COMPANY MISSION: Falcon Picture Group, LLC. (FPG) is an Illinois Corporation owned and operated by Carl Amari. Founded in 2002, FPG's mission is to produce, develop and distribute a full line of family-friendly audio/video/DVD products for sale through retail, mail order, and direct marketing channels of distribution.
Falcon Picture Group's Product Line of Audio / Video / DVD:
• FPG controls the exclusive home video and DVD licensing rights to several classic TV programs including:
Family Affair
The Real McCoys
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Bozo Circus
Dangerous Assignment
Suspense
Hopalong Cassidy (TV and Movies)
Sergeant Preston of the Yukon
Man With a Camera
Code 3
• FPG has an exclusive license with CBS Enterprises and the Rod Serling estate to create fully dramatized radio adaptations of Rod Serling's Emmy-award winning TV series “The Twilight Zone.” The Twilight Zone™ Radio Dramas are hosted by Stacy Keach and feature Hollywood celebrities in fully dramatized radio recreations.
The Twilight Zone™ Radio Dramas is syndicated by Westwood One and is heard weekly on hundreds of radio stations from coast-to-coast and on XM satellite and SIRIUS satellite radio reaching millions of listeners each week. The Twilight Zone™ Radio Dramas recently won the 2006 XM Nation Award for Best Radio Drama on XM, 3 Communicator Award of Excellence, 2 Marcom Creative Awards and AFTRA's American Scene Award.
Product is sold into mass retail through FPG's exclusive audio distribution arrangement with Blackstone Audio and is available at the official Twilight Zone Radio Drama website www.twilightzoneradio.com.
• In association with Thomas Nelson, Inc., the world's largest publisher/seller of Bibles, FPG has produced a 22-hour, 20-CD, multi-celebrity voiced audio production of The New Testament Bible (New King James Version, which is owned and copyrighted by Thomas Nelson, Inc.) starring Jim Caviezel as Jesus entitled “The Word of Promise New Testament Audio Bible.”
Caviezel portrayed the role of Jesus in Mel Gibson's blockbuster film The Passion of the Christ. The Word of Promise NKJV Audio Bible features Hollywood stars in the main roles and is a word-for-word audio dramatization from Scripture, with an original music score by prolific Italian composer Stefano Mainetti and ambient sound effects, woven together by compelling narration. Our talent pool, combined with the producer's experience as a leading producer and distributor of audio dramas has resulted in performances and production values far exceeding those of present audio versions of The Bible. The Word of Promise NKJV Audio Bible is available in retail outlets worldwide by Thomas Nelson, Inc. The Word of Promise Old Testament and The Word of Promise Complete Bible (NEW & OLD TESTAMENTS combined) will be released worldwide in October 2009.
Carl Amari
President / CEO
Amari's duties include establishing policies for FPG, to ensure that the audio/video/DVD lines developed and produced are consistent with FPG's mission.
In 1990, Amari founded Radio Spirits, Inc. the world's leading licensor and distributor of old-time radio programs, selling millions of CDs annually. In 1998, Amari sold Radio Spirits to the public company, Audio Book Club (today known as MediaBay). A lifetime member of Who's Who Worldwide Business Leaders, Amari created and produced the award-winning nationally syndicated radio shows, When Radio Was (host Stan Freberg), Radio Movie Classics (host Jeffrey Lyons), Radio Super Heroes (host Kris Erik Stevens) and The Radio Hall of Fame (host Carl Amari) and served as Executive Producer of Leonard Maltin's Video Views and Walter Cronkite's 20th Century. His radio programs can currently be heard on more than one thousand radio stations from coast-to-coast. Under Amari's leadership, Radio Spirits has twice made INC. Magazine's list of the 500 fastest growing privately held companies, (1996 and 1997).
Over the past 20 years, Amari has licensed more than 60,000 radio shows and has entered into business relationships with numerous companies, owners and estates including: CBS, MGM, Thomas Nelson, Inc., Westwood One, NBC, The Frank Sinatra Estate, The Alfred Hitchcock Estate, Broadway Video, The Ray Bradbury Estate, Goldenbooks, Classic Media, TV Guide, The Smithsonian Institution, The Orson Welles Estate, The Leslie Charteris Estate, Conde Nast Publications, The Bing Crosby Estate, Larry Harmon Pictures, MCA Universal, The Jack Benny Estate, The George Burns & Gracie Allen Estate, The Abbott & Costello Estate, Archie Comics, The Conan Doyle Estate, The Red Skelton Estate, The Milton Berle Estate, The Jimmy Stewart Estate, American Movie Classics, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc., The Humphrey Bogart Estate, DC Comics. Mr. Amari has also negotiated endorsement agreements with many celebrities including: Walter Cronkite, Andy Williams, George Burns, Ray Bradbury, Wes Craven and Jerry Lewis.
Amari produced the feature film “Madison” starring Jim Caviezel (The Passion of the Christ, Deja Vu, The Count of Monte Cristo), Jake Lloyd (Jingle All the Way, Star Wars Episode One - the Phantom Menace), Mary McCormack (Mystery Alaska, Howard Stern Private Parts, K-Pax) and Bruce Dern (The Great Gatsby, All the Pretty Horses). “Madison” was released theatrically by MGM in April 2005. Amari also produced the feature films “Eden Court” and “Temporary Girl.”
