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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Geffen Pictures''' (also known as "'''The Geffen Film Company'''" and "'''The Geffen Company'''") was the movie production arm of '''Geffen''' Records established in 1980 by [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] co-founder David '''Geffen'''. Its output was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. Geffen later sold Geffen Records to MCA, but retained ownership of Geffen Pictures. Geffen Pictures closed its doors in 1998 | '''Geffen Pictures''' (also known as "'''The Geffen Film Company'''" and "'''The Geffen Company'''") was the movie production arm of '''Geffen''' Records established in 1980 by [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] co-founder and media entrepreneur David '''Geffen'''. Its output was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]. | ||
Geffen later sold Geffen Records to MCA, but retained ownership of Geffen Pictures. Geffen Pictures closed its doors in late 1998; the Geffen movies, with the exception of ''Beavis and Butt-Head Do America'' (owned by [[Paramount Pictures]]), are currently held by [[Warner Bros. Entertainment]]. | |||
Meanwhile, Geffen Records remains an active music imprint under the aegis of Interscope Records and its Interscope Geffen A&M faction of the [[Universal Music Group]]. | |||
===(February 5, 1982-July 13, 1997)=== | ===(February 5, 1982-July 13, 1997)=== | ||