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Orion Pictures Corporation was a United States movie production company, formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. Pictures and three former top-level executives of United Artists. UA co-chairmen Arthur Krim and Robert Benjamin and chief executive officer Eric Pleskow had resigned after disputes with UA's then parent, Transamerica. Orion's first films included 10, Time After Time, Caddyshack, Arthur, Sharkey's Machine, and A Little Romance. Image File history File links This file or image is copyrighted. ... Image File history File links This file or image is copyrighted. ... Film refers to the celluloid media on which movies are printed Film is a term that encompasses motion pictures as individual projects, as well as the field in general. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Warner Bros. ... The current United Artists logo. ... // CEO and corporate governance Main article: corporate governance Although it is possible to have more than one CEO in a company, generally the job is not shared. ... Transamerica Corporation is an insurance and investment company in the United States. ... Time After Time DVD Time After Time is a 1979 American film produced by Orion Pictures, starring Malcolm McDowell, Mary Steenburgen, David Warner, and Charles Cioffi. ... Caddyshack is a 1980 US comedy film directed by Harold Ramis and written by Brian Doyle-Murray, Harold Ramis and Douglas Kenney. ... Arthur is a 1981 film which tells the story of a drunken playboy millionaire called Arthur Bach who can only inherit if he marries. ... A Little Romance is a 1979 film starring Laurence Olivier, Diane Lane, Arthur Hill, Sally Kellerman and Thelonious Bernard in the role of Daniel Michon. ...

In 1982, Orion merged with Filmways, Inc. (which had produced well-remembered TV shows in the late 1960s, such as The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, Mister Ed and The Addams Family, but was a second-string studio by the late 1970s and mainly interesting for its ownership of American International Pictures), and became an independent company. It also introduced a new logo, featuring an animated depiction of the Orion star constellation. During the 1980s, its output included Woody Allen films, Hollywood blockbusters such as the first Terminator film and the Robocop films, and Academy Award winners such as Amadeus, Platoon, Dances With Wolves, and The Silence of the Lambs. In 1986, billionaire John Kluge invested in the company as a favor to Krim, and by 1988 his Metromedia organization had become majority owner. 1982 is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Filmways, Inc. ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ... The Beverly Hillbillies is a TV sitcom about a hillbilly who strikes oil while hunting on his land, near the fictional Bugtussle, and moves his family to Beverly Hills, California, with the resultant wealth. ... Aerial photo featured in the opening sequence of Green Acres There is also the US town of Green Acres, Washington Green Acres was an American television series that was produced by Filmways, Inc. ... Mister Ed was a popular US television comedy show that aired on CBS from 1961-1966. ... Four major characters from the original television adaptation: Thing (foreground) with Uncle Fester, Morticia and Gomez Addams The Addams Family is the creation of American cartoonist Charles Addams. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... American International Pictures was formed in 1954 as American Releasing Corporation by James H. Nicholson and Samuel Z. Arkoff, dedicated to releasing independently produced, low-budget films, primarily of interest to the teenagers of the 1950s. ... Orion, a constellation often referred to as The Hunter, is a prominent constellation, perhaps the best-known in the sky. ... Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ... // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... Woody Allen (born December 1, 1935), is an American short story writer, screenwriter, and film director whose large body of work and cerebral style have made him one of the most widely respected and prolific filmmakers in the modern era. ... The Terminator is a 1984 sci-fi action film which became the break-through role for former body-builder Arnold Schwarzenegger. ... RoboCop RoboCop was a 1987 science fiction action movie, directed by Paul Verhoeven. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... A play and film written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus is loosely based on the life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ... Platoon is a 1986 Vietnam war film, written and directed by Oliver Stone and starring Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe, Charlie Sheen and Forest Whitaker. ... Dances with Wolves is a 1990 film which tells the story of a cavalry officer who befriends a band of Dakota Indians, sacrificing his career and ties to his own people. ... Jodie Foster and Anthony Hopkins in the film version The Silence of the Lambs is a novel by Thomas Harris, his second to feature sociopath psychiatrist and cannibal Dr. Hannibal Lecter. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... John Werner Kluge (born September 21, 1914) is an entrepreneur who was born in Chemnitz, Germany, best known as a television industry mogul in the United States. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a conglomeration of television stations in the United States that existed from the demise of the DuMont Television Network in the 1950s until the formation of the Fox Network in the 1980s. ...

In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Orion had severe financial problems, and declared bankruptcy in 1992. Silence of the Lambs was almost passed on due to lack of funding, and several other projects in production at the time, such as Car 54 Where Are You? and Clifford, had their release delayed by three years (from 1991 to 1994) because of the bankruptcy filing. Orion was eventually able to exit bankruptcy in 1996, but few of the films released during the four years under bankruptcy protection made much of a critical or commercial impact. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ...

As a result of Orion's financial troubles, its television division was sold to ABC and became ABC Productions (which produced the television series The Commish and My So-Called Life), although Orion continued to retain ownership of all its television output up to the time of the bankruptcy. Ironically, ABC held the broadcast rights to most of Orion's theatrical library during the bankruptcy period. The ABC Circle logo, designed by Paul Rand in 1962. ... The Commish was a television series that aired on ABC from 1991 to 1995. ... My So-Called Life was a television program that aired on ABC from August 25, 1994 to January 26, 1995. ...

In 1997, Metromedia sold Orion (as well as The Samuel Goldwyn Company and Motion Picture Corporation of America) to MGM, with the deal finalized in late 1998. Orion remains an in-name-only subsidiary of MGM, and all Orion releases (mostly of the AIP and Filmways backlogs, as well as their own post-1982 library, with the exception of Amadeus, and the television output originally produced under the Orion name) now bear the MGM name, though in most cases, the 1980s Orion logo is retained (or added on, in the case of the Filmways and AIP libraries). Its back catalog from the 1978-1982 joint venture period remains under the control of Warner Bros. 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Metromedia (also often MetroMedia) was a conglomeration of television stations in the United States that existed from the demise of the DuMont Television Network in the 1950s until the formation of the Fox Network in the 1980s. ... The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. ... For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ... 1998 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. ... A play and film written in 1979 by Peter Shaffer, Amadeus is loosely based on the life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. ...