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'''Logo:''' On a black background, an outline of the MGM-UA logo zooms out, leaving a smoky trail behind it. The trail and "MGM-UA" outline splits into three. The smoky trails get sucked into the logo, which stops in the top center of the screen. The "MGM-UA" logo is a metallic, [[GBH | '''Logo:''' On a black background, an outline of the MGM-UA logo zooms out, leaving a smoky trail behind it. The trail and "MGM-UA" outline splits into three. The smoky trails get sucked into the logo, which stops in the top center of the screen. The "MGM-UA" logo is a metallic, [[GBH|WGBH]]-like outline. Then, the letters in the words "MGM/UA COMMUNICATIONS CO.", in red, appear one by one below "MGM-UA". A {{color|red}} line starts in the center of the company name and splits into two, one line going toward the top of the screen, and one toward the bottom. The lines wipe the screen and bring forth either the MGM "Lion" or the UA "Swoosh". The MGM-UA logo zooms toward the viewer as this happens. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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*On trailers for films on MGM/UA Home Video VHS releases, the logo plays as normal, but the logo video zooms out and lands on a film cell and it slides away. Another film cell appears and the trailer begins. | *On trailers for films on MGM/UA Home Video VHS releases, the logo plays as normal, but the logo video zooms out and lands on a film cell and it slides away. Another film cell appears and the trailer begins. | ||
*Depending on the film quality, the silver may appear as light brown. | *Depending on the film quality, the silver may appear as light brown. | ||
*A 1.37:1 "academy" version of this logo exists on full-screen and UK VHS prints of films as well as a 2004 [[ITV1 | *A 1.37:1 "academy" version of this logo exists on full-screen and UK VHS prints of films as well as a 2004 [[ITV1|ITV1]] UK airing of ''Rain Man'' (1988). | ||
*On a 2004 ITV1 UK airing of ''Rain Man'' (1988), the "Subtitles" text fades in at the top right when the trail and "MGM-UA" outline starts split into three. The "Subtitles" text also fades out when one of the letters in the words "MGM/UA COMMUNICATIONS CO." starts to appear. | *On a 2004 ITV1 UK airing of ''Rain Man'' (1988), the "Subtitles" text fades in at the top right when the trail and "MGM-UA" outline starts split into three. The "Subtitles" text also fades out when one of the letters in the words "MGM/UA COMMUNICATIONS CO." starts to appear. | ||