Trans World Entertainment (film company)
American film production and distribution company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Trans World Entertainment was an American independent production and distribution company which produced low-to-medium budget films mostly targeted for home-video market. In the early 1990s, the company became embroiled in the Credit Lyonnais banking scandal in Hollywood and was foreclosed on by the bank and subsequently folded into Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) for sale.
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Company type | Corporation |
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Industry | Motion picture |
Founded | 1983; 41 years ago (1983) |
Founder | Moshe Diamant Eduard Sarlui |
Defunct | 1993; 31 years ago (1993) |
Fate | Foreclosed, assets folded into Epic Productions |
Successor | Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Amazon MGM Studios/Amazon) Library: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[lower-alpha 1] Universal Pictures (Carlito's Way only) |
Headquarters | |
Key people | Tom Coleman Michael Rosenblatt Moshe Diamant Eduard Sarlui |
Products | Motion Pictures |
Owner | Independent (1983–1993) Credit Lyonnais (1993–1997) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1997–1998) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1998–present) |
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