Cinecom Explained

Cinecom International Films
Fate:	Bankruptcy; library purchased by Crédit Lyonnais
Successor:	Library: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (via Orion Pictures; with several exceptions)
Foundation:	^[1]
Location:	New York City
Industry:	Independent film production and distribution
Key People:	Founders Ira Deutchman, Amir Malin and John Ives

Cinecom Pictures was an independent film company founded in 1982 by Ira Deutchman (a former member of United Artists Classics), Amir Malin and John Ives.^[1] Its first release was Robert Altman's Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean.^[2]

The company also distributed The Brother from Another Planet and Salaam Bombay!. Its highest-grossing release was 1985's A Room with a View.^[3] Cinecom closed operations in 1991 after it filed for bankruptcy; Crédit Lyonnais acquired the company's film library the following year. The Cinecom library is currently owned by MGM Studios, who purchased Crédit Lyonnais' film library from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment in 1999.

Selected films released

• 1982: Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean (Robert Altman)
• 1982: Starstruck (Gillian Armstrong)
• 1983: Angelo My Love (Robert Duval)
• 1983: City News (David Fishelson)
• 1983: El Norte (Gregory Nava)
• 1983: L'Argent (Robert Bresson)
• 1984: 1918 (Ken Harrison)
• 1984: Boy Meets Girl (Leos Carax)
• 1984: The Brother From Another Planet (John Sayles)
• 1984: Last Night at the Alamo (Eagle Pennell)
• 1984: Metropolis (Fritz Lang)
• 1984: Secret Honor (Robert Altman)
• 1984: Stop Making Sense (Jonathan Demme)
• 1984: The Times of Harvey Milk (Robert Epstein)
• 1984: Burroughs (Howard Brookner)
• 1984 The Revolt of Job (Imre Gyongyossy and Barna Kabay)
• 1985: The Coca-Cola Kid (Dusan Makavejev)
• 1985: Latino (Haskell Wexler)
• 1985: Pumping Iron 2 (George Butler)
• 1985 Let Ye Inherit (Imre Gyongyossy, Barna Kabay, atalin Petenyi)
• 1985 Tom Goes to the Bar (Dean Prisot)
• 1986: Home of the Brave (Laurie Anderson)
• 1986: Menage (Bertrand Blier)
• 1986: Native Son (Jerrold Freeman)
• 1986: Parting Glances (Bill Sherwood)
• 1986: A Room With A View (James Ivory)
• 1987: Julia and Julia (Peter Del Monte)
• 1987: The Lighthorsemen (Simon Wincer)
• 1987: A Man in Love (Diane Kurys)
• 1987: Matewan (John Sayles)
• 1987: Maurice (James Ivory)
• 1987: Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (Stephen Frears)
• 1987: Swimming to Cambodia (Jonathan Demme)
• 1988: The Deceivers (Nicholas Meyer)
• 1988: Miles from Home (Gary Sinise)
• 1988: Salaam Bombay (Mira Nair)
• 1989: Last Exit to Brooklyn (Uli Edel)
• 1989: Queen of Hearts (Jon Amiel)
• 1989: Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (Paul Bartel)
• 1990: The Handmaid's Tale (Volker Schlondorff)
• 1990: Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (Tom Stoppard)
• 1990: Tune in Tomorrow (Jon Amiel)
• 1991: Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair)

Notes and References

1. Book: Biskind, Peter. Peter Biskind

   . Down and Dirty Pictures: Miramax, Sundance and the Rise of Independent Film. 17. Peter Biskind. 0-684-86259-X. New York City. Simon and Schuster. 2004.

2. Book: Pierson. John. Smith. Kevin. Kevin Smith. Spike, Mike, Slackers & Dykes: A Guided Tour Across a Decade of American Independent Cinema. 38. 0-7868-8222-0. 1997. Miramax Books/Hyperion.
3. Web site: All-Time Grosses for Cinecom. 2010-05-20. Box Office Mojo.