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MGM-Pathé Communications was an American film production company that operated in Los Angeles County, California from 1990 to 1992. The company was founded and controlled by Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti through his purchase and merger of MGM/UA Communications Co. and Pathé Communications (unrelated to the French Pathé studio ).
MGM was bought by Pathé Communications (led by Italian publishing magnate Giancarlo Parretti) in 1990, but Parretti lost control of Pathé and defaulted on the loans used to purchase the studio. The French banking conglomerate Crédit Lyonnais, the studio's major creditor, then took control of MGM.
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The company was founded as Société Pathé Frères (French: [patefʁɛʁ]; "Pathé Brothers Company") in Paris, France on 28 September 1896, by the four brothers Charles, Émile, Théophile and Jacques Pathé. During the first part of the 20th century, Pathé became the largest film equipment and production company in the world, as well as a major producer of...
France
In its home country France, Pathé self-distributes its films through Pathé Films (formerly called AMLF (Agence méditerranéenne de location de films) from 1972 to 1998). On home video, their films are distributed by Fox Pathé Europa, a joint venture between Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment, Pathé and EuropaCorp.
United Kingdom
In August 1992, Pathé's then-parent company Charegurs purchased Guild Entertainment from Wembley PLC, becoming Pathé's de-facto UK distributor. Initially, PolyGram Video distributed Guild's VHS releases until March 1995, when Chargeurs formed a UK rental joint-venture with 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, who became Guild/Pathé's home video distributor, the rental joint-venture would be named Fox Guild Home Entertainment. After the Chargeurs demerger in 1996, Pathé began retiring the Guil...
Nov 2, 1990 · Hollywood's historic film studio MGM/UA Communications Co. was acquired Thursday by Italian financier Giancarlo Parretti in a patchwork deal valued at $1.36 billion.
Mar 8, 1990 · The MGM/UA Communications Company, the film and television studio controlled by the financier Kirk Kerkorian, agreed today to be acquired by the Pathe Communications Corporation for $1.2...
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