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By the early 1990s, key rights to the Embassy library transferred from company to company due to the bankruptcies of the companies that separately owned them (De Laurentiis for theatrical, Nelson for home video). Dino De Laurentiis's assets went to Parafrance International, in conjunction with
841:(1973). In 1972, the company had begun cutting back on production and in 1973 recorded a loss of $ 8.1 million. Levine resigned as president on May 28, 1974, to re-enter independent production and was replaced by Bill Chaikin. By 1975, Avco Embassy stopped making movies altogether. 482:
had displaced from their home. Levine's promotional campaign focused on one still photograph, which showed Loren, as the mother, wearing a torn dress, kneeling in the dirt, and weeping with rage and grief. Predicting that she would win the
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In 1969, Embassy appointed Mike Nichols to the board of directors and acquired his film production company, Friwaftt. Levine also ended a four-year feud with Ponti and Loren and produced Loren's first film since she became a mother,
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In 1968, Avco Embassy launched Avco Embassy Television, to syndicate films from the Avco Embassy library on television. In 1976, Avco Embassy sold their broadcasting division and Avco Program Sales to
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which today owns ancillary rights to the majority of the Embassy theatrical library. However, North American video rights to the majority of Embassy's film library are owned by
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and new titles and spent $ 1.25 million on promoting the film. It was one of the highest-grossing films of the year, with rentals of $ 4.7 million, starting a growth in the
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to produce films in the vein of his previous successes. Paramount would finance the films and Embassy would receive part of its profits. Under the deal, Levine produced
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for her performance, Levine brought Loren to the United States for interviews, bought space for, and placed, large advertisements in newspapers, and saw to it that
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owns worldwide television syndication rights to the theatrical library as well as full ancillary and distribution rights to the Embassy Television library.
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to the American general public (in a re-edited version), acquiring the rights for $ 12,000 and spending $ 400,000 promoting it under the title
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and his partner Jerry Perenchio bought the studio, and it became involved in television production. In 1985, Embassy was sold to
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was appointed president and chief operating officer and he convinced the company to give him $ 5 million for a production fund.
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to Embassy Television and T.A.T. Communications Company to Embassy Communications, Inc. The company was producing such hits as
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Levine's efforts paid off when the film was a hit and Loren became the first cast member of a foreign-language film to win the
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By the 1960s, Levine had transformed Embassy into a production company. In 1963, Levine was offered a $ 30 million deal with
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Harris, Kathryn (November 25, 1981). "Perenchio Lear to Purchase Avco Embassy Pictures: EMBASSY: Sale May Be $ 25 Million".
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bought the studio for $ 25 million, reverted the name to the previous Embassy Pictures by dropping off "Avco", and renamed
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SLOANE, LEONARD (March 19, 1969). "Mergers Set in Show Business: Avco Buys Nichols Unit MERGERS SHAPED IN SHOW BUSINESS".
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PENN, STANLEY (May 6, 1968). "Avco to Buy Embassy Pictures From Levine For $ 40 Million of Common, Preferred Stock".
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on November 1, 1985, but kept Embassy's television division active. De Laurentiis folded the company into his
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Under his stewardship, Avco Embassy concentrated on lower budgeted genre films, six of which were successful:
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Weiler, A. H. (May 30, 1974). "Levine, Producer, Quits as President Of Avco Embassy: Amicable Resignation".
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Although De Laurentiis was now owner of Embassy, he was not given rights to then-upcoming films such as
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after Levine seeing no more than three minutes of its "rushes". The film, based on a novella written by
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Greenberg, James (November 13, 1985). "Dino Cleans House At Embassy; 70 Staffers Are Canned On Coast".
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Rehme left the company in 1981, having seen it increase its revenue from $ 20 million to $ 90 million.
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The company became less successful in the 1970s and only had hits with Mike Nichols'
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In 1984, Embassy Pictures was renamed to Embassy Films Associates. That same year,
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In late 1982, Embassy bought out Andre Blay Corporation and renamed the company to
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In late 1977, Avco Embassy announced its intention to resume production. In 1978,
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as a foreign film distributor, before branching out into film production in 1945.
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Lear and Perenchio sold Embassy Communications (including Tandem Productions) to
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owns worldwide television syndication rights to the studio's films and TV shows.
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owns ancillary rights to the majority of Embassy's theatrical library, while
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studio, active from 1942 to 1986. Embassy was responsible for films such as
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recently left the exploitation field, lessening competition in this area.
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for a deal worth $ 40 million, although he stayed on as chief executive.
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offered to buy the company for $ 24 million but withdrew his offer.
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appeared in the cities of residence of Academy Award jury members.
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Aljean Harmetz, 'Robert Rehme, King of the Low Budget Shocker',
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for $ 485 million on June 18, 1985. Coca-Cola, which also owned
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Later in the decade, Embassy functioned on its own with many
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Embassy also released several films produced by or starring
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Embassy found success in 1956 bringing the Japanese film
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Avco Embassy Pictures

Film studio
Joseph E. Levine
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
Nelson Entertainment
New Line Home Video
ELP Communications
Los Angeles, California
Motion pictures
Parent
Avco Corporation
The Coca-Cola Company
Divisions
production
distribution
The Graduate
The Producers
The Fog
The Howling
Escape from New York
This Is Spinal Tap
Swamp Thing
The Jeffersons
One Day at a Time
The Facts of Life
Joseph E. Levine
Avco
Norman Lear

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