PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment logo, used from 1997 until 1999
Formerly	Filmworks (1975–1976) Casablanca Record & Filmworks (1976–1980) PolyGram Pictures (1980–1983) PolyGram Movies (1987–1990)
Company type	Subsidiary
Predecessor	Casablanca Filmworks
Founded	1975; 50 years ago (1975)
Founder	Peter Guber
Defunct	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Fate	Acquired by Seagram and folded into Universal Pictures; most of the pre-April 1996 library sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Some of its North American distribution assets sold to USA Networks ITC library sold to Carlton Communications
Successors	Studio: Universal Pictures USA Films Focus Features PolyGram Entertainment Library: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[a] (pre-April 1996 films with exceptions) Universal Pictures (post-March 1996 films with exceptions and some pre-April 1996 films) ITV Studios (ITC Entertainment library with exceptions)
Parent	PolyGram (1980–1998) Universal Pictures (1998–1999)
Divisions	PolyGram Films PolyGram Film Distribution PolyGram Television PolyGram Video PolyGram Visual Programming
Subsidiaries	Gramercy Pictures Working Title Films Propaganda Films Interscope Communications ITC Entertainment

PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (formerly known as Filmworks, Casablanca Record & Filmworks, PolyGram Films and PolyGram Pictures or simply PFE) was a film production company founded in 1975 as an American film studio, which became a European competitor to Hollywood within two decades, but was eventually sold to Seagram in 1998 and was folded into Universal Pictures a year later. Among its most successful and well known films were The Deep (1977), Midnight Express (1978), An American Werewolf in London (1981), Flashdance (1983), Batman (1989), Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994), Trainspotting (1996), Dead Man Walking (1995), The Big Lebowski (1998), Fargo (1996), The Usual Suspects (1995), The Game (1997), Candyman (1992) and Notting Hill (1999).
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