Orion Pictures

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American company film distribution company film production company

Orion Pictures is an American film production and distribution company known for releasing acclaimed movies such as "The Silence of the Lambs," "Dances with Wolves," and numerous influential independent and studio films from the 1980s and 1990s.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company → film distribution company → film production company →
activePeriod	1980s → 1990s →
awardedFor	Academy Award for Best Picture (for Amadeus) → Academy Award for Best Picture (for Dances with Wolves) → Academy Award for Best Picture (for Platoon) → Academy Award for Best Picture (for The Silence of the Lambs) →
country	United States →
distributed	Amadeus → Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure → Dances with Wolves → Hannah and Her Sisters → Hoosiers → Platoon → RoboCop → The Silence of the Lambs →
focusesOn	theatrical film distribution →
foundedBy	Arthur B. Krim → Eric Pleskow → Mike Medavoy → Robert S. Benjamin → William Bernstein →
genreFocus	comedy films → drama films → science fiction films → thriller films →
hasSubsidiary	Orion Classics →
headquartersLocation	California → Los Angeles → United States →
inception	1978 →
industry	entertainment industry → film industry →
logoFeature	Orion constellation →
notableWork	Amadeus → Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure → Dances with Wolves → First Blood → Hannah and Her Sisters → Hoosiers → Platoon → RoboCop → The Silence of the Lambs →
ownedBy	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
parentOrganization	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer →
specializesIn	independent films → studio films →

Referenced by (16)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Caddyshack → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels → Little Man Tate → The Addams Family (1991 film) → The Silence of the Lambs → Three Amigos →	productionCompany
Bull Durham → Dirty Rotten Scoundrels → First Blood → Little Man Tate → The Silence of the Lambs →	distributedBy
Crimes and Misdemeanors → Platoon → The Bounty → Three Amigos →	distributor
Annie Savoy →	productionCompanyContext