Allied Stars

This article is about the Egyptian film production company. For the British military insignia, see allied star.

Allied Stars Ltd. was a film production company created by Egyptian businessman Mohamed Al-Fayed in 1979. The firm was dissolved on March 3, 2020. ^[1]

The company was formed as a subsidiary of United Star Shipping, part of the Fayed group. ^[2] Al-Fayed appointed his son, Dodi Fayed as the chief executive. ^[3] Allied Star's first production was the 1980 British film Breaking Glass , which starred Hazel O'Connor. The next production backed by Allied Stars was the drama Chariots of Fire , in which Al-Fayed invested £3 million and purchased a 25% stake in the film. The film was also financed by Twentieth Century Fox and distributed by Alan Ladd, Jr.'s The Ladd Company. ^[4]

Before the completion of Chariots of Fire, Al-Fayed sold his stake for a share of the profits if the film succeeded. ^[3] The film was a huge success and earned Allied Stars $6 million.

Keith Allen's 2011 documentary on the death of Diana, Princess of Wales, Unlawful Killing , was funded by Al-Fayed at a cost of £2.5 million, and produced by Allied Stars.

References

1. "ALLIED STARS FILM LIMITED overview - Find and update company information - GOV.UK". find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk.
2. Falk, Quentin (8 September 1979). "Allied Stars shoot for top". Screen International . p. 1.
3. Bower, Tom (1998). Fayed: The Unauthorized Biography . Macmillan. ISBN   9780333745540.
4. James Chapman (10 December 2005). Past and Present: National Identity and the British Historical Film. I.B.Tauris. pp. 274–. ISBN   978-1-85043-807-6 . Retrieved 27 July 2012.