Vestron Pictures

Vestron Pictures
Type	Division
Industry	Film industry
Genre	Various
Founded	1986; 35 years ago
Defunct	1992; 29 years ago
Fate	Parent company filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy, assets acquired by LIVE Entertainment
Successor	Lionsgate
Headquarters	United States
Key people	Austin O. Furst Jr.
Products	Motion pictures
Owner	Vestron, Inc.
Parent	Vestron Video (1986–1992); (1990–1992)

Vestron Pictures is an old American film studio and distributor, and is also a former division of Austin O. Furst, Jr.'s Vestron Inc., that is best known for their 1987 release of Dirty Dancing.^[1]

The company is an old spin-off of the earlier video distributor, Vestron Video.^[1] Vestron also has had a genre film division, Lightning Pictures, a spin-off of Vestron's Lightning Video.

Vestron Pictures' parent company, Vestron, Inc., filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and went out of business in 1991, with their assets being acquired by LIVE Entertainment. Today, Lionsgate owns the rights to the Vestron library after acquiring Artisan Entertainment in 2003.

Productions[]

Vestron Pictures[]

Release Date	Title	Notes
July 20, 1986	Malcolm	US distribution only
November 14, 1986	Slaughter High
November 1986	Billy Galvin
February 20, 1987	Alpine Fire
May 1987	The Adventure of the Action Hunters
May 1987	Nightforce	Direct-to-video
August 21, 1987	Dirty Dancing
September 25, 1987	China Girl
September 25, 1987	The Princess Bride	International distribution only; 20th Century Fox owned North American theatrical rights
October 2, 1987	Anna
November 6, 1987	Steel Dawn
1988	Dangerous Curves
January 22, 1988	Promised Land
March 4, 1988	And God Created Woman
April 8, 1988	The Pointsman
April 22, 1988	The Unholy
May 6, 1988	Salome's Last Dance
May 13, 1988	Midnight Crossing
May 20, 1988	Call Me
June 3, 1988	The Beat
June 17, 1988	Waxwork
June 1988	Paramedics
August 12, 1988	Young Guns	International and video distribution only, 20th Century Fox owned North American theatrical rights
October 14, 1988	The Lair of the White Worm
November 25, 1988	Amsterdamned	US distribution only
December 23, 1988	Burning Secret
January 27, 1989	Parents
March 3, 1989	Dream a Little Dream
March 1989	Big Man on Campus
May 5, 1989	The Rainbow
May 12, 1989	Earth Girls Are Easy	US distribution only
June 29, 1989	Twister
August 25, 1989	Little Monsters	Vestron produced the film but sold the film to United Artists due to financial problems
December 1, 1989	Hider in the House
December 8, 1989	Cat Chaser
1990
March 28, 1990	Paint It Black	Direct-to-video
April 3, 1990	Catchfire
July 15, 1990	Fear
November 1990	Love Hurts
October 23, 1991	Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat	Direct-to-video
January 29, 1992	Enid Is Sleeping
July 29, 1992		released on VHS in 1992 by LIVE Home Video, under the name Code Name: Chaos

Lightning Pictures[]

Release Date	Title	Notes
July 10, 1987	Blood Diner
September 16, 1987	Street Trash
June 30, 1989	Far From Home
September 27, 1989	C.H.U.D. II: Bud the C.H.U.D.
March 16, 1990	Blue Steel	eventually acquired and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer due to financial problems
May 11, 1990	Class of 1999	released by Taurus Entertainment Company
September 18, 1991	Ghoulies III: Ghoulies Go to College	released by Taurus Entertainment Company
January 17, 1992	A Gnome Named Gnorm

References[]

^ ^a ^b Special to The New York Times (February 17, 1990). "Talks on Vestron Reported". The New York Times.

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[N-1] Special to The New York Times (February 17, 1990). "Talks on Vestron Reported". The New York Times.

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