Intercontinental Releasing Corporation
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The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation (IRC), was an American media
American Media
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 company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished. From its Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 offices the company expanded into other areas of media entertainment but remained focused on domestic and foreign film distribution. However, IRC periodically produced feature films, which were released under its own banner.

On August 23, 1998, IRC filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The company was dissolved and its assets sold.
The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation (IRC), was an American media
American Media
American Media, Inc., is a publisher of a number of major United States-based magazines and supermarket tabloids.-Company background:The modern American Media came into being after Generoso Pope, Jr., longtime owner of The National Enquirer, died in 1988, and his tabloids came under new ownership...

 company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. InBaseline Database (Intercontinental Releasing Corporation) http://www.inbaseline.com/company.aspx?company_id=4559130 IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished. California Articles of Incorporation 09/04/1974, Intercontinental Releasing Corporation, State Reference ID 00721732 From its Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 offices the company expanded into other areas of media entertainment but remained focused on domestic and foreign film distribution.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html However, IRC periodically produced feature films, which were released under its own banner.Variety Magazine  http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983400?refCatId=1236

On August 23, 1998, IRC filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The company was dissolved and its assets sold.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html
The Intercontinental Releasing Corporation (IRC), was an American media
American Media
American Media, Inc., is a publisher of a number of major United States-based magazines and supermarket tabloids.-Company background:The modern American Media came into being after Generoso Pope, Jr., longtime owner of The National Enquirer, died in 1988, and his tabloids came under new ownership...

 company, primarily involved in the production and distribution of films and television programs. InBaseline Database (Intercontinental Releasing Corporation) http://www.inbaseline.com/company.aspx?company_id=4559130 IRC was founded in September 1974 as the larger film studios' grip on domestic and international distribution diminished. California Articles of Incorporation 09/04/1974, Intercontinental Releasing Corporation, State Reference ID 00721732 From its Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 offices the company expanded into other areas of media entertainment but remained focused on domestic and foreign film distribution.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html However, IRC periodically produced feature films, which were released under its own banner.Variety Magazine  http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983400?refCatId=1236

On August 23, 1998, IRC filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. The company was dissolved and its assets sold.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html Music Pictures, Inc. (Robertson, George Article on IRC and its bankruptcy) http://www.musepictures.com/iWeb/Muse%20Pictures/Robertson.html

Overview

The Hollywood Consent Decree
Consent decree
A consent decree is a final, binding judicial decree or judgment memorializing a voluntary agreement between parties to a suit in return for withdrawal of a criminal charge or an end to a civil litigation...

 of 1940, eliminated the distribution monopoly between large film production companies and self-owned film exhibitor and distribution entities.SIMPP (The Consent Decree of 1940 http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/paramountcase_3consent1940.htm Independent producers, dissatisfied with the legal proceedings, decided to organize in order to better represent themselves in the ongoing litigation. By 1941, a number of the most prominent independents including Walt Disney
Walt Disney
Walter Elias "Walt" Disney was an American film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, entertainer, international icon, and philanthropist, well-known for his influence in the field of entertainment during the 20th century. Along with his brother Roy O...

, Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn
Samuel Goldwyn was an American film producer, and founding contributor executive of several motion picture studios.-Biography:...

 and David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick
David O. Selznick was an American film producer. He is best known for having produced Gone with the Wind and Rebecca , both of which earned him an Oscar for Best Picture.-Early years:...

 had joined together to form the Society of Independent Motion Picture Producers (SIMPP), which entered the antitrust battle. By the mid-60s, MGM, Paramount
Paramount
-Companies:*Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom*Paramount Pictures, a motion picture studio*Paramount Vantage, specialty film division of Paramount Pictures*CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library...

, 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation — also known as 20th Century Fox, or simply 20th or Fox — is one of the six major American film studios...

 and other large studios had surrendered their control over the marketplace. This permitted independent producers to enter the production and distribution arenas.Supreme Court
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 Verdict that Brought an End to Hollywood Studio System http://www.cobbles.com/simpp_archive/paramountcase_6supreme1948.htm
With increased independent film-production, came a need for increased distribution both domestically and overseas. In September 1974, IRC was formed in order to take advantage of this evolving opportunity. California Articles of Incorporation 09/04/1974, Intercontinental Releasing Corporation, State Reference ID 00721732Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html InBaseline Database (Intercontinental Releasing Corporation) http://www.inbaseline.com/company.aspx?company_id=4559130
IRC's early distribution efforts began with the Dino De Laurentiis
Dino De Laurentiis
Agostino "Dino" De Laurentiis was an Italian film producer.-Early life:He was born at Torre Annunziata in the province of Naples, and grew up selling spaghetti produced by his father...

 and John Sturges
John Sturges
John Eliot Sturges was an American film director. His movies include Bad Day at Black Rock , Gunfight at the O.K. Corral , The Magnificent Seven , The Great Escape and Ice Station Zebra .-Career:He started his career in Hollywood as an editor in 1932...

