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COSCIENT GROUP INC. ANNOUNCES ACQUISITION OF CIRCUIT FILMS INC.


MONTREAL, QUEBEC--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MAY 4, 1995--COSCIENT GROUP INC inc - /ink/ increment, i.e. increase by one. Especially used by assembly programmers, as many assembly languages have an "inc" mnemonic.

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.A ) Coscient Group Inc. announces that its Allegro Films Inc. Division has acquired Circuit Films Inc., which specializes in video and television film distribution. Andre Paquette, formerly head of Circuit Films Inc., has been appointed Executive Vice-President of Allegro Films Distribution Inc.

Major Advantages of the Acquisition

The acquisition of Circuit Films will enable Allegro Films:

- to increase its film distribution library to over 200 titles. Circuit Films holds the distribution rights to over 100 films featuring the talents of Brad Pitt, Bridget Fonda Bridget Jane Fonda (born January 27, 1964) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-award nominated American actress. Biography
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- to actively pursue its expansion plan in the film distribution sector in Canada;

- to enter into strategic long-term exclusivity agreements with internationally renowned partners, including:

- the exclusive distribution agreement for Canada of the prestigious range of feature films produced by the U.S. company Rysher Entertainment; and

- the exclusive agreement for Canada for the distribution by Allegro of the English version videos produced by Columbia Tristar Home Video.

Moreover, Allegro is currently in negotiation with other strategic partners. In January 1995, Allegro created Allegro Films Video, its own video label, to market its products in Canada. Summer and Fall 1995

Allegro's acquisition of Circuit Films and its association with Andre Paquette will also enable Allegro Films Distribution to offer the following films by the summer and fall of 1995: SCREAMERS, the science-fiction mega-production directed by Christian Duguay and produced by Allegro Films, featuring Roy Dupuis, Peter Weller and Jennifer Rubin; RAINBOW, a family film starring Dan Ackroyd, Bob Hoskins and Jacob Tierney; ERREUR SUR Sur, Lebanon: see Tyre.  LA PERSONNE, a first film by Gilles Noel with Macha Grenon and Michel Cote; THE SHOOTER, a film by the celebrated Canadian director Ted Kotcheff, with Dolph Lundgren, Marutchka Detmers, Asumpta Serna and John Ashton; and THE TWINSITTERS, a family comedy featuring twins Peter and David Paul. Allegro will also offer the French versions of A BUSINESS AFFAIR, with Carole Bouquet, Jonathan Price and Christopher Walken; SWIMMING WITH SHARKS, featuring Kevin Spacey spac·ey  
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CONTACT: Yves Moquin

Chairman of the Board

Coscient Group Inc.

(514) 284-2525

or

Andre Paquette

Executive Vice-President

Allegro Films Distribution Inc.

(514) 529-0320
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