Gramercy Pictures was a film distributor launched in 1992, a joint venture of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Gramercy, a so-called "mini-major," was the distributor of PolyGram movies in the United States and Canada. Due to the Universal acquisition by Seagrams in 1999, Gramercy was merged with October Films to briefly become USA Films, until USA Films was transformed into the successful Focus Features in 2002.
The short-lived Gramercy Pictures had only a couple of box office hits: the 1994 Best Picture Academy Award nominee Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the 1996 Oscar winner Fargo. However, several Gramercy releases of the 1990s have grown in stature to become beloved cult classics in the present day: The Big Lebowski, Dazed and Confused, Clay Pigeons, and Mallrats. In addition, 1996's The Usual Suspects won two Oscars, for Best Original Screenplay (Christopher McQuarrie) and Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey).
Some of Gramercy's releases:
- Barb Wire
- Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie
- The Big Lebowski
- Canadian Bacon
- Clay Pigeons
- Dazed and Confused
- Double Dragon
- Fargo
- Four Weddings and a Funeral
- Kalifornia
- Mallrats
- Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie
- Reach the Rock
- S.F.W.
- The Usual Suspects
Earlier company
There was an earlier, unrelated company which went by the same name in the late 1950s. One of the films they produced was The Monster That Challenged the World.
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