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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Embassy Pictures''' was founded by film producer Joseph E. Levine in 1942 as a foreign film distributor. Levine distributed such films as ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters'', ''Hercules'' (the 1958 Steve Reeves version) and | '''Embassy Pictures''' was founded by film producer Joseph E. Levine in 1942 as a foreign film distributor. Levine distributed such films as ''Godzilla, King of the Monsters'', ''Hercules'' (the 1958 Steve Reeves version) and ''Santa Claus Conquers the Martians''. | ||
In 1967, Levine sold the company to Avco Corporation, an aviation equipment and financial services company, reincorporating it as "Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation". In 1976, Avco Embassy sold their broadcasting division to Multimedia, Inc., which renamed it to [[Multimedia Entertainment]]. | In 1967, Levine sold the company to Avco Corporation, an aviation equipment and financial services company, reincorporating it as "Avco Embassy Pictures Corporation". In 1976, Avco Embassy sold their broadcasting division to Multimedia, Inc., which renamed it to [[Multimedia Entertainment]]. | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. It's seen on some American-distributed Italian movies (most of which are in public domain) and ''The Graduate''. While the next logo below plastered this logo on most pre-1998 prints of the latter (while the 1978 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] VHS release plasters this with the Avco Embassy Television logo). It has been restored on current prints of ''The Graduate'', beginning with the 1997 [[StudioCanal (France)|StudioCanal]]/Carolco Pictures (through Strand Releasing and Rialto Pictures) theatrical release and 1998 [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram Video]] VHS release, along with the [[MGM Home Entertainment]] DVD and Blu-ray releases and current television airings. | '''Availability:''' Rare. It's seen on some American-distributed Italian movies (most of which are in public domain) and ''The Graduate''. While the next logo below plastered this logo on most pre-1998 prints of the latter (while the 1978 [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic Video]] VHS release plasters this with the Avco Embassy Television logo). It has been restored on current prints of ''The Graduate'', beginning with the 1997 [[StudioCanal (France)|StudioCanal]]/Carolco Pictures (through Strand Releasing and Rialto Pictures) theatrical release and 1998 [[PolyGram Video|PolyGram Video]] VHS release, along with the [[MGM Home Entertainment]] DVD and Blu-ray releases and current television airings. | ||
==Avco Embassy Pictures== | ==Avco Embassy Pictures== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on ''The Producers'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''The Howling'', ''The Fog'', ''Vice Squad'', ''City on Fire'' (1979), ''The Seduction'', ''The Exterminator, Scanners'', ''Target'', ''The Ruling Class'', the original Time-Life Video and Vestron Video and later HBO VHS releases of ''Go Tell the Spartans'', and pre-1998 prints of ''The Graduate'' (the 1987 Embassy Home Entertainment and 1987 Nelson VHS releases of the latter have no logo). It may have been on older prints of ''Escape from New York'' or ''Dead and Buried'', but no evidence has shown up as of yet. Sometimes, as seen on ''The Graduate'', ''They Call Me Trinity'', ''A Nice Girl Like Me'', and ''Woman Times Seven'', the Avco Embassy Television logos plasters this or the previous logo on the Magnetic Video releases. For ITC films that the studio distributed, the logo is removed on the Magnetic Video release of ''The Cassandra Crossing'' but is preserved on the Magnetic Video release of ''The Tamarind Seed''. The in-credit references were also preserved on the Avid Home Entertainment release of ''Farewell My Lovely'', a surprise considering that Avid usually removed or replaced references to other companies with the then-current ITC logo, which precedes the Avco Embassy in-credit opening screen on this release. This logo is also seen on most of the studio's films from the time frame when they are aired on Antenna TV. On streaming copies of ''The Producers'', this logo is plastered by the current StudioCanal logo. It may have been seen on original theatrical prints of the original ''Prom Night'', but it is unknown if it's preserved on the British Embassy Home Entertainment VHS release. It also