Cinecom Pictures was an independent film company founded in 1982 by

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(a former member of United Artists Classics), Amir Malin and John Ives. Its first release was

Robert Altman Robert Bernard Altman ( ; February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American film director, screenwriter, and film producer, producer. He is considered an enduring figure from the New Hollywood era, known for directing subversive and sat ...

's '' Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean''. The company also distributed '' The Brother from Another Planet'' and ''

Salaam Bombay! ''Salaam Bombay!'' is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language drama film, directed, co-written and co-produced by Mira Nair. The screenwriter was Nair's creative collaborator Sooni Taraporevala. This was the first feature film directed by Nair. The film ...

''. Its highest-grossing release was 1985's '' A Room with a View''. Cinecom closed operations in 1991 after it filed for bankruptcy;

Crédit Lyonnais The Crédit Lyonnais (, "Lyon Credit ompany) was a major French bank, created in 1863 and absorbed by former rival Crédit Agricole in 2003. Its head office was initially in Lyon but moved to Paris in 1882. In the early years of the 20th cen ...

acquired the company's film library the following year, licensing worldwide distribution rights to the library to October Films. Although the Cinecom library was acquired by

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, who purchased Crédit Lyonnais' film library from

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (formerly known as Filmworks, Casablanca Record & Filmworks, PolyGram Films and PolyGram Pictures or simply PFE) was a film production company founded in 1975 as an American film studio, which became a European co ...

in 1999, much of its films have since been acquired by third parties.

Films released

*1982: '' Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean Jimmy Dean'' (Robert Altman) (owned by

Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures Corporation, commonly known as Paramount Pictures or simply Paramount, is an American film production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the flagship namesake subsidiary of Paramount ...

) *1982: '' Starstruck'' (Gillian Armstrong) (owned by

Shout! Studios Shout! Factory, LLC, doing business as Shout! Studios (formerly doing business as Shout! Factory, its current legal name), is an American home video and music distributor founded in 2002 as Retropolis Entertainment. Its video releases, issued i ...

via Westchester Films) *1983: '' Angelo My Love'' (Robert Duvall) *1983: '' City News'' (David Fishelson) (owned by

PBS The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Arlington, Virginia. PBS is a publicly funded nonprofit organization and the most prominent provider of educat ...

) *1983: '' El Norte'' (Gregory Nava) (owned by Independent Productions; distribution rights licensed to

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Janus Films Janus Films is an American film distribution company. The distributor is credited with introducing numerous films, now considered masterpieces of world cinema, to American audiences, including the films of Michelangelo Antonioni, Sergei Eisenstein ...

and

The Criterion Collection The Criterion Collection, Inc. (or simply Criterion) is an American home video, home-video distribution company that focuses on licensing, restoring and distributing "important classic and contemporary films". A "sister company" of art film, arth ...

) *1983: '' L'Argent'' (Robert Bresson) (owned by mk2; distribution rights licensed to Janus Films and The Criterion Collection) *1983: '' Monkey Grip'' (Ken Cameron) (owned by

Umbrella Entertainment Umbrella Entertainment is a privately-held Australian film production and distribution company that began operating in 2001. It is based in Kew, Victoria. Umbrella Entertainment manages the theatrical, physical, and digital releases of Australia ...

) *1984: ''

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'' (Ken Harrison) (owned by Shout! Studios via Westchester Films) *1984: '' Boy Meets Girl'' (Leos Carax) (distribution rights owned by

Kino Lorber Kino Lorber is an international film distribution company based in New York City. Founded in 1977, it was originally known as Kino International until it was acquired by and merged into Lorber HT Digital in 2009. It specializes in art film, art ho ...

, The Criterion Collection and Carlotta Films US) *1984: '' The Brother From Another Planet'' (John Sayles) (owned by the Independent Film Company) *1984: '' Burroughs'' (Howard Brookner) (owned by Pinball London; distribution rights licensed to Janus Films and The Criterion Collection) *1984: ''

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'' (Bruce van Dusen) *1984: '' Last Night at the Alamo'' (Eagle Pennell) (owned by the Independent Film Company) *1984: ''

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'' (Fritz Lang) (distribution rights owned by Kino Lorber) *1984: ''

Secret Honor ''Secret Honor'' is a 1984 American historical drama film directed by Robert Altman, written by Donald Freed and Arnold M. Stone, and starring Philip Baker Hall. It is based on the play, and follows Richard Nixon as a fictional account attemptin ...

'' (Robert Altman) (owned by Sandcastle 5) *1984: '' Stop Making Sense'' (Jonathan Demme) (owned by

A24 A24 Films LLC, commonly referred to as A24, is an American Privately held company, independent entertainment company that specializes in film and television production, as well as film distribution. The studio is based in Manhattan. The company ...

) *1984 '' The Revolt of Job'' (Imre Gyongyossy and Barna Kabay) (owned by

Focus Features Focus Features LLC is an American independent film production and distribution company, owned by Comcast as a unit of Universal Pictures, which is itself a unit of Comcast's division NBCUniversal. Focus Features distributes independent and fore ...

