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{{about|the international film distributor|the earlier grindhouse film distributor of the same name|United International Pictures Inc.}}
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{{Infobox company
|name=United International Pictures
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|founded=1 November 1981 ({{age|1981|11|1}} years ago)
|predecessors=[[Cinema International Corporation]]
|parent=[[Paramount Pictures]] (50%)<br>[[Universal Pictures]] (50%)
|country=[[:Category:United Kingdom|United Kingdom]]
|website=https://www.uip.com/
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===Background===
'''United International Pictures''' ('''UIP''') is a joint venture between [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Universal Pictures]] that was founded to release the two studios' films outside the United States (including its territories), Canada and the Caribbean Basin. It also had international rights to films from [[DreamWorks Pictures]] (which had international releases handled by UIP through Universal from 1997 to 2005, and would later be owned by Paramount/[[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] from 2005 to 2008) and independent filmmakers.
The company was formed on 1 November 1981, after [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] purchased [[United Artists]] and merged that studio's international distribution and sales arm with [[Cinema International Corporation]] (then the owner of [[CIC Video]]). [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney]]/[[Buena Vista International]] continued their distribution deals with UIP (on behalf of Universal) in Italy until 1988 (when distribution in Italy was switched to [[Warner Bros. Italia]]), and in such nations as Turkey and Brazil. Buena Vista also distributed UIP releases in Finland until 2006, when [[Finnkino]] took over. In 1988, UIP formed the organization that would become [[UCI Cinemas]], together with [[United Artists Theatres]] and [[AMC Theatres]]. Starting in 1997, DreamWorks Pictures films were also distributed internationally by UIP, due to DreamWorks's distribution agreement with Universal. [[Orion Pictures]] films were also added to UIP's slate after that studio's acquisition by MGM in 1997 (until then, most Orion titles had been released overseas by companies such as Rank and [[Svensk Filmindustri]]); however, the only Orion film that UIP released internationally was ''Storefront Hitchcock'' (1998), as Orion would be deactivated by MGM in 1999. In November 2000, MGM left UIP, and its international distribution rights were assumed by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]]; MGM's final release under the UIP banner was ''Return to Me'' in June 2000.
In 2007, it was decided that Paramount and Universal would directly assume international distribution of their respective films in certain territories; Paramount would take over UIP's operations in France, Mexico, Brazil, and the UK, while Universal would take over operations Germany, Italy and other countries. Currently, the company continues to operate in smaller countries such as Argentina, Denmark, Turkey, South Africa, Hungary, and Malaysia (thanks to a 2010 reorganization), and has also distributed a number of local productions in several countries. It also distributes theatrical prints of [[Sony Pictures Releasing International|Sony Pictures]] films in Argentina and Poland.
{{ImageTOC
|United International Pictures (1982, 1985) (35mm).png|1st Logo (1982-1997)
|Uip3.jpg|2nd Logo (1997-2001)
|Dieria_1999_logo.png|3rd Logo (2001-2003)
|Vlcsnap-2013-10-31-06h58m39s187.png|4th Logo (November 27, 2003-2007; 2010-2018; 2023-)
}}
===1st Logo (1982-1997)===
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'''
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'''Availability:'''
* It was seen on theatrical releases of [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]]/[[Universal Pictures|Universal]]/[[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]]/[[United Artists|UA]] films outside of North America. However, most home video prints of their films released in Europe, Latin America, Asia-Pacific, and Oceania by [[CIC Video]], [[Warner Home Video]], and [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] do not keep this logo, as they likely use US prints converted into PAL format for countries that use PAL.
* Some films, however, would use a print that had mandatory content edits by the countries' rating council for distribution, and some VHS/DVD/TV releases would use these prints meaning this logo may be intact.
* The easiest place to find this is on international trailers for these films on some VHS tapes, such as ''Carry On Columbus'' and ''Bébé's Kids''.
* This can be currently seen on the Blu-ray releases of ''Thesis'', ''Vacas'', the German trailers for ''Dragonheart'', ''Havana'', the UK trailer for ''The Living Daylights'' (which can be found on the UK VHS of ''Baby Boom'' along with the SE and UE DVDs of the former), most home video releases of ''Biggles: Adventures in Time'' (including the U.S. DVD from Image Entertainment), and the Australian TV airing of ''Crocodile Dundee II'' (though the Australian DVD release doesn't have it).
* This is also seen on the Celebrity/Just for Kids video release of ''Stowaways on the Ark'', as well as the original 1989 UK VHS of ''License To Kill'', and the Canadian Malofilm VHS and U.S. Platinum Disc Corporation DVD of ''Money''.
* On international prints of Universal titles with DTS sound (back when the 1st DTS trailer was built into the first reel of Universal's movies, even non-DTS prints, before it was decided to make it a separate trailer), such as ''Jurassic Park'', this preceded the DTS logo.
* In the UK and Ireland, if one goes to see a 35mm screening of a Paramount/Universal/MGM/UA film from c.1985-1997, this logo will show up before it - it was seen before 35mm showings of ''Darkman'' and ''True Lies'' (which was released internationally by Universal), for example.
