Original: Founded by the brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in Buffalo , New York in 1979 , the company was named by combining the first names of their parents Max and Miriam , and was originally created to distribute independent films deemed commercially unfeasible by the major studios .
Simplified: It was created by the brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein in Buffalo , New York in 1979 . The name comes from combining the first names of their parents Max and Miriam .