Variety, February 15th, 1999
Universal Studios' distribution plan is complicated, and it was not simplified when the company decided to keep Polygram Filmed Entertainment Intl. The distribution plan is detailed from the standpoint of the two companies.
HOLLYWOOD Whatever else Universal execs had in mind when they decided to keep Polygram, simplifying their international distribution wasn't it.
Unlike the unified structures of other studios, the pattern of U's forthcoming slate is as complicated as the deal that brought Polygram into the Seagram family.
Universal, which once released the fewest pics of any major Hollywo...
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