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	In [[1969]] UA purchased the film rights to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for just over £100 000.<ref name="Times1">"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article802113.ece Focus: Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the Rings to avoid taxman]". ''The Times'' 15 December 2002</ref> It is often repeated that Tolkien sold the rights for a 'pittance' in order to pay a tax bill,<ref name="Times1" /><ref>"[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-812509-details/Tolkien+sold+film+rights+for+%A310,000/article.do Tolkien sold film rights for £10,000]". ''This is London'' 7 December 2001.</ref> in fact the sum he was paid was approximately equivalent to £2.3 million in 2009 and in addition to it he retained a 7.5% royalty interest in any future adaptation (transmitted to the [[Tolkien Estate]] on his death).<ref>[http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref><ref>"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578442/JRR-Tolkien%27s-estate-to-sue-Lord-of-the-Rings-filmmakers-New-Line-Cinema-over-profits.html JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits]". ''The Telegraph'' 17 February 2008.</ref>		In [[1969]] UA purchased the film rights to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for just over £100 000.<ref name="Times1">"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article802113.ece Focus: Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the Rings to avoid taxman]". ''The Times'' 15 December 2002</ref> It is often repeated that Tolkien sold the rights for a 'pittance' in order to pay a tax bill,<ref name="Times1" /><ref>"[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-812509-details/Tolkien+sold+film+rights+for+%A310,000/article.do Tolkien sold film rights for £10,000]". ''This is London'' 7 December 2001.</ref> in fact the sum he was paid was approximately equivalent to £2.3 million in 2009 and in addition to it he retained a 7.5% royalty interest in any future adaptation (transmitted to the [[Tolkien Estate]] on his death).<ref>[http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref><ref>"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578442/JRR-Tolkien%27s-estate-to-sue-Lord-of-the-Rings-filmmakers-New-Line-Cinema-over-profits.html JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits]". ''The Telegraph'' 17 February 2008.</ref>

−	United Artists commissioned [[John Boorman]] to write a screenplay of ''The Lord of the Rings'' in [[1970]], but it was never produced.<ref>Janet Croft. [http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/three_rings_for_hollywood.htm Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for The Lord of the Rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref> In [[1976]] they sold most of their rights to Tolkien's work to [[Saul Zaentz\|Saul Zaentz Company]], who have licensed all subsequent authorized adaptations of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' through [[Middle-earth Enterprises]]. However United Artists retains the world distribution rights to film adaptations. These are currently exercised by their parent company MGM, who are under contract to co-finance the [[The Hobbit ~~films~~\|upcoming film adaptation of ''The Hobbit'']].	+	United Artists commissioned [[John Boorman]] to write a screenplay of ''The Lord of the Rings'' in [[1970]], but it was never produced.<ref>Janet Croft. [http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/three_rings_for_hollywood.htm Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for The Lord of the Rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref> In [[1976]] they sold most of their rights to Tolkien's work to [[Saul Zaentz\|Saul Zaentz Company]], who have licensed all subsequent authorized adaptations of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' through [[Middle-earth Enterprises]]. However United Artists retains the world distribution rights to film adaptations. These are currently exercised by their parent company MGM, who are under contract to co-finance the [[The Hobbit (film series)\|upcoming film adaptation of ''The Hobbit'']].

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	In [[1969]] UA purchased the film rights to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for just over £100 000.<ref name="Times1">"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article802113.ece Focus: Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the Rings to avoid taxman]". ''The Times'' 15 December 2002</ref> It is often repeated that Tolkien sold the rights for a 'pittance' in order to pay a tax bill,<ref name="Times1" /><ref>"[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-812509-details/Tolkien+sold+film+rights+for+%A310,000/article.do Tolkien sold film rights for £10,000]". ''This is London'' 7 December 2001.</ref> in fact the sum he was paid was approximately equivalent to £2.3 million in 2009 and in addition to it he retained a 7.5% royalty interest in any future adaptation (transmitted to the [[Tolkien Estate]] on his death).<ref>[http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref><ref>"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578442/JRR-Tolkien%27s-estate-to-sue-Lord-of-the-Rings-filmmakers-New-Line-Cinema-over-profits.html JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits]". ''The Telegraph'' 17 February 2008.</ref>		In [[1969]] UA purchased the film rights to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for just over £100 000.<ref name="Times1">"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article802113.ece Focus: Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the Rings to avoid taxman]". ''The Times'' 15 December 2002</ref> It is often repeated that Tolkien sold the rights for a 'pittance' in order to pay a tax bill,<ref name="Times1" /><ref>"[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-812509-details/Tolkien+sold+film+rights+for+%A310,000/article.do Tolkien sold film rights for £10,000]". ''This is London'' 7 December 2001.</ref> in fact the sum he was paid was approximately equivalent to £2.3 million in 2009 and in addition to it he retained a 7.5% royalty interest in any future adaptation (transmitted to the [[Tolkien Estate]] on his death).<ref>[http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref><ref>"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578442/JRR-Tolkien%27s-estate-to-sue-Lord-of-the-Rings-filmmakers-New-Line-Cinema-over-profits.html JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits]". ''The Telegraph'' 17 February 2008.</ref>

