Sony considers selling United Artists (1 Viewer)

[MatthewA]

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/yhoo...1E7DD12 10%7D

There were two parts of the article which bothered me:


I know it's only the portion of its library, but which portion?

 

[Steve JD]

I just hope it's the pre-'86 UA library (or around that time), and that it gets purchased by a company that will take care of and restore classic titles properly, such as "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World"...

 

[Jason Seaver]

The portion which doesn't include James Bond or the Pink Panther.

 

[John Kilduff]

For some reason I feel like Warner Brothers might buy United Artists. They weren't able to get the whole MGM/UA shebang last year, so this may be their chance to claim a piece of it.

Sincerely,

John Kilduff...

It's pure speculation on my part.

 

[Jesse Skeen]

Whoever gets the video rights to their films, I hope they STOP changing the opening United Artists intros like they seem to have been since the 80s. If the movie came out when they were A Transamerica Company, that's what I want to see at the beginning!

 

[MatthewA]

So do I. Some Like it Hot, West Side Story, Mad World, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, the early Bond films, et al are NOT true Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films. Their logo should not be there unless it is in addition to the original UA logos.