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Rastar Productions

Los Angeles, California(approximate location)

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film
Founded1986company website
LocationLos Angeles, California
Websiteelectrastarproductions.com
Social
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Phone310-274-5702
Statusunverified

no credits since 1999, but the website and phone on file are current — usually a company that was renamed or absorbed rather than closed i

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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.6IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

52 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards
Oscars5of26nominations19%
Emmys0of1nominations0%

68 wins from 220 nominations across all awards

Box office
$993m

Combined US gross, 34 of 56 titles

Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip poster
Highest rated
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
1982
7.64,537 votes
The Slugger's Wife poster
Lowest rated
The Slugger's Wife
1985
4.41,293 votes
Mostly
comedy, drama, romance
Active
1966–1999
Rotten Tomatoes
52%
Best known for
Steel Magnolias

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 55 of 56 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
22 seasons

1984–1987

Networks
  • ABC1
  • NBC1

Across 2 series matched to TMDB, 18 episodes.

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 57

54 films · 2 TV titles

Quality over time52 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 6.6197019801990

Their 1970s work is their strongest, averaging 6.8 across 17 titles. The 9 titles since 1990 average 5.9, 0.7 below their 6.6 overall. 14 of 52 rated titles sit above their 6.6 average, which is weighted by votes: the most seen titles pull it up.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Herbert Ross5
  • Sydney Pollack3
  • Robert Moore3
  • John Huston2
  • Hal Needham2
Writers
  • Neil Simon10
  • Carol Sobieski4
  • Martin Charnin2
  • Thomas Meehan2
  • Burt Kennedy2
Notable cast
  • Richard Dreyfuss3
  • Jerry Reed3
  • Barbra Streisand3
  • Walter Matthau2
  • Richard Pryor2
Genres
  • Comedy36 of 55
  • Drama35 of 55
  • Romance18 of 55
  • Crime8 of 55
  • Action6 of 55

Names appearing on two or more of Rastar Productions’s produced titles, across the 55 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with10 companies

Companies that appear alongside Rastar Productions on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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