===2nd Logo (1997-2001)===
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Images=
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Uip3.jpg
United International Pictures (1999, intermission).png|"INTERVALLO" variant
</gallery>
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Videos=
{{YouTube|id=6ILKDp7ksk4|id2=gH9vXtMGF70|id3=7nKF-IXvyfM|id4=gmgzo12HKMA}}
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background, a translucent version of the UiP logo zooms out and rotates to face the screen, featuring gold borders as a blue spotlight appears in the middle of the screen. The spotlight brightens as the shining on the model gets brighter as well, before turning into a solid gold. "{{Font|Serif|UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES}}" appears below in the same font as before as the logo shimmers.
'''Variants:'''
*There is a variant in which the URL "www.uip.com" fades in below the logo.
*A trailer variant exists where the UIP logo flips up. There is no text below the logo.
*An Italian intermission variant exists, where the word "INTERVALLO" can be seen under the UIP logo. This can be seen on longer films that UIP distributed in Italy, a country that has never stopped doing intermissions during movies.
'''Technique:''' CGI by Brandt Animation.
'''
'''
*This appeared on UIP-distributed films outside of the US, such as ''The Rugrats Movie'', ''Antz'' and ''The Green Mile'', before either the Paramount, Universal or DreamWorks logos appeared.
*It was also seen on international releases of MGM, United Artists, and Orion Pictures films until 2001 when 20th Century Fox took over distribution in those territories.
*The easiest place to find this is on international trailers for these films. Most international home video and TV prints of these do not have this logo, as they likely use US prints converted into PAL format.
*This has also been spotted on trailers for ''Selkie'' and ''Siam Sunset'' as well as European trailers of films released by Paramount, DreamWorks, Universal, MGM/UA, and Orion.
*This has also turned up on the Umbrella Entertainment Blu-ray of ''Cut'', the UK trailer for ''Pitch Black'' on the Arrow Films Blu-ray, and 4K UHD releases of the latter.
*In the UK and Ireland, if one goes to see a 35mm screening of a Universal/Paramount/MGM/UA/Orion/DreamWorks movie from between 1997-2001, this logo will be shown before it - for instance, it was seen before a 35mm showing of ''The Apostle''.
===3rd Logo (2001-2003)===
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Images=
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Dieria_1999_logo.png
United International Pictures (2001, intermission).png
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Videos=
{{YouTube|id=39UNGTGAt8A|id2=OwDf-37iw30|id3=WNIl_CgB1cU}}
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'''Visuals:''' On a black/blue gradient background, white pieces of the UiP logo zoom out and tilt into position, with the rectangular "dot" of the "i" coming in last, as a teal square with 3 rounded corners appears behind it, with the logo positioned in the upper left corner. It zooms out to the left with the edges of it shining and tilts a bit to face the screen straight-on, along with the square darkening quite a bit as well. The words
<center>united<br>international<br>pictures</center>
appear on the right, in a white Praxis Light font in all lowercase letters, along with a URL below it all. The background then fades to black as the logo becomes a flat 2D image.
'''Variants:'''
* A trailer variant has the logo begin with the last few seconds.
* Like with the previous logo, there exists an Italian intermission variant, where the word "intervallo" can be seen next to the UIP logo. Again, this can be seen on longer films that UIP distributed in Italy.
'''
'''Audio:''' None.
'''Availability:'''
*It appeared on several UIP distributed films before either the [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] or [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks]] logos on films released.
*Most international home video and TV prints of these do not have this logo, as they likely use US prints converted into PAL format.
*The long version has been spotted on the [[First Look Home Entertainment]] DVD of ''Elling'', and an iTunes Spain print of ''La Flaqueza del Bolchevique'' (2003).
*Again, the easiest place to find this is on international trailers for these films.
*In the UK and Ireland, if one goes to see a 35mm screening of a Universal/Paramount/DreamWorks movie from between 2001-2003, this logo will show up before it (''Shrek'' being one such release).
*It also precedes the first [[DreamWorks Animation]] logo on British theatrical prints of ''Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit''.
*It also appeared on a Toggle.sg print of the Singaporean movie ''One Leg Kicking'' (which has since been removed).
===4th Logo (
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Images=
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Dieria_1985_logo.png
Vlcsnap-2013-10-31-06h58m39s187.png
United International Pictures (2023).png
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Videos=
{{YouTube|id=nQY5AvEfYao|id2=RkxBjPK1GpY|id3=nuKHlkB2k1k|id4=6Z98yzNblys|id5=XScflBK2uF4}}
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'''Visuals:''' On a white background, different rounded blocks zoom in from white mist, first sparsely before rapidly picking up the pace. As the camera pans around, these blocks are shown forming up the UIP logo from before, but the entire logo is in blue and the URL is in Helvetica, as well as under the logo. As the camera finishes turning around, the last few blocks come in to fill up the logo, leaving an end result that has several small cuts in it.
'''Variants:'''
* There is a short version of this logo.
* On some trailers, the print logo is seen on a blue background.
* On 35mm uncropped film scans, the logo is in open-matte.
'''Technique:''' CGI.