' production of Chino, filmed a year earlier, in 1973.Internet Movie Database
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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069833/fullcredits#cast
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson
Charles Bronson , born Charles Dennis Buchinsky was an American actor, best-known for such films as Once Upon a Time in the West, The Magnificent Seven, The Dirty Dozen, The Great Escape, Rider on the Rain, The Mechanic, and the popular Death Wish series...

 and Jill Ireland
Jill Ireland
Jill Dorothy Ireland was an English actress, best known for her many films with her second husband, Charles Bronson.-Life and career:Born in London, England, Ireland was the daughter of a wine importer...

 starred in this Italian western, which was also directed by Sturges. Foreign distribution rights had already been contracted out but not the US theatrical rights. Securing this property for domestic distribution helped establish the new company,Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html especially since the project had the well-known names of De Laurentiis, Sturges, Bronson and Ireland attached. In the same year, IRC ventured into film production with the 1974 production of Alice Goodbody, Internet Movie Database
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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072625/
an exploitation film
Exploitation film
Exploitation film is a type of film that is promoted by "exploiting" often lurid subject matter. The term "exploitation" is common in film marketing, used for all types of films to mean promotion or advertising. These films then need something to exploit, such as a big star, special effects, sex,...

 directed by Tom Scheuer, starring Colleen Brennan
Colleen Brennan
Colleen Brennan , also known by other aliases such as Sharon Kelly, is an American porn actress and member of the XRCO Hall of Fame.-Career:...

 and Dudley Foster
Dudley Foster
Dudley Foster was an English actor most notable on TV.Foster was born in Brighouse, Yorkshire. He appeared in such series as Danger Man, The Saint, The Avengers, Steptoe and Son, Doctor Who , and Z Cars, often in villainous roles. He occasionally appeared in films...

.

The IRC distribution image further improved in 197] when it secured the US theatrical distribution of Ken Annakin’s The Call of the Wild (1972 film)
The Call of the Wild (1972 film)
The Call of the Wild is a 1972 British family adventure film directed by Ken Annakin and starring Charlton Heston, Michèle Mercier, Raimund Harmstorf, George Eastman, and Maria Rohm....

starring Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston was an American actor of film, theatre and television. Heston is known for heroic roles in films such as The Ten Commandments, Ben-Hur for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, El Cid, and Planet of the Apes...

.Internet Movie Database
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 (Locations) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069197/locations
Heston was internationally known and this film addition helped burnish the company’s increasingly sizable lineup.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html As IRC's catalog of films grew, other film distributorships followed. IRC also continued its film production efforts with such films as Dark Sunday (1976),All About Films (Dark Sunday), http://eulerfoundation.com/archives/dark-sunday.html House of Shadows (1983) with Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo
Yvonne De Carlo was a Canadian-born American actress of film and television. During her six-decade career, her most frequent appearances in film came in the 1940s and 1950s and included her best-known film roles, such as of Anna Marie in Salome Where She Danced ; Anna in Criss Cross ; Sephora the...

,Starpulse Cast and Crew (House of Shadows) http://www.starpulse.com/Movies/House_of_Shadows-V23362/Cast_and_Crew/ and the David Hess film, To All a Goodnight. Internet Movie Database
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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086449/
The later film became one of the first maniacal killer Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Santa Claus is a folklore figure in various cultures who distributes gifts to children, normally on Christmas Eve. Each name is a variation of Saint Nicholas, but refers to Santa Claus...

