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Skouras Pictures

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In 1985, after two years as a foreign sales firm, Skouras Pictures decided to expand to U.S. distribution. According to Pamela Pricking, who was an executive at Skouras Pictures, and sales director Sigrid Ann Davison, the company had presented a dozen films at the MIFED Film Festival in 1986, and
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In 1995, Skouras Pictures decided to end film distribution, following some scrambling after an attempt to make the company public. In 2000, Skouras Pictures was relaunched with the acquisition of the independent arthouse film
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to release their titles on videocassette. In 1992, it launched their home video distribution label Skouras Home Video, with Paramount themselves serving as distributor. In 1993, it distributed the controversial
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distribution company that was founded by Tom Skouras in 1983. The company distributed more than 200 movies between 1983 and 1995, including notable films as
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That same year, Kelly Neal joined Skouras Pictures as president of domestic distribution. Also that year, Skouras made a reedited version of
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they stated that it would be looking for bigger films, particularly in regional countries like
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On July 9, 1990, the company had inked a distribution pact with
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Index

Skouras Films

Jackals
Film distribution
independent movie
Blood Simple
My Life as a Dog
The Comfort of Strangers
Apartment Zero
Germany
England
Scandinavia
Shadey
October Films
Cannes Film Festival
Paramount Home Video
Shannon Tweed
Cold Sweat
Fox Theatre (St. Louis)
"Skouras Nixes Public Offering"
Variety


"Indie Distribution Vet Tom Skouras Joins Random Media as Chairman"
The Hollywood Reporter
"Random Media Names Tom Skouras Chairman"
Variety
"LOS ANGELES COUNTY"
"MACNEE AS A CUTUP IN A SLASHBUCKLER"
"Lipsky goes home"

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