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  1. Act III Communications is an American media and entertainment company owned by the estate of producer and screenwriter Norman Lear. It was started in 1985 following Lear's sale of Embassy Communications to The Coca-Cola Company. In a Wall Street Journal interview in 1988, Lear explained the name by noting that in a Shakespeare play, there are ...

  2. Lear then formed Act III Communications, a multimedia holding company with interests in television, motion pictures, and licensing. Amongst Act III’s notable early film projects are the cult-classic favorite directed by Reiner, The Princess Bride, released in 1987, and Fried Green Tomatoes in 1991. Hal Gaba joined ACT III in 1990 as Lear’s ...

  3. Apr 21, 2024 · Act III Communications is Norman Lear's current company formed on October 21, 1985, following Lear and Jerry Perenchio's sale of Embassy Communications, Inc. (Tandem, Embassy Television, etc.) to Coca-Cola. Operations began on January 1, 1986. His first film under the Act III name was Stand By Me which was released by Columbia Pictures.

  4. Act III Communications is an American media and entertainment company owned by the estate of producer and screenwriter Norman Lear. It was started in 1985 following Lear's sale of Embassy Communications to The Coca-Cola Company. In a Wall Street Journal interview in 1988, Lear explained the name by noting that in a Shakespeare play, there are always more than three acts and that he expects ...

  5. Act III Communications is an American media and entertainment company owned by producer and screenwriter Norman Lear. It was started in 1985 following Lear's sale of Embassy Communications to The Coca-Cola Company. In a Wall Street Journal interview in 1988, Lear explained the name by noting that in.

  6. Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film, and as a political and social activist and philanthropist. ... He then created and is currently chairman of Act III Communications, a ...

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  8. On February 2, 1989, Act III Communications formed a joint-venture with Columbia Pictures Television called "Act III Television" (later "Act III Productions") to produce television and not managing. This was marked as Norman Lear's return to television after exiting television product ion in 1978 to focu s on feature film and in 1984 from ...

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