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Vestron Pictures
... Vestron Pictures was a film studio and distributor of the late 1980s, and a division of Austin O ... Furst, Jr.'s Vestron Inc ... The company was a spin-off of the earlier video distributor, Vestron Video ...
Vestron Video - History
... Vestron was founded in 1981 by Austin Owen Furst, Jr ... Furst's daughter suggested "Vestron", named after the Roman goddess Vesta and "Tron", which means "instrument" in Greek ... The most notable titles Vestron released were Dirty Dancing, Monster Squad, and An American Werewolf in London ...
Little Monsters - Release
... The film was financed by Vestron Pictures ... other films, the distribution rights were sold to MGM/UA after Vestron's bankruptcy (though Vestron retained some foreign rights) ...
Dirty Dancing - Production - Pre-production
... around to other studios, but was repeatedly rejected until she brought it to Vestron Pictures, the newly formed studio division of Stamford, CT based Vestron Inc ... While honing their pitch to Vestron, Gottlieb and Bergstein chose as the film's director Emile Ardolino, who had won the 1983 Academy Award for the documentary, He Makes Me Feel Like ... Bergstein and Ardolino then presented their vision for the film to Vestron's president, Jon Peisinger, and their vice president for production, Mitchell ...
Dirty Dancing - Production - Post-production
... liked the rough cut that was put together, and Vestron executives were convinced that the film was going to be a flop ... According to Vestron executive Mitchell Cannold, Russo's reaction at the end was to say simply, "Burn the negative, and collect the insurance." Further ... Consequently, Vestron promoted the film themselves and set the premiere on August 16, 1987 ...