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'''Gramercy Pictures''' was founded in May 1992 as a joint venture between [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[Universal Pictures]]. The name of the company is derived from its parent companies, though it could also be a reference to '''Gramercy''' Park in New York City. Gramercy served as PolyGram Filmed Entertainment's US theatrical distributor and as Universal's art-house division. The Seagram Company would sell half of the studio to PolyGram on January 11, 1996, thus Gramercy became fully owned by the latter. When Seagram (then parent owner of Universal) bought PolyGram, they acquired Gramercy, but sold it (along with [[October Films]]) to Barry Diller's USA Networks (which Seagram owned a partial stake in), who renamed the combined operations [[USA Films]] (now "[[Focus Features]]"). In May 2015, Focus Features revived Gramercy for genre films. However, after only six films and due to the box office failure of ''Ratchet & Clank'', the label was discontinued again a year later. The following year, Universal started up a similar label, [[OTL Releasing]]. | '''Gramercy Pictures''' was founded in May 1992 as a joint venture between [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[Universal Pictures]]. The name of the company is derived from its parent companies, though it could also be a reference to '''Gramercy''' Park in New York City. Gramercy served as PolyGram Filmed Entertainment's US theatrical distributor and as Universal's art-house division. The Seagram Company would sell half of the studio to PolyGram on January 11, 1996, thus Gramercy became fully owned by the latter. When Seagram (then parent owner of Universal) bought PolyGram, they acquired Gramercy, but sold it (along with [[October Films]]) to Barry Diller's USA Networks (which Seagram owned a partial stake in), who renamed the combined operations [[USA Films]] (now "[[Focus Features]]"). In May 2015, Focus Features revived Gramercy for genre films. However, after only six films and due to the box office failure of ''Ratchet & Clank'', the label was discontinued again a year later. The following year, Universal started up a similar label, [[OTL Releasing]]. | ||
=== | ===1st Logo (May 14, 1993-March 5, 1999)=== | ||
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* Sometimes, it had a dark and dramatic piano tune with an ominous synth. This was used on ''Dream Lover'', ''Spike Lee's Drop Squad'', ''Foreign Student'', ''I'm Not Rappaport'', and ''Double Dragon''. | * Sometimes, it had a dark and dramatic piano tune with an ominous synth. This was used on ''Dream Lover'', ''Spike Lee's Drop Squad'', ''Foreign Student'', ''I'm Not Rappaport'', and ''Double Dragon''. | ||
'''Availability:''' | '''Availability:''' Uncommon. | ||
* Appears on Gramercy films from the era, including ''Dazed and Confused'', ''Grace of My Heart'', ''Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'' (but not on the 1998 [[Image Entertainment]] DVD), ''Mallrats'', U.S. theatrical prints of ''Double Dragon'' (removed from most home media releases, including the MCA/Universal VHS, though it's also intact on Amazon Prime Video print; might also be on the recent Blu-Ray by MVD Visual), and ''Commandments'', among others. | * Appears on Gramercy films from the era, including ''Dazed and Confused'', ''Grace of My Heart'', ''Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie'' (but not on the 1998 [[Image Entertainment]] DVD), ''Mallrats'', U.S. theatrical prints of ''Double Dragon'' (removed from most home media releases, including the MCA/Universal VHS, though it's also intact on Amazon Prime Video print; might also be on the recent Blu-Ray by MVD Visual), and ''Commandments'', among others. | ||
* The Gramercy/PolyGram combo is preserved on [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] prints of ''Dream Lover'', ''Posse'', ''A Home of Our Own'', ''Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh'', ''Romeo Is Bleeding'', ''Canadian Bacon'', and ''Dead Man Walking''. | * The Gramercy/PolyGram combo is preserved on [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] prints of ''Dream Lover'', ''Posse'', ''A Home of Our Own'', ''Candyman 2: Farewell to the Flesh'', ''Romeo Is Bleeding'', ''Canadian Bacon'', and ''Dead Man Walking''. | ||
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* It does not appear on most PolyGram features released after September 12, 1997, as most releases use international prints which have the 1997 [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] logo. ''The Last Days of Disco'' is an exception, as earlier releases retain this and the [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] logo which follows. Current prints of said film, however, plaster the combo with the [[Focus Features]] logo. | * It does not appear on most PolyGram features released after September 12, 1997, as most releases use international prints which have the 1997 [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment|PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] logo. ''The Last Days of Disco'' is an exception, as earlier releases retain this and the [[Castle Rock Entertainment]] logo which follows. Current prints of said film, however, plaster the combo with the [[Focus Features]] logo. | ||
=== | ===2nd Logo (May 20, 2015-April 29, 2016)=== | ||
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