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词条 De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
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  1. History

  2. Films released

  3. References

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De Laurentiis Entertainment Group (DEG) was an entertainment production company and distribution unit founded by Italian producer Dino De Laurentiis.

The company is notable for producing Manhunter, Blue Velvet, the horror films Near Dark and Evil Dead II, King Kong Lives (the sequel to De Laurentiis' remake of King Kong), and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, as well as distributing The Movie.

The company's main studios were located in Wilmington, North Carolina, which is now EUE/Screen Gems Studios. The studio's first releases were in 1986. It went bankrupt two years later after Million Dollar Mystery, among other films, failed at the box office.[1] Carolco Pictures acquired DEG in 1989.[2]

History

In 1983, Dino De Laurentiis produced Firestarter in Wilmington. The governor of North Carolina, Jim Hunt, claimed that the filming increased economic activity in the state. Hunt used incentives and loans to allow De Laurentiis to buy a local warehouse to convert into a studio. In early 1984, De Laurentiis founded the North Carolina Film Corporation, with Martha Schumacher as president.[3]

In 1985, DEG acquired Embassy Pictures from The Coca-Cola Company,[4] allowing for North American distribution of De Laurentiis' new product. Dino De Laurentiis continued to pre-sell his films for overseas distribution, as he had done in the past. In May 1986, De Laurentiis took DEG public, raising $240 million in the process.[5] The following month, DEG's first slate of films were released. In 1986, De Laurentiis formed an Australian subsidiary, De Laurentiis Entertainment Limited (DEL), which built a studio on the Gold Coast.[3] Although De Laurentiis asserted that the company would make films on par with the major studios, most of DEG's slate consisted of films budgeted at $10 million or less, below the industry standard of $14-16 million, with the notable exceptions of King Kong Lives and Tai-Pan, the only studio-level films DEG financed.[5]

By August 1987, DEG was $16.5 million in debt, citing the box-office failures and/or disappointments of its product. Dino De Laurentiis refused offers to sell the company because he wanted to retain controlling interest. Around the same time, De Laurentiis' daughter Raffaella exited her role as DEG's president of production.[5]

De Laurentiis' North Carolina studio would be sold by Carolco Pictures and the Gold Coast studio would be acquired by Village Roadshow.[3]

Films released

Release Date Title Notes
June 6, 1986 Raw Deal
June 20, 1986 My Little Pony: The Movie
July 25, 1986 Maximum Overdrive
August 8, 1986 The Movie
August 15, 1986 Manhunter
September 19, 1986 Blue Velvet
Radioactive Dreams
October 24, 1986 Trick or Treat
November 7, 1986 Tai-Pan
November 21, 1986 Body Slam
December 12, 1986 Crimes of the Heart
December 19, 1986 King Kong Lives
January 30, 1987 The Bedroom Window
February 6, 1987 From the Hip
March 13, 1987 Evil Dead II
June 12, 1987 Million Dollar Mystery
October 2, 1987 Near Dark
October 16, 1987 Weeds
November 6, 1987 Hiding Out
November 20, 1987 Date with an Angel
December 4, 1987 The Trouble with Spies distributed only; produced by HBO Pictures. Currently distributed by HBO in USA and worldwide
December 11, 1987 Cobra Verde direct-to-video in U.S.
May 6, 1988 Shakedown released by Universal Pictures in U.S.
May 13, 1988 Illegally Yours released by United Artists in U.S.
August 17, 1988 Traxx direct-to-video in U.S.
October 14, 1988 Pumpkinhead released by United Artists in U.S., although DEG did distribute the film outside of North America.
October 21, 1988 Tapeheads released by Avenue Pictures in U.S.
October 1988 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097230/ Dracula's Widow] direct-to-video in U.S.
February 17, 1989 Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure released by Orion Pictures in U.S.
May 12, 1989 Earth Girls Are Easy released by Vestron Pictures in U.S
April 1992 Collision Course direct-to-video in U.S.
October 30, 1992 Rampage released by Miramax Films in U.S.

Canadian distribution of DEG releases were done by Paramount Pictures.

DEG had an early version of Total Recall in pre-production with Patrick Swayze as Quaid and Bruce Beresford to direct (David Cronenberg had also been approached), where it was to have been shot in Australia. After DEG's bankruptcy, the film went in turnaround to Carolco Pictures.[6]

Along with the Embassy Pictures library, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group's library was sold to Paravision, a subsidiary of L'Oréal, in 1989. The library currently belongs to StudioCanal.

References

1. ^{{Cite news| issn = 0362-4331| last1 = Adelson| first1 = Andrea| last2 = Times| first2 = Special To the New York| title = THE MEDIA BUSINESS; De Laurentiis Entertainment Seeks Chapter 11 Protection| work = The New York Times| accessdate = 2018-09-08| date = 1988-08-17| url = https://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/17/business/the-media-business-de-laurentiis-entertainment-seeks-chapter-11-protection.html}}
2. ^{{Cite news| issn = 0458-3035| title = Carolco Signs Deal for DEG: Carolco Pictures signed a...| work = Los Angeles Times| accessdate = 2018-09-08| date = 1989-04-21| url = http://articles.latimes.com/1989-04-21/business/fi-2245_1_carolco-signs-deal-preferred-stock-deg}}
3. ^1 2 {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AwOu8jYqYw8C&pg=PA1969&dq=jim+hunt+Dino+De+Laurentiis&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwirrZS2-rfcAhUI2oMKHaA8CyoQ6AEIOjAD#v=onepage&q=jim%20hunt%20Dino%20De%20Laurentiis&f=false|title=Local Hollywood: Global Film Production and the Gold Coast|last=Goldsmith|first=Ben|last2=Ward|first2=Susan|last3=O'Regan|first3=Tom|date=2010-08-30|publisher=Univ. of Queensland Press|isbn=9780702246395|language=en}}
4. ^{{cite web|last=Friendly|first=David T.|title=De Laurentiis Rejoins The Ranks--at Embassy|date=16 November 1985|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1985-11-16/entertainment/ca-2810_1_major-studios|work=Los Angeles Times|accessdate=24 April 2015}}
5. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1987-08-30/business/fi-5144_1_laurentiis-entertainment-group|title=De Laurentiis : PRODUCER'S PICTURE DARKENS|last=Jr|first=WILLIAM K. KNOEDELSEDER|date=1987-08-30|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=2018-07-24|language=en-US|issn=0458-3035}}
6. ^{{cite web|last=Hammer|first=Joshua|title=Total Free Fall|date=8 March 1992|publisher=Newsweek|url=http://www.newsweek.com/total-free-fall-195938|accessdate=24 April 2015}}

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