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'''Nicknames:''' "The M", "The Big M", "Flashing M", "The Miramax M", "The Blue M" | '''Nicknames:''' "The M", "The Big M", "Flashing M", "The Miramax M", "The Blue M" | ||
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*For a number of years until Disney acquired the company, the word "presents", in script, would appear under the logo | *For a number of years until Disney acquired the company, the word "presents", in script, would appear under the logo. | ||
*On some films, such as ''Wings of the Dove'', the "FILMS" text is omitted. | *On some films, such as ''Wings of the Dove'', the "FILMS" text is omitted. | ||
*On some widescreen versions of the logo, the top and bottom edges of the "Big M" touch the black borders, or are cut off. | *On some widescreen versions of the logo, the top and bottom edges of the "Big M" touch the black borders, or are cut off. | ||
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*On films such as ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'', the double pitched music from the "Family Films" variant is heard. | *On films such as ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood'', the double pitched music from the "Family Films" variant is heard. | ||
'''Availability:''' Used to be common, but due to chronic plastering with both 4th and 5th logos, now it | '''Availability:''' Used to be common, but due to chronic plastering with both 4th and 5th logos, now it is uncommon, bordering on rare. | ||
*Examples with this are recent releases of ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Sling Blade''. This logo first appeared on ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and made its last appearance at the end of ''Music of the Heart'' (which uses the next logo below at the beginning). | *Examples with this are recent releases of ''Pulp Fiction'' and ''Sling Blade''. This logo first appeared on ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and made its last appearance at the end of ''Music of the Heart'' (which uses the next logo below at the beginning). | ||
*The "presents" variant appears on the R1 DVDs of ''Strictly Ballroom'', ''Kolya'', the Live Entertainment releases of ''The Crying Game'', the VHS releases of ''The Grifters'' (but not on the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS, where it's skipped entirely), ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'', the Canadian VHS release of ''Prospero's Books'', and the Canadian Seville Pictures DVD of ''Breaking the Rules'' (VUDU prints use MCEG instead, though with Miramax's jingle retained, oddly), among others. | *The "presents" variant appears on the R1 DVDs of ''Strictly Ballroom'', ''Kolya'', the Live Entertainment releases of ''The Crying Game'', the VHS releases of ''The Grifters'' (but not on the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS, where it's skipped entirely), ''Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!'', the Canadian VHS release of ''Prospero's Books'', and the Canadian Seville Pictures DVD of ''Breaking the Rules'' (VUDU prints use MCEG instead, though with Miramax's jingle retained, oddly), among others. | ||
* The version that fades out early can be seen on ''Il Postino'' (''The Postman'') and ''Everest''. | * The version that fades out early can be seen on ''Il Postino'' (''The Postman'') and ''Everest''. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Buildings", "Lights/Lites in the Big City", "Manhattan Skyline", "The City", "Miramax Skyline" | '''Nicknames:''' "The Buildings", "Lights/Lites in the Big City", "Manhattan Skyline", "The City", "Miramax Skyline" | ||
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*This logo first appeared on ''Shakespeare in Love'', and made its final theatrical appearance on ''The Boy in the Striped Pajamas''. ''Gangs of New York'' (2002) does not have this logo at all. | *This logo first appeared on ''Shakespeare in Love'', and made its final theatrical appearance on ''The Boy in the Striped Pajamas''. ''Gangs of New York'' (2002) does not have this logo at all. | ||
* In an interesting occurrence, when ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' airs on Starz/Encore, the standard-definition version retains this logo, but the high-definition showing features the next logo below instead. | * In an interesting occurrence, when ''Confessions of a Dangerous Mind'' airs on Starz/Encore, the standard-definition version retains this logo, but the high-definition showing features the next logo below instead. | ||
*Despite plastering from the following logo, it can still be seen on US prints of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', ''There Will Be Blood'', and a YouTube Movies print of ''The Aviator'' (2004) and ''Underclassman''. | *Despite plastering from the following logo, it can still be seen on US prints of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', ''There Will Be Blood'', and a YouTube Movies print of ''The Aviator'' (2004) and ''Underclassman''. | ||