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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''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. | '''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. Its first release was ''Posse''. | ||
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 on December 10, 1998, they acquired Gramercy, but later sold it (along with [[October Films]] and [[Interscope Communications]]) 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 as a label for action, horror and sci-fi genre films. However, after only six films and due to the box office failure of the ''Ratchet & Clank'' movie, the label was discontinued again a year later. The following year, Universal started up a similar label, [[OTL Releasing]]. | 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 on December 10, 1998, they acquired Gramercy, but later sold it (along with [[October Films]] and [[Interscope Communications]]) 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 as a label for action, horror and sci-fi genre films. However, after only six films and due to the box office failure of the ''Ratchet & Clank'' movie, the label was discontinued again a year later. The following year, Universal started up a similar label, [[OTL Releasing]]. | ||
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* | * It debuted on ''Posse'', and 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 release), ''Mallrats'', U.S. theatrical prints of ''Double Dragon'' (removed from most home media releases, including the MCA/Universal VHS release, though it's also intact on Amazon Prime Video print; might also be on the current Blu-ray release by MVD Visual), and ''Commandments'', among others. | ||
* The Gramercy/PolyGram combo is also preserved on [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] prints of ''Dream Lover'', ''Posse'', ''A Home of Our Own'', ''Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh'' (including a September 1, 2023 UK airing thereof on Talking Pictures TV), ''Romeo Is Bleeding'', ''Canadian Bacon'', and ''Dead Man Walking''. | * The Gramercy/PolyGram combo is also preserved on [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] prints of ''Dream Lover'', ''Posse'', ''A Home of Our Own'', ''Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh'' (including a September 1, 2023 UK airing thereof on Talking Pictures TV), ''Romeo Is Bleeding'', ''Canadian Bacon'', and ''Dead Man Walking''. | ||
* In the case of PolyGram films, the print logo appears on VHS/DVD covers of some of their films. | * In the case of PolyGram films, the print logo appears on VHS/DVD covers of some of their films. | ||
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* It also later appeared on ''Self/Less'', ''Sinister 2'', ''The Forest'', ''London Has Fallen'' (though at least A&E's print removes the opening logo but preserves the closing variant), and ''Ratchet & Clank''. | * It also later appeared on ''Self/Less'', ''Sinister 2'', ''The Forest'', ''London Has Fallen'' (though at least A&E's print removes the opening logo but preserves the closing variant), and ''Ratchet & Clank''. | ||
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