos. ... Nixon is a 1995 film which tells the story of the political and personal life of former President Richard Nixon. ... The cover of the 1979 American Broadway Original Cast Recording of Evita starring Patti Lupone as Eva Peron, Mandy Patinkin as Che Guevara, and Bob Gunton as Juan Peron. ... The Carolco Pictures logo. ...