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'''PolyGram Pictures''' was formed in 1979 by producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber. It was the launched as the film division of the PolyGram Records label. [[Universal Pictures]] would handle U.S. distribution for a majority of their films (with the exceptions of ''Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing'', ''Split Image'' and ''Flashdance'' which were distributed by [[United Artists]], [[Orion Pictures]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] respectively) while [[Producers Sales Organization]] would handle distribution outside the US. In 1982, Peters and Guber left PolyGram to form [[The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company|The Guber-Peters Company]] which would lead to the deactivation of PolyGram Pictures a year later in 1983. Two years later in 1985, MCA Home Video sold the video rights to the PolyGram Pictures library to [[Vestron Video]] as a way of cutting losses due to most of these films losing money at the box office. However, the home video rights to ''Deadly Blessing'' would go to [[Embassy Home Entertainment]] while the rights to ''Flashdance'' would remain with [[Paramount Home Media Distribution|Paramount]]. Universal would eventually regain the distribution rights to some of the PolyGram films they distributed, which included ''Endless Love'', ''An American Werewolf in London'' and ''Missing'', among others. [[Lionsgate Film|Lionsgate]] holds streaming and TV rights to the PolyGram Pictures-era films (except ''Flashdance'') such as ''The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'', ''King of the Mountain'' and ''Six Weeks'', under license from [[Hearst Entertainment]], which previously had the TV rights to these films via King Features, Lionsgate eventually gained the TV/streaming rights to Hearst's library in 2015. | '''PolyGram Pictures''' was formed in 1979 by producers Jon Peters and Peter Guber. It was the launched as the film division of the PolyGram Records label. [[Universal Pictures]] would handle U.S. distribution for a majority of their films (with the exceptions of ''Wes Craven's Deadly Blessing'', ''Split Image'' and ''Flashdance'' which were distributed by [[United Artists]], [[Orion Pictures]] and [[Paramount Pictures]] respectively) while [[Producers Sales Organization]] would handle distribution outside the US. In 1982, Peters and Guber left PolyGram to form [[The Guber-Peters Entertainment Company|The Guber-Peters Company]] which would lead to the deactivation of PolyGram Pictures a year later in 1983. Two years later in 1985, MCA Home Video sold the video rights to the PolyGram Pictures library to [[Vestron Video]] as a way of cutting losses due to most of these films losing money at the box office. However, the home video rights to ''Deadly Blessing'' would go to [[Embassy Home Entertainment]] while the rights to ''Flashdance'' would remain with [[Paramount Home Media Distribution|Paramount]]. Universal would eventually regain the distribution rights to some of the PolyGram films they distributed, which included ''Endless Love'', ''An American Werewolf in London'' and ''Missing'', among others. [[Lionsgate Film|Lionsgate]] holds streaming and TV rights to the PolyGram Pictures-era films (except ''Flashdance'') such as ''The Pursuit of D.B. Cooper'', ''King of the Mountain'' and ''Six Weeks'', under license from [[Hearst Entertainment]], which previously had the TV rights to these films via King Features, Lionsgate eventually gained the TV/streaming rights to Hearst's library in 2015. | ||
===1st Logo (April 4, 1981-April 14, 1982)=== | ===1st Logo (May 18, 1980)=== | ||
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'''Logo:''' We see the text "PolyGram Pictures" in {{Font color|gold|gold}}. There are {{Font color|red|red}} stars lined up underneath the name. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Unknown, as the recording this comes from cuts most of the logo off, meaning we only get to see the very end portion of the logo. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' The closing theme of the movie. | |||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Was seen on the 1980 ABC TV movie ''Mysteries of the Sea'', which is very hard to come by as it seems to not have been reran in years and the recording that's available may be from the only airing the film had. | |||
'''Editor's Note:''' A very rare PolyGram logo that predates the 2nd one and was only uncovered very recently. It also looks to be the inspiration for the 1982-1991 [[PolyGram Video (UK)|PolyGram Video]] logo. | |||
===2nd Logo (April 4, 1981-April 14, 1982)=== | |||
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'''Availability:''' Appears on ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Endless Love'', ''King of the Mountain'' and ''Deadly Blessing'' (preceded by the 1976 United Artists Pictures logo). It can be seen on the 2013 Shout! Factory DVD and Blu-Ray release of the latter. Don't expect to see this on ''Flashdance'' (which PolyGram co-produced with Paramount Pictures). | '''Availability:''' Appears on ''An American Werewolf in London'', ''Endless Love'', ''King of the Mountain'' and ''Deadly Blessing'' (preceded by the 1976 United Artists Pictures logo). It can be seen on the 2013 Shout! Factory DVD and Blu-Ray release of the latter. Don't expect to see this on ''Flashdance'' (which PolyGram co-produced with Paramount Pictures). | ||
=== | ===3rd Logo (November 13, 1981)=== | ||
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