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created on: 4/09/2014
by: Eva (5518)
 
 

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Mario F. Kassar (born October 10, 1951, Beirut, Lebanon) is a film producer and industry executive.
He is the Executive Producer of First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, Total Recall, The Doors, Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Basic Instinct, Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, Terminator Salvation, just to name a few.
Kassar has released 36 motion pictures, which have been nominated for 16 Academy Awards.
Kassar was born in a catholic family, Lebenese father and Italian mother, in Beirut 1951. Kassar's father was a producer of independent movies, and Mario started to show interest in movie business when he was a young boy. Raised in Italy and south of France, Kassar started to distribute Italian and French movies to Far East at age 18.
He co-founded Carolco Pictures in 1976, which produced many blockbuster movies and in late 1989, Kassar became the sole shareholder. As budgets for Carolco's films grew, the box office intake and diminishing VHS market began to collapse the financial structure by 1995. The failures of both Cutthroat Island and Showgirls, together with weak financial advices, forced Kassar to file Carolco Pictures into bankruptcy.
In 1998, Kassar reteamed with his former partner Andrew Vajna to form C-2 Pictures. Their intention was to produce the event oriented films that they are both known for. They produced I-Spy (with Eddie Murphy) for Sony Pictures and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003), which it's release allowed a window for the franchise to gain new-life: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
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Submitted by : Eva (5518)
on : 04/09/2014