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Vestron Pictures Inc.
Company type
Division
Industry
Film industry
Genre
Various
Founded
1986; 38 years ago (1986)
Founder
Steve Tisch Lawrence Turman Gene Kirkwood
Defunct
1992; 32 years ago (1992)
Fate
Parent company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, assets acquired by LIVE Entertainment
Successor
Lionsgate
Headquarters
Chicago, Illinois
,
United States
Key people
Austin O. Furst Jr.
Products
Motion pictures
Owner
Vestron, Inc.
Parent
Vestron, Inc. (1986–1991) LIVE Entertainment (1991–1992)
Vestron Pictures Inc. was an American film studio and distributor, a former division of Austin O. Furst, Jr.'s Vestron Inc., that is best known for their 1987 release of Dirty Dancing.[1]
Vestron also has had a genre film division, Lightning Pictures, a spin-off of Vestron's Lightning Video, headed by Lawrence Kasanoff, who would later go on to found Lightstorm Entertainment and Threshold Entertainment.[2]
^"Talks on Vestron Reported". The New York Times. February 17, 1990.
^"CAN FILMMAKING SAVE VESTRON'S HOME VIDEO?". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2022-02-15.
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