−	United Artists commissioned [[John Boorman]] to write a screenplay of ''The Lord of the Rings'' in [[1970]], but it was never produced.<ref>Janet Croft. [http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/three_rings_for_hollywood.htm Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for The Lord of the Rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref> In [[1976]] they sold most of their rights to Tolkien's work to [[Saul Zaentz\|Saul Zaentz Company]], who have licensed all subsequent authorized adaptations of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' through [[Middle-earth Enterprises]]. However United Artists retains the world distribution rights to film adaptations. These are currently exercised by their parent company MGM, who are under contract to co-finance the [[The Hobbit ~~(2012 film)~~\|upcoming film adaptation of ''The Hobbit'']].	+	United Artists commissioned [[John Boorman]] to write a screenplay of ''The Lord of the Rings'' in [[1970]], but it was never produced.<ref>Janet Croft. [http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/three_rings_for_hollywood.htm Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for The Lord of the Rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref> In [[1976]] they sold most of their rights to Tolkien's work to [[Saul Zaentz\|Saul Zaentz Company]], who have licensed all subsequent authorized adaptations of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' through [[Middle-earth Enterprises]]. However United Artists retains the world distribution rights to film adaptations. These are currently exercised by their parent company MGM, who are under contract to co-finance the [[The Hobbit films\|upcoming film adaptation of ''The Hobbit'']].

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−	'''United Artists''' is an American film studio ~~(now owned by [[MGM\|Metro-Goodwyn-Mayer]]) which purchased the film rights to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]''~~ and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in [[1969]]. There is an apocryphal story that Tolkien sold the film rights for £10,000<ref>''This is London'', "[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-812509-details/Tolkien+sold+film+rights+for+%A310,000/article.do Tolkien sold film rights for £10,000]", [[December 7\|7 December]] [[2001]]</ref> in order to pay a tax bill, but he, in fact, sold the film rights for over £100,000<ref>''The Telegraph'', "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578442/JRR-Tolkien%27s-estate-to-sue-Lord-of~~-the-Rings-filmmakers-New-Line-Cinema-over-profits.html JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits]",~~ [[~~February 17\|17 February~~]] [[2008]]</ref> (£104,602)<ref name="times">''The Times'', "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article802113.ece Focus: Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the Rings to avoid taxman]", [[December 15\|15 December]] [[2002]]</ref> in order to replenish his dwindling finances through the rest of his retirement.	+	'''United Artists''' is an American film studio and subsidiary of [[MGM]].

−	~~United Artists then sold most of~~ the film rights to [[~~Saul Zaentz~~]]~~. The company then distributed~~ [[~~Ralph Bakshi's~~ The Lord of the Rings]] to ~~theaters~~. ~~The company had originally planned~~ to ~~produce~~ [[~~John Boorman~~'s ~~The~~ Lord of the Rings]]. ~~United Artists still holds the distribution~~.	+	In [[1969]] UA purchased the film rights to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for just over £100 000.<ref name="Times1">"[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article802113.ece Focus: Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the Rings to avoid taxman]". ''The Times'' 15 December 2002</ref> It is often repeated that Tolkien sold the rights for a 'pittance' in order to pay a tax bill,<ref name="Times1" /><ref>"[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-812509-details/Tolkien+sold+film+rights+for+%A310,000/article.do Tolkien sold film rights for £10,000]". ''This is London'' 7 December 2001.</ref> in fact the sum he was paid was approximately equivalent to £2.3 million in 2009 and in addition to it he retained a 7.5% royalty interest in any future adaptation (transmitted to the [[Tolkien Estate]] on his death).<ref>[http://www.measuringworth.com/ukcompare/ Measuring Worth - Relative Value of UK Pounds]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref><ref>"[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578442/JRR-Tolkien%27s-estate-to-sue-Lord-of-the-Rings-filmmakers-New-Line-Cinema-over-profits.html JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits]". ''The Telegraph'' 17 February 2008.</ref>

