Editing PolyGram Filmed Entertainment (section)

{{Short description|British-American film studio and film production company}}
{{For|the successor to this studio and Universal Music Group's current production company|PolyGram Entertainment}}
{{About|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, who jointly owned Channel 5 Video|other uses|5 (disambiguation)|and|Channel 5 (disambiguation){{!}}Channel 5}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2021}}
{{Infobox company
| name = PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
| logo = [[File:PolyGram Filmed Entertainment.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = PolyGram Filmed Entertainment logo, used from 1997 until 1999
| former_name = {{ubl|Filmworks (1975–1976)|Casablanca Record & Filmworks (1976–1980)|PolyGram Pictures (1980–1983)|PolyGram Movies (1987–1990)}}
| type = [[Subsidiary]]
| fate = Acquired by [[Seagram]] and folded into [[Universal Pictures]]; most of the pre-April 1996 library sold to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]<br>Some of its North American distribution assets sold to [[USA Networks]]<br>[[ITC Entertainment|ITC]] library sold to [[Carlton Communications]]
| predecessor = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca Filmworks]]
| successors = Studio:<br>[[Universal Pictures]]<br>USA Films<br>[[Focus Features]]<br>[[PolyGram Entertainment]]<br>Library:<br>[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]{{efn|name=Orion|Copyright is owned by [[Orion Pictures]]}}<br>(pre-April 1996 films with exceptions)<br>Universal Pictures<br>(post-March 1996 films with exceptions and some pre-April 1996 films)<br>[[ITV Studios]]<br>(ITC Entertainment library with exceptions)
| location = 
| founder = [[Peter Guber]]
| key_people = 
| foundation = {{Start date and age|1975}}
| defunct = {{End date and age|1999}}
| owner = 
| parent = {{ubl|[[PolyGram]] (1980–1998)|Universal Pictures (1998–1999)}}
| divisions = [[PolyGram Films]]<br>[[PolyGram Film Distribution]]<br>[[PolyGram Television]]<br>[[PolyGram Video]]<br>[[PolyGram Visual Programming]]
| subsid = [[Gramercy Pictures]]<br>[[Working Title Films]]<br>[[Propaganda Films]]<br>[[Interscope Communications]]<br>[[ITC Entertainment]]
}}

'''PolyGram Filmed Entertainment''' (formerly known as '''Filmworks''', '''Casablanca Record & Filmworks''', '''PolyGram Films''' and '''PolyGram Pictures''' or simply '''PFE''') was a film [[production company]] founded in 1975 as an American film studio, which became a European competitor to [[Cinema of the United States|Hollywood]] within two decades, but was eventually sold to [[Seagram]] in 1998 and was folded into [[Universal Pictures]] a year later. Among its most successful and well known films were ''[[The Deep (1977 film)|The Deep]]'' (1977), ''[[Midnight Express (film)|Midnight Express]]'' (1978), ''[[An American Werewolf in London]]'' (1981), ''[[Flashdance]]'' (1983), ''[[Batman (1989 film)|Batman]]'' (1989), ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' (1994), ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]] '' (1996), ''[[Dead Man Walking (film)|Dead Man Walking]]'' (1995), ''[[The Big Lebowski]]'' (1998), ''[[Fargo (1996 film)|Fargo]]'' (1996), ''[[The Usual Suspects]]'' (1995), ''[[The Game (1997 film)|The Game]]'' (1997), ''[[Candyman (1992 film)|Candyman]]'' (1992) and ''[[Notting Hill (film)|Notting Hill]]'' (1999).