'''Audio:''' A three-note synth drone that is held throughout the logo, accompanied by "whoosh" noises as the blocks fly past. Usually, however, it's silent.
'''Availability:'''
* This was spotted on a bootleg DVD of ''Shark Tale'' and an Australian cable broadcast of ''The Truman Show''.
* In the UK and Ireland, this was seen in front of theatrical releases of Universal/Paramount/DreamWorks films from 2003 to 2007. For instance, it was seen before 35mm showings of ''Serenity'' and ''Team America: World Police'', and was also seen on 35mm prints of ''Shrek 2'' and ''Mean Girls''.
* The long version can be seen on US iTunes and Amazon Prime prints of the 2014 Argentinian movie ''Delirium''.
* Starting in 2010, the shortened version of this logo can be found on trailers of movies uploaded by the official UIP YouTube account in certain regions; this may not be the case for post-2018 releases.
* It makes an appearance at the start of a CBS Europa (Poland) airing of the 2005 TV movie ''14 Hours''.
* It also possibly appears on Japanese theatrical prints of ''The Great Wall'' (2016), and on Turkish theatrical prints of ''Bad Cat''.
* It also appears on South African prints of ''Dredd'' (2012), replacing the [[Entertainment Film Distributors]] logo seen on British prints.
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United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that was founded to release the two studios' films outside the United States (including its territories), Canada and the Caribbean Basin. It also had international rights to films from DreamWorks Pictures (which had international releases handled by UIP through Universal from 1997 to 2005, and would later be owned by Paramount/Viacom from 2005 to 2008) and independent filmmakers.
The company was formed on 1 November 1981, after Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer purchased United Artists and merged that studio's international distribution and sales arm with Cinema International Corporation (then the owner of CIC Video). Walt Disney/Buena Vista International continued their distribution deals with UIP (on behalf of Universal) in Italy until 1988 (when distribution in Italy was switched to Warner Bros. Italia), and in such nations as Turkey and Brazil. Buena Vista also distributed UIP releases in Finland until 2006, when Finnkino took over. In 1988, UIP formed the organization that would become UCI Cinemas, together with United Artists Theatres and AMC Theatres. Starting in 1997, DreamWorks Pictures films were also distributed internationally by UIP, due to DreamWorks's distribution agreement with Universal. Orion Pictures films were also added to UIP's slate after that studio's acquisition by MGM in 1997 (until then, most Orion titles had been released overseas by companies such as Rank and Svensk Filmindustri); however, the only Orion film that UIP released internationally was Storefront Hitchcock (1998), as Orion would be deactivated by MGM in 1999. In November 2000, MGM left UIP, and its international distribution rights were assumed by 20th Century Fox; MGM's final release under the UIP banner was Return to Me in June 2000.
In 2007, it was decided that Paramount and Universal would directly assume international distribution of their respective films in certain territories; Paramount would take over UIP's operations in France, Mexico, Brazil, and the UK, while Universal would take over operations Germany, Italy and other countries. Currently, the company continues to operate in smaller countries such as Argentina, Denmark, Turkey, South Africa, Hungary, and Malaysia (thanks to a 2010 reorganization), and has also distributed a number of local productions in several countries. It also distributes theatrical prints of Sony Pictures films in Argentina and Poland.
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Visuals: On a black/blue gradient background, a small white light appears in the center, stretching into eight points as it starts glow brighter. When it dies down, it reveals a golden monolith, which resembles the letters "UiP" conjoined into one condensed symbol, zooming in while facing the left. As it slows to a crawl, it turns its position to face the screen and "UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES" fades in below in an ITC Garamond font. A small glare appears on the "P" part of the logo.
Technique: Model work and chroma-keying.
Audio: None.
Availability:
Visuals: On a black background, a translucent version of the UiP logo zooms out and rotates to face the screen, featuring gold borders as a blue spotlight appears in the middle of the screen. The spotlight brightens as the shining on the model gets brighter as well, before turning into a solid gold. "UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES" appears below in the same font as before as the logo shimmers.
Variants:
Technique: CGI by Brandt Animation.
Audio: None.
Availability:
Visuals: On a black/blue gradient background, white pieces of the UiP logo zoom out and tilt into position, with the rectangular "dot" of the "i" coming in last, as a teal square with 3 rounded corners appears behind it, with the logo positioned in the upper left corner. It zooms out to the left with the edges of it shining and tilts a bit to face the screen straight-on, along with the square darkening quite a bit as well. The words
appear on the right, in a white Praxis Light font in all lowercase letters, along with a URL below it all. The background then fades to black as the logo becomes a flat 2D image.
Variants:
Technique: CGI.
Audio: None.
Availability:
Visuals: On a white background, different rounded blocks zoom in from white mist, first sparsely before rapidly picking up the pace. As the camera pans around, these blocks are shown forming up the UIP logo from before, but the entire logo is in blue and the URL is in Helvetica, as well as under the logo. As the camera finishes turning around, the last few blocks come in to fill up the logo, leaving an end result that has several small cuts in it.
Variants:
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A three-note synth drone that is held throughout the logo, accompanied by "whoosh" noises as the blocks fly past. Usually, however, it's silent.
Availability:
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