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Producers Sales Organization was an independent production/sales company founded in 1977.〔 Initiated by Mark Damon, an actor-turned-producer,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Mark Damon )〕 ''PSO'' (its otherwise known moniker) largely handled foreign sales of independent films. It was initially was a partnership between Damon, producer Sandy Howard, and Richard St. Johns, who worked for Arthur Guinness Son & Co. At one point, it was a subsidiary of Guinness.〔Damon & Schreyer, p. 47-49〕 In its final years of existence, PSO briefly became a full-fledged production company. Despite releasing many successful films, PSO ended up running into financial problems and was forced into bankruptcy in 1986, effectively ending the company. Many of its employees were soon hired by Vestron Pictures to run a new foreign sales unit dubbed Producers Distribution Organization, later renamed Interaccess Film Distribution, Inc.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Vestron hired 3 members of PSO's management. - Los Angeles Times )〕〔LA BRIEFLY. Daily News of Los Angeles (August 26, 1986).〕〔''Billboard'' (November 1, 1986), p. 48〕 A year after PSO ended, Damon founded a new company, with Peter Guber and Jon Peters, called Vision International.〔 A majority of the PSO library would ultimately end up with Mel Gibson and his Icon International company. Among the most notable films PSO represented or financed include: * ''Matilda'' (1978)〔Damon & Schreyer, p. 53-56〕 * ''The Wanderers'' (1979)〔Damon & Schreyer, p. 58〕 * ''A Change of Seasons'' (1980)〔Damon & Schreyer, p. 56-57〕 * ''Little Lord Fauntleroy'' (1980)〔 * ''The Final Countdown'' (1981)〔Damon & Schreyer, p. 60-65〕 * ''Das Boot'' (1981) * ''An American Werewolf in London'' (1981) * ''Dead and Buried'' (1981) * ''Endless Love'' (1981) * ''Young Doctors in Love'' (1982) * ''Cujo'' (1983)〔 * ''The Day After'' (1983)〔()〕 * ''Fire and Ice'' (1983) * ''Never Say Never Again'' (1983)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Daily News - Google News Archive Search )〕 * ''The Outsiders'' (1983)〔 * ''Silkwood'' (1983)〔 * ''La Traviata (1983) * ''The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension'' (1984)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=What are the contents of the Buckaroo Banzai Press Kit? )〕 * ''The Neverending Story'' (1984) * ''Once Upon a Time in America'' (1984)〔 * ''Prizzi's Honor'' (1985) * ''Heavenly Bodies'' (1985) * ''8 Million Ways to Die'' (1986) * ''Flight of the Navigator'' (1986) * ''9½ Weeks'' (1986)〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Movie Review - 9 1 2 Weeks - FILM: '9 1/2 WEEKS,' A SEXUAL JOURNEY - NYTimes.com )〕 * ''Short Circuit'' (1986) ==References== 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「Producers Sales Organization」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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