 films, attracting considerable attention at the time of its release.The Bloody Pit of Horror: To All a Good Night (1980) IRC released Assignment Berlin (1982), chosen as one of twenty films that year to represent the United States in two major international European film festivals.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.htmlRobertson, George, A 17-Year Overnight Success http://www.musepictures.com/iWeb/Muse%20Pictures/Robertson.html John Kincade's sci-fi 1987 film, Terminal Entry
Terminal Entry
Terminal Entry is a 1986 science fiction film written by Mark Sobel, and directed by John Kincade.-Plot:The film room briefly where Lady Electric shares with Bob her measurements. After being chased down another corridor and into an elevator where they both fall to their deaths Bob snaps out of his...

with Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert
Edward Albert Heimberger , known professionally as Eddie Albert, was an American actor and activist. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1954 for his performance in Roman Holiday, and in 1973 for The Heartbreak Kid.Other well-known screen roles of his include Bing...

 and Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Kotto
Yaphet Frederick Kotto is an African-American actor, known for numerous film roles , and his starring role in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street .-Early life:Kotto was born in New York City, the son of Gladys Marie, a...

 was well receivedTurner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies
Turner Classic Movies is a movie-oriented cable television channel, owned by the Turner Broadcasting System subsidiary of Time Warner, featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. film libraries...

 Database (Terminal Entry) http://www.tcmuk.tv/movie_database_results.php?action=title&id=504531
as was the Warren Chaney
Warren Chaney
Warren Herbert Chaney, Ph.D. is an American executive, author, filmmaker, behavioral scientist, entertainer, businessman and a pioneer in early television. In a career spanning four decades, Chaney wrote fifteen books, fourteen screenplays, and seventy-eight professional and nonprofessional...

 action-adventure
Action-adventure
Action-adventure may refer to:*A genre that can include:** action-adventure game*** action game*** adventure game** action *** action film** adventure *** adventure film*** adventure novel...

 production of Behind the Mask (1992),Watson Remme, A Peek Behind the Mask, Film History, 11/27/01 http://www.americamovie.org/peekbehindmask_.htmlInBaseline Movie Database http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=4699997 starring Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters
Deborah Winters is an American actress and businesswoman. Winters is probably most remembered for her roles in Kotch, The People Next Door, Class of '44, and The Winds of War...

 and Roy Alan Wilson.
The films produced and/or distributed by IRC crossed a wide range of genres.Watson Remme, A Peek Behind the Mask, Film History, 11/27/01 http://www.americamovie.org/peekbehindmask_.html They extended from such exploitation films as Jim O’Connoly’s Mistress Pamela
Mistress Pamela
Mistress Pamela is a 1974 British drama film directed by Jim O'Connolly and starring Ann Michelle, Julian Barnes, Dudley Foster, Anna Quayle and Anthony Sharp...

(1974)Internet Movie Database
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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188557/
and Hubert Frank's Vanessa (1977)Internet Movie Database
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 (Venessa) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0076869/
to Ted Lange's Othello (1989) and the Warren Chaney
Warren Chaney
Warren Herbert Chaney, Ph.D. is an American executive, author, filmmaker, behavioral scientist, entertainer, businessman and a pioneer in early television. In a career spanning four decades, Chaney wrote fifteen books, fourteen screenplays, and seventy-eight professional and nonprofessional...

 western, The Broken Spur (1992)
The Broken Spur (1992)
The Broken Spur ' is a Sandpiper Productions western film released by the Intercontinental Releasing Corporation in 1992 and re-released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1998. The production, shot as a 3-D film was written and directed by Warren Chaney. Beverly Wilson was the Executive Producer and...

. InBaseline Data base http://www.inbaseline.com/project.aspx?project_id=4664857 IRC’s line up included such diverse films as Arthur Jeffreys’ psychological thriller, Demented (1980);Internet Movie Database
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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0188557/
Jack Starret’s drama Hollywood Man
Hollywood Man
Hollywood Man is a 1976 American film directed by Jack Starrett and featured in the 1997 Quentin Tarantino Film Festival- Cast :*William Smith as Rafe Stoker*Jennifer Billingsley as Buttons*Ray Girardin as Harvey*Jude Farese as Rhodes...

(1976);MSN
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 Database (The Hollywood Man) http://movies.msn.com/movies/movie/the-hollywood-man/
the animated Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase
The serialized Mighty Mouse story "The Great Space Chase" from The New Adventures of Mighty Mouse and Heckle and Jeckle Saturday morning series made it into a 1982 movie by Filmation....

(1982)Mighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse
Mighty Mouse is an animated superhero mouse character created by the Terrytoons studio for 20th Century Fox.-History:The character was created by story man Izzy Klein as a super-powered housefly named Superfly. Studio head Paul Terry changed the character into a cartoon mouse instead...

