Interscope Communications
Motion picture production company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Interscope Communications, Inc. (also known as Interscope Pictures) was a motion picture production company founded in 1982 by Ted Field. It soon became a division of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.
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Industry | Film studio |
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Founded | 1982; 42 years ago (1982) |
Defunct | 1999 (1999) (as film studio and label) 2002 (2002) (through USA Films merger) 2003 (2003) (as in-name-only label) |
Fate | Merged with October Films and Gramercy Pictures to become USA Films and later consolidated into Focus Features |
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Headquarters | United States |
Key people | Ted Field Robert W. Cort Scott Kroopf |
Parent | Independent (1982–1994) PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (1994–1998) Universal Studios (1998–1999) USA Films (1999–2002) |
Subsidiaries | Interscope Records (1990–1996) |
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In 1999, after Seagram merged PolyGram into Universal Pictures, Interscope Communications was sold to USA Networks and merged into the recently formed USA Films, which in 2002, would later be merged with other film labels after being acquired by Universal to become Focus Features.[1]