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is it perhaps time to split off the theme parks into their own article? Catherine\ talk 05:56, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
This article should be linked to Focus Features but I have no idea where to put it. Somebody wanna volunteer? Cornell Rockey 02:13, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
It seems to me that the Universal Pictures article is a subset of this one. Is someone in the process of splitting the list of films into its own article? Pete 13:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
As the list of Notable Releases approaches the 2000's it seems to morph in to a list of complete releases. I mean are movies like "Bride of Chucky", "Kicking and Screaming", and "2 Fast 2 Furious" all that "notable"? If it's going to be a complete list I think it should be seperated in to a seperate article with a true list of "notable" movies in this article. -- GIR 05:23, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
The list of films section seems to dominate the article. What about creating a separate page for such a long list? Riguy talk/ contribs 05:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
what did Vivendi end up doing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.75.180.31 ( talk) 04:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC).
Universal Pictures was incorporated in 1915. Remember, they've celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 1990. King Shadeed 15:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
They may have said 1912, but on March 15, 1915, it was officially opened. So therefore, it would be 1915 instead of 1912. King Shadeed 15:12, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
No. Universal was officially founded in 1912, otherwise it wouldn't be the second oldest studio in Hollywood (Next to Paramount Pictures). Do not state this nonsense again.-- B5JH 00:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Took over the first studio located in Hollywood Studio- other studio existed ion the west coast before nestor -Lasky took over the "Universal Ranch/ nestor ranch" just after the new Universal City Opened in 1915
[Carl Laemmle [THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF CARL LAEMMLE — John Drinkwater] views Nestor ranch names his universal City
[Carl Laemmle moved his Providencia ranch (Nestor Ranch) assets to the new Universal City 1915 [ Source Motion Picture World article]
Universal Film Manufacturing Company founded in 1912, took over the west coast Nestor Studio operations, studio in hollywood and ranch the valley, see history of Forest lawn (valley site). see Universal archive images at:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/home
IMP
Fort Lee
Nestor Studios
Oak Ranch
Universal weekly articles March 27 1915
Universal Brochures 1915
Motion Picture History of Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills (Providencia Ranch)
Further References
Universalstonecutter
Which one of the two is correct? There is an official website for both of them [1], [2], and Universal Pictures seems to be credited more in movies.-- EclipseSSD ( talk) 18:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I tried moving the page to the name Universal Pictures but it said that there was already a page with that name, even though there isn't. -- Samuel James "Spike" Witwicky —Preceding undated comment added 15:46, 26 November 2011 (UTC).
I am watching the live broadcast of the press conference regarding the fire. The head and CEO of Universal Studios has announced that it was a VIDEO vault building, not a FILM vault that was destroyed, and that the studio's main film vault is not affected. Furthermore, nothing in the video vault is considered irreplaceable, he says. Presumably a print version that can be cited will be available shortly. 23skidoo ( talk) 16:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't the photo of this section be both a shot of the fire being fought and also the courthouse square set, the most famous set destroyed? Cs302b ( talk) 19:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I just fixed a major error - why was this section still saying the FILM vault was destroyed? The head of CEO, quoted on CNN, said it was the video vault, which is a different facility altogether. 23skidoo ( talk) 23:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
It's off but the damages are irreparable: 400 firefighters battled the blaze, and at least 5 firemen suffered minor injuries, from heat exhaustion and burns. The second fire since the 1990 blaze was finally out after 12 hours, at 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, after firefighters encountered low water pressure. Destroyed were 40,000 to 50,000 archived videos chronicling Universal's movie and TV classic shows, dating back to the 1920s, including the films “ Knocked Up” and “ Atonement,” the NBC series “ Law & Order,” “ The Office,” Miami Vice and I Love Lucy. And they don’t have a backup of the Back to the Future courthouse, the clock tower that enabled Michael J. Fox's character to travel through time. cinemablend.com, Back To The Future Clock Tower Destroyed By Fire www.kcautv.com, Fire finally out at Universal Studios nytimes.com, Large Fire Strikes Universal Studio Lot ap.google.com, Fire at Universal Studios destroys sets, videos Universal Studios' workhorse sets, buildings and rides were lost, however, YouTube stands as de facto memorial to Universal Studios' lost rides and buildings. latimesblogs.latimes.com, YouTube enshrines Universal Studios' lost attractions -- Florentino floro ( talk) 05:20, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
According to this link...
