Company type | Subsidiary of Nelson Holdings International, Ltd. |
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Industry | Film home video |
Predecessor | Galactic Films Spikings Corporation Embassy Home Entertainment |
Founded | 1985 |
Founders | Barry Spikings Richard Northcott |
Defunct | 1991 |
Fate | Renamed Sultan Entertainment and sold to New Line Cinema, library later purchased by Epic Productions |
Successor | Company: New Line Cinema Library: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[a] (with some exceptions) |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Key people | Barry Spikings Richard Northcott |
Products | Motion pictures VHS Laserdisc |
Parent | Nelson Holdings International, Ltd. (1986–1991) New Line Cinema (1991) |
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Nelson Entertainment (also known as Nelson Entertainment Group) was a Los Angeles-based film production and home video distribution company, a subsidiary of Nelson Holdings International Ltd., a Vancouver, Canada, holding company formed in 1985 by British film producer Barry Spikings and Richard Northcott, a British financier who amassed his fortune from a chain of hardware and furniture stores.[1]
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