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  1. American International Pictures LLC [1] (AIP or American International Productions) is an American film production company owned by Amazon MGM Studios. In its original operating period, AIP was an independent film production and distribution company known for producing and releasing films from 1955 until 1980, a year after its acquisition by ...

  2. Aug 16, 2024 · American International Pictures was formed in 1954 by James H. Nicholson and entertainment lawyer Samuel Z. Arkoff, originally as American Releasing Corporation, dedicated to releasing independently produced, low-budget and genre films (such as horror, sci-fi, and African-American), primarily of interest to the teenagers.

  3. For three decades, from the 1950s to the 1970s, American International Pictures (AIP) supplied America's drive-ins and movie theatres with cult favorites such as It Conquered the World, I Was a Teenage Werewolf, Beach Blanket Bingo, and The Pit and the Pendulum.

  4. Studios such as American International Pictures emerged during the 1950s to offer cheaply produced exploitation movies, which were targeted to specific audiences or low-rent exhibitors. These films, which were not necessarily exhibited with an A-picture, were also dubbed B-films.

  5. This entry covers the period 1954-1979 when American International Pictures was an independent American motion picture company that produced and distributed low-budget films.

  6. Jan 27, 2017 · Probably the most important company in this book is American International Pictures (AIP). Founded in 1954 as American Releasing Corporation (ARC) by Samuel Z Arkoff and the late James Nicholson, AIP (1956-1980) defined the postwar youth-oriented feature.

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  8. The Story of American International Pictures: Directed by Eamon Harrington, John Watkin. With Samuel Z. Arkoff, Peter Bogdanovich, Bob Burns, Herman Cohen. A 60-minute salute to American International Pictures.

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