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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Geffen Pictures''' (also known as '''The Geffen Film Company''' or '''The Geffen Company''') was the film production arm of Geffen Records, established in | '''Geffen Pictures''' (also known as '''The Geffen Film Company''' or '''The Geffen Company''') was the film production arm of Geffen Records, established in 1982 by future [[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 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]]. | 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]]. | ||