Cinerama Releasing Corporation

Cinerama Releasing Corporation

Industry	Filmed entertainment
Founded	(1967 (1967))
Services	theatrical films distribution
Parent	Cinerama, Inc.

Cinerama Releasing Corporation, or CRC, is a defunct 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 1967, 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. 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

CRC was only a distributor of films, without retaining copyright stake over each production. Therefore, the rights to CRC releases rest with their respective production companies:

• Productions by ABC Pictures International, as well as the Palomar Pictures International productions that were created for ABC, and Selmur Pictures, are owned by The Walt Disney Company (as ABC is now a subsidiary of Disney), with home video rights going to MGM.
• Productions by Bing Crosby Productions are now owned by Paramount Pictures on behalf of Rysher Entertainment.
• Tales from the Crypt is owned by 20th Century Fox, successor-in-interest to Metromedia.
• Rights to The Mack are owned by New Line Cinema, who is owned by Warner Bros..

Release Date	Title	Production company(ies)	format
1968	Nobody Runs Forever (The High Commissioner)	Rank Organisation, Rodlor, Inc., Selmur Pictures
1968	Custer of the West	Cinerama Productions Corp. presents, Security Pictures	Super Technirama 70
December 18, 1968	Hell in the Pacific	Selmur Pictures	Panavision
1968	Krakatoa, East of Java	Cinerama Releasing Corporation	Super Panavision 70
1968	Charly	ABC Pictures International
1968	The Killing of Sister George
1968	Candy
December 10, 1969	They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
November 4, 1970	Song of Norway
November 3, 1971	Straw Dogs
1971	Kotch
1971	The Touch
1972	Junior Bonner
1972	Tales from the Crypt	Amicus Entertainment & Metromedia Producers Corporation
1973	The Mack	CRC & Harvey Bernhard Enterprises

References

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

See also

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

External links

• Cinerama Releasing Corporation at the Internet Movie Database