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The Carlton-era prints for A Matter of Life and Death and Oliver Twist (1948) retain the Rank Gongman so not all of Rank's films were modified by Carlton to remove the Rank Gongman and add their logo.
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imported>Lorcan Wooster m (The Carlton-era prints for A Matter of Life and Death and Oliver Twist (1948) retain the Rank Gongman so not all of Rank's films were modified by Carlton to remove the Rank Gongman and add their logo.) |
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'''Availability:''' Much more common than the General Film Distibutors Ltd. logo. | '''Availability:''' Much more common than the General Film Distibutors Ltd. logo. | ||
* When The Rank Organisation's film library was sold to [[Carlton Television (UK)|Carlton Television]] in 1997. Carlton originally deleted the logo from its prints (seeing as they have a nasty habit of removing/plastering logos), but now it is steadily reappearing on recently remastered TV prints and home video releases. Restoration and remastering of the Rank film archive continues under ITV Studios' ownership. | * When The Rank Organisation's film library was sold to [[Carlton Television (UK)|Carlton Television]] in 1997. Carlton originally deleted the logo from many of its prints (seeing as they have a nasty habit of removing/plastering logos), but now it is steadily reappearing on recently remastered TV prints and home video releases. Restoration and remastering of the Rank film archive continues under ITV Studios' ownership. | ||
* Among the films containing this logo are well-known classics such as ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | * Among the films containing this logo are well-known classics such as ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | ||
* The 1980s distribution variant can be seen on international prints of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and is retained on the 1999 VHS and 2000 DVD from [[Rhino Home Video]], alongside the 2000 UK VHS and DVD releases of the movie from [[Maverick Entertainment (UK)|Maverick Entertainment]] and the 4:3 print featured on the 2007 [[Metrodome Distribution (UK)|Metrodome Distribution]] DVD (Most later prints of the film, like the widescreen, remaster, do not have this, as they use North American prints of the film, which contains the 1986 [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] logo but retains the gong sounds). It is also seen on recent UK DVDs and TV airings of ''Weekend At Bernie's'', and ''Strictly Ballroom'' all after the current [[Granada Films (UK)|Granada]] logo (the latter also appears on the U.S [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] Blu-ray). | * The 1980s distribution variant can be seen on international prints of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and is retained on the 1999 VHS and 2000 DVD from [[Rhino Home Video]], alongside the 2000 UK VHS and DVD releases of the movie from [[Maverick Entertainment (UK)|Maverick Entertainment]] and the 4:3 print featured on the 2007 [[Metrodome Distribution (UK)|Metrodome Distribution]] DVD (Most later prints of the film, like the widescreen, remaster, do not have this, as they use North American prints of the film, which contains the 1986 [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] logo but retains the gong sounds). It is also seen on recent UK DVDs and TV airings of ''Weekend At Bernie's'', and ''Strictly Ballroom'' all after the current [[Granada Films (UK)|Granada]] logo (the latter also appears on the U.S [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] Blu-ray). | ||