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'''Availability:''' It was seen on their limited output of this era such as ''Rockshow'' and ''The Secret Policeman's Other Ball'', among others. The English-language print of ''David the Gnome'' (aka ''The World of David the Gnome'') also had this logo when it aired on [[Nickelodeon|Nickelodeon]] and TLC in the U.S., Family Channel in Canada, and across several other English-speaking territories. However, it is not preserved on DVDs of the show, likely due to Miramax's rights to the show expiring, but it is intact on the U.S. Family Home Entertainment and UK Video Collection VHS releases.

'''Availability:''' It's found mainly on trailers for some Miramax features and films such as ''The Unbelievable Truth'', ''My Left Foot'' (VHS only) and ''Blue in the Face''. It also makes appearances on ''Clerks'' and the 2002 restoration of ''A Hard Day's Night'' (1964), and a surprise appearance at the start of ''Serendipity''.

'''Audio:''' A calm synth fanfare with a "new age" feel to it, which was composed by Jack Maeby. Some films have the opening theme of the film; otherwise, it is silent.

* On ''Pulp Fiction'', ''Trainspotting'', and the English Canadian VHS of ''Gordy'', the last two notes of the fanfare are cut off.

* 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 the [[Management Company Entertainment Group|M.C.E.G.]] logo instead, though with Miramax's jingle retained), among others.

* The version that fades out early can be seen on ''Il Postino'' (''The Postman'') and ''Everest''.

* This can be seen on ''The Crow: City of Angels'', but [[Dimension Films|Dimension]] distributed the film.  

* It can also be found on the U.S. [[Buena Vista Home Entertainment|Buena Vista]]/[[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lionsgate]] Blu-Rays of ''Sling Blade, Chasing Amy, Life is Beautiful'', the Alliance Blu-Ray releases of ''The English Patient, Good Will Hunting'', and the Echo Bridge Blu-Ray of ''Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood''. It's also intact on the 2002 ''Pulp Fiction'' Collector's Ediion DVD, as well as the recent Paramount 4K Blu-Ray.

* This also makes a surprise appearance on the US dub of ''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' instead of the next logo, and makes a very strange appearance on an Italian HDTV airing of ''The Brothers Grimm'' (instead of the international variant of the next logo).

* It is preserved on the 1995 Canadian Alliance Video VHS release of ''Gordy''.

'''Visuals:''' The screen zooms down a river, and pan up to see the skyline of Manhattan, New York, at sundown. As the sun sets, the lights in the building windows begin to turn on, just like in real life. As the screen zooms in closer to the buildings, several lights begin forming the company's print logo, simply in white (no glowy effects like last time). The city skyline fades to black as the logo forms, piece by piece, while zooming towards the center of the screen. The end result is similar to the 2nd logo.

* If you look hard enough, you may possibly see the World Trade Center. This was animated three years before the original World Trade Center was destroyed in the attacks of September 11, 2001. On recent films shot on digital, the right tower is removed and the left one is placed to the edge of the city skyline.

* There is a prototype variant of the "20TH ANNIVERSARY" logo where the top text is in {{color|orange}}, white or {{color|gold}}, depending on the film quality.

* Yet another variant of the "20TH ANNIVERSARY" version exists, where the text is smaller.

*There exists a 1.78:1 open-matte version where the landscape is zoomed out much farther back. This version is seen on the Miramax DVD release of ''Three Colors: Blue'', and on some films released between 2007 and 2008.

'''Audio:''' Usually silent, or the opening theme of the film. Some films have a pleasant orchestrated piece with a few instruments in the selection.

* Older HDTV airings and the UK StudioCanal Blu-ray of the English dub of ''Shaolin Soccer'' use the shortened theme from the next logo, possibly due to a botched plaster job.

'''Availability:''' Seen on releases from 1998 to 2008, and was the norm for plastering the previous logo, but is replaced with the next logo on most newer prints of Miramax's film library.  

* Despite plastering from the following logo, it can still be seen on US prints of ''The Talented Mr. Ripley'', ''There Will Be Blood'', and YouTube prints of ''The Aviator'' (2004) and ''Underclassman''.

* This might have appeared on some international prints of the 2002 French/Italian co-production, ''Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra'' (which includes Miramax's English dub), or the [[Buena Vista International]] logo, as [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] owned Miramax at the time. The previous logo appears on DVDs and TV airings of the films for unknown reasons.

* A prototype variant exists where there is added motion blur, there is a timelapse effect in the clouds, a boat is floating in the water, the buildings' lights turn off slower and the dark yellow sky at the end doesn't fade out. It's overall a much more detailed version of the logo.

'''Audio:''' Usually, a soft piano/string tune with coastal and city noises, which was composed by Brian Lapin, Leslie Shatz and Scott Warren. Sometimes, it is silent or has the opening theme of the movie.

* It also plasters older Miramax logos on recent prints of films. Strangely, it appears before the 1990 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo on ''Runaway Brain'' when it was a digital-exclusive extra on ''Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection''.

* It also appeared on a recent Cinemax broadcast of ''Tombstone'', a [[Hollywood Pictures]] film. Until [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment|Lionsgate]] and [[Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp.|Echo Bridge]] assumed the home media rights to the Miramax catalog, this was used as a de-facto home video logo.

'''Variant:''' There is a shorter version, which skips the first pan across the "R".

'''Audio:''' A somber four-note theme (composed by Eric Avery). Sometimes, the film's opening theme is heard instead.

* The beIN/ViacomCBS byline appeared on international prints of ''Operation Fortune: Ruse de Guerre'', preceding the [[STX Entertainment|STXfilms]] logo (American prints have the next logo). This is because the film was originally going to be released in 2022 but was delayed a year later.

* It was also seen on ''The Gentlemen'', ''Wrath of Man'' and the 4K remasters of ''Scream'' (1996), ''Scream 2'' and ''Pulp Fiction'' (all released in 4K in 2022)

* There exists a 2.39:1 scope version where the Hollywood sign is not shown.

* On the trailer for ''The Beekeeper'', this and the MGM logo before have bees buzzing around them.

'''Audio:''' A electronic synth theme with a piano. Sometimes, it is silent or has the opening theme of the movie.