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'''Audio Variant:''' The USSR version has an announcer dubbed in. | '''Audio Variant:''' The USSR version has an announcer dubbed in. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Sony is much better at keeping older theatrical logos on current releases of their films than [[Sony Pictures Television|their TV output]] (which is another story). In the early days of [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment|Columbia Pictures' video division]], however, this logo would be plastered by their home video logo (although the "Columbia Pictures" text alone would be seen for a split second, possibly due to poor editing). Otherwise, all later video releases, DVD and Blu-ray releases, and TV broadcasts retain this logo. | ||
* The first film to use this logo was ''Murder by Death'', while the last to use it was ''Happy Birthday to Me''. However, in international territories, it was used until at least 1982 as this appeared on ''Death Wish II'' (released domestically by [[Filmways Pictures]]). | * The first film to use this logo was ''Murder by Death'', while the last to use it was ''Happy Birthday to Me''. However, in international territories, it was used until at least 1982 as this appeared on ''Death Wish II'' (released domestically by [[Filmways Pictures]]). | ||
* On some airings of ''The Mirror Crack'd'' (the 1980 Angela Lansbury version), the logo is not shown at all, but is intact on most home media releases and uncut TV airings. However, it's plastered by [[StudioCanal|the black-and-white variant of the 2003 StudioCanal logo]] on most newer releases. | * On some airings of ''The Mirror Crack'd'' (the 1980 Angela Lansbury version), the logo is not shown at all, but is still intact on most home media releases and uncut TV airings. However, it's plastered by [[StudioCanal|the black-and-white variant of the 2003 StudioCanal logo]] on most newer releases. | ||
* The 1980 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] release of the [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC Entertainment]] film ''The Eagle Has Landed'', which Columbia distributed in the United States, also has this logo. | * The 1980 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] release of the [[ITC Entertainment Group|ITC Entertainment]] film ''The Eagle Has Landed'', which Columbia distributed in the United States, also has this logo. | ||
* It may have possibly seen on certain UK and international theatrical prints of ''The Savage Bees'', ''The Incredible Melting Man'', ''The Legacy'', and the first two ''Spider-Man'' films (from the 1977 film series) | * It may also have possibly been seen on certain UK and international theatrical prints of ''The Savage Bees'', ''The Incredible Melting Man'', ''The Legacy'', and the first two ''Spider-Man'' films (from the 1977 film series) | ||
* It also plasters the previous logo on ''Tommy'', and 1980s and early 1990s U.S. VHS prints of ''Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different''. | * It also plasters the previous logo on ''Tommy'', and 1980s and early 1990s U.S. VHS prints of ''Monty Python's And Now for Something Completely Different''. | ||
* It was also seen on some pre-release versions of ''Stripes'', before switching to the next logo for general release, as well as on home video releases. | * It was also seen on some pre-release versions of ''Stripes'', before switching to the next logo for general release, as well as on home video releases. | ||
* The 1988 [[GoodTimes Entertainment|Goodtimes Home Video]] release of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (as well as most other Columbia films distributed by Goodtimes on VHS during this period, such as the original 1977 ''Fun With Dick and Jane'') edits this out and goes straight to the opening credits, although other prints, such as the 2001 DVD and 30th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD and the 40th Anniversary 4KHD retain it (as do later reissues of said other Columbia films from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). | * The 1988 [[GoodTimes Entertainment|Goodtimes Home Video]] release of ''Close Encounters of the Third Kind'' (as well as most other Columbia films distributed by Goodtimes on VHS during this period, such as the original 1977 ''Fun With Dick and Jane'') edits this out and goes straight to the opening credits, although other prints, such as the 2001 DVD release and 30th Anniversary Blu-ray/DVD releases and the 40th Anniversary 4KHD release retain it (as do later reissues of said other Columbia films from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment). | ||
* Neither this nor the 1963 [[Universal Pictures]] logo appear on the Steven Spielberg movie ''1941'' (which Columbia co-released with Universal). | * Neither this nor the 1963 [[Universal Pictures]] logo appear on the Steven Spielberg movie ''1941'' (which Columbia co-released with Universal). | ||