Columbia pictures is a sub-film industry within the film industry 'sony pictures' (once a production company in its own right) founded in Los Angeles, California in 1919 named C.B.C. film and was later renamed Columbia pictures in 1924. Founded by brothers Jack and Harry Cohn and Joe Brandt, Columbia pictures released its first feature film in the August of 1922. The company released its first full length motion picture (Pal o'mine) in March, 1924. During the mid 90's Columbia pictures produced many blockbusters such as A man for all seasons, Lawrence of Arabia and Anatomy of a murder.
In 1982 Coco cola purchased a large share in the film industry and in 1989 Sony bought the company. After Harry Cohn's death in 1958 the company went downhill financially and in the early 1970s were at a point close to bankruptcy. In order to become financially stable, in 1972, Columbia pictures and Warner Bros formed an alliance called 'The Burbank Studios' and both companies shared Warner Bros studio in Burbank.
Columbia pictures purchased a share of 81% in The Walter Reade Organization in 1981, they later went on to completely buy out the remaining 19% of the organization in 1985. After huge success in the box office for popular films such as Stir Crazy, The Blue Lagoon, and Stripes, Columbia pictures was back to complete financial stability.
In 1989 the empire was sold to Sony for no less than $3.4 billion. The company then reached its peak in 2006 by finishing the year with the largest profit $1.711 billion to be exact. Columbia pictures' most recent releases include Salt, The smurfs, Cemetery Junction, Grown Ups and The Karate kid. And currently based in Culver city, California some of its future releases include Men in Black III, That's my boy and Total recall.
Columbia pictures seems to generally produce large budget motion pictures and so would probably not be suitable for the purpose that our small project would require if we were to produce the full version. Apart from the fact that our project is small, the budget we would need to produce it full length would be relatively small in comparison to other films due to our realistic setting and lack of many special effects that would be necessary. (We will be limited to what is available to us in terms of location and editing facilities).
Columbia pictures seems to generally produce large budget motion pictures and so would probably not be suitable for the purpose that our small project would require if we were to produce the full version. Apart from the fact that our project is small, the budget we would need to produce it full length would be relatively small in comparison to other films due to our realistic setting and lack of many special effects that would be necessary. (We will be limited to what is available to us in terms of location and editing facilities).
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