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Embassy Pictures Corporation (later known as Avco Embassy Pictures and later Embassy Films Associates) was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as ''The Graduate'', ''The Lion in Winter'', ''Carnal Knowledge'', ''This Is Spinal Tap'' and ''Escape from New York''. ==Founding== The company was founded in 1942 〔Dick, p.79〕 by Joseph E. Levine, initially to distribute foreign films in the United States. Some of Levine's early successes were the Italian-made ''Hercules'' films with Steve Reeves, Ishiro Honda's ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters'', and the 1961 adaptation of ''The Thief of Bagdad'' (which had virtually nothing to do with the 1940 version). Embassy also distributed Federico Fellini's film ''8½'' and Rick Carrier's ''Strangers in the City'' (1962). In 1963, Levine was offered a $30 million deal with Paramount Pictures to produce films in the vein of his previous successes. Paramount would finance the films and Embassy would receive part of its profits.〔Dick, p. 80-81〕 Under the deal, Levine produced ''The Carpetbaggers'' and its prequel ''Nevada Smith'', which were successes, along with flops such as ''Harlow'', starring Carroll Baker, and ''The Oscar''. By the 1960s, Levine had transformed Embassy into a production company. Later in the decade, Embassy functioned on its own with many Rankin/Bass animated features (including ''Mad Monster Party?'' and ''The Daydreamer''), and successful live-action productions including ''The Graduate'', ''The Lion in Winter'' and ''The Producers''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Embassy Pictures」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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