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Pacific International Enterprises
TypePrivate
IndustryProduction company
Film distributor
Founded1974; 48 years ago (1974)
DefunctNovember 30, 2001; 20 years ago (2001-11-30)[1]
Headquarters,
Key people
Arthur R. Debs

Pacific International Enterprises (PIE) was an American film production company and film distributor, founded by Arthur R. Dubs as a producer of family films. Pacific International Enterprises was a privately held company that had been in business for over thirty years as "A Universal Force in Family Film Entertainment".[2] Their films have been continually licensed and re-licensed for television by various channels such as HBO, Disney, TNT, CBS and in over 100 countries worldwide.[2] Many of the company's movies were filmed on location with outdoor scenery shots such as the state of Oregon in Sacred Ground, the state of Utah in Windwalker and the state of Colorado for the three films of the Wilderness Family for example.[3]

The company went defunct on November 30, 2001, after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The founder, Arthur R. Debs, died in June 2013.[4] Lionsgate picked up distribution rights for DVD, Blu-ray and the digital format for the titles.[5]

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Production company

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Film distributor

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HBO

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CBS

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Oregon

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Utah

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Colorado

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Lionsgate

Lionsgate

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Digital distribution

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Partial list of films

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Mystery Mansion (1983 film)

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Mountain Family Robinson

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Mountain Family Robinson is a 1979 family movie that stars Robert Logan, Susan Damante-Shaw and George Buck Flower. This film is a sequel to The Adventures of the Wilderness Family and The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family and, like its predecessors, was filmed in the states of Colorado and Utah.

Blue Fin

Blue Fin

Blue Fin is a 1978 Australian family film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe and Elspeth Ballantyne. It is based on a 1969 Australian novel written by Colin Thiele.

The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family

The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family

The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a 1978 adventure/family movie that stars Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw and is a sequel to The Adventures of the Wilderness Family. In this sequel to the first movie, Heather Rattray now plays the role of Jenny.

The Adventures of the Wilderness Family

The Adventures of the Wilderness Family

The Adventures of the Wilderness Family is a 1975 American family adventure drama film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw. The film is about Skip Robinson and his family who decide to move from Los Angeles, California to a new home in the majestic Rocky Mountains, Skip builds a log cabin, and the children befriend wild animals. As the intrepid Robinsons make a simpler life for themselves off the grid, they discover that, in the wilderness, each day brings its own adventure.

Challenge to Be Free

Challenge to Be Free

Challenge to Be Free is an anti-hero film directed by Tay Garnett and starring Mike Mazurki. The film's plot was a loosely based on the 1931 Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) pursuit of a trapper named Albert Johnson, the reputed "Mad Trapper of Rat River". The film was shot and originally released in 1972 with the title Mad Trapper of the Yukon; it was re-released in 1975 as Challenge to Be Free.

Source: "Pacific International Enterprises", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2022, August 17th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_International_Enterprises.

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References
  1. ^ "Stocks". Bloomberg News.
  2. ^ a b Internet Archive-Wayback Machine: Pacific International Enterprises (PIE) website
  3. ^ Ending title credits of individual titles
  4. ^ "Arthur R. Dubs".
  5. ^ The Adventures Of The Wilderness Family Trilogy
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