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/20June2004_5.html
...Universal Studios is one of a handful of partners in creating the holding company "HBO Pacific Partners VOF." I've been unable to find documentation on when that creation occurred and exact industry specs for it. Does anyone know any info that can be added?
(Here is the text from the link to which I'm referring.)
"Singapore-based HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia through its exclusive first-run licensing deals with major Hollywood studios including Columbia Tri/Star, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. In addition to proprietary and award-winning HBO Original programming produced exclusively for its viewers, HBO Asia works with a number of prominent independent studios to secure exclusive rights to a host of quality movies. HBO Pacific Partners, VOF is a joint venture of media giants Paramount Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Time Warner and Universal Studios."
HBO Pacific Partners is also stated as the holding company primarily involved in a current (July, 2008) Spider-Man 3 contest for viewers in India.
http://hbo.magnonsolutions.co.in/spiderman3/terms-conditions.html#term
My interest is in expanding the available data on that holding company that can be inserted to all relevant entries. (Time-Warner, HBO Asia, Paramount Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios, etc.)
(If anyone is keeping score at home, yes, I'm going to the talk pages for each of these companies and pretty much pasting this same request with minor edits in my search for this data. If that's overkill, please accept my apologies. Mea culpa...)
Thank you.
Medleystudios72 ( talk) 16:46, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Yeah...That information is not pertinent to anything on the page... It looks like the work of some ( very determined) drunken frat boy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.3.40 ( talk) 11:42, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
There is interest in either creating a section or a separate article for Universal Pictures, which is distinct from Universal Studios (in the sense of being one of its arms). I looked at the databases for the trade papers Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, and I could provide some rotating-door history about Universal Pictures (leadership coming and going). We can either start a section in this article now or set up a sandbox to shape the content until we can figure out where to put it. For what it's worth, there are articles like Focus Features and Rogue Pictures, so I am inclined to try for a separate article. — Erik ( talk • contrib) 16:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
I concur with AnmaFinotera. Walt Disney Pictures isn't much more than a stub, and about half of it is just a "See also" list of links to other articles.
What if following the lead this article was rearranged as follows:
This would give Universal Pictures a separate section divided into four sub-sections to make reading it easier. Just a suggestion. MovieMadness ( talk) 20:49, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Removed from the "references" section of the article after they have been tagged for over 2 months as not actually being cited:
-- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 13:36, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
This wiki page : "Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle,it is the oldest movie studio in the United States of America. It is also the second oldest in the world that is still in continuous production; the first being Gaumont Pictures, the next oldest is Paramount Pictures.[4] "
Missing :
Shouldn't the locations link to wikipedia pages rather than the company websites? I believe wikipedia pages would be more informative and useful than the company location or park websites. Ihafez ( talk) 00:11, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Do we need a source here?? "Three of Universal Studios' films—Jaws (1975), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993), all of which were directed by Steven Spielberg—achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film at the time." Cody.berdinis ( talk) 09:14, 13 February 2014 (UTC)
![]() | This page is an archive of past discussions. Do not edit the contents of this page. If you wish to start a new discussion or revive an old one, please do so on the current talk page. |
is it perhaps time to split off the theme parks into their own article? Catherine\ talk 05:56, 22 Nov 2004 (UTC)
This article should be linked to Focus Features but I have no idea where to put it. Somebody wanna volunteer? Cornell Rockey 02:13, 20 December 2005 (UTC)
It seems to me that the Universal Pictures article is a subset of this one. Is someone in the process of splitting the list of films into its own article? Pete 13:53, 10 August 2006 (UTC)
As the list of Notable Releases approaches the 2000's it seems to morph in to a list of complete releases. I mean are movies like "Bride of Chucky", "Kicking and Screaming", and "2 Fast 2 Furious" all that "notable"? If it's going to be a complete list I think it should be seperated in to a seperate article with a true list of "notable" movies in this article. -- GIR 05:23, 22 September 2006 (UTC)
The list of films section seems to dominate the article. What about creating a separate page for such a long list? Riguy talk/ contribs 05:08, 12 January 2007 (UTC)
what did Vivendi end up doing? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 24.75.180.31 ( talk) 04:25, 8 February 2007 (UTC).
