United Artists

United Artists Corporation (UA), currently doing business as United Artists Digital Studios, is an American digital production company. Founded in 1919 by D.W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks, the studio was premised on allowing actors to control their own interests, rather than being dependent upon commercial studios. UA was repeatedly bought, sold, and restructured over the ensuing century. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired the studio in 1981 for a reported $350 million ($1 billion today).

On September 22, 2014, MGM acquired a controlling interest in entertainment companies One Three Media and Lightworkers Media, then merged them to revive United Artists' TV production unit as United Artists Media Group (UAMG). However, on December 14 of the following year, MGM wholly acquired UAMG and folded it into MGM Television.

United Artists was revived yet again in 2018 as United Artists Digital Studios. Mirror, the joint venture between MGM and Annapurna Pictures was renamed as United Artists Releasing in early February 2019 just in time for UA's 100th anniversary.

Distribution Deals

Film Distributors

• United International Pictures (1981-2001) (International)

Home Media Distributors

• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (1981-1989, USA) (1999-2019, Worldwide)
• CBS/Fox Video (1982-1989) (USA)

Films

Production Company

1. Fame (2009) - 12 - 25/09/2009
2. Bowling for Columbine (2002) - 15 - 15/11/2002
3. Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) - 12 - 09/12/1997
4. GoldenEye (1995) - 12 - 21/11/1995
5. Rocky V (1990) - PG - 25/01/1991
6. Always (1989) - PG - 23/03/1990
7. All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) - U - 08/02/1990
8. Licence to Kill (1989) - 15 - 13/06/1989
9. The Living Daylights (1987) - PG - 27/06/1987
10. Rocky IV (1985) - PG - 24/01/1986
11. A View to a Kill (1985) - PG - 13/06/1985
12. Octopussy (1983) - PG - 06/06/1983
13. Rocky III (1982) - A - 22/07/1982
14. For Your Eyes Only (1981) - A - 24/07/1981
15. Rocky II (1979) - PG - 25/10/1979
16. Moonraker (1979) - A - 26/06/1979
17. The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) - A - 08/07/1977
18. Rocky (1976) - A - 07/01/1977
19. The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) - A - 20/12/1974
20. Live and Let Die (1973) - A - 12/07/1973
21. Diamonds Are Forever (1971) - A - 30/12/1971
22. On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) - A - 18/12/1969
23. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) - A - 17/12/1968
24. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966) - X - 06/09/1968
25. You Only Live Twice (1967) - A - 13/06/1967
26. Thunderball (1965) - A - 29/12/1965
27. Goldfinger (1964) - A - 17/09/1964
28. From Russia with Love (1963) - A - 11/10/1963
29. Dr. No (1962) - A - 05/10/1962
30. West Side Story (1961) - A - 27/02/1962

Film Distributor

1. Dark Blue (2002) - USA - R - 21/02/2003
2. Bowling for Columbine (2002) - USA - R - 11/10/2002
3. Rocky III (1982) - India / Argentina / Greece - 13 - 12/08/1982
4. Rocky (1976) - USA / UK / Argentina / Italy / Japan / France / India - A - 07/01/1977