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39-533: UDX may refer to: United Artists Records Universal Destinations & Experiences , theme park unit of NBCUniversal Utility Dog Excellent , a dog obedience title UDX Frame UDX Theater , venue for Seiyu Awards , Japan UDX, station code for Urdauli on List of railway stations in India Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

78-419: A bomb fails, and the subsequent attempt by Chinese martial artist 'Mr. Chong' is thwarted when Clouseau manages to fight him off, mistaking him for Clouseau's valet Cato, who has orders to keep his employer constantly on the alert with random attacks. Douvier tries again by telephoning Clouseau in an attempt to lure him into an ambush, but transvestite criminal Claude Russo steals Clouseau's car and clothes and

117-692: A distribution deal with Jet Records , Electric Light Orchestra was signed. UA also distributed the otherwise-independent Grateful Dead Records in the early-to-mid 1970s. In England, Andrew Lauder , who had been head of A&R at the UK branch of Liberty Records, transferred to UA when Liberty was shut down in 1971. His signings included the Groundhogs , Aynsley Dunbar (only in the UK), Hawkwind , Bonzo Dog Band , Brinsley Schwarz , Man (all originally Liberty artists), High Tide , Help Yourself , Dr. Feelgood ,

156-648: A nightclub. Acting on a tip-off, Clouseau and Cato inadvertently save her. Clouseau reveals his identity to Simone, and she reveals it was Douvier who ordered Clouseau's assassination. Fleeing Douvier's henchmen, Simone tells Clouseau of Douvier's plan to meet the New York Mafia godfather Julio Scallini in Hong Kong for the Gannet Transaction - a $ 50,000,000 heroin sale. Clouseau, Cato, and Simone travel to Hong Kong in disguise, unaware that Dreyfus

195-459: A series of children's records under the " Tale Spinners for Children " name throughout the 1960s. These were album-length adaptations of classic fairy tales and children's stories done in an audio drama format. United Artists Special Projects were budget records designed for product and movie tie-ins. Examples are The Incredible World of James Bond , an album sold by Pepsi Cola and Frito Lay of cover version themes and original soundtrack music of

234-504: A transitional film ( Trail of the Pink Panther ) with new linking footage shot on the set of the new film ( Curse of the Pink Panther ). Composed by Henry Mancini in his fifth Pink Panther film, its theme music and much of the soundtrack draw heavily from the disco trends of the late 1970s. The " Pink Panther Theme " itself was reworked to include a more dancy bassline, electric piano and guitar solo. A soundtrack album for

273-615: A warehouse and accidentally lights up the fireworks stored inside, catching all involved parties in the resulting chaos. Douvier and Scallini are arrested, Clouseau is honored for their capture by the President of France, and he and Simone spend an evening together. When United Artists spent three months on previews and continuous editing of the previous Pink Panther movie The Pink Panther Strikes Again (according to Daily Variety in 1976), Edwards decided he would try to salvage any humorous material remaining. He suggested that Revenge of

312-653: Is assigned to read the eulogy at Clouseau's funeral, during which his efforts to suppress hysterical laughter at the words praising Clouseau's brilliance cause everyone to believe Dreyfus is devastated by Clouseau's death. Clouseau attends the burial disguised as a priest, and surreptitiously reveals himself to Dreyfus, who again faints and falls into the open grave. Douvier's wife threatens him with divorce over his unfaithfulness. Because his wife holds evidence of his criminal activities, Douvier breaks off his affair with his secretary Simone, who reacts angrily. Fearing Simone will also expose him, Douvier orders she be killed while at

351-501: Is following them after overhearing their conversation. Clouseau impersonates Scallini in a ridiculous gangster disguise, while Simone distracts the real godfather. One of Scallini's men spots Douvier leaving their hotel with a stranger, and Clouseau exposes his own disguise during the Gannet Transaction. Dreyfus, intent on killing Clouseau and followed by the gangsters, Cato, Simone and the Hong Kong Police , chases Clouseau into

