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'''Availability:''' Found primarily on VHS, VCD and later Laserdisc releases. | '''Availability:''' Found primarily on VHS, VCD and later Laserdisc releases. | ||
* Such examples include the Special Edition Laserdisc of ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' | * Such examples include 1998-2005 MGM and United Artists releases like ''Bad Influence'', ''The Thomas Crown Affair'', ''Return to Me'', ''Legally Blonde'', ''Heartbreakers'', ''Jeepers Creepers'', the 2002 remake of ''Rollerball'', and all the James Bond films beginning with ''Tomorrow Never Dies'', as well as re-releases of earlier Bond films, including the Special Edition Laserdisc of ''The Spy Who Loved Me'' and the 2000 U.S. VHS release of ''Never Say Never Again'' (despite no MGM logo appearing on the packaging). | ||
* One of the first releases to use this logo was the 1998 U.S. VHS release of ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' (the demo VHS release used the 1990 [[Orion Home Video]] logo). | * One of the first releases to use this logo was the 1998 U.S. VHS release of ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'' (the demo VHS release used the 1990 [[Orion Home Video]] logo). | ||
* This logo also makes a strange appearance on TV spots for the 2001 U.S. DVD release of ''Platoon''. | * This logo also makes a strange appearance on TV spots for the 2001 U.S. DVD release of ''Platoon''. | ||
* It | * It doesn't appear on the 1998 [[THX]] remastered Laserdisc release of ''Singin' in the Rain'', despite showing the print logo on the cover. | ||
* MGM's sale to a Sony-led consortium put an end to this logo in the United States in 2005, with some of the last uses of this logo, like the 3rd logo, being the 2005 U.S. VHS releases of ''Be Cool'', ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', ''Hotel Rwanda'', and ''Beauty Shop'', respectively. | * MGM's sale to a Sony-led consortium put an end to this logo in the United States in 2005, with some of the last uses of this logo, like the 3rd logo, being the 2005 U.S. VHS releases of ''Be Cool'', ''The Ballad of Jack and Rose'', ''Hotel Rwanda'', and ''Beauty Shop'', respectively. | ||
* VCD releases released in Asia continued to use this | * VCD releases released in Asia continued to use this until 2009, with the home video release of ''Valkyrie'' (2008). | ||
* It also appears on the 1999 UK VHS re-release of ''The Beatles: Yellow Submarine'' (1968) before the 1994 [[United Artists]] logo with the MGM byline. | * It also appears on the 1999 UK VHS re-release of ''The Beatles: Yellow Submarine'' (1968) before the 1994 [[United Artists]] logo with the MGM byline. | ||
* It also appears on the packaging of the UK 2001 VHS re-release of ''Spaceballs'' (1987), however, the actual tape has the 1993 [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] logo instead. | * It also appears on the packaging of the UK 2001 VHS re-release of ''Spaceballs'' (1987), however, the actual tape has the 1993 [[MGM/UA Home Entertainment|MGM/UA Home Video]] logo instead. | ||