Bryanston Distributing Company
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Bryanston Distributing Company (formerly known as Bryanston Distributors and also traded as Bryanston Pictures) was an American film distribution company that was active during the 1970s. The company was founded by Louis Peraino and Philip Parisi in 1972.[1] It went bankrupt in 1976, amid the company's numerous legal troubles.[2]
History
The company's first title was Deep Throat (1972), a pornographic film which had a $22,000 budget that generated $30–50 million in box office revenues.[3]
Among the company's other notable releases were
In the early 1970s, sons of Colombo crime family member Anthony Peraino, Louis Peraino and brother Joseph Peraino Sr. were the president and vice‐president/secretary‐treasurer, of Bryanston respectively.[5]
On August 28, 1974, Louis Peraino agreed to distribute
In 1976, there was a series of federal cases in
In January 1982, Joseph Peraino Sr., who was convicted in Miami on December 6, 1981, of six counts of interstate shipments of pornography, was the target of a shooting that left him injured, and his son Joseph Peraino Jr., dead.[11]
References
- ^ Staff writer (October 25, 1972). "Peraino, Parisi Form New Film, TV Indie". Variety. 268 (11). Penske Business Media: 5 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Staff writer. "AFI Catalog of Feature Films: Teenage Graffiti". AFI Catalog. American Film Institute. Archived from the original on November 2, 2021.
- ^ Hiltzik, Michael (February 24, 2005). "'Deep Throat' Numbers Just Don't Add Up". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved July 23, 2010.
- ^ Bloom, John (November 2004). "They Came. They Sawed". Texas Monthly.
- ^ "Organized Crime Reaps Huge Profits From Dealing in Pornographic Films". nytimes.com. October 12, 1975.
- ^ a b Farley, Ellen; Knoedelseder, William Jr. (October 1986). "The Chainsaw Massacres". Cinefantastique. Vol. 16, no. 4/5. New York City: Fourth Castle Micromedia. pp. 28–44.
- ^ a b Bozman, Ron (Production manager) (2008). The Business of Chain Saw: Interview with Ron Bozman from The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (DVD). Dark Sky Films. Event occurs at 0:11:40–0:16:25.
- ^ Miller v. California, 413 U.S. 15 (U.S. Supreme Court 1973).
- ISBN 9781590337493.
- ^ "8 in 'Deep Throat' Case Receive Prison Sentences". nytimes.com. May 1, 1977.
- ^ "TWO SLAIN AND ONE HURT IN A MOB-STYLE SHOOTING". nytimes.com. January 5, 1982.