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'''Cinerama Releasing Corporation''' ('''CRC''') was a motion picture company established in 1967 that originally released films produced by its namesake parent company that was considered an "instant major".<ref group=li>Page 10.</ref>
==History== In 1963, the owner of the Pacific Coast Theater chain, William R. Foreman, purchased Cinerama, Inc. In 1966, CRC was set up to be an independent distributor of widescreen motion pictures produced by Cinerama, various foreign films and ABC Pictures, the film production unit of the American Broadcasting Company.<ref>p. 332 Harpole, Charles ''History of the American Cinema'' University of California Press</ref><ref group=li name=p332>Orders of Magnitude. Page 332-333.</ref> CRC was only a distributor of films, without retaining copyright stake over each production. As an instant major by 1970, CRC reached a 10% market share. ABC Pictures ended operations in early 1973, thus CRC moved to primarily distributing non-financed films (acquisitions). By August 1974, CRC had released 125 acquired films at which time its productions and reissues were handled by American International Pictures. Cinerama, Inc., CRC's parent company, was liquidated in May 1978 with the Cinerama name ending up being owned by Pacific Coast Theater.<ref group=li name=p332/>
==Films released== {{Expand list|date=March 2018}} {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! Release date ! Title ! Production company(ies) ! Format |- | align="right"| {{dts|1967|11|9}} || ''Custer of the West'' || Cinerama Productions Corp. presents, Security Pictures || Super Technirama 70<ref group=li name=p332/> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|5|1}} || ''A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die'' || Selmur Pictures<ref>{{AFI film|id=18669|title=A Minute to Pray, a Second to Die}}.</ref> || Panavision<ref group=li name=p332/> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|7|17}} || ''For Love of Ivy'' || rowspan=2| ABC Pictures International<ref group=li name=p332/> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|9|23}} || ''Charly'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|9|25}} || ''Nobody Runs Forever'' (''The High Commissioner'') || Rank Organisation, Rodlor, Inc., Selmur Pictures<ref>{{cite web|title=The High Commissioner(1968)|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20136/the-high-commissioner|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608082157/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/20136/The-High-Commissioner/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 8, 2013|website=TCM|publisher=Turner Entertainment Networks, Inc.|access-date=November 12, 2014}} From AFI catalog.</ref>|| |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|10|7}} || ''Shalako'' || Palomar Pictures International, Kingston Film Productions, Ltd., CCC || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|12|12}} || ''The Killing of Sister George'' || rowspan=2| ABC Pictures International<ref group=li name=p332/> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|12|17}} || ''Candy'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1968|12|18}} || ''Hell in the Pacific'' || Selmur Pictures<ref>{{AFI film|id=20261|title=Hell in the Pacific}}.</ref> || Panavision<ref group=li name=p332/> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|4|25}} || ''Follow Me'' || || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|5|14}} || ''Krakatoa, East of Java'' || Cinerama Releasing Corporation || Super Panavision 70<ref group=li name=p332/> |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|6|27}} || ''Ring of Bright Water'' || Palomar Pictures International, The Rank Organisation || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|7|5}} || ''Midas Run'' || ABC Pictures International || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|7|7}} || ''How to Commit Marriage'' || Naho Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|8|18}} || ''Take the Money and Run'' || ABC Pictures, Palomar Pictures Corporation || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|8|20}} || ''What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice?'' || Palomar Pictures Corporation, The Associates & Aldrich Company || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|10|8}} || ''Change of Mind'' || Cinerama Productions Corp., Sagittarius Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1969|12|10}} || ''They Shoot Horses, Don't They?'' || rowspan=2| ABC Pictures International<ref group=li name=p332/> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|1|2}} || ''Jenny'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|2|4}} || ''The Honeymoon Killers'' || Roxanne || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|2|12}} || ''Mumsy, Nanny, Sonny and Girly'' || Brigitte, Fitzroy Films Ltd., Ronald J. Kahn Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|3}} || ''The Last Grenade'' || Lockmore || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|5|20}} || ''Too Late the Hero'' || rowspan=6| ABC Pictures International<ref group=li name=p332/> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|8|12}} || ''Lovers and Other Strangers'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|9|11}} || ''Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|10|1}} || ''How Do I Love Thee?'