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In February 1958, MCA acquired Paramount Pictures' pre-1950 sound feature film library through a newly created MCA subsidiary, EMKA, Ltd. Also in 1958, MCA bought the 423-acre (1.71 km 2) Universal Studios lot from Universal Pictures for $11 million and renamed it, as well as the actual television unit, Revue Studios.
In 1996, MCA was reincorporated and renamed Universal Studios, Inc., which retained ownership of the Universal Pictures film studio. In December 2000, French company Vivendi acquired Seagram's, renaming itself to Vivendi Universal; the deal was closed in January 2001.
THE MCA-UNIVERSAL ERA. Within days of the merger, Wasserman began construction on MCA World Headquarters, a.k.a. the Black Tower, a formidable sixteen-story, black glass monolith that soon came to symbolize MCA-Universal's awesome power in Hollywood. Wasserman also reinstituted the Universal Studio Tour, which dated back to the silent era, and ...
A prototype version found on some VHS/LaserDisc covers from 1990. This logo is kept intact in the 2001 VHS reprint of Wee Sing in The Best Chrtistmas Ever (1990). Coming Attractions. Rear Window VHS (1990) Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man VHS (1992) Now and Forever VHS (1996)
After Viacom spun off DreamWorks in 2008, Universal Studios Home Entertainment was planned to resume distributing DreamWorks' movies, but this deal fell through. UPHE is the U.S. home video distributor for DreamWorks Pictures releases. Starting in 2018, Universal will become the home video distributor for DreamWorks Animation's pre-2013 film ...
1990–1998. Logo seen on VHS and LaserDisc covers. This version has the "TM" symbol on the bottom right. Alternate version of the VHS/Laserdisc cover logo with the registered trademark (R) symbol on the bottom right. A prototype version found on some VHS/LaserDisc covers from 1990. This logo is kept intact in the 2001 VHS reprint of Wee Sing ...
Guyana: Cult of the Damned. US distribution only. February 8, 1980. The Last Married Couple in America. March 7, 1980. Coal Miner's Daughter. Nominee of the Academy Award for Best Picture. Winner of the Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. March 21, 1980.