appeared on the U.S. theatrical and 1983 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''Watership Down'', but most newer prints of the film either cut straight to the opening prologue or have the [[Janus Films]] logo. Weirdly, the logo is retained on Roadshow Home Video's release of ''Phantasm'' (known as ''The Never Dead'' in Australia), despite Roadshow typically stripping logos from most of its home video releases. This also appeared on the 1994 VHS of ''Carbon Copy'' (other home media releases omit this logo). | '''Availability:''' Uncommon. Seen on ''The Producers'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''The Howling'', ''The Fog'', ''Vice Squad'', ''City on Fire'' (1979), ''The Seduction'', ''The Exterminator, Scanners'', ''Target'', ''The Ruling Class'', the original Time-Life Video and Vestron Video and later HBO VHS releases of ''Go Tell the Spartans'', and pre-1998 prints of ''The Graduate'' (the 1987 Embassy Home Entertainment and 1987 Nelson VHS releases of the latter have no logo). It may have been on older prints of ''Escape from New York'' or ''Dead and Buried'', but no evidence has shown up as of yet. Sometimes, as seen on ''The Graduate'', ''They Call Me Trinity'', ''A Nice Girl Like Me'', and ''Woman Times Seven'', the Avco Embassy Television logos plasters this or the previous logo on the Magnetic Video releases. For ITC films that the studio distributed, the logo is removed on the Magnetic Video release of ''The Cassandra Crossing'' but is preserved on the Magnetic Video release of ''The Tamarind Seed''. The in-credit references were also preserved on the Avid Home Entertainment release of ''Farewell My Lovely'', a surprise considering that Avid usually removed or replaced references to other companies with the then-current ITC logo, which precedes the Avco Embassy in-credit opening screen on this release. This logo is also seen on most of the studio's films from the time frame when they are aired on Antenna TV. On streaming copies of ''The Producers'', this logo is plastered by the current StudioCanal logo. It may have been seen on original theatrical prints of the original ''Prom Night'', but it is unknown if it's preserved on the British Embassy Home Entertainment VHS release. It also appeared on the U.S. theatrical and 1983 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''Watership Down'', but most newer prints of the film either cut straight to the opening prologue or have the [[Janus Films]] logo. Weirdly, the logo is retained on Roadshow Home Video's release of ''Phantasm'' (known as ''The Never Dead'' in Australia), despite Roadshow typically stripping logos from most of its home video releases. This also appeared on the 1994 VHS of ''Carbon Copy'' (other home media releases omit this logo). | ||
==Embassy Pictures (2nd Era)== | ==Embassy Pictures (2nd Era)== | ||
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* Current prints of ''This is Spinal Tap'' have the colors highly saturated, making it resemble the [[Embassy Communications|Embassy Television]] logo. | * Current prints of ''This is Spinal Tap'' have the colors highly saturated, making it resemble the [[Embassy Communications|Embassy Television]] logo. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The spinning of the "☆E" and the text fading in, done by | '''FX/SFX:''' The spinning of the "☆E" and the text fading in, done by R/Greenberg Associates. | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' None, or the film's opening score. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None, or the film's opening score. | ||
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* The version without the text can be seen on the 2013 Shout! Factory DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Crimewave'', the 2014 Kino Lorber Blu-ray of ''The Emerald Forest'', the trailer for ''A Chorus Line'' and the VHS release of ''The Sure Thing'' (along with some television airings). However, the 2004 MGM DVD release and Encore airings of the latter use the standard version instead. It was also seen on the MGM Movie Time VHS of ''Eddie and the Cruisers''. | * The version without the text can be seen on the 2013 Shout! Factory DVD and Blu-ray releases of ''Crimewave'', the 2014 Kino Lorber Blu-ray of ''The Emerald Forest'', the trailer for ''A Chorus Line'' and the VHS release of ''The Sure Thing'' (along with some television airings). However, the 2004 MGM DVD release and Encore airings of the latter use the standard version instead. It was also seen on the MGