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On 10 December 1998, Seagram, then the corporate parent of Universal, completed an acquisition of PolyGram that it had announced in May; the PolyGram conglomerate was subsequently folded into Universal's broader operations, with PolyGram's film distribution network outside of the North American market being renamed Universal Pictures International. UPI would handle international distribution for a small number of films, most of which were inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment; in 2000, however, after the box office failure of ''Mickey Blue Eyes'', UPI was folded into Universal's former partner [[United International Pictures]] (Universal would re-enter theatrical distribution on its own in most countries in 2007). In 1999, Seagram sold most of Polygram's pre-31 March 1996 library to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], who incorporated the films into their [[Orion Pictures]] library. | On 10 December 1998, Seagram, then the corporate parent of Universal, completed an acquisition of PolyGram that it had announced in May; the PolyGram conglomerate was subsequently folded into Universal's broader operations, with PolyGram's film distribution network outside of the North American market being renamed Universal Pictures International. UPI would handle international distribution for a small number of films, most of which were inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment; in 2000, however, after the box office failure of ''Mickey Blue Eyes'', UPI was folded into Universal's former partner [[United International Pictures]] (Universal would re-enter theatrical distribution on its own in most countries in 2007). In 1999, Seagram sold most of Polygram's pre-31 March 1996 library to [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], who incorporated the films into their [[Orion Pictures]] library. | ||
Currently, most of the pre-March | Currently, most of the pre-31 March 1996 PolyGram film library, including most of the Island Pictures library, the entire [[Atlantic Releasing Corporation]] library (through Island), and the [[Epic Productions]] library (which PolyGram had acquired in 1997), is owned by MGM, which retained ''Eddie'' (released on 31 May 1996 by [[Hollywood Pictures]]). Universal owns the rights to some films released before 31 March 1996, such as ''Backbeat'', ''Before the Rain'', ''Barton Fink'', ''Hate'' (also known as ''La Haine''), ''The Jacksons: An American Dream'', ''Drop Dead Fred'' and ''Cold Blooded''), and the remaining films that were produced by PolyGram until its disestablishment. The rights to the PolyGram name itself have since been transferred to [[Universal Music Group]], which has been operating separately from the film studio since 2004. | ||
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