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On March 29, 2005, the Weinstein brothers decided to leave both Disney and Miramax and took the Dimension label with them (a split which was consummated on September 30), and in October of that year, they founded another film company, [[The Weinstein Company]]. In January 2010, Disney shut down Miramax's New York and Los Angeles offices and consolidated all operations to Disney's native Burbank. The move resulted in 70 job losses and 10 were kept to keep running the label. Disney also cut releases each year from 6 to just 3. Former Disney Studio chairman Dick Cook wanted to keep Miramax but resigned, with his successor, Rich Ross, deciding on selling the studio. Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed this on a conference call when questioned about a possibility of selling Miramax. | On March 29, 2005, the Weinstein brothers decided to leave both Disney and Miramax and took the Dimension label with them (a split which was consummated on September 30), and in October of that year, they founded another film company, [[The Weinstein Company]]. In January 2010, Disney shut down Miramax's New York and Los Angeles offices and consolidated all operations to Disney's native Burbank. The move resulted in 70 job losses and 10 were kept to keep running the label. Disney also cut releases each year from 6 to just 3. Former Disney Studio chairman Dick Cook wanted to keep Miramax but resigned, with his successor, Rich Ross, deciding on selling the studio. Disney CEO Bob Iger confirmed this on a conference call when questioned about a possibility of selling Miramax. | ||
On December 3, 2010, Disney finalized the sale of Miramax to Filmyard Holdings, LLC, a joint venture between Colony Capital, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, and Qatar Investment Authority. On January 22, 2013, Ron Tutor sold his stake in Miramax to Qatar Investment Authority. On March 2, 2016, the studio was sold to | On December 3, 2010, Disney finalized the sale of Miramax to Filmyard Holdings, LLC, a joint venture between Colony Capital, Tutor-Saliba Corporation, and Qatar Investment Authority. On January 22, 2013, Ron Tutor sold his stake in Miramax to the Qatar Investment Authority. On March 2, 2016, the studio was sold to fellow Qatari company beIN Media Group, a spin-off of the Al-Jazeera Media Network's sports assets. From 2011 to 2019, [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]] handled the US home media distribution of the Miramax library, while European home media rights lied with [[StudioCanal (France)|StudioCanal]], and in Japan, home media distribution was handled by [[Warner Home Video]] from 2012 until 2017. Shortly after its remerger in December 2019, [[Paramount Global|ViacomCBS]] (now Paramount Global) acquired a 49% stake in Miramax, putting its film library under the ownership of [[Paramount Pictures]]. | ||
===1st Logo (November 1, 1980-November 28, 1987)=== | ===1st Logo (November 1, 1980-November 28, 1987)=== | ||
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'''FX/SFX:''' None. | '''FX/SFX:''' None. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the theme of the movie or trailer. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the movie or trailer. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. It's found mainly on trailers for some Miramax features and films such as ''The Unbelievable Truth'', ''My Left Foot'' (VHS only) and ''Blue in the Face''. It also makes appearances on ''Clerks'' and the 2002 restoration of ''A Hard Day's Night'' (1964), and a surprise appearance at the start of ''Serendipity''. | '''Availability:''' Rare. It's found mainly on trailers for some Miramax features and films such as ''The Unbelievable Truth'', ''My Left Foot'' (VHS only) and ''Blue in the Face''. It also makes appearances on ''Clerks'' and the 2002 restoration of ''A Hard Day's Night'' (1964), and a surprise appearance at the start of ''Serendipity''. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Used to be common, but due to chronic plastering with both 4th and 5th logos, now it is uncommon, bordering on rare. | '''Availability:''' Used to be common, but due to chronic plastering with both 4th and 5th logos, now it is uncommon, bordering on rare. | ||
* This first appeared on ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and made its last appearance at the end of ''Music of the Heart'' (which uses the next logo below at the beginning). | * This first appeared on ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and made its last appearance at the end of ''Music of the Heart'' (which uses the next logo below at the beginning). | ||
* The "presents" variant appears on the R1 DVDs of ''Strictly Ballroom'', ''Kolya'', the Live Entertainment releases of ''The Crying Game'', the VHS releases of ''The Grifters'' (but not on the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS, where it's skipped entirely), ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'', the Canadian VHS release of ''Prospero's Books'', and the Canadian Seville Pictures DVD of ''Breaking the Rules'' (VUDU prints use | * The "presents" variant appears on the R1 DVDs of ''Strictly Ballroom'', ''Kolya'', the Live Entertainment releases of ''The Crying Game'', the VHS releases of ''The Grifters'' (but not on the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS, where it's skipped entirely), ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'', the Canadian VHS release of ''Prospero's Books'', and the Canadian Seville Pictures DVD of ''Breaking the Rules'' (VUDU prints use the [[Morgan Creek Entertainment Group|Morgan Creek]] logo instead, though with Miramax's jingle retained, oddly), among others. | ||
* The version that fades out early can be seen on ''Il Postino'' (''The Postman'') and ''Everest''. | * The version that fades out early can be seen on ''Il Postino'' (''The Postman'') and ''Everest''. | ||
* Don't expect to see this logo on ''Bob Roberts'', despire the print logo appearing on posters and trailers, only the 1990 [[Paramount Pictures]] logo is used on-screen. | * Don't expect to see this logo on ''Bob Roberts'', despire the print logo appearing on posters and trailers, only the 1990 [[Paramount Pictures]] logo is used on-screen. | ||