Just wondering about MGM

Chezman1399

Chezman1399

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I would assume there is some sort of contract that the two groups still have otherwise you could also ask, what would become of Disney Property in the MGM Grand. When I was working there I was always told that if MGM or Disney pulled out of the contract they had, it would cost either side so much in royalties it would not be worth it. So maybe, they just reworked there current contract, getting out of some major deals like the joint park, but are still sharing certain property.
 
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fiftiesdean

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I don't remember most of the movies in the ride....but i'm willing to bet a good amount have MGM as the distributor. There is probably a separate contract for the ride. IMO, the ride needs updated anyway.
 
ToTBellHop

ToTBellHop

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there are changes in the works for The Great Movie Ride, but all of them seem very positive to me, so I'm not worried. I'm sure Disney at least has it written in their contracts w/ MGM that any show scenes featuring MGM movies can remain, without modification, following an end of that contract. It is when they try to modify the ride that they may need to remove MGM titles. I'm not sure how everything worked out in the beginning, though. Did Disney already pay royalties to MGM to showcase some of its films or were those freebies?
 
wbboy29

wbboy29

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Actually MGM sold off the rights to a lot of their older movies back in the '90s. Turner bought a HUGE amount of the old MGM library back then, taking ownership of such classics as Gone With The Wind, Casablanca, Singing in the Rain, Wizard of OZ, etc. But then in the mid '90s Turner merged/was bought out by Time Warner. So Warner Brothers Studios then took ownership of many of these classic movies. So technically I don't think MGM can tell Disney not to use those properties anymore since they no longer own the rights to them. On the other hand I have no idea how the WB feels about Disney's use of these properties or if they have cut any kind of deal with them. :shrug:
 
Animaniac93-98

Animaniac93-98

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Just like to remind everyone that Casablanca IS NOT an MGM movie. It was made by Warner Brothers. Just look at the film itself, the first thing you see is the old WB logo. Only two movies in that ride are made by MGM, Singin' in the Rain and the Wizard of Oz. The above post about who currently owns these movies is correct.
 
MIDisneyFamily

MIDisneyFamily

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Although made by MGM, i believe the rights to Wizard of OZ and Singin' in the Rain are currently owned by Warner Bro. and Turner Entertainment respectively. I dont think MGM has any say in the use of images from these movies, as there was a movie a few years back the had to get permission to use the famous "Rain" scene in a parady of it, in a film, from Turner Entertainmant. At some point in the early 1990's wasn't there distribution agreement between Disney and Warner also? This ended when Bueana Vista began as Disney's distribution leg. The rights to the films used on tht GMR are a lot more complicated then a studio's rights to distribute a film.
 
TestTrack

TestTrack

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MIDisneyFamily said:
Although made by MGM, i believe the rights to Wizard of OZ and Singin' in the Rain are currently owned by Warner Bro. and Turner Entertainment respectively. I dont think MGM has any say in the use of images from these movies, as there was a movie a few years back the had to get permission to use the famous "Rain" scene in a parady of it, in a film, from Turner Entertainmant. At some point in the early 1990's wasn't there distribution agreement between Disney and Warner also? This ended when Bueana Vista began as Disney's distribution leg. The rights to the films used on tht GMR are a lot more complicated then a studio's rights to distribute a film.
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If the movie industry has the same copyright rules as the music industry...no permission is needed if the new work is intended to be a parody.
 
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FECNS

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It is true not all movies in the great movie ride were or are MGM pictures, Indiana jones is Paramount Pictures, Aleins is 20th Centery Fox. So changing the name of the park probably doesn't hurt the ride at all. The name change might have to do with sony entertainment buying out MGM/UA Picture studios last year.
 
DocHoliday

DocHoliday

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If they are really looking at Lord of the Rings that puts a dagger in the Universal/LOTR rumor. I am all for LOTR being out in their but not at the expense of Alien. I love the Alien segment. I do agree that Tarzan is expendable.
 
Cmdr_Crimson

Cmdr_Crimson

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KingofHearts said:
Since the MGM name is gone, what is to come of the MGM rides? ie: The Great Movie Ride is all about MGM movies.
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Technically it's a bunch of other movie companies movies..

Singing in the Rain, The Public Enemy, Casablanca, Wizard of Oz, Tarzan, Footlight Parade - Warner Brothers

Raiders of The Lost Ark - Paramount Pictures

Aliens - 20th Century Fox. This was an interesting fact I found on Wikipedia..but, I'm not 100% sure how accurate it is really..
Alien appears in the Great Movie Ride though it was released by 20th Century Fox rather than MGM. Disney had acquired the rights to use Alien from Fox several years earlier for a planned ride at Disneyland that was based on the movie. While the ride was canceled, the overall concept later morphed into The ExtraTERRORestrial Alien Encounter, though ultimately the creature from Alien was not used on the basis that it was "too scary".
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Hope this helps.
 

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