PolyGram Filmed Entertainment: Difference between revisions

* For TV programs produced by the company, there's a short version that start directly from the line being drawn.

* An <u>earlier version</u> exists, where the words are already formed, and the colors are completely inverted.

* On <u>''Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie''</u> (or ''Bean: The Movie'' in the USA), a ding can be heard when the logo flashes, part of the film’s opening score. It can also be heard on the film’s deleted scenes featurette ''Bean Scenes Unseen'' as well.

* Appears on most 1992 to 1997 PolyGram films, most notably ''Posse'', ''Romeo is Bleeding'', ''Jason's Lyric'', ''Four Weddings and a Funeral'' (it also appears intact on the 2007 MGM Region 4 DVD release, preceded by the 1986 MGM logo), ''Dead Man Walking'', ''Kalifornia'' (1997 [[PolyGram Video]] DVD and 2000 [[MGM]] DVD releases only, the 1994 PolyGram Video VHS release and current prints have this logo removed), ''A Gnome Named Gnorm'' (1994 PolyGram Video VHS release only, plastered by the 2005 [[Lionsgate Films]] logo on current prints due to PolyGram only handling that home media release and Lionsgate owning the film through producer [[Vestron Pictures]]), ''Fargo'', ''The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert'' (but not on the 1995 PolyGram Video VHS release), ''Red Rock West'' (even on a November 15, 2023 UK airing thereof on LEGEND) and ''Bean'' (aka ''Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie''), among others.

* The short version was found on programs during the timeframe, like the Canadian live-action show ''Lassie'' (1997).

* It also appears on UK trailers for PolyGram films, some of which can be found on VHS releases in the United States by PolyGram Video.

* It also appears on the PolyGram Video UK VHS print, some 1996 U.S. VHS prints, and the 1999 MGM U.S. DVD release of ''The Usual Suspects''.

* It is unknown if this logo also appears on any video prints of ''The Basketball Diaries'', which they acquired through its purchase of [[Island World Productions|Island World]] a few months before its theatrical release.

* On newer prints of post-1996 films such as ''Bean'' (aka ''Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie'', 1997), and pre-1996 films that they own, this is plastered with the 1997 Universal logo instead due to the latter losing the rights of the PolyGram name to UMG.

* This also appears on current prints of ''The Borrowers'' (which originally used the next logo) when it last aired on Disney XD, Discovery Family, and Netflix and on the Universal DVD release as well (following the 1997 Universal logo, respectively).

** This was also seen on an April 16, 2001 UK airing of ''Spice World: The Movie'' (1997; again, that film originally used the next logo on non-U.S. prints) on BBC One.

* The inverted variant can be seen on ''The Jacksons: An American Dream'' on TV One, VH1, and VH1 Classic, although it's plastered by the short version of the 1997 Universal logo on BET and Centric (now BET Her) broadcasts, the Motown DVD releases and Tubi's print.

* A cut-short videotaped variant exists, which appears on <u>several UK VHS releases</u> such as ''Spice World: The Movie'' (1997) and ''Barney's Great Adventure'' (1998) and the 1998 UK VHS rental release of ''Bean: The Ultimate Disaster Movie'' (1997), among others. This just has the Icarus shining and the "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" text zooming out underneath. This was also used as the basis for the short [[PolyGram Video]] and [[PolyGram Television (1997-1999)|PolyGram Television]] logos, respectively.

** A cut-short videotaped variant of the "POLYGRAM VISUAL PROGRAMMING" logo also exists, which appears on a <u>UK VHS trailer for ''Maisy''</u>.

* An open matte version exists, which appears on the <u>theatrical trailer for ''Barney's Great Adventure''</u>.

* There are two variants done for some films shot in the 2.35 aspect ratio. There is one where the 1.85 variant is cropped to 2.35 to accommodate the scope format. The other one is where the 4:3 version is cropped to 2.35. The cropped 1.85 version appears on the <u>PolyGram Video DVD of ''Your Friends and Neighbors''</u>. The cropped 4.3 version plasters over the <u>prototype version on some prints of ''The Game''</u>.

* Theatrically, the "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant appears outside of the U.S., while the "FILMS" variant appears on PFE's "tentpole" features in the U.S., including ''The Game'', ''The Borrowers'', ''Barney's Great Adventure'', ''What Dreams May Come'', ''Very Bad Things'', ''Return to Paradise'', and ''The Proposition'', among others.

* It appears 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" appears on ''The Game'' (where the logo debuted, even on current prints following the 1997 Universal logo), a teaser trailer, and a TV spot for ''The Borrowers'', a trailer for ''Barney's Great Adventure'' which appears 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 and the UK TV spot for ''Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels'' (albeit slightly off-centered).

* The "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant of the prototype version also appears on ''Dead Letter Office'', the UK 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''.

* It also appears on British prints of ''Spice World'' (released in the UK as ''Spice World: The Movie''), but American prints use the [[Columbia Pictures]] logo instead (as Columbia distributed the movie in the U.S. instead).

* It also appears intact on a 2008 Showtime airing of ''The Hi-Lo Country'', as well as a Hulu print of ''Your Friends & Neighbors''.

* The "FILMS" variant also appears on theatrical prints of ''The Borrowers'' and on a TMC on Demand print of ''What Dreams May Come'' (however, the VHS and original DVD releases of both films use the "FILMED ENTERTAINMENT" variant).