Gramercy Pictures

Gramercy Pictures was a film distributor launched in 1993, a joint venture of PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Universal Pictures. Gramercy, a so-called "mini-major," was the distributor of PolyGram movies in the United States and Canada. Due to the Universal acquisition by Seagrams in 1999, Gramercy was merged with October Films to briefly become USA Films, until USA Films was transformed into the successful Focus Features in 2002.

The short-lived Gramercy Pictures had only a couple of boxoffice hits: the 1994 Best Picture Academy Award nominee Four Weddings and a Funeral, and the 1996 Oscar winner Fargo. However, several Gramercy releases of the 1990s have grown in stature to become beloved cult classics in the present day: The Big Lebowski, Dazed and Confused and Clay Pigeons. In additon, 1996's The Usual Suspects won two Oscars, for Best Original Screenplay (Christopher McQuarrie) and Best Supporting Actor (Kevin Spacey).

Some of Gramercy's releases:
* Barb Wire
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* The Big Lebowski
* Canadian Bacon
* Clay Pigeons
* Dazed and Confused
* Fargo
* Four Weddings and a Funeral
* Kalifornia
* Mallrats
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* Reach the Rock
* S.F.W.
* The Usual Suspects