 Superstar Summary http://www.cataroo.com/cst_MIGHTY.html
and John Mark Robinson revenge
Revenge
Revenge is a harmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance, be it real or perceived. It is also called payback, retribution, retaliation or vengeance; it may be characterized, justly or unjustly, as a form of justice.-Function in society:Some societies believe that the...

-thriller, Kid (1990), starring C. Thomas Howell
C. Thomas Howell
Christopher Thomas "Tommy" Howell , known by his stage name C. Thomas Howell, is an American actor and film director. He starred in the films The Outsiders as Ponyboy Curtis and in The Hitcher as Jim Halsey. He has appeared in The Da Vinci Treasure,Soul Man, Red Dawn, Secret Admirer, Gettysburg, H. G...

.Internet Movie Database
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 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0102205/
Becoming Colette (1993), directed by Danny Huston was a period drama based on the life of novelist Sidonie Gabrielle ColeVariety Magazine (Becoming Collette) http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117901417?refcatid=31 and IRC's 1976 release, The Girl from Starship Venus was an entry into science fiction, albeit space exploitation
Exploitation
This article discusses the term exploitation in the meaning of using something in an unjust or cruel manner.- As unjust benefit :In political economy, economics, and sociology, exploitation involves a persistent social relationship in which certain persons are being mistreated or unfairly used for...

.Internet Movie Database
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 Girl From Starship Venus http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1672846592/tt0073688


IRC continued in production throughout its existence. Sometimes it produced independently and at other times, jointly with other production companies.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html Home Sweet Home (1981) directed by Nettie Peña was a joint production between IRC and Movies Anonymous PartnershipInternet Movie Database
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 (Home Sweet Home) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082522/
whereas Don Edmunds
Don Edmunds
Don Edmunds was an American racecar driver and car builder.-Racing career:He changed the nose on his first Kurtis midget car from Kurtis' design to his own. Indy car builder Eddie Kuzma hired Edmunds to fix the dent in Jimmy Bryan’s car after the driver kicked the car. He had his first start at...

' Bare Knuckles (1977), starring Sherry Jackson
Sherry Jackson
Sherry Jackson is an American actress and former child star. She made her film debut at seven years old in the musical You're My Everything, starring Anne Baxter and Dan Dailey. During the course of appearing in several of the Ma and Pa Kettle movies during the 1950s as Susie Kettle, one of the...

 was an in-house production.Internet Movie Database
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 (Bare Knuckles) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075727/


IRC expanded into music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...

, television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...

 and other entertainment enterprises with the creation of several corporate spin-off entities including the IRC Music Corporation, the IRC Video Corporation and the Television Motion Picture Shooting Association, Inc.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html Other IRC related interests included Gco Pictures, Inc., and Creative Film Partners, LP. Variety Magazine http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983400?refCatId=13 Eventually IRC's expansion efforts coupled with the financial collapse of some of its business partners created a diminished cash flow. The company's key figure and Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

 Sandy Cobe, retired in 1994.Variety Magazine (Sandy Cobe Obituary) http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983400?refCatId=13 His loss to the company plus increasing cash flow
Cash flow
Cash flow is the movement of money into or out of a business, project, or financial product. It is usually measured during a specified, finite period of time. Measurement of cash flow can be used for calculating other parameters that give information on a company's value and situation.Cash flow...

 problems led to its Chapter 13 filing
Chapter 13, Title 11, United States Code
Chapter 13 of the United States Bankruptcy Code, codified under Title 11 of the United States Code, governs a form of bankruptcy in the United States that allows individuals to undergo a financial reorganization supervised by a federal bankruptcy court. The goal of Chapter 13 is to enable...

 in 1996.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html

Key personnel

Cobe was IRC's president and later became its Chief Executive Officer
Chief executive officer
A chief executive officer , managing director , Executive Director for non-profit organizations, or chief executive is the highest-ranking corporate officer or administrator in charge of total management of an organization...

. Cobe, a founding member of the American Film Marketing Association (now, Independent Film & Television Alliance
Independent Film & Television Alliance
The Independent Film & Television Alliance is the trade association that represents companies that finance, produce and license independent film and television programming worldwide. The association is headquartered in Los Angeles but has a worldwide membership and scope of services and advocacy....

