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On April 8, 2005, a partnership of Comcast, Sony and several merchant banks bought United Artists and its parent, MGM, for a total of $ 4. 8 billion.

Though only a minority investor, Sony closed MGM's distribution system and folded most of their staff into their own studio, and the movies UA had completed and planned for release ( Capote, Art School Confidential, The Woods, and Romance and Cigarettes ) were reassigned to Sony Pictures Classics.