Raybert Productions
Raybert Productions was a
History of Raybert Productions
Wishing to break into movie production, but lacking experience, Rafelson and Schneider used their
The original edit of their pilot episode (filmed late in 1965, with music provided by
When the Monkees became a hit in both television and popular music, Rafelson and Schneider in turn became famous. They used their success to achieve their initial goal of producing movies. The first, called
History of BBS Productions
After producing Five Easy Pieces in 1969, the two partners took on a third partner, Stephen Blauner, naming their expanded company BBS Productions (for Bert, Bob and Steve). Blauner, who'd also been involved with the Monkees series (even getting a name-check in one episode, as a gangster), later produced New Monkees in the 1980s, under the name Straybert Productions. On December 31, 1971, BBS sold all of its outstanding shares of its stocks to Columbia Pictures.[2]
Home video releases
A multi-disc boxed set entitled America Lost and Found: The BBS Story was released by
References
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- ^ Criterion Collection. Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ COLUMBIA PICTURES INDUSTRIES, INC. v. SCHNEIDER leagle.com July 26, 1977, Retrieved on August 31, 2014
- ^ a b Travis Crawford (December 16, 2010). "America Lost and Found: The BBS Story". Filmmaker. Retrieved 2011-04-09.