 It was launched in 1982 when Barker, Bernard and Donna Gigliotti moved from UA Classics, a United Artists specialty division.Among its most notable films were "Babette's Feast", Pedro Almodóvar's "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown", Jim Jarmusch's "Mystery Train" and Richard Linklater's "Slacker".Orion Classics was formed by Orion Pictures in 1982 as an autonomous division for specialty films.