EMI Films

...and pictures of war victims, both from the WWII period and later conflicts. Cross of Iron was a joint Anglo-German production between EMI Films and ITC Entertainment., London and Rapid Films GmbH, Munich. The film is noted for...

In this article: Cross of Iron, Sam Peckinpah, Iron Cross, Eastern Front, World War II, David Warner, and James Mason

...for a good film at a modest price with mainstream appeal. Orion provided half of the film's $5.5 million budget with England's EMI Films coming up with the rest. Orion received distribution rights for North America while EMI handled the...

In this article: Bill Condon, Strange Invaders, Strange Behavior, Orion Pictures, EMI, and Paul Le Mat

...by former Beatle , George Harrison, and business partner Denis O'Brien in 1978 to finance the Monty Python film Life of Brian ''. When EMI Films, the original financiers of ''Brian, pulled out, the creators had to find other financing.

In this article: Monty Python's Life of Brian, Time Bandits, Parent company, Business partner, Handmade Plc, and Monty Python

...1969 it was purchased by EMI (who subsequently sold the cinema subsidiary to the Cannon Group). The following year ABPC was renamed EMI Films, under which title it was still an active concern in the film industry until 1990. Subsidiaries of...

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...of Boba Fett, a character from the upcoming sequel. The first Sundance Film Festival is held. Best Picture : The Deer Hunter - EMI Films/Cimino, Universal Best Director : Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter Best Actor : Jon Voight -...

In this article: The Deer Hunter, Sundance Film Festival, Boba Fett, Charlie Chaplin, Bob Dylan, Jon Voight, George Lucas, and Jane Fonda

...of the film ''The Jazz Singer ''. The soundtrack was released in November 1980 originally on Capitol Records. Capitol Records' parent EMI's EMI Films unit produced the film. The soundtrack was re-released in February 1996 on Columbia Records in...

In this article: Neil Diamond, Capitol Records, The Jazz Singer, Sony, Columbia Records, EMI, Beautiful Noise, and United States

...of The British Screen Advisory Council. Deeley was appointed General Manager of Woodfall Films in 1964 which acquired British Lion Films in 1973. British Lion merged with EMI Films in 1976, and in 1984 he was appointed CEO of Consolidated.

In this article: Michael Deeley, Academy Award, British Lion Films, The Italian Job, Blade Runner, and The Deer Hunter

...produce films until 1990. Cannon sold the library to Weintraub Entertainment Group . The film library is now owned by StudioCanal. EMI Films also owned Elstree Studios in Hertfordshire, England, prior to them being purchased by the Cannon...

In this article: Thorn EMI, Thorn Electrical Industries, Associated British Picture Corporation, StudioCanal, Monty Python's Life of Brian, and England

...that Deeley was "the man in the suit who took up scissors and ruined" the 1973 thriller "The Wicker Man." It wasn't Deeley's fault that EMI Films, where he was president in the mid-1970s, backed out of funding Monty Python's "Life of Brian";...

In this article: Michael Deeley, Michael Cimino, The Deer Hunter, Blade Runner, The Italian Job, Michael Caine, Warren Beatty, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Monty Python, and The Wicker Man

...produced and released in 1974 by Thames Television Ltd. via its feature-film subsidiary Euston Films and originally distributed by EMI Films. Current Worldwide Distribution by Canal + Image UK LTD. The original programmes were shot on...

In this article: The Best of Benny Hill, And Now for Something Completely Different, Subsidiary, Python, Euston Films, Yakety Sax, John Robins, and Benny Hill