Cinema International Corporation: Difference between revisions

'''Cinema International Corporation''' (CIC) was a film distribution company founded by [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Universal Pictures]] on April 9, 1970 to distribute the two studios' films outside the United States, as a response to declining movie-going audiences and national anti-trust laws. It even operated in Canada and the Caribbean Basin before those territories were considered part of the "domestic" North American market. CIC was registered in England and Wales, but was headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The company began operations on January 1, 1971. In 1973, [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios]] closed down its distribution offices and became a partner in CIC, which took over international distribution for MGM's films; however, [[United Artists]] took over the North American distribution of MGM films. In 1981, MGM purchased United Artists, which had its own international distribution and sales unit. CIC refused to let MGM drop out of the venture at the time, which led to MGM merging UA's international distribution and sales unit with CIC, setting the stage for the reorganization of the company as "[[United International Pictures]]".

[[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]]/[[Buena Vista International|Buena Vista]] also distributed its films through CIC in Italy (inherited from Universal) until 1987 (under UIP). Additionally, they distributed Buena Vista releases in Brazil and West Germany during the 70s to the mid 80s. CIC also distributed [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]]' releases in South Africa, before the studio moved to [[Nu Metro Home Entertainment|Nu Metro]].

'''Visuals:''' Against a blue background, the letters "CIC" (in a slightly lighter shade of blue) are drawn in simultaneously, with the first "C" drawn in counterclockwise, the last "C" clockwise, and the "I" from the middle. The letters take up almost the entire screen. Then, the letters zoom in towards the bottom, away from the screen, and a large chain link in a "S" pattern in drawn in, with the outer links colored the same as "CIC" and the middle link colored a very pale blue color. As the chain slowly zooms out, the text "Cinema International Corporation" (in white) zoom out from below.

'''Availability:''' This is usually seen on theatrical prints of Paramount, Universal, and MGM films outside of North America.

'''Visuals:''' On a black background, there is a closeup of a realistic version of the same chain link with a silver sheen. The background changes to blue as the chain link zooms out until it reaches a comfortable distance. Finally, the text "Cinema International Corporation" pops in below the chain link.

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