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Cinerama Releasing Corporation (CRC) was a motion picture company established in 1967 that originally released films produced by its namesake parent company that was considered an "instant major".

History

In 1963, the owner of the Pacific Coast Theater chain, William R. Foreman, purchased Cinerama, Inc. In 1966, CRC was set up to be an independent distributor of widescreen motion pictures produced by Cinerama, various foreign films and ABC Pictures, the film production unit of the American Broadcasting Company. CRC was only a distributor of films, without retaining copyright stake over each production. As an instant major by 1970, CRC reached a 10% market share. ABC Pictures ended operations in early 1973, thus CRC moved to primarily distributing non-financed films (acquisitions). By August 1974, CRC had released 125 acquired films at which time its productions and reissues were handled by American International Pictures. Cinerama, Inc., CRC's parent company, was liquidated in May 1978 with the Cinerama name ending up being owned by Pacific Coast Theater.

Films released

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See also

• Major film studios
• National General Pictures, another instant major
• Commonwealth United, a sometimes instant major

References

1. p. 332 Harpole, Charles History of the American Cinema University of California Press
2. A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
3. "The High Commissioner(1968)". TCM. Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc. Retrieved November 12, 2014. From AFI catalog.
4. Hell in the Pacific at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films.
5. "Tales From The Crypt (1972) Cast, Credits & Awards". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
6. "The Mack (1973) Production Credits". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2014. Archived from the original on November 12, 2014. Retrieved November 12, 2014.
7. "The Harrad Experiment (1973) - Company Credits". IMDB. Retrieved December 31, 2017.

• Cook, David A. (2000). Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979. University of California Press.

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2. ^ Orders of Magnitude. Page 332-333.

• Entertainment companies established in 1967
• Mass media companies established in 1967
• Companies disestablished in 1974
• Cinerama
• Film distributors of the United States
• Film production companies of the United States
• Defunct American film studios
• Cinema of Southern California
• Entertainment companies based in California
• Companies based in Los Angeles
• 1967 establishments in California
• 1974 disestablishments in California
• Defunct companies based in Greater Los Angeles