)
, served on its board of directors for 13 years. [Business of Film and Entertainment at http://www.filmfestivaltoday.com/news/distribution This provided IRC with a tactical advantage in its foreign distribution efforts.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.htmlMSN
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 Movies http://movies.msn.com/celebrities/celebrity/sandy-cobe/


Cobe came to IRC with a varied background in film. He followed his father, cinematographer Mark Cobe, behind the camera as a photographer for the New York Daily News
New York Daily News
The Daily News of New York City is the fourth most widely circulated daily newspaper in the United States with a daily circulation of 605,677, as of November 1, 2011....

 and later as a cameraman for several New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

 television stations. He served as a combat-photographer during the Korean War
Korean War
The Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...

, where he was wounded in action.Variety Magazine (Sandy Cobe obituary) http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983400?refCatId=13

After graduating from Tulane University
Tulane University
Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...

, Cobe managed theaters in the Bronx and later worked as a film producer
Film producer
A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 for Artmark Pictures. He next became the Executive Vice President of Distribution for the New York General Studios and later for the First Cinema Releasing Corporation. In the 1960s, he started Sandy Cobe Productions, which both produced and packaged films for theatrical and television release. Cobe’s varied film careers made him a natural for the young Intercontinental Releasing Corporation and he remained with them until his retirement in 1994.Associated Press
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 (Sandy Cobe Obituary) http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117983400?ref
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 (Sandy Cobe) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0167861/?fr=c2M9MXxsbT01MDB8ZmI9dXxteD0yMHxodG1sPTF8cG49MHxxcz1TYW5keSBDb2JlfHNpdGU9YWthfHE9U2FuZHkgQ29iZXxubT0x;fc=1;ft=20


Stefani Deoul served as Vice President
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...

 of Production for IRC alternately filling various production roles during company filming.New York Times Stefani Deoul Filmography http://movies.nytimes.com/person/730753/Stefani-Deoul/filmography InBaseline Database (Stefani Deoul) http://www.inbaseline.com/person.aspx?person_id=4167485 Internet Movie Database
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 (Stefani N. Deoul) http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0219983/filmoyear
After IRC dissolution, Deoul continued to have a significant presence as an Executive Producer
Executive producer
An executive producer is a producer who is not involved in any technical aspects of the film making or music process, but who is still responsible for the overall production...

 and project developer in the film industry
Film industry
The film industry consists of the technological and commercial institutions of filmmaking: i.e. film production companies, film studios, cinematography, film production, screenwriting, pre-production, post production, film festivals, distribution; and actors, film directors and other film crew...

.New York Times Stefani Deoul Filmography http://movies.nytimes.com/person/730753/Stefani-Deoul/filmography

Christine Peters came to Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

 from London
London
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 as Vice President
Vice president
A vice president is an officer in government or business who is below a president in rank. The name comes from the Latin vice meaning 'in place of'. In some countries, the vice president is called the deputy president...

  of Foreign Sales and Distribution.Live Trading News http://www.livetradingnews.com/meet-hollywood-legend-christine-peters-22504.htm After leaving IRC in 1986, she became a story analyst for Guber-Peters Company where she helped develop such films as The Witches of Eastwick (film)
The Witches of Eastwick (film)
The Witches of Eastwick is a 1987 American horror comedy based on John Updike's novel of the same name. Directed by George Miller, the film stars Jack Nicholson as Daryl Van Horne, alongside Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer as the eponymous witches...

(1987), Rain Man
Rain Man
Rain Man is a 1988 drama film written by Barry Morrow and Ronald Bass and directed by Barry Levinson. It tells the story of an abrasive and selfish yuppie, Charlie Babbitt, who discovers that his estranged father has died and bequeathed all of his multimillion-dollar estate to his other son,...

(1988) and the Batman (1989 film)
Batman (1989 film)
Batman is a 1989 superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name, directed by Tim Burton. The film stars Michael Keaton in the title role, as well as Jack Nicholson, Kim Basinger, Robert Wuhl and Jack Palance...