Universal Pictures was incorporated in 1915. Remember, they've celebrated its 75th Anniversary in 1990. King Shadeed 15:04, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
They may have said 1912, but on March 15, 1915, it was officially opened. So therefore, it would be 1915 instead of 1912. King Shadeed 15:12, 10 July 2007 (UTC)
No. Universal was officially founded in 1912, otherwise it wouldn't be the second oldest studio in Hollywood (Next to Paramount Pictures). Do not state this nonsense again.-- B5JH 00:45, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
Took over the first studio located in Hollywood Studio- other studio existed ion the west coast before nestor -Lasky took over the "Universal Ranch/ nestor ranch" just after the new Universal City Opened in 1915
[Carl Laemmle [THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF CARL LAEMMLE — John Drinkwater] views Nestor ranch names his universal City
[Carl Laemmle moved his Providencia ranch (Nestor Ranch) assets to the new Universal City 1915 [ Source Motion Picture World article]
Universal Film Manufacturing Company founded in 1912, took over the west coast Nestor Studio operations, studio in hollywood and ranch the valley, see history of Forest lawn (valley site). see Universal archive images at:
http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/home
IMP
Fort Lee
Nestor Studios
Oak Ranch
Universal weekly articles March 27 1915
Universal Brochures 1915
Motion Picture History of Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills (Providencia Ranch)
Further References
Universalstonecutter
Which one of the two is correct? There is an official website for both of them [1], [2], and Universal Pictures seems to be credited more in movies.-- EclipseSSD ( talk) 18:12, 7 March 2008 (UTC)
I tried moving the page to the name Universal Pictures but it said that there was already a page with that name, even though there isn't. -- Samuel James "Spike" Witwicky —Preceding undated comment added 15:46, 26 November 2011 (UTC).
I am watching the live broadcast of the press conference regarding the fire. The head and CEO of Universal Studios has announced that it was a VIDEO vault building, not a FILM vault that was destroyed, and that the studio's main film vault is not affected. Furthermore, nothing in the video vault is considered irreplaceable, he says. Presumably a print version that can be cited will be available shortly. 23skidoo ( talk) 16:25, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
Shouldn't the photo of this section be both a shot of the fire being fought and also the courthouse square set, the most famous set destroyed? Cs302b ( talk) 19:19, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
I just fixed a major error - why was this section still saying the FILM vault was destroyed? The head of CEO, quoted on CNN, said it was the video vault, which is a different facility altogether. 23skidoo ( talk) 23:34, 1 June 2008 (UTC)
It's off but the damages are irreparable: 400 firefighters battled the blaze, and at least 5 firemen suffered minor injuries, from heat exhaustion and burns. The second fire since the 1990 blaze was finally out after 12 hours, at 4:45 a.m. on Sunday, after firefighters encountered low water pressure. Destroyed were 40,000 to 50,000 archived videos chronicling Universal's movie and TV classic shows, dating back to the 1920s, including the films “ Knocked Up” and “ Atonement,” the NBC series “ Law & Order,” “ The Office,” Miami Vice and I Love Lucy. And they don’t have a backup of the Back to the Future courthouse, the clock tower that enabled Michael J. Fox's character to travel through time. cinemablend.com, Back To The Future Clock Tower Destroyed By Fire www.kcautv.com, Fire finally out at Universal Studios nytimes.com, Large Fire Strikes Universal Studio Lot ap.google.com, Fire at Universal Studios destroys sets, videos Universal Studios' workhorse sets, buildings and rides were lost, however, YouTube stands as de facto memorial to Universal Studios' lost rides and buildings. latimesblogs.latimes.com, YouTube enshrines Universal Studios' lost attractions -- Florentino floro ( talk) 05:20, 2 June 2008 (UTC)
According to this link...