		+	United Artists commissioned [[John Boorman]] to write a screenplay of ''The Lord of the Rings'' in [[1970]], but it was never produced.<ref>Janet Croft. [http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/three_rings_for_hollywood.htm Three Rings for Hollywood: Scripts for The Lord of the Rings by Zimmerman, Boorman, and Beagle]. Retrieved 2010-08-14.</ref> In [[1976]] they sold most of their rights to Tolkien's work to [[Saul Zaentz\|Saul Zaentz Company]], who have licensed all subsequent authorized adaptations of ''The Hobbit'' and ''The Lord of the Rings'' through [[Middle-earth Enterprises]]. However United Artists retains the world distribution rights to film adaptations. These are currently exercised by their parent company MGM, who are under contract to co-finance the [[The Hobbit (2012 film)\|upcoming film adaptation of ''The Hobbit'']].
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	==External links==		==External links==
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	* [http://www.unitedartists.com/ Official website]		* [http://www.unitedartists.com/ Official website]
−	~~==References==~~	+
−	~~<small><references/></small>~~	+
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−	'''United Artists''' (an MGM ~~company~~) purchased the rights to [[The Lord of the Rings]] and [[The Hobbit]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] ~~for~~ an ~~estimated $10~~,000. Tolkien ~~is said to have parted with the~~ rights ~~so he could~~ pay ~~off~~ a tax bill. United Artists then sold most of the film rights to [[Saul Zaentz]]. The company then distributed [[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]] to theaters. The company had originally planned to produce [[John Boorman's The Lord of the Rings]]. United Artists still holds the distribution.	+	'''United Artists''' is an American film studio (now owned by [[MGM\|Metro-Goodwyn-Mayer]]) which purchased the film rights to ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' and ''[[The Hobbit]]'' from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] in [[1969]]. There is an apocryphal story that Tolkien sold the film rights for £10,000<ref>''This is London'', "[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-812509-details/Tolkien+sold+film+rights+for+%A310,000/article.do Tolkien sold film rights for £10,000]", [[December 7\|7 December]] [[2001]]</ref> in order to pay a tax bill, but he, in fact, sold the film rights for over £100,000<ref>''The Telegraph'', "[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1578442/JRR-Tolkien%27s-estate-to-sue-Lord-of-the-Rings-filmmakers-New-Line-Cinema-over-profits.html JRR Tolkien's estate to sue Lord of the Rings filmmakers New Line Cinema over profits]", [[February 17\|17 February]] [[2008]]</ref> (£104,602)<ref name="times">''The Times'', "[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article802113.ece Focus: Tolkien sold film rights to Lord of the Rings to avoid taxman]", [[December 15\|15 December]] [[2002]]</ref> in order to replenish his dwindling finances through the rest of his retirement.
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		+	United Artists then sold most of the film rights to [[Saul Zaentz]]. The company then distributed [[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]] to theaters. The company had originally planned to produce [[John Boorman's The Lord of the Rings]]. United Artists still holds the distribution.

	==External links==		==External links==
	* [http://www.unitedartists.com/ Official website]		* [http://www.unitedartists.com/ Official website]
−		+	==References==
		+	<small><references/></small>
	[[Category:Companies]]		[[Category:Companies]]

Hyarion at 22:54, 16 August 2007

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'''United Artists''' (an MGM company) purchased the rights to [[The Lord of the Rings]] and [[The Hobbit]] from [[J.R.R. Tolkien]] for an estimated $10,000. Tolkien is said to have parted with the rights so he could pay off a tax bill. United Artists then sold most of the film rights to [[Saul Zaentz]]. The company then distributed [[Ralph Bakshi's The Lord of the Rings]] to theaters. The company had originally planned to produce [[John Boorman's The Lord of the Rings]]. United Artists still holds the distribution.

==External links==
* [http://www.unitedartists.com/ Official website]

[[Category:Companies]]