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 distribution/production arm until April 21, 1986, when [[Lorimar-Telepictures]] was formed by the merging of Lorimar with Telepictures. Shortly afterwards, the new venture created  '''Lorimar Motion Pictures'''; in January 1987, it was renamed to '''Lorimar Film Entertainment''', though it was still referred to as Lorimar Motion Pictures on-screen. 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 Pictures|Universal]]), ''An Officer and a Gentleman'' ([[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]), and ''The Toxic Avenger Part II'' ([[Troma Entertainment|Troma]]), are currently held by Warner Bros. Entertainment.