http://www.spacenewsfeed.co.uk/2004/20June2004_5.html
...Universal Studios is one of a handful of partners in creating the holding company "HBO Pacific Partners VOF." I've been unable to find documentation on when that creation occurred and exact industry specs for it. Does anyone know any info that can be added?
(Here is the text from the link to which I'm referring.)
"Singapore-based HBO Asia brings the best of Hollywood to Asia through its exclusive first-run licensing deals with major Hollywood studios including Columbia Tri/Star, DreamWorks, Paramount Pictures, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. In addition to proprietary and award-winning HBO Original programming produced exclusively for its viewers, HBO Asia works with a number of prominent independent studios to secure exclusive rights to a host of quality movies. HBO Pacific Partners, VOF is a joint venture of media giants Paramount Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Time Warner and Universal Studios."
HBO Pacific Partners is also stated as the holding company primarily involved in a current (July, 2008) Spider-Man 3 contest for viewers in India.
http://hbo.magnonsolutions.co.in/spiderman3/terms-conditions.html#term
My interest is in expanding the available data on that holding company that can be inserted to all relevant entries. (Time-Warner, HBO Asia, Paramount Films, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios, etc.)
(If anyone is keeping score at home, yes, I'm going to the talk pages for each of these companies and pretty much pasting this same request with minor edits in my search for this data. If that's overkill, please accept my apologies. Mea culpa...)
Thank you.
Medleystudios72 ( talk) 16:46, 14 July 2008 (UTC)
Yeah...That information is not pertinent to anything on the page... It looks like the work of some ( very determined) drunken frat boy. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.110.3.40 ( talk) 11:42, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
There is interest in either creating a section or a separate article for Universal Pictures, which is distinct from Universal Studios (in the sense of being one of its arms). I looked at the databases for the trade papers Variety and The Hollywood Reporter, and I could provide some rotating-door history about Universal Pictures (leadership coming and going). We can either start a section in this article now or set up a sandbox to shape the content until we can figure out where to put it. For what it's worth, there are articles like Focus Features and Rogue Pictures, so I am inclined to try for a separate article. — Erik ( talk • contrib) 16:39, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
I concur with AnmaFinotera. Walt Disney Pictures isn't much more than a stub, and about half of it is just a "See also" list of links to other articles.
What if following the lead this article was rearranged as follows:
This would give Universal Pictures a separate section divided into four sub-sections to make reading it easier. Just a suggestion. MovieMadness ( talk) 20:49, 6 August 2009 (UTC)
Removed from the "references" section of the article after they have been tagged for over 2 months as not actually being cited:
-- AnmaFinotera ( talk · contribs) 13:36, 21 October 2009 (UTC)
This wiki page : "Founded in 1912 by Carl Laemmle,it is the oldest movie studio in the United States of America. It is also the second oldest in the world that is still in continuous production; the first being Gaumont Pictures, the next oldest is Paramount Pictures.[4] "
Missing :
Shouldn't the locations link to wikipedia pages rather than the company websites? I believe wikipedia pages would be more informative and useful than the company location or park websites. Ihafez ( talk) 00:11, 17 September 2012 (UTC)
Do we need a source here?? "Three of Universal Studios' films—Jaws (1975), E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982), and Jurassic Park (1993), all of which were directed by Steven Spielberg—achieved box office records, each becoming the highest-grossing film at the time." Cody.berdinis ( talk) 09:14, 13 February 2014 (UTC)