October Films

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October Films was a major U.S. independent film production company and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet. A series of mergers and acquisitions began when Universal Pictures (then a division of the Seagram Company) bought a majority stake in October Films in 1997. Universal then sold its shares to Barry Diller in 1999, who renamed the company USA Films and merged it with Gramercy Pictures. Vivendi then acquired USA Films, who in 2002 acquired Good Machine and merged it with USA Films, forming Focus Features. rdf:langString
October Films è stata una casa di produzione e distribuzione cinematografica statunitense, fondata appositamente nel 1991 da Bingham Ray e Jeff Lipsky per l'uscita di Dolce è la vita di Mike Leigh. Nel 1997 la PolyGram Films, di proprietà della Philips, ne acquistò una quota di maggioranza; due anni più tardi lo stesso studio cinematografico vendette la propria parte all'imprenditore Barry Diller. USA Films fu creata combinando October Films, e Rogue Pictures.Nel 2002 fu Vivendi a creare, da Universal Focus e Good Machine, la Focus Features. rdf:langString
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rdf:langString Sold to USA Networks and merged with Gramercy Pictures and PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
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rdf:langString October Films was a major U.S. independent film production company and distributor founded in 1991 by Bingham Ray and Jeff Lipsky as a means of distributing the 1990 film Life Is Sweet. A series of mergers and acquisitions began when Universal Pictures (then a division of the Seagram Company) bought a majority stake in October Films in 1997. Universal then sold its shares to Barry Diller in 1999, who renamed the company USA Films and merged it with Gramercy Pictures. Vivendi then acquired USA Films, who in 2002 acquired Good Machine and merged it with USA Films, forming Focus Features.
rdf:langString October Films è stata una casa di produzione e distribuzione cinematografica statunitense, fondata appositamente nel 1991 da Bingham Ray e Jeff Lipsky per l'uscita di Dolce è la vita di Mike Leigh. Nel 1997 la PolyGram Films, di proprietà della Philips, ne acquistò una quota di maggioranza; due anni più tardi lo stesso studio cinematografico vendette la propria parte all'imprenditore Barry Diller. USA Films fu creata combinando October Films, e Rogue Pictures.Nel 2002 fu Vivendi a creare, da Universal Focus e Good Machine, la Focus Features.
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rdf:langString Sold toUSA Networks and merged withGramercy PicturesandPolyGram Filmed Entertainment
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