390-410: Is mistakenly killed instead by Douvier's men. Clouseau is erroneously reported to be dead, prompting his former boss, former Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus, to instantly regain his sanity and be released from the psychiatric hospital to conduct the investigation. In Russo's clothes and protesting his true identity, Clouseau is himself taken to the asylum, but escapes into Dreyfus' room, who faints from

429-531: The Modern Jazz Quartet . In 1966, the Solid State division was begun, recording several albums by The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra . Other subsidiary labels were Unart , Ascot , United Artists Jazz , Musicor (United Artists was half owner of the company from 1960 to 1964 before selling in 1965, Ultra Audio (an audiophile label), UA Latino (Spanish-language music,) and Veep. Unart

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468-947: The Odeon Leicester Square in London on July 13, 1978 in a premiere attended by Prince Charles. It opened to the public the following day. It opened in the United States at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City and at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles on July 19, 1978 before expanding to 387 theatres across the United States. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes , the film has an approval rating of 84% based on 19 reviews, with an average score of 6.70/10. Variety wrote, " Revenge of

507-781: The 1960s by the Clovers , Marv Johnson , the Falcons , the Exciters , Patty Duke , the Delicates , Bobby Goldsboro , Jay and the Americans , and later Manfred Mann and the Easybeats . Berry Gordy placed a number of early Motown acts with United Artists, including Marv Johnson and Eddie Holland in 1959. Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were hired to produce artists signed to the label after they left Atlantic. These included

546-543: The Buzzcocks , the Stranglers and 999 . He also licensed UK releases for several influential German bands during the early 70s, the best known of which were Can , Neu! and Amon Düül II . Lauder left UA in late 1977 to help found Radar Records . The label's most commercially successful artist was country artist Kenny Rogers who signed to UA in the mid-1970s, enjoying a long string of hit singles and albums. In

585-866: The Exciters, Bobby Goldsboro , Jay and the Americans , the Clovers, and Mike Clifford. United Artists covered folk music when it added Gordon Lightfoot to its roster and easy listening with the addition of piano duo Ferrante & Teicher . United Artists' involvement with jazz was significant. The company hired Alan Douglas in 1960 to run its jazz division. Other producers were George Wein , Jack Lewis, and Tom Wilson . United Artists released jazz albums by Count Basie , Art Blakey , Ruby Braff , Betty Carter , Teddy Charles , Kenny Dorham , Mose Allison , Duke Ellington , Art Farmer , Bud Freeman , Curtis Fuller , Benny Golson , Billie Holiday , Milt Jackson , Dave Lambert , Booker Little , Howard McGhee , Gerry Mulligan , Oliver Nelson , Herb Pomeroy , Bill Potts , Zoot Sims , Rex Stewart , Billy Strayhorn , and

624-744: The Hong Kong scenes were filmed at The Excelsior hotel. This is Graham Stark 's first appearance as Professor Auguste Balls. He portrays him once more in Son of the Pink Panther (1993). Harvey Korman portrays Professor Balls in footage cut from The Pink Panther Strikes Again , but later used in Trail of the Pink Panther (1982). The film received press screenings at the Kuilima Hyatt Resort in Oahu , Hawaii . The film had its world premiere at

663-696: The Liberty name in favor of United Artists. Mainstream pop acts were signed to the label, among them Traffic , the Spencer Davis Group , Peter Sarstedt , Shirley Bassey , and War . The label attempted to update the style of 1950s rock group Bill Haley & His Comets with a 1968 single. After UA bought Mediarts Records , the roster grew to include Don McLean , Merrilee Rush , Paul Anka , Chris Rea , Dusty Springfield , Bill Conti , Northern Calloway , Johnny Rivers , Ike & Tina Turner , Gerry Rafferty , and Crystal Gayle . Later, through

702-558: The Pink Panther Revenge of the Pink Panther is a 1978 comedy film . It is the sixth film in The Pink Panther comedy film series. Released in 1978, it is the final on-set performance of Peter Sellers in the role of Inspector Jacques Clouseau . It was also the last installment in the series that was distributed solely by United Artists ; the company was absorbed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer three years after