) *1984: '' The Times of Harvey Milk'' (Robert Epstein) (owned by Telling Pictures; distribution rights licensed to Janus Films and The Criterion Collection) *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: ''A Marriage'' (Sandy Tung) *1985: '' A Thousand Little Kisses'' (Mira Recanati) *1985 ''Tom Goes to the Bar'' (Dean Prisot) (owned by Dean Prisot) *1986: '' 90 Days'' (Giles Walker) *1986: '' Arthur's Hallowed Ground'' (Freddie Young) (owned by

Film4 Productions Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel 4 Television Corporation. The company has been responsible for backing many films made in the UK. The company's first production was '' Walter'', directed by Stephen Frea ...

and Goldcrest Films) *1986: '' Fast Talking'' (Ken Cameron) (owned by Umbrella Entertainment) *1986: '' Forever Young'' (David Drury) (owned by Film4 Productions and Goldcrest Films) *1986: '' Home of the Brave'' (Laurie Anderson) (owned by

Rhino Entertainment Rhino Entertainment Company (formerly Rhino Records Inc.) is an American specialty record label and production company founded in 1978. It is currently the catalog division for Warner Music Group. Its current CEO is Mark Pinkus. History Founded ...

) *1986: '' Menage'' (Bertrand Blier) *1986: '' Native Son'' (Jerrold Freeman) (owned by

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (WBEI), commonly known as Warner Bros. (WB), is an American filmed entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California and the main namesake subsidiary of Warner Bro ...

) *1986: '' Parting Glances'' (Bill Sherwood) (owned by

First Run Features First Run Features is an independent film distribution company based in New York City. History First Run was founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers in order to advance the distribution of independent film. In the 1980s, the company focused ...

) *1986: '' A Room With A View'' (James Ivory) (owned by Shout! Studios via Westchester Films) *1986: '' Sharma and Beyond'' (Brian Gilbert) (owned by Film4 Productions and Goldcrest Films) *1986: '' Tea in the Harem'' (Mehdi Charef) *1986: '' Those Glory Glory Days'' (Philip Saville) (owned by Film4 Productions and Goldcrest Films) *1986: '' Winter Flight'' (Roy Battersby) (owned by Film4 Productions and Goldcrest Films) *1987: ''

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'' (Yōjirō Takita) *1987: ''

Julia and Julia ''Julia and Julia'' () is a 1987 Italian drama film directed by Peter Del Monte. The screenplay by Silvia Napolitano, Sandro Petraglia, Joseph Minion, and Del Monte is based on a story by Napolitano. Synopsis Julia, a young American woman li ...

'' (Peter Del Monte) *1987: '' The Lighthorsemen'' (Simon Wincer) (owned by Umbrella Entertainment) *1987: '' A Man in Love'' (Diane Kurys) (owned by

Pathé Pathé SAS (; styled as PATHÉ!) is a French major film production and distribution company, owning a number of cinema chains through its subsidiary Pathé Cinémas and television networks across Europe. It is the name of a network of Fren ...

) *1987: '' Matewan'' (John Sayles) *1987: '' Maurice'' (James Ivory) (owned by Cohen Media Group) (owned by

RLJE Films RLJ Entertainment (formerly Image Entertainment) is an American film production company and home video distributor, distributing film and television productions in North America, with approximately 3,200 exclusive DVD titles and approximately 340 ...

) *1987: '' Sammy and Rosie Get Laid'' (Stephen Frears) *1987: '' Swimming to Cambodia'' (Jonathan Demme) *1988: '' Comic Book Confidential'' (Ron Mann) (owned by Films We Like) *1988: '' The Deceivers'' (Nicholas Meyer) (owned by Cohen Media Group) *1988: '' Miles from Home'' (Gary Sinise) *1988: '' Salaam Bombay'' (Mira Nair) (co-owned by the BFI) *1989: ''

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'' (Souleymane Cissé) (owned by Kino Lorber) *1989: ''

Last Exit to Brooklyn ''Last Exit to Brooklyn'' is a 1964 novel by American author Hubert Selby Jr. The novel takes a harsh, uncompromising look at lower class Brooklyn in the 1950s written in spare, stripped-down prose. Critics and fellow writers praised the b ...

'' (Uli Edel) (owned by

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; distribution rights licensed to

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) *1989: '' Queen of Hearts'' (Jon Amiel) *1989: '' Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills'' (Paul Bartel) *1989: '' Trust Me'' (Robert Houston) *1989: '' We Think the World of You'' (Colin Gregg) (owned by California Pictures) *1990: ''

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'' (Volker Schlondorff) *1990: '' Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead'' (Tom Stoppard) (owned by

) *1990: '' Tune in Tomorrow'' (Jon Amiel) *1991: '' Mississippi Masala'' (Mira Nair) (owned by Mirabai Films; distribution rights licensed to Janus Films and The Criterion Collection) *1991: ''

Once Around ''Once Around'' is a 1991 American romantic comedy-drama film about a young woman who falls for and eventually marries an overbearing older man who proceeds to rub her close-knit family the wrong way, while exposing the dynamics of other family ...

'' (Lasse Hallström) (owned by

Universal Pictures Universal City Studios LLC, doing business as Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios or simply Universal), is an American filmmaking, film production and film distribution, distribution company headquartered at the 10 Universal Ci ...

)

References

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