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Orion Pictures Corporation

Orion Pictures Corporation was formed in 1978 under the conjuction of Warner Bros. Pictures. Their owners were in part with Filmways Pictures[?] and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM).

During that time, their films Mad Max, Caddyshack, and Chariots of Fire became hits from the late 70s to early 80s.

In 1982, Orion merged with Filmways Pictures and briefly became an independent company with a new popular logo of a galaxy full of six starts forming an "O" for "Orion".

Since then, they were focusing on the Woody Allen films, Hollywood blockbusters such as The Terminator, the Robocop[?] films, as well as Academy Award winners such as Dances With Wolves and Silence of the Lambs.

In the mid 90s, Orion had bankruptcy problems by losing fare interest in the company as duds such as Car 54 Where Are You? and Clifford were postponed from 1991 to 1994.

In 1997, Orion's buyout successfully went to MGM and started to owned all of there flim library to MGM as it finally went under the name in late 1998. Orion remains a subsidiary of MGM.



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