Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Crossing Over (film)...immigration cop. However, his scenes were cut due to the controversy over the honor killing plot. The film was distributed in the United States by MGM and The Weinstein Company. It was given a limited theatrical release on February 27, 2009. In this article: Crossing Over, United States, Wayne Kramer, and Sean Penn |
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Yahoo! News | September 29, 2009
Summit Entertainment eyes deals: report (Reuters)
..."Twilight," is close to hiring Morgan Stanley to help it identify potential acquisitions that could include Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc or The Weinstein Co, the New York Post reported, citing sources. Stuart Epstein, Morgan Stanley's global...
In this article: Morgan Stanley, Summit Entertainment, New York Post, Twilight, The Weinstein Co, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc, and Reuters
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The Hollywood Reporter | September 02, 2009
Jeff Foxworthy lends voice to 'Babe'
...a 5th Grader?" Exodus has established a niche in producing animated entertainment outside the studio system, with its 2008 animated family comedy "Igor" performing solidly when it was released by MGM and the Weinstein Co. "Bunyan" will...
In this article: Jeff Foxworthy, MGM, Babe the Blue Ox, Weinstein Co., Bunyan & Babe, Kelsey Grammer, Igor, and The Fox and the Hound 2
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NY Post: Business | April 27, 2008
IT'S SHOWTIME. NOT. - New York Post
...opportunity for The Weinstein Company. Because The Weinstein Co. distributes its movies through MGM, the studio run by brothers Harvey and Bob also has access to MGM's "output deal" with Showtime. But The Weinstein Co.'s deal with MGM is...
In this article: Showtime, The Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, Revenue, New York Post, Paramount Pictures, and HBO
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Wikipedia | August 06, 2009
Rysher Entertainment
...Pictures. Select rights are also distributed by Warner Bros., Universal , Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company, 20th Century Fox, Columbia / Sony Pictures, MGM and other entertainment distribution companies around the world. The company has...
In this article: Rysher Entertainment, MGM, CBS Television Distribution, Sony Pictures, 20th Century Fox, The Weinstein Company, Universal, Warner Bros, Bing Crosby, and Saved by the Bell
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'Twilight' express
...at the conglomerates that own the major studios, Disney's recent $4 billion buy of Marvel Entertainment, and restructuring initiatives at MGM and TWC. Summit, according to a source close to the situation, believes Morgan Stanley is in a...
In this article: Twilight, Morgan Stanley, TWC, Viacom, Cash flow, Revenue, Summit Entertainment, and Stephenie Meyer
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The Hollywood Reporter | July 15, 2008
Weinstein Co. inks deal with Showtime
...to have access to the Lion's own long-standing Showtime output deal. But both the Weinstein Co.'s deal with MGM and MGM's deal with CBS-owned Showtime are up on Jan. 31. The Lion is joining forces with Viacom's Paramount and with Lionsgate...
In this article: Showtime, Weinstein Co., MGM, Inglorious Bastards, Nine, and Harvey Weinstein
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Reuters | December 11, 2008
Globes catapult Weinstein Co. into spotlight
...movies." With the awards attention for "Barcelona," the company also will reopen it this weekend in 20 markets; the company has taken back distribution from MGM for a theatrical run ahead of the film's January DVD release. No matter how...
In this article: Weinstein Co., Globes, Harvey Weinstein, Miramax Films, Revolutionary Road, Disney, Kate Winslet, The Reader, Anthony Minghella, and Sydney Pollack
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www.washingtonpost.com | October 01, 2006
'Open Season' Leads the Hunt at Box Office
...runs a program that aims to turn spineless men into real guys. The film was released by the Weinstein Co. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, both of which are privately held. The martial arts movie "Jet Li's Fearless" fell three places to No. 5...
In this article: Ashton Kutcher, Sony Pictures, Kevin Costner, School for Scoundrels, Billy Bob Thornton, Mule deer, Columbus Day, and Viacom Inc
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Pinched pipeline plagues Showtime
...are the prime candidates to step in and fill the gap. In order to access Showtime's channels, Weinstein has been sending many of its films through a distribution agreement with MGM. But that agreement ends this year, and Weinstein could...
In this article: Showtime, Weinstein, MGM, Viacom, The Tudors, Joint venture, and VOD
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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., or MGM, is an American media company, involved primarily in the production and distribution of films and television programs. MGM was founded in 1924 when the entertainment entrepreneur Marcus Loew gained control of Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures Corporation and Louis B. Mayer Pictures.
The studio's official motto, "Ars Gratia Artis", is a Latin phrase meaning "Art for art's sake." It was chosen by Howard Dietz, the studio's chief publicist, in 1924. The studio's logo is a roaring lion surrounded by a circle inscribed with the studio's motto. The logo, which features "Leo the Lion," was created by Dietz in 1916 for Goldwyn Pictures and updated in 1924 for MGM's use. Dietz based the logo on his alma mater's mascot—the Columbia University lion. Originally silent, the sound of Leo the Lion's roar was added to films for the first time in August 1928. The studio's informal motto is "more stars than there are in heaven", a reference to the large number of A-list movie stars under contract to the company in the 1930s. This second motto was also coined by Deitz, and was probably first used in 1932.
MGM purchased Metromedia's film subsidiaries (Orion Pictures, The Samuel Goldwyn Company, and the Motion Picture Corporation of America) for $573 million 1997, and Kerkorian bought out Seven Network the following year. MGM used debt to acquire Polygram Filmed Entertainment's 1,300-title library from Seagram in 1999 for $250 million, and obtained the broadcast rights to more than 800 of its films previously licensed to Turner Broadcasting. MGM then purchased 20 percent of Cablevision Systems for $825 million in 2001. MGM attempted to take over Universal Studios in 2003 but failed, and was forced to sell several of its cable channel investments (taking a $75 million loss on the deal).
- Name:
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc.
- Type:
- Private
- Location:
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Founded:
- April 16, 1924
- Owned by:
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- Quadrangle Group
- DLJ Merchant Banking Partners
- Comcast
- Sony Corporation of America
- TPG Capital, L.P.
- Providence Equity Partners
- Industry:
- Motion pictures
- Key People:
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- Mary Parent, Bedi A. Singh, & Stephen F. Cooper, Office of CEO
- Harry Sloan, Chairman
- Products:
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- Television programs
- Motion pictures
- No. of Employees:
- 400 (as of 2006)
- Parent Company:
- MGM Holdings, Inc.
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