741-561: The Pink Panther . Many of these soundtracks have reverted to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , whose MGM Music unit licensed them to other labels for reissue, first Rykodisc , then Universal Music and EMI. As owner of Columbia and RCA Victor, Sony released the West Side Story original cast album and film soundtrack on CD. Sony has owned most of Mancini's soundtrack albums since its music division's merger with BMG in 2004. The label produced rock and roll and R&B hits from 1959 and into

780-556: The Pink Panther isn't the best of the continuing film series, but Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers on a slow day are still well ahead of most other comedic filmmakers." Vincent Canby wrote in The New York Times "If you have the Clouzot ;[ sic ] habit, as I have, there's very little that Mr. Edwards and Mr. Sellers could do that would make you find the movie disappointing." One DVD & video guide gave

819-473: The Pink Panther should primarily be made up of this footage and that he would write and shoot new footage around it with Sellers and company. Sellers balked at this and insisted that Revenge feature all-new footage. The film would have a budget of $ 12 million, which would primarily be financed by advances from distributors and merchandise licensing. The opening animated titles in the film were designed by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises , who had been involved with

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858-683: The United Artists Records catalog were reissued on Liberty during these years. Two significant exceptions were a couple of Beatles albums not previously controlled by EMI in the United States: the A Hard Day's Night (1964) soundtrack album, and Let It Be (1970). The Let It Be album was actually released by Apple Records in both the UK and the US but because the movie had been distributed by United Artists Pictures, in America

897-502: The United States and Canada. Romance of the Pink Panther was a Pink Panther film that Sellers had written—and was willing to make without Edwards—before Sellers' death in July 1980. UA considered recasting the role before convincing Blake Edwards to return to the series. Edwards chose to replace Clouseau with a new character rather than replace Sellers as Clouseau and to utilize outtakes from The Pink Panther Strikes Again to set up

936-579: The album was distributed by United Artists rather than EMI. Both previously non-EMI Beatles albums were reissued on the Capitol label, which already controlled the rest of the Beatles' catalog in the United States. When producer Jerry Weintraub was enlisted to revive the United Artists movie studio in 1986, he attempted to revive the United Artists Records label as well. However, only one album

975-570: The change of ownership allowed Jet Records to end its relationship with UA and switch its distribution to CBS Records , with the Jet back catalog transferring to CBS distribution as well. UA dumped many ELO albums into the cutout market, which CBS was unable to prevent. However, CBS reissues of early ELO albums through Out of the Blue (1977) contained copyright notices for United Artists Music and Records Group. Unable to generate enough income to cover

1014-558: The film The Big Country , for which composer Jerome Moross received an Academy Award nomination. In 1959, United Artists released Forest of the Amazons, a cantata by Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos adapted from the music he composed for MGM 's Green Mansions , with the composer conducting the Symphony of the Air . Brazilian soprano Bidu Sayão was the featured soloist on

1053-555: The film's release. Philippe Douvier, a major French businessman and secretly the head of the French Connection , is suspected by his New York Mafia associates of weak leadership and improperly conducting his criminal affairs. To demonstrate otherwise, Douvier's aide Guy Algo suggests a show of force with the murder of the famous Jacques Clouseau, Chief Inspector of the Sûreté . Douvier's first attempt at killing Clouseau with

1092-483: The first three James Bond films, and Music from Marlboro Country , various cover versions of the theme to The Magnificent Seven and original soundtrack music from Elmer Bernstein 's Return of the Seven that was sold by Philip Morris as a tie-in to its Marlboro cigarette brand. In 1969, United Artists merged with co-owned Liberty Records and its subsidiary, Imperial Records . In 1971, Liberty/UA Records dropped

