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* The 3D version appears on the company's Golden Age 3D features, including ''Man in the Dark'', ''Miss Sadie Thompson'', and ''The Mad Magician''. | * The 3D version appears on the company's Golden Age 3D features, including ''Man in the Dark'', ''Miss Sadie Thompson'', and ''The Mad Magician''. | ||
* The ''Three Stooges'' shorts that include the "Short Subject" variants will likely be retained, being followed by the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo. | * The ''Three Stooges'' shorts that include the "Short Subject" variants will likely be retained, being followed by the [[Sony Pictures Television]] logo. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' It's held up remarkably over the 40 years it's been used. It also served as the basis for the 1955 [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems Television]] logo. Even though its not plastered, it's often followed by the Sony Pictures Television logo. | '''Editor's Note:''' It's held up remarkably over the 40 years it's been used. It also served as the basis for the 1955 [[Screen Gems Television|Screen Gems Television]] logo. Even though its not plastered, it's often followed by the Sony Pictures Television logo. | ||
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* Starting with the release of ''The Craft'' on May 3, 1996, "{{color|#FFA500|'''a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company'''}}" appears on the bottom, being slightly off-center. However, some post-1996 films such as ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Wild Things'', ''Dance with Me'', and John Carpenter's ''Vampires'' may have this logo without the byline, while trailers and TV spots continued to use the bylineless version of the logo until 1999 for unknown reasons. The last film to use this byline was ''Captain Phillips'', released on October 11, 2013. | * Starting with the release of ''The Craft'' on May 3, 1996, "{{color|#FFA500|'''a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company'''}}" appears on the bottom, being slightly off-center. However, some post-1996 films such as ''I Know What You Did Last Summer'', ''Wild Things'', ''Dance with Me'', and John Carpenter's ''Vampires'' may have this logo without the byline, while trailers and TV spots continued to use the bylineless version of the logo until 1999 for unknown reasons. The last film to use this byline was ''Captain Phillips'', released on October 11, 2013. | ||
* A prototype version of the SPE byline was used on ''The Juror'', released on February 2, 1996. The byline is chyroned in cheaply and is a lot bigger and wider than the proportion of the "COLUMBIA" name and the pedestal. | * A prototype version of the SPE byline was used on ''The Juror'', released on February 2, 1996. The byline is chyroned in cheaply and is a lot bigger and wider than the proportion of the "COLUMBIA" name and the pedestal. | ||
* In late 2013, the byline was shortened to "{{color|#FFA500|'''a Sony Company'''}}", with the {{color|orange}}-{{color|yellow}} color of the previous byline changed to a {{color|brown|bronze}} and is properly centered. This | * In late 2013, the byline was shortened to "{{color|#FFA500|'''a Sony Company'''}}", with the {{color|orange}}-{{color|yellow}} color of the previous byline changed to a {{color|brown|bronze}} and is properly centered. This byline debuted on ''American Hustle'' (US prints only and only appears at the end, the film itself uses the 1976 logo), US prints of ''The Monuments Men'', and the official trailers for ''The Amazing Spider-Man 2'' and ''22 Jump Street''. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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* Some newer prints of 1993-1998 films may have their original 1993-98 fanfares (whether common or alternate) reverse plastered with a later 1998 one (whether common or alternate, as well). Examples of this are Blu-ray prints of ''Last Action Hero'' (though digital prints keep the original fanfare), Netflix's print of ''In the Line of Fire'' (which also includes both films' 2021 UHD releases), and later releases of ''Desperado''. | * Some newer prints of 1993-1998 films may have their original 1993-98 fanfares (whether common or alternate) reverse plastered with a later 1998 one (whether common or alternate, as well). Examples of this are Blu-ray prints of ''Last Action Hero'' (though digital prints keep the original fanfare), Netflix's print of ''In the Line of Fire'' (which also includes both films' 2021 UHD releases), and later releases of ''Desperado''. | ||
'''Availability:''' Current | '''Availability:''' Current. It has been placed in front of most Columbia films for nearly 30 years. | ||
* The first film to use this logo was ''Last Action Hero'' (although the teaser trailer, a scene from the film itself and the TV spot had the previous logo). | * The first film to use this logo was ''Last Action Hero'' (although the teaser trailer, a scene from the film itself and the TV spot had the previous logo). | ||
* This logo was also seen at the beginning of ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game''. | * This logo was also seen at the beginning of ''Ghostbusters: The Video Game''. | ||
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* This logo appears on international trailers for ''The Punisher'' and ''Suspect Zero''; however, the two films use the 5th [[Sony Pictures Releasing International|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International]] logo instead. | * This logo appears on international trailers for ''The Punisher'' and ''Suspect Zero''; however, the two films use the 5th [[Sony Pictures Releasing International|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International]] logo instead. | ||
* It was also seen at the start of international prints of ''Rollerball'' (2002) and ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' and it was spotted in the Brazilian film ''Didi Quer Ser Criança'', with the latter using a silent version. | * It was also seen at the start of international prints of ''Rollerball'' (2002) and ''Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines'' and it was spotted in the Brazilian film ''Didi Quer Ser Criança'', with the latter using a silent version. | ||
* This logo isn't seen on the opening of ''The Star'', ''Hotel Transylvania 3'' (the first 2 and the 4th films have it), ''The Angry Birds Movie 2'' (the first film has it) and ''Wish Dragon'', all of them from Sony Pictures Animation, despite appearing on said films promotional materials, but the "Released by" closing logo appears at the end for said films. This is most likely due to ''The Emoji Movie'' | * This logo isn't seen on the opening of ''The Star'', ''Hotel Transylvania 3'' (the first 2 and the 4th films have it), ''The Angry Birds Movie 2'' (the first film has it) and ''Wish Dragon'', all of them being films from Sony Pictures Animation, despite appearing on said films promotional materials, but the "Released by" closing logo appears at the end for said films. This is most likely due to the poor receptions of ''The Emoji Movie''. It also isn't seen at the end of ''Vivo'' nor ''Hotel Transylvania: Transformania'', and the former and ''The Mitchells vs. The Machines'' both used custom variants of this at the beginning. | ||
* A portion of this logo appears about halfway through ''The King''. | * A portion of this logo appears about halfway through ''The King''. | ||