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{{more citations needed|date=February 2018}}{{Infobox company | image = Vestron Pictures Logo.jpg | image_size = 250px | name = Vestron Pictures | logo = | type = Motion pictures | fate = Parent company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, assets acquired by LIVE Entertainment | successor = | genre = Various | traded_as = | slogan = | foundation = 1986 | defunct = 1992 | location_city = | location_country = United States | area_served = | key_people = Austin O. Furst, Jr. | industry = Films | products = Motion pictures | services = | market cap = | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | assets = | equity = | owner = Vestron Video | num_employees = | parent = Vestron, Inc. }}Vestron Pictures is an old American film studio and distributor, and a former division of Austin O. Furst, Jr.'s Vestron Inc., best known for their 1987 release of Dirty Dancing.[1]The company was a spin-off of the earlier video distributor, Vestron Video.[1] Vestron also had a genre film division, Lightning Pictures, a spin-off of Vestron's Lightning Video. Vestron Pictures' parent company Vestron, Inc. filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy went out of business in 1991, with their assets being acquired by LIVE Entertainment. Today, Lionsgate owns the rights to the Vestron library after acquiring Artisan Entertainment in 2003. ProductionsVestron Pictures Release Date | Title | Notes |
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July 20, 1986 | Malcolm | US distribution only | November 14, 1986 | Slaughter High | November 1986 | Billy Galvin | February 20, 1987 | Alpine Fire | May 1987 | The Adventure of the Action Hunters | Nightforce | Direct-to-video | August 21, 1987 | Dirty Dancing | September 25, 1987 | China Girl | September 25, 1987 | The Princess Bride | international distribution only; 20th Century Fox owned North American theatrical rights | Anna | November 6, 1987 | Steel Dawn | 1988 | Dangerous Curves | January 22, 1988 | Promised Land | March 4, 1988 | And God Created Woman | April 8, 1988 | The Pointsman | April 22, 1988 | The Unholy | May 20, 1988 | Call Me | June 3, 1988 | The Beat | June 17, 1988 | Waxwork | June 1988 | Paramedics | August 12, 1988 | Young Guns | international and video distribution only, 20th Century Fox owned North American theatrical rights | September 14, 1988 | The Lair of the White Worm | November 11, 1988 | Midnight Crossing | November 25, 1988 | Amsterdamned | US distribution only | December 23, 1988 | Burning Secret | January 27, 1989 | Parents | March 3, 1989 | Dream a Little Dream | March 1989 | Big Man on Campus | May 5, 1989 | The Rainbow | May 12, 1989 | Earth Girls Are Easy | distribution only | June 29, 1989 | Twister | August 25, 1989 | Little Monsters | Vestron produced the film but sold the film to United Artists due to financial problems | December 1, 1989 | Hider in the House | December 8, 1989 | Cat Chaser | 1990 | Spies on Ice | March 28, 1990 | Paint It Black | Direct-to-video | April 3, 1990 | Catchfire | July 15, 1990 | Fear | November 9, 1990 | Love Hurts | October 23, 1991 | The Vampire in Retreat | Direct-to-video | January 29, 1992 | Enid Is Sleeping | July 29, 1992 | Spies Inc. | released on videocassette in 1992 by LIVE Home Video, under the name Code Name: Chaos |
Lightning Pictures Release Date | Title | Notes |
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July 10, 1987 | Blood Diner | September 16, 1987 | Street Trash | June 30, 1989 | Far From Home | September 27, 1989 | Bud the C.H.U.D. | March 16, 1990 | Blue Steel | eventually acquired and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer due to financial problems | May 11, 1990 | Class of 1999 | released by Taurus Entertainment Company | September 18, 1991 | Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College | released by Taurus Entertainment Company | January 17, 1992 | A Gnome Named Gnorm |
References1. ^1 {{cite web|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/17/business/talks-on-vestron-reported.html|title=Talks on Vestron Reported|author=Special to The New York Times|date=February 17, 1990}}
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