Associated Film Distribution

He thought it had been motivated by Sir Lew Grade's belief that his films had failed in the United States due to poor distribution.

The initial slate included: The company wound up in 1981, having enjoyed only one hit, The Muppet Movie.

The theatrical rights to their films and distribution of their future projects were acquired by Universal.

[3][4] Sidney J. Sheinberg, president of MCA who owned Universal, said the agreement went for three years involved all the movies that A.F.D.

had ready for distribution including: Grade said, "If we had ordinary pictures, I doubt that Universal would have wanted us.