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* This was used for only three years, and later home media releases as well as most television airings of films that originally used this logo have it plastered by the 1997 Universal logo | * This was used for only three years, and later home media releases as well as most television airings of films that originally used this logo have it plastered by the 1997 Universal logo (due to the aforementioned UMG transfer). | ||
* Theatrically, the "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant was seen outside of the US, while the "FILMS" variant appeared on PFE's "tentpole" features in the US, including ''The Game'', ''The Borrowers'', ''Barney's Great Adventure'', ''What Dreams May Come'', ''Very Bad Things'', ''Return to Paradise'', and ''The Proposition''. | * Theatrically, the "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant was seen outside of the US, while the "FILMS" variant appeared on PFE's "tentpole" features in the US, including ''The Game'', ''The Borrowers'', ''Barney's Great Adventure'', ''What Dreams May Come'', ''Very Bad Things'', ''Return to Paradise'', and ''The Proposition'', among others. | ||
* PFE's other films would use the Gramercy Pictures logo in the US instead. | * PFE's other films would use the Gramercy Pictures logo in the US instead. | ||
* It can be found on [[PolyGram Video]] VHS and DVD releases of films such as ''Barney's Great Adventure'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''Elizabeth'', ''Clay Pigeons'', ''The Borrowers'', and ''Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels'', among others. | * It can be found on [[PolyGram Video]] VHS and DVD releases of films such as ''Barney's Great Adventure'', ''The Big Lebowski'', ''Elizabeth'', ''Clay Pigeons'', ''The Borrowers'', and ''Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels'', among others. | ||
* The prototype version with "FILMS" can be seen on ''The Game'' (where the logo debuted) (even on current prints after the 1997 Universal logo), a teaser trailer and a TV spot for ''The Borrowers'' and a trailer for ''Barney's Great Adventure'' which can be found on the [[Lyrick Studios]] VHS releases of ''Barney: It's Time For Counting'' and ''Barney In Outer Space,'' including the screener version of the latter. | * The prototype version with "FILMS" can be seen on ''The Game'' (where the logo debuted) (even on current prints after the 1997 Universal logo), a teaser trailer and a TV spot for ''The Borrowers'' and a trailer for ''Barney's Great Adventure'' which can be found on the [[Lyrick Studios]] VHS releases of ''Barney: It's Time For Counting'' and ''Barney In Outer Space,'' including the screener version of the latter. | ||
* The "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant of the prototype version can be seen on ''Dead Letter Office'', the United Kingdom trailer for ''The Game'', the theatrical trailer for ''The Borrowers'' and also makes a surprise appearance on an early teaser trailer for ''The Green Mile.'' | * The "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant of the prototype version can also be seen on ''Dead Letter Office'', the United Kingdom trailer for ''The Game'', the theatrical trailer for ''The Borrowers'' and also makes a surprise appearance on an early teaser trailer for ''The Green Mile.'' | ||
* When [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]] reissued PolyGram Video/[[USA Home Entertainment]] DVD releases from 2002 to 2004, they re-released the PolyGram manufactured discs in their original packaging, but edited out almost all references to said company on the cases (however, it would be likely that films from this time frame released in this method would preserve this logo) - one such release was a 2003 reprint of ''The Big Lebowski'' under Universal. | * When [[Universal Studios Home Entertainment]] reissued PolyGram Video/[[USA Home Entertainment]] DVD releases from 2002 to 2004, they re-released the PolyGram manufactured discs in their original packaging, but edited out almost all references to said company on the cases (however, it would be likely that films from this time frame released in this method would preserve this logo) - one such release was a 2003 reprint of ''The Big Lebowski'' under Universal. | ||
* Also found intact on a 2008 Showtime airing of ''The Hi-Lo Country'', as well as a Hulu print of ''Your Friends & Neighbors''. | * Also found intact on a 2008 Showtime airing of ''The Hi-Lo Country'', as well as a Hulu print of ''Your Friends & Neighbors''. | ||
* The "FILMS" variant was seen on theatrical prints of ''The Borrowers'' and on a TMC on Demand print of ''What Dreams May Come'' (the VHS and original | * The "FILMS" variant was also seen on theatrical prints of ''The Borrowers'' and on a TMC on Demand print of ''What Dreams May Come'' (the VHS and original DVD releases of both films used the "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant). | ||
* One of few films, if not the only one, to retain this on all current prints is ''Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie'', where it's sometimes preceded by the 1997 Universal logo, especially since 2014 when Mattel (a Universal partner) acquired the HiT Entertainment library from | * One of few films, if not the only one, to retain this on all current prints is ''Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie'', where it's sometimes preceded by the 1997 Universal logo, especially since 2014 when Mattel (a Universal partner) acquired the HiT Entertainment library from Apax Partners in October 2011. | ||
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