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1970|11|4}} || ''Song of Norway'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|1|24}} || ''Zachariah'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|1|28}} || ''The Last Valley'' || Season Productions, ABC Pictures International || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|4|2}} || ''The House That Dripped Blood'' || Amicus Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|5|26}} || ''When Eight Bells Toll'' || Gershwin-Kastner Productions, Winkast Film Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|5|29|}} || ''The Grissom Gang'' || ABC Pictures International, The Associates & Aldrich Company<ref group=li name=p332/> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|6|18}} || ''Willard'' || Bing Crosby Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|6|29}} || ''My Old Man's Place'' || Philip A. Waxman Productions Inc. || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|8|30}} || ''The Touch'' || rowspan=2| ABC Pictures International<ref group=li name=p332/> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|9|17}} || ''Kotch'' || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|9|27}} || ''The Trojan Women'' || Josef Shaftel Productions Inc. || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|11|03}} || ''Straw Dogs'' || ABC Pictures International<ref group=li name=p332/> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1971|12|19}} || ''Le Boucher'' || Les Films de la Boétie, Euro International Film (EIA) || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|2|22}} || ''Payday'' || Fantasy Films, Fantasy Records, Pumice Finance Company || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|3|27}} || ''Irish Whiskey Rebellion''|| || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|3|8}} || ''Tales from the Crypt'' || Amicus Entertainment, Metromedia Producers Corporation<ref>{{cite web|title=Tales From The Crypt (1972) Cast, Credits & Awards|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/48498/Tales-From-The-Crypt/details|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112213537/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/48498/Tales-From-The-Crypt/details|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2014|access-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|3|10}} || ''Georgia, Georgia'' || Diotima Films and Jorkel Productions Inc. || Super 16 mm, blown up to 35mm film |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|4}} || ''Compañeros'' || Tritone Filmindustria, Atlantida Film, Terra-Filmkunst || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|5|12}} || ''Hammersmith Is Out'' || J. Cornelius Crean Films Inc. || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|6|23}} || ''Ben'' || Bing Crosby Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|6|28}} || ''The Happiness Cage'' || International Film Ventures, Laterna Film || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|8|2}} || ''Junior Bonner''<ref group=li name=p332/> || || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|9|1}} || ''Bluebeard'' || Gloria Film, Barnabé Productions, Geiselgasteig Film || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|9|22}} || ''Necromancy'' || Compass/Zenith International || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|11|9}} || ''Black Girl'' || || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1972|11|17}} || ''Asylum'' || Amicus Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|2|22}} || ''Walking Tall'' || Bing Crosby Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|3|30}} || ''The Vault of Horror'' || Amicus Entertainment, Metromedia Producers Corporation || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|4|4}} || ''The Mack'' || CRC & Harvey Bernhard Enterprises<ref>{{cite web|title=The Mack (1973) Production Credits|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/30622/The-Mack/credits|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112215141/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/30622/The-Mack/credits|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 12, 2014|department=Movies & TV Dept.|work=The New York Times|date=2014|access-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|4|27}} || ''And Now the Screaming Starts!'' || Amicus Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|5}} || ''Terror in the Wax Museum'' || Andrew J. Fenady Productions, Bing Crosby Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|5|11}} || ''The Harrad Experiment''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Harrad Experiment (1973) - Company Credits|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070157/companycredits?ref_=tt_dt_co|publisher=IMDB|access-date=December 31, 2017}}</ref> || || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|8}} || ''Your Three Minutes Are Up'' || Permut Presentations, Minutes Company || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|8|3}} || ''A Name for Evil'' || Penthouse || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|10}} || ''Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls'' || Freedom Arts Pictures Corporation || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|10}} || ''The Pyx'' || Host Productions Quebec || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|11|16}} || ''Arnold'' || Fenady Associates, Bing Crosby Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1973|12}} || ''Marco'' || Tomorrow Entertainment, Rankin/Bass Animated Entertainment || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974}} || ''Seizure'' || || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|1}} || ''How to Seduce a Woman'' || Forward || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|3}} || ''Street Gangs of Hong Kong'' || Shaw Brothers Studio || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|3|22}} || ''Catch My Soul'' || Metromedia Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|4}} || ''The Beast Must Die'' || Amicus Productions, British Lion Film Corporation || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|5}} || ''Dark Places'' || Glenbeigh, Sedgled || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|6}} || ''The Mysterious Island of Captain Nemo'' || Albina Productions S.a.r.l., Cameroons Development, Cité Films || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|6|27}} || ''W'' || Bing Crosby Productions || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|8}} || ''Harrad Summer'' || Cinema Arts Productions, Inc. || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1974|11|22}} || ''Sunday in the Country'' || American International Pictures, EMI Films, Canadian Film Development Corporation || |- | align="right"| {{dts|1975|4|25}} || ''The Reincarnation of Peter Proud'' || Bing Crosby Productions, American International Pictures || |}
==See also== *Major film studios *National General Pictures, another instant major *Commonwealth United, a sometimes instant major
==References== {{reflist}} *Cook, David A. (2000). [https://books.google.com/books?id=HVygqYMVP2wC&dq=ABC+Circle+Films&pg=PP1 Lost Illusions: American Cinema in the Shadow of Watergate and Vietnam, 1970-1979]. University of California Press. <references group=li/>
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