1131-467: The loan, Liberty/United Records was sold to EMI in 1979 for $ 3 million and assumed liabilities of $ 32 million. EMI dropped the United Artists name in 1980 and revived the Liberty label for releases by artists who had been signed to UA. This incarnation of Liberty Records operated between 1980 and about 1986, when it was deactivated and its artists assigned to other EMI labels. Many albums from

1170-443: The mid-to-late 1970s, the company was known as United Artists Music and Records Group (UAMARG). In 1978, UA executives Artie Mogull and Jerry Rubinstein bought the record company from Transamerica with a loan from EMI , which took over distribution of the label. The official name of the company was changed to Liberty/United Records, but the United Artists Records name was retained under license. The deal led to an immediate setback, as

1209-586: The movie four and a half out of five stars, calling it "arguably the best of the slapstick series." In 1979, the film won the Evening Standard British Film Award for best comedy. The film grossed $ 62,810 in its first three days at the Odeon Leicester Square. On its US release, it grossed $ 5,278,784 in its first 5 days of release from 387 theatres and $ 11,004,124 in its first 12 days from 461 theatres in

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1248-683: The rights to soundtrack albums UA Records released under license from MGM Music . The catalog of most British acts who were signed to the British branch of UA Records is today controlled by the Parlophone unit of Warner Music Group , with North American distribution by Rhino Entertainment . One exception is the band The Vapors , whose rights to their UA/Liberty recordings are owned by RT Industries, which acquired them from WMG in 2018. However, Warner's services division Alternative Distribution Alliance serves as RT's distributor. Revenge of

1287-586: The series since the animated titles of the original 1963 film, The Pink Panther . It was the first time since Inspector Clouseau in 1968 that DePatie-Freleng animated the opening titles of a Pink Panther film ( Return and Strikes Again having been done by Richard Williams ' Studio). Principal photography began on November 2, 1977, in Paris and concluded on April 16, 1978, in Nice . Filming also took place at Shepperton Studios and British Hong Kong . Some of

1326-428: The shock of finding Clouseau alive in his closet. Clouseau disguises himself as Dreyfus and is driven to his apartment by François. Upon arriving home, Clouseau discovers that Cato, who also believed Clouseau to be dead, has transformed their apartment into a Chinese-themed brothel . Cato is relieved to see that his boss has survived, and the two plan revenge on the sponsor of Clouseau's assassination . Later, Dreyfus

1365-503: The title UDX . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=UDX&oldid=1232521043 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages United Artists Records In 1958, United Artists released an album of music from

1404-713: The unusual recording, which was released on both LP and reel-to-reel tape. United Artists releases included soundtracks and cover versions from the James Bond movies, It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), A Hard Day's Night starring the Beatles (1964), The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965), A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (1966), Fiddler on the Roof (1971), and Man of La Mancha (1972). The soundtrack album of United Artists's West Side Story (1961)

1443-421: Was created in 1958 and was in operation until 1959, producing singles by vocal groups; it was reinstated in 1967 for budget albums . In 1966 United Artists acquired the masters of Sue Records , an R&B and soul record label in New York City which produced Ike & Tina Turner , Baby Washington , and jazz organist Jimmy McGriff . Some material produced by Sue was reissued on Unart. United Artists produced

1482-634: Was released by Columbia Records , which had also released the Broadway cast album. Also, the American version of the soundtrack album of United Artists's Help! (1965), also starring the Beatles, was released on Capitol Records . As Henry Mancini was signed to RCA Victor, that company handled the soundtracks of the United Artists films that he composed the music for, most notably The Pink Panther ; exceptions include Gaily, Gaily , The Hawaiians , The Pink Panther Strikes Again and Revenge of

1521-495: Was released: the soundtrack for The Karate Kid Part II , a film Weintraub had produced for Columbia Pictures before being hired at UA. A single from the movie's soundtrack, Mancrab's "Fish for Life," was also released on United Artists Records. The United Artists catalog is controlled by Capitol Records, now part of Universal Music Group (who also owns the non-soundtrack catalog of MGM Records , once owned by UA's current parent Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ). Capitol Records also has

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