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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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Orion Pictures canonical	111
Orion Home Video	1
Orion Pictures (as distributor brand)	1
Orion-Nova Productions	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American company ⓘ film distribution company ⓘ film production company ⓘ
activePeriod	1980s ⓘ 1990s ⓘ
awardedFor	Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Picture (for Amadeus) Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Picture (for Dances with Wolves) Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Picture (for Platoon) Academy Award for Best Picture ⓘ surface form: Academy Award for Best Picture (for The Silence of the Lambs)
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distributed	Amadeus ⓘ film "Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure" ⓘ surface form: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Dances with Wolves ⓘ Hannah and Her Sisters ⓘ Hoosiers ⓘ Platoon ⓘ film "RoboCop" ⓘ surface form: 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, United States ⓘ surface form: California Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
inception	1978 ⓘ
industry	entertainment industry ⓘ film industry ⓘ
logoFeature	Orion ⓘ surface form: Orion constellation
notableWork	Amadeus ⓘ film "Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure" ⓘ surface form: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Dances with Wolves ⓘ First Blood ⓘ Hannah and Her Sisters ⓘ Hoosiers ⓘ Platoon ⓘ film "RoboCop" ⓘ surface form: RoboCop The Silence of the Lambs ⓘ
ownedBy	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
parentOrganization	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ⓘ
specializesIn	independent films ⓘ studio films ⓘ

Referenced by (114)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

film "Bull Durham" → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

subject surface form: Bull Durham

The Silence of the Lambs → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Silence of the Lambs → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Little Man Tate → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Little Man Tate → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

First Blood → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Three Amigos → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Three Amigos → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Addams Family (1991 film) → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Platoon → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Bounty → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Crimes and Misdemeanors → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Annie Savoy → productionCompanyContext → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Caddyshack → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Dances with Wolves → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Eric the Viking → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Amadeus → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Cotton Club → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Gang Related → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Gang Related → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Mermaids → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Mermaids → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Love Field → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Falcon and the Snowman → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Falcon and the Snowman → originalNetworkOrStudio → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Hannah and Her Sisters → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Hannah and Her Sisters → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Purple Rose of Cairo → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Purple Rose of Cairo → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Radio Days → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Radio Days → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Arthur → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur (1981 film)

Arthur → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

subject surface form: Arthur (1981 film)

United Artists Releasing → predecessor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orion Pictures (as distributor brand)

United Artists Releasing → distributedFor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

United Artists Releasing → usedBrand → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Hoosiers → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Hoosiers → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Married to the Mob → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Married to the Mob → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

this entity surface form: Orion Home Video

film "Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure" → distributedBy → Orion Pictures ⓘ

subject surface form: Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure

Mississippi Burning → productionCompany → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Mississippi Burning → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

Pet → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

The Unbearable Lightness of Being → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ

subject surface form: The Unbearable Lightness of Being (film)

Mike Medavoy → employer → Orion Pictures ⓘ

At Play in the Fields of the Lord (film) → distributor → Orion Pictures ⓘ