.Marketwire
Marketwire
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 http://marketwire.168.sc/ReadNews.aspx?C=0000847402&L=EN


Andrew Steiner, IRC’s Vice President
Vice president
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 of International Sales and Marketing was the key executive responsible for the day-to-day sales and distribution activities in the international marketplace. He left the company in 1997 and became the Executive Vice-President of the entertainment division at General Media International. He later became President of the KidsAndFamily Network, Inc., in New York City
New York City
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.Edgar Online
EDGAR Online
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 http://google.brand.edgar-online.com/EFX_dll/EDGARpro.dll?FetchFilingHTML1?ID=335978&SessionID=uWlhHH0cSYVFVP7


The IRC Chief Financial Officer
Chief financial officer
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 was James M. Dowaliby. Following the company's closure, Dowaliby joined The Family Channel
The Family Channel
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 as its CFO.Weblo
Weblo
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 (James. M. Dowaliby) http://www.weblo.com/celebrity/available/James_M_Dowaliby/461089/
.

Demise

As IRC expanded operations, its financial and distribution ties with other production companies such as Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures
Orion Pictures Corporation was an American independent production company that produced movies from 1978 until 1998. It was formed in 1978 as a joint venture between Warner Bros. and three former top-level executives of United Artists. Although it was never a large motion picture producer, Orion...

, grew as well. By 1986, escalating costs coupled with an abruptly reduced cash flow
Cash flow
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 left IRC vulnerable to market forces. When Orion Pictures and others were forced into bankruptcy, market forces also tugged at IRC. On August 23, 1998, the company filed for Chapter 13
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 bankruptcy. The company was dissolved and its assets sold.Guiness, James, (IRC), America Film Archive http://www.americamovie.org/americaarchivereview.html Music Pictures, Inc. (Robertson, George Article on IRC and its bankruptcy) http://www.musepictures.com/iWeb/Muse%20Pictures/Robertson.html

Select distributor filmography

  • Becoming Colette (1993) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Final Approach (1992) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Behind the Mask (1992) ... Distributor (1992) (worldwide) (all media)
  • Romeo and Julia (1992) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • The Broken Spur (1992) ... Distributor (1990) (worldwide) (all media)
  • Chinatown Connection (1992) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Haunted (1991) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Hidden Jungle (1990) ... Distributor (19994) (worldwide) (all media)
  • The Treasure (1990) ... Distributor (USA/sales)
  • Soldier's Fortune ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Falling Over Backwards (1990) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Othello (1989) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Riverbend (1989) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • The Chill Factor (1989) ... ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Into the Spider's Web (1988) ... Distributor (1988) (worldwide) (all media)
  • Open House 1987) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Revolt (1986) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Mighty Mouse in the Great Space Chase (1982) ... Distributor (Europe) (1983)
  • Assignment Berlin (1982) ... Distributor (Europe) (1982)
  • Slapstick (Of Another Kind) (1982) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • Kirmizi Kelebek (1982) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Chasing Dreams (1981) ... Distributor (foreign) (all media)
  • Home Sweet Home (1981) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • To All a Goodnight (1980) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • Demented (1980) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • Home Sweet Home (1980) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Terror on Tour (1980) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • Bare Knuckles (1977) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • Nightmare County (1977) ... Distributo ) (USA) (theatrical)
  • Haunts (1977) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • Vanessa (1977) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
  • The Hollywood Man (1976) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • The Girl From Starship Venus (1975) ... Distributor (worldwide) (all media)
  • Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done (1975) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical)
  • The California Reich (1975) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (1975)
  • The Call of the Wild (1972) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (1975)
  • Affair (1974) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (1974)
  • Alice Goodbody (1974) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (1974)
  • Situation (1974) ... Distributor (USA) (dubbed) (1981)
  • Chino (1973) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (1973)
  • Passion Potion (1973) ... Distributor (USA) (1976)
  • Terror House (1972) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (1976)
  • The Love Keys (1971) ... Distributor (USA) (theatrical) (1976) (dubbed)

Production company filmography

  • Kid (1990) ... Production Company
  • Terminal Entry (1987) ... Production Company
  • Open House (1987) ... Production Company
  • House of Shadows (1983) ... Production Company
  • Battling Beauties (1983) ... Production Company
  • Home Sweet Home (1981) ... Production Company
  • To All a Goodnight (1980) ... Production Company
  • Demented (1980) ... Production Company
  • Terror on Tour (1980) ... Production Company
  • Home Sweet Home (1980) ... Production Company
  • Haunts (1977) ... Production Company
  • Bare Knuckles (1977) ... Production Company
  • Dark Sunday (1976) ... Production Company
  • Alice Goodbody (1974) ... Production Company
  • Mistress Pamela (1974) ... Production Company

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