Biography

Peter M. Hargrove

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In the early 1980's Mr. Hargrove forewent a promising career with the investment banking firm J.P. Morgan to become involved with Group W Satellite Communications in the launch of the basic cable services Satellite News Channel and The Nashville Network. After Mr. Hargrove opened the firm of Hargrove Entertainment he joined forces with Carmella Caridi, a co-founder of HBO and MTV, to expand her company Caridi Entertainment, where he was responsible for increasing the company's programming library over 600% while acting as Vice President of Sales & Acquisitions. Other industry experience includes stints with Troma, the Independent Feature Project, American Film & Video Festival, the Collective For Living Cinema, and acting as U.S. rep for the Sao Paulo (Brasil) International Film Festival. Mr. Hargrove is the founder and Managing Editor of IBR News. He has also served as Industry Review Editor for the Film Festival Reporter and has been a contributor to the North American Film Review.
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For the promotional standee for Rich Little: One's a Crowd that was distributed to video stores, Mr. Hargrove wrote the ad copy including the much quoted "Dr. Ruth" line - 'Rich Little and comedy are a lot like sex, you can't help but enjoy yourself.'.
Has three brothers and four sisters.
Aunt Patti was a Broadway dancer and Ed Sullivan Show dancer.
Mother and aunt were teenage acquaintances with Walden Robert Cassotto, better known as Bobby Darin.
Parents grew up with Christopher (Ronald) Walken's older siblings and Tony (Benedetto) Bennett's younger siblings in Astoria, Queens, New York.

With the advent of cheap filmmaking equipment I place films into four categories: Award-winning, Good, Sellable and Burn The Negative -- most of the films belong in the last category.
You get the government you deserve.
When you love someone, you're willing to die for them. When you lust for someone, you're willing to kill.
I'm an atheist on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; agnostic on Tuesday and Thursday; sow my wild oats on Saturday and pray for a crop failure on Sunday.

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