Lorimar Film Entertainment: Difference between revisions

[[Lorimar Television|Lorimar Productions]] began to produce movies in 1971, starting with the independent film The Sporting Club. Later on, the company acquired the [[Allied Artists Pictures Corporation|Allied Artists Pictures]] library in 1980 when said company went under, but it didn't have its own movie arm until April 21, 1986 when [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] was formed by the merging of Lorimar with Telepictures, forming "Lorimar Motion Pictures." In January 1987, Lorimar Motion Pictures was renamed Lorimar Film Entertainment. On January 11, 1989, Lorimar was acquired by Warner Communications and its film unit was absorbed into [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] Today, most of the Lorimar movie releases, with the exceptions of ''The Choirboys'', ''The Last Starfighter'' and ''Tank'' (Universal), ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' (Paramount), and ''The Toxic Avenger Part II'' (Troma), are currently held by Warner Bros. Entertainment.