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The Samuel Goldwyn Company was an independent film company founded by Samuel Goldwyn, Jr., the son of the famous Hollywood mogul, Samuel Goldwyn, in 1979. ==Background== The company originally distributed and acquired art-house films from around the world to U.S. audiences; they soon added original productions to their roster as well, starting with ''The Golden Seal'' in 1983.〔http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0085608/〕 In succeeding years, the Goldwyn company was able to obtain (from Samuel Sr.'s estate) the rights to all films produced under the elder Goldwyn's supervision, including the original ''Bulldog Drummond'' (1929), ''Arrowsmith'' (1931), and ''Guys and Dolls'' (1955). The company also acquired some distribution rights to several films and television programs that were independently produced but released by other companies, including ''Sayonara'', the Hal Roach–produced Laurel & Hardy–starring vehicle ''Babes in Toyland'' (1934), the ''Flipper'' TV series produced by MGM Television, the Academy Award–winning ''Tom Jones'' (1963), and the Rodgers and Hammerstein film productions of ''South Pacific'' (1958) and ''Oklahoma!'' (1955), as well as the CBS Television adaptation of ''Cinderella'' (1965). Animated films include ''Swan Lake'', ''Aladdin and the Magic Lamp'', ''The Care Bears Movie'', ''The Chipmunk Adventure'', and ''Rock-a-Doodle''. Among the television programs in the Goldwyn company's library are the television series ''American Gladiators'' and Steve Krantz's miniseries ''Dadah Is Death''. In 1991, after a merger with Heritage Entertainment, Inc., the company went public as Samuel Goldwyn Entertainment. Heritage and Goldwyn attempted to merge during late 1990, but the plans fell apart while Heritage went through a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. That company and its library were acquired by Metromedia in 1996 for US$125 million, and in 1997, sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. In September 1997, the company was renamed Goldwyn Films and operated as MGM's specialty films unit. A month later, Samuel Goldwyn Jr. sued MGM and Metromedia, claiming that he was abruptly let go of the company despite promises that he would continue to run it under different ownership. Another concern in the lawsuit was the use of the Goldwyn name, with the defendants being accused of “palming off specialized films produced or acquired by” the unit as though the plaintiff was still involved in its management.〔Bates, James (October 30, 1997). ("Goldwyn Suing Metromedia, MGM Over Firing, Contract." ) ''Los Angeles Times''.〕 Goldwyn Films changed its name to G2 Films in January 1999 as part of the settlement. In July of that year, G2 Films was renamed United Artists International. As well as all that, UA become an arthouse film producer/distributor. The younger Goldwyn has since gone on to found Samuel Goldwyn Films. This successor company has continued to release independent films such as ''What the Bleep Do We Know!?'' and the Academy Award–nominated ''The Squid and the Whale''. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Samuel Goldwyn Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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