Paramount Pictures, one of the original Hollywood major studios founded in 1912, led by Barry Diller as chairman from 1974–1984 during a golden era of blockbuster filmmaking.
Under Diller and then Michael Eisner, Paramount pioneered the high-concept blockbuster model — Saturday Night Fever, Grease, Raiders of the Lost Ark — establishing the template for modern studio franchise filmmaking.
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