Pacific International Enterprises (PIE) was an American

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and

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, founded by Arthur R. Dubs as a producer of family films. Pacific International Enterprises was a privately held company that had been in business for over thirty years as ''"A Universal Force in Family Film Entertainment"''.''Internet Archive-Wayback Machine'': Pacific International Enterprises (PIE) website
/ref> Their films have been continually licensed and re-licensed for television by various channels such as

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and in over 100 countries worldwide. Many of the company's movies were filmed on location with outdoor scenery shots such as the state of

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in '' Sacred Ground'', the state of

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in '' Windwalker'' and the state of

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for the three films of the ''Wilderness Family'' for example. The company went defunct on November 30, 2001, after filing for Chapter 7 bankruptcy. The founder, Arthur R. Debs, died in June 2013.

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picked up distribution rights for DVD,

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and the

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for the titles.The Adventures Of The Wilderness Family Trilogy
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Partial list of films

*'' Mystery Mansion'' (1983) *'' Sacred Ground ''(1983) *'' Windwalker ''(1980) *''

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''(1979) *''

Mountain Family Robinson ''Mountain Family Robinson'' is a 1979 family movie that stars Robert Logan, Susan Damante-Shaw and George Buck Flower. This film is a sequel to ''The Adventures of the Wilderness Family'' and '' The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family'' ...

''(1979) *''

Blue Fin ''Blue Fin'' is a 1978 Australian family film directed by Carl Schultz and starring Hardy Krüger, Greg Rowe and Elspeth Ballantyne. It is based on a 1969 Australian novel written by Colin Thiele. Plot Based on the children's novel by South A ...

''(1978) *''

The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family ''The Further Adventures of the Wilderness Family'' (a.k.a. ''Wilderness Family Part 2'') is a 1978 adventure/family movie that stars Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw and is a sequel to ''The Adventures of the Wilderness F ...

''(1978) *'' Across the Great Divide ''(1976) *''

The Adventures of the Wilderness Family ''The Adventures of the Wilderness Family'' (also known as ''The Wilderness Family'') is a 1975 American family adventure drama film directed by Stewart Raffill and starring Robert Logan, George Buck Flower and Susan Damante-Shaw. The film is ab ...

''(1975) *'' Wonder of It All ''(1974) *''

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''(1972)

References

External links

Arthur R. Debs
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