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In today’s article we will take a look at a television syndicate turned motion picture company. Rysher Entertainment was founded in 1991 by Keith Samples. The company was named after his children Ryan and Sheridan. The company’s very first foray into television was the handling and selling of syndication rights to NBC’s tween sitcom SavedContinue reading “The Rise and Fall of Rysher Entertainment”

Hello and welcome back to another article. In this article we will discuss the short-lived independent film company Savoy Pictures, Inc. Launched in 1992 Savoy Pictures was founded by Victor A. Kaufman, the former chairman of Columbia Pictures Entertainment. Running the company with him was Lewis J. Korman. Savoy’s namesake is said to have comeContinue reading “The Rise and Fall of Savoy Pictures”

By 1994 Crédit Lyonnais was starting to falter, their most notorious client was Giancarlo Parretti. Parretti was a financier and in 1989 he had acquired a controlling interest in indie studio The Cannon Group renaming it as Pathé Communications, as he intended to take over the French studio Pathé. However, the French government blocked hisContinue reading “The Rise and Fall of the Independent Filmmakers Part 2: Parretti and Lyonnais’ Bad Credit”

Castle Rock, Epic, Hemdale and Carolco what did they all have in common? The answer is simple, they all were independent studios that made films without any executive meddling by Hollywood or major film companies. The biggest issue was financing, as back then not many North American banks were willing to loan money to independentContinue reading “The Rise and Fall of the Independent Filmmakers Part 1: Crédit Lyonnais”

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken. — Oscar Wilde. This is the first post on my new blog. I’m just getting this new blog going, so stay tuned for more. Subscribe below to get notified when I post new updates.

This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right. You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click theContinue reading “Introduce Yourself (Example Post)”