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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Bob and Harvey '''Weinstein''' founded '''The Weinstein Company''' in 2005 after leaving [[Miramax Films]] that same year. After the departure, the Weinsteins retained ownership of [[Dimension Films]]. From April 7, 2006 to November 7, 2008, most of their films were primarily distributed and marketed by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], after which they intermittently distributed alone or produced with other studios. On October 5, 2017, ''The New York Times'' published an editorial stating that over 60 women in the media industry have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, including the use of "casting couch" practices, with rumors spanning as far back as 19 years.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html</ref> Not long after, Weinstein was dismissed from the company. The allegations, Weinstein's dismissal, poor performance of their then-recent films, and major backlash in the media eventually led to the company declaring bankruptcy | Bob and Harvey '''Weinstein''' founded '''The Weinstein Company''' in 2005 after leaving [[Miramax Films]] that same year. After the departure, the Weinsteins retained ownership of [[Dimension Films]]. From April 7, 2006 to November 7, 2008, most of their films were primarily distributed and marketed by [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], after which they intermittently distributed alone or produced with other studios. | ||
On October 5, 2017, ''The New York Times'' published an editorial stating that over 60 women in the media industry have accused Harvey Weinstein of sexual harassment, including the use of "casting couch" practices, with rumors spanning as far back as 19 years.<ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/05/us/harvey-weinstein-harassment-allegations.html</ref> Not long after, Weinstein was dismissed from the company. The allegations, Weinstein's dismissal, poor performance of their then-recent films, and major backlash in the media eventually led to the company declaring bankruptcy. Weinstein subsequently pled guilty and was sentenced to 23 years in prison. | |||
In May 2018, Lantern Capital won the studio's bankruptcy auction, and on July 16, they absorbed TWC's 277-film library into a new production and distribution company called [[Lantern Entertainment]], with the rights to a majority of their films later being sold to [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]. Later that year, TWC's library was transferred to [[Spyglass Media Group]], which Lantern Entertainment has a majority stake in. | |||
===(November 11, 2005-September 1, 2017)=== | ===(November 11, 2005-September 1, 2017)=== | ||
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TWC 1.jpg | TWC 1.jpg | ||
TWC 2.jpg|Closing variant | TWC 2.jpg|Closing variant | ||
TWC 3.png|"TWC" variant | TWC 3.png|"TWC" variant | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "Spotlights on Opening Night" | |||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see two spotlights morph to form three lights from one light above, forming an abstract "W". While that happens, the text "{{color|silver|T<small>HE</small> W<small>EINSTEIN</small> C<small>OMPANY</small>}}" (in the Engravers Gothic font) fades in at the bottom of the three lights. Afterwards, the lights disappear one at a time with the company name fading last. | '''Logo:''' On a black background, we see two spotlights morph to form three lights from one light above, forming an abstract "W". While that happens, the text "{{color|silver|T<small>HE</small> W<small>EINSTEIN</small> C<small>OMPANY</small>}}" (in the Engravers Gothic font) fades in at the bottom of the three lights. Afterwards, the lights disappear one at a time with the company name fading last. | ||
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*This did not appear on ''Space Chimps'', as that uses an in-credit notice and it was distributed by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] in the US instead. | *This did not appear on ''Space Chimps'', as that uses an in-credit notice and it was distributed by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] in the US instead. | ||
*This plasters the final 20th Century Fox logo on the US release of ''The Iron Lady'' (2011), as Fox distributed the film in the UK. | *This plasters the final 20th Century Fox logo on the US release of ''The Iron Lady'' (2011), as Fox distributed the film in the UK. | ||
*It also appears on their DVD reissues of a couple of | *It also appears on their DVD reissues of a couple of Miramax films, such as ''Cinema Paradiso'' and ''The Thief and the Cobbler'', preceding the Miramax Films and [[Miramax Family Films]] logos, respectively. | ||
*It also appeared on the US release of ''Leo the Lion''. | *It also appeared on the US release of ''Leo the Lion''. | ||
*Following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the company stopped releasing movies, and this logo has since been retired due to the company's bankruptcy and to distance the films from the scandal. Current prints have slowly begun plastering this logo over with the 2013 Lionsgate logo for films they currently distribute, though for the most part it's usually preceded by Lantern's logo. Some Lionsgate owned Weinstein Company films, such as ''The Young and the Prodigious T.S. Spivet'' and ''Trick or Treaters'', still have this logo intact. | *Following the Harvey Weinstein scandal, the company stopped releasing movies, and this logo has since been retired due to the company's bankruptcy and to distance the films from the scandal. Current prints have slowly begun plastering this logo over with the 2013 Lionsgate logo for films they currently distribute, though for the most part it's usually preceded by Lantern's logo. Some Lionsgate owned Weinstein Company films, such as ''The Young and the Prodigious T.S. Spivet'' and ''Trick or Treaters'', still have this logo intact. | ||