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In 1986, Turner Broadcasting System purchased MGM/UA Entertainment Co. and renamed it to MGM Entertainment Co. United Artists' assets were purchased back by Kirk Kerkorian who would use them to found a new company under the United Artists name. However, when Turner gained heavy debt over the MGM purchase, he sold the company back to Kirk Kerkorian, with the new United Artists being renamed as MGM/UA Communications Company, with MGM and United Artists being used as distribution labels. This still wasn't enough as the company gained a loss of $88 Million, leading to MGM and United Artists splitting into separate divisions. | In 1986, Turner Broadcasting System purchased MGM/UA Entertainment Co. and renamed it to MGM Entertainment Co. United Artists' assets were purchased back by Kirk Kerkorian who would use them to found a new company under the United Artists name. However, when Turner gained heavy debt over the MGM purchase, he sold the company back to Kirk Kerkorian, with the new United Artists being renamed as MGM/UA Communications Company, with MGM and United Artists being used as distribution labels. This still wasn't enough as the company gained a loss of $88 Million, leading to MGM and United Artists splitting into separate divisions. | ||
By 1990, after the purchase of MGM/UA by Giancarlo Parretti, United Artists became dormant in | By 1990, after the purchase of MGM/UA by Giancarlo Parretti, United Artists became dormant in favor of the MGM label being used instead. In 1993, after Crédit Lyonnais' purchase of MGM, he convinced John Calley to run UA, allowing the ''Pink Panther'' and ''James Bond'' franchises alongside the release of the only NC-17-rated film released nationally: ''Showgirls''. Kirk Kerkorian later repurchased MGM in 1996, with John Calley resigning. | ||
In 1999, MGM folded the existing United Artists company into their own operations (with copyrights for ''The Pink Panther'' and ''Rocky'' transitioning to MGM, although James Bond kept with a United Artists copyright for legacy purposes) and rebranded their [[G2 Films]] (A renamed portion of the former [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn Company]]) division as United Artists International, with the United Artists brand now being used as an art-house theater label. | In 1999, MGM folded the existing United Artists company into their own operations (with copyrights for ''The Pink Panther'' and ''Rocky'' transitioning to MGM, although James Bond kept with a United Artists copyright for legacy purposes) and rebranded their [[G2 Films]] (A renamed portion of the former [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company|Samuel Goldwyn Company]]) division as United Artists International, with the United Artists brand now being used as an art-house theater label. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Hexagon", "The UA Hexagon" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Hexagon", "The UA Hexagon" | ||
'''Logo:''' We see the words "UNITED ARTISTS" appearing inside a 3- | '''Logo:''' We see the words "UNITED ARTISTS" appearing inside a 3-layer hexagon shape. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Gathering Lights", "The UA Gathering Lights", "UA Shining Light", "The Shining Lights", "UA Marble Stone", "Where's the | '''Nicknames:''' "The Gathering Lights", "The UA Gathering Lights", "UA Shining Light", "The Shining Lights", "UA Marble Stone", "Where's the U\?" | ||
'''Logo:''' It starts with a couple dozen bright stars showering over. The backdrop is a dark-colored marble wall, which appears a few seconds later. The glittering stars glide over the screen causing the words, "UNITED ARTISTS" with "U" and "A" bigger than the rest of the letters, wiping in from the left. After this progression, two stars criss-cross each other's paths and fade away left and right underneath to reveal, in smaller text, the words "PICTURES INC.", in spaced-out letters. As the logo completes, one big star goes against the "U" and flashes. Then it shines, a la the [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] Torch Lady's torch shining. | '''Logo:''' It starts with a couple dozen bright stars showering over. The backdrop is a dark-colored marble wall, which appears a few seconds later. The glittering stars glide over the screen causing the words, "UNITED ARTISTS" with "U" and "A" bigger than the rest of the letters, wiping in from the left. After this progression, two stars criss-cross each other's paths and fade away left and right underneath to reveal, in smaller text, the words "PICTURES INC.", in spaced-out letters. As the logo completes, one big star goes against the "U" and flashes. Then it shines, a la the [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]] Torch Lady's torch shining. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "UA 2000", "The New UA Paperclip", "UA Paperclip II", "The | '''Nicknames:''' "UA 2000", "The New UA Paperclip", "UA Paperclip II", "The U\ Returns" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a black screen, white streaks appear, streaking to form a new UA logo that looks similar to the 1982 and 1987 logos, except the logo is a little narrower and there are no streaks. The words "UNITED ARTISTS" come from both sides of the lower part of the screen and converge. The words "AN MGM COMPANY" soon fade in afterwards, where we later see a shining wipe effect on the UA logo. | '''Logo:''' On a black screen, white streaks appear, streaking to form a new UA logo that looks similar to the 1982 and 1987 logos, except the logo is a little narrower and there are no streaks. The words "UNITED ARTISTS" come from both sides of the lower part of the screen and converge. The words "AN MGM COMPANY" soon fade in afterwards, where we later see a shining wipe effect on the UA logo. | ||