Cinecom
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]
Industry
Independent film production and distribution
1982[1]
1991
Bankruptcy; library purchased by Crédit Lyonnais
Library: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (via Orion Pictures; with several exceptions)
New York City
Founders Ira Deutchman, Amir Malin and John Ives[1]
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.