Produzioni Europee Associati

Produzioni Europee Associati (P.E.A) is a production company founded in 1962 by Alberto Grimaldi to produce international co-productions.[1] It released it first feature film L'ombra di Zorro the following year. It next production was it first spaghetti western I due violenti (1964).

In 1968, after the success of the A Fistful of Dollars, United Artist financed the rest of the Dollars Trilogy films (For a Few Dollars More in 1965 and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in 1966) both with Sergio Leone, who initially sought his legal experience advice,[2] and it signed a contract to distribute PEA films.[3]

In 1976, due to the success of the cinema of the United States, PEA lost vitality and viewers so then it began only to work in Europe.[4]

References
  1. Burke, Frank (13 April 2017). A Companion to Italian Cinema. John Wiley & Sons. p. 91.
  2. "Alberto Grimaldi - film producer. Spaghetti western trilogy gave Naples producer his big break". Italy On This Day. Blogspot. 28 March 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  3. Balio, Tino (1987). United Artists : The Company That Changed the Film Industry. The University of Wisconsin Press. p. 285-301. ISBN 0-299-11440-6.
  4. "ANICA's Chairman Has Plans". Variety.com. 20 October 1976. p. 74.
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