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It was relaunched in 2018.The original focus of 1980-era Orion Classics was on acquiring independent and foreign films for North American distribution, as headed by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom. In addition it aimed to produce some arthouse films of its own. It was launched when Barker, Bernard and Donna Gigliotti moved from UA Classics, a United Artists specialty division. Among its most notable films were Babette’s Feast, Pedro Almod\u00f3var’s Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Jim Jarmusch’s Mystery Train and Richard Linklater’s Slacker.Since its relaunch Orion Classics has released Mike P. Nelson’s The Domestics and Jim Cummings’ The Wolf of Snow Hollow, among others.Table of ContentsHistoryRelaunchFilm libraryReferencesExternal linksHistoryOrion Classics was formed by Orion Pictures in 1982 as an autonomous division for specialty films. United Artists Classics executives, Tom Bernard, Michael Barker and Donna Gigliotti, having a dispute with its parent United Artists left to fill Orion Classics’ executive ranks, thus mirroring Orion Pictures’ formation. With the UA Classics executives, the division had built in connection with the art house film community. While the three executives had different titles and responsibilities they acted as all having the same responsibilities.[2]The division took on the early UA Classics modus operandi of frugal marketing spending and strict staggered releasing with few prints. Thus 10 to 50 prints would be made based on its potential success with an average marketing budget of $225,000 would be first released in New York City before moving on to other metropolitan areas and given time to find its position.[2]The team was able to get French filmmaker Eric Rohmer to switch from UA Classics to Orion. He was then the source of its first film and box office hit with Pauline at the Beach in July 1983. Thus Orion Classics released four out of five of Rohmer’s 1980s films and investing in a few of them. Orion’s last acquisition in 1983 was its first independent US movie, Strangers Kiss (1984).[2]In August 1983, the company had indicated that they would be into production of its own material by late 1984 or early 1985. However, Orion Pictures was having more box office failures then successes thus those plans were put on hold.[2]In late 1991, when Orion Pictures was in serious financial trouble, Barker, Bernard, and Bloom left Orion Classics, taking the rights to the highly anticipated Merchant Ivory Productions adaptation of Howards End with them; at the invitation of former Orion president Mike Medavoy, who was now relocated at TriStar Pictures, the three set up Sony Pictures Classics, with Howards End as the company’s first release.In the mid-1990s, Metromedia acquired Orion, and merged the classics division into the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Both Orion and SGC were sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1997, with the latter’s function of producing and\/or distributing independent films being assumed by MGM’s United Artists division.RelaunchIn May 2018, it was announced that Orion Classics would be revived as a multiplatform distribution label, with 8 to 10 films being released per year. Orion Classics will be MGM’s method of getting into the day-and-date theatrical-VOD business. The label’s first film is Mike P. Nelson’s The Domestics, which was released in theaters on June 28, 2018, and on VOD and digital the next day.[1]Film libraryTitleRelease DateHeads I Win, Tails You Lose1982The Pool Hustlers1982Beyond the DoorSeptember 5, 1982Pauline at the BeachJuly 29, 1983CarmenOctober 20, 1983ScrubbersJanuary 31, 1984Privates on ParadeApril 13, 1984Sugar Cane AlleyApril 13, 1984Another CountryJune 29, 1984Strangers KissAugust 13, 1984Old EnoughAugust 24, 1984Full Moon in ParisSeptember 7, 1984Swann in LoveSeptember 14, 1984Where the Green Ants DreamFebruary 8, 1985My New PartnerMarch 8, 1985MacArthur’s ChildrenMay 17, 1985Henry IVJune 28, 1985Dim Sum: A Little Bit of HeartAugust 9, 1985Came a Hot FridayOctober 4, 1985Colonel RedlRanDecember 20, 1985A.K.January 29, 1986My Beautiful LaundretteMarch 7, 1986A Great WallMay 30, 1986The Green RayAugust 29, 1986Restless NativesSeptember 12, 1986The SacrificeNovember 1986El Amor brujoDecember 23, 1986One Woman or TwoFebruary 6, 1987Devil in the FleshMay 22, 1987Jean de FloretteJune 26, 1987Rita, Sue and Bob TooJuly 17, 1987End of the LineAugust 28, 1987Dancing in WaterSeptember 18, 1987Manon of the SpringNovember 5, 1987Au Revoir Les EnfantsDecember 1987A Month in the CountryFebruary 19, 1988Babette’s FeastMarch 4, 1988Wings of DesireMay 6, 1988Loose ConnectionsJuly 8, 1988Boyfriends and GirlfriendsJuly 15, 1988Women on the Verge of a Nervous BreakdownNovember 11, 1988Field of HonorJanuary 20, 1989Murmur of the HeartFebruary 3, 1989ChocolatMarch 10, 1989The ReaderApril 21, 1989The Music TeacherJuly 7, 1989Mystery TrainNovember 7, 1989Camille ClaudelDecember 21, 1989Too Beautiful for YouMarch 2, 1990Monsieur HireApril 20, 1990Jesus of MontrealMay 25, 1990May FoolsJune 22, 1990Wait Until Spring, BandiniJune 29, 1990Life and Nothing ButSeptember 14, 1990Leningrad Cowboys Go AmericaNovember 2, 1990Cyrano de BergeracDecember 1, 1990Open DoorsMarch 8, 1991Love Without PityMay 31, 1991My Father’s GloryJune 14, 1991Europa EuropaJune 28, 1991SlackerJuly 5, 1991My Mother’s CastleJuly 26, 1991OperaSeptember 6, 1991The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the UniverseSeptember 27, 1991Rhapsody in AugustDecember 20, 1991Raise the Red LanternMarch 13, 1992A Woman’s TaleMay 1, 1992The AdjusterMay 29, 1992A Tale of SpringtimeJuly 17, 1992Rain Without ThunderFebruary 5, 1993Boxing HelenaSeptember 3, 1993NostradamusSeptember 16, 1994Bar GirlsApril 7, 1995JeffreyAugust 18, 1995Theremin: An Electronic OdysseyAugust 24, 1995Maybe, Maybe NotJuly 12, 1996Ed’s Next MoveSeptember 27, 1996Trees LoungeOctober 11, 1996Prisoner of the MountainsJanuary 31, 1997This World, Then the FireworksJuly 11, 1997One Man’s HeroSeptember 24, 1999The DomesticsJune 28, 2018UnlovableNovember 1, 2018JinnNovember 15, 2018Clara’s GhostDecember 6, 2018MaineDecember 14, 2018All These Small MomentsJanuary 17, 2019Valley GirlMay 8, 2020The Wolf of Snow HollowOctober 9, 2020ReferencesExternal links"},{"@context":"http:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Enzyklop\u00e4die"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https:\/\/wiki.edu.vn\/en\/wiki5\/orion-classics-wikipedia\/#breadcrumbitem","name":"Orion Classics – Wikipedia"}}]}]