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In 1964, MCA formed Universal City Studios, Inc., merging the motion pictures and television arms of Universal Pictures Company and Revue Productions (officially renamed as Universal Television in 1966).
On July 15, 1964, MCA established the Studio Tour, which provided guests a behind-the-scenes glimpse of film and television production at Universal Studios. This established a footprint of what is now known as Universal Studios Hollywood theme park.
Universal Studios Hollywood has a record year for attendance, with visitors increasing by 21%, which is down to the runaway success of the Earthquake attraction. 1990 MCA purchased by Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd.
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In December 1986, MCA, Inc. and Cineplex Odeon Corp., two movie industry masters of the time, announced a joint venture to open a studio and entertainment complex in Orlando, Florida. Going by the name of Universal Studios Florida, it was scheduled to open in 1989 and was expected to be styled in a method similar to MCA’s Universal Studios Tour in ...
Days before Universal Studios Florida opened to the public, Steven Spielberg, who served as the facility’s creative consultant, discussed the concept with a correspondent from NBC’s Today: “This is an actual working studio. […] This isn’t just an amusement park, you know. First and foremost, this began with soundstages, post-production facilities, ...
While Jaws was being rebuilt, other changes were happening throughout the park. In May of 1991, Back to the Future: The Ride, a $40 million motion simulator, opened. Though the ride had been in operation since February of that year, an official opening date was not announced until it was consistently running smoothly. Five months later, Fright Nigh...
This decade saw a number of more fundamental changes, shaking up the array of attractions and further relegating the movie-making focus to the background. MEN IN BLACK: Alien Attack debuted in 2000 (as an attempt to keep guests interested in the aging Universal Studios Florida after the brand-new Islands of Adventure theme park had opened next door...
The next decade would see unprecedented success for Universal as a theme park operator, thanks to the unmitigated triumph of the 2010 Harry Potter addition to neighboring Islands of Adventure. With a huge influx of capital and media attention the world over, NBCUniversal and its brand-new owner, Comcast, quickly decided to essentially rebuild all o...
Nov 27, 1990 · Nov. 27, 1990 12 AM PT. 1912: Carl Laemmle joins with a half-dozen small motion picture companies to create Universal Pictures. Three years later, he moves the studios to a 230-acre...
Dedicated on July 9 1963 and opened in 1964 (tbc), the imposing “Black Tower” (constructed of black aluminium and glass) houses the executive offices where scripts are read and and careers are made (or broken). The building was named in honour of the head of MCA, Lew Wasserman, by Edgar Bronfman following his takeover of Universal.
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Wasserman in 1988. Following the rising postwar popularity of television and the resulting near bankruptcy of many studios, Wasserman purchased Universal Studios and Decca Records in 1962 and merged them with MCA. In 1966, he singlehandedly installed Jack Valenti as head of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA).
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