United International Pictures is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios , to distribute some of the two studios' films theatrically outside the United States , Canada, and the Anglophone Caribbean. UIP also had international theatrical distribution rights to features by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios when MGM was part of the venture. In 2000, as MGM left UIP, those rights were passed on to 20th Century Fox . Paramount's early history with MCA dates back to the 1950s, when part of its talent pool worked for Paramount Pictures, notably Alfred Hitchcock. In 1958, MCA... purchased the pre-December 1949 Paramount sound feature film library. In 1962, MCA purchased Universal Studios. In 1966, Gulf+Western purchased Paramount.
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| Founded: | 1981 |
| Headquarters: | London |