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* Among the films containing this logo are well-known classics such as ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | * Among the films containing this logo are well-known classics such as ''Henry V'', ''Hamlet'', ''The Red Shoes'', ''Ladykillers'', and ''The Ipcress File''. | ||
* The logo was not seen at all on ''Bad Timing'', as Rank's management was appalled by the film's gruesome content, with one executive even going as far as to describe it as "a sick film made by sick people for sick people". | * The logo was not seen at all on ''Bad Timing'', as Rank's management was appalled by the film's gruesome content, with one executive even going as far as to describe it as "a sick film made by sick people for sick people". | ||
* The 1980s distribution variant can be seen on international prints of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and is also retained on the 1999 VHS and 2000 DVD, the 1987 VHS release by [[Video Gems (UK)|Video Gems]], releases from [[Rhino Home Video]], the alongside the 2000 UK VHS and DVD releases of the movie from Maverick Entertainment and the 4:3 print featured on the 2007 [[Metrodome Distribution]] DVD (Most later prints of the film, like the widescreen, remaster, do not have this, as they use North American prints of the film, which contains the 1986 [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] logo instead but still retains the gong sounds). | * The 1980s distribution variant can be seen on international prints of ''The Transformers: The Movie'' and is also retained on the 1999 VHS and 2000 DVD releases, the 1987 UK VHS release by [[Video Gems (UK)|Video Gems]], releases from [[Rhino Home Video]], the alongside the 2000 UK VHS and DVD releases of the movie from Maverick Entertainment and the 4:3 print featured on the 2007 [[Metrodome Distribution]] DVD release (Most later prints of the film, like the widescreen, remaster, do not have this, as they use North American prints of the film, which contains the 1986 [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] logo instead but still retains the gong sounds). | ||
* It is also seen on recent UK DVD releases and TV airings of ''Weekend At Bernie's'' (1989), and ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) all after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo (the latter also appears on the U.S [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] Blu-ray release). | * It is also seen on recent UK DVD releases and TV airings of ''Weekend At Bernie's'' (1989), and ''Strictly Ballroom'' (1992) all after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo (the latter also appears on the U.S [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] Blu-ray release). | ||
* The 1970s variant can be seen on UK TV prints and the Network DVD release of ''Short Circuit'' (again, after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo). | * The 1970s variant can be seen on UK TV prints and the Network DVD release of ''Short Circuit'' (again, after the 2004 [[Granada Films|Granada]] logo). | ||