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'''Availability:''' Can be found on movies such as ''Chisum'', ''Dirty Harry'', ''The Omega Man'', ''The Cowboys'', ''Billy Jack'', and ''THX-1138'', as well as the Criterion Collection Blu-ray of ''Death in Venice'' (where it was previously plastered by the 11th logo). | '''Availability:''' Can be found on movies such as ''Chisum'', ''Dirty Harry'', ''The Omega Man'', ''The Cowboys'', ''Billy Jack'', and ''THX-1138'', as well as the Criterion Collection Blu-ray of ''Death in Venice'' (where it was previously plastered by the 11th logo). | ||
* This logo made its first appearance on ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' and made its final appearance on ''Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues''. ''What's Up, Doc?'', the next film WB released, instead uses the classic WB shield as an in-credit logo, and would be the first film to use the Warner Communications byline. | * This logo made its first appearance on ''Start the Revolution Without Me'' and made its final appearance on ''Dealing: Or the Berkeley-to-Boston Forty-Brick Lost-Bag Blues''. ''What's Up, Doc?'', the next film WB released, instead uses the classic WB shield as an in-credit logo, and would be the first film to use the Warner Communications byline. | ||
* As we all know, Warner was incredibly shoddy with logo preservation until | * As we all know, Warner was incredibly shoddy with logo preservation until then. AMC and TCM showings of Warner movies '''may''' include this logo, but one of its more current counterparts, most likely the Warner Communications and Time Warner (not Time Warner Entertainment) variations, may appear instead. | ||
* This logo is removed on the 2007 DVD/Blu-ray release of ''A Clockwork Orange'', but is preserved on the 2000 DVD release. It appears that the reason why this logo was plastered so often is because Kinney still existed as a company at the time, having spun off Warner Communications following a parking scandal, similar to what happened with United Artists and its Transamerica logos. | * This logo is removed on the 2007 DVD/Blu-ray release of ''A Clockwork Orange'', but is preserved on the 2000 DVD release. It appears that the reason why this logo was plastered so often is because Kinney still existed as a company at the time, having spun off Warner Communications following a parking scandal, similar to what happened with United Artists and its Transamerica logos. | ||
* The cheaper German shield version was found on an ARD airing of ''There Was A Crooked Man...'' from August 28, 1982. | * The cheaper German shield version was found on an ARD airing of ''There Was A Crooked Man...'' from August 28, 1982. | ||
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* This may or may not appear on Italian prints of [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]-distributed films. | * This may or may not appear on Italian prints of [[Sony Pictures Releasing]]-distributed films. | ||
** However, this notably appears on Italian prints of ''Call Me by Your Name'' (2017), preceding the [[Sony Pictures Classics]] logo. | ** However, this notably appears on Italian prints of ''Call Me by Your Name'' (2017), preceding the [[Sony Pictures Classics]] logo. | ||
* The closing variant of the 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures logo also | * The closing variant of the 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures logo also appeared at the end of a December 23, 2022 affiliate KNBC airing of ''How the Grinch Stole Christmas!'' (1966), plastering the 1960 [[MGM Television]] logo. | ||
* The closing variant of the 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures logo also appeared at the end of the December 24, 2018 and December 31, 2022 UK airings of ''Escape to Victory'' (1981) on ITV4 and Channel 5, respectively. | * The closing variant of the 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures logo also appeared at the end of the December 24, 2018 and December 31, 2022 UK airings of ''Escape to Victory'' (1981) on ITV4 and Channel 5, respectively. | ||
* The closing variant of the 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures logo also appears at the end of the Warner Archive Collection 2017 Blu-ray release of ''Doc Hollywood'' (1991). | * The closing variant of the 2003 Warner Bros. Pictures logo also appears at the end of the Warner Archive Collection 2017 Blu-ray release of ''Doc Hollywood'' (1991). | ||