American Cinema Productions (original) (raw)

American Cinema Productions was an independent Hollywood film production company that was founded in 1975 and filed for bankruptcy in 1981. The company, a division of American Communications Industries, began as a distribution operation known as American Cinema Releasing before several early successes led it to branch out into film production. American Cinema is also credited for resurrecting and modifying the four-wall distribution method for theatrical releases where a distributor rents the movie theatre for a window of time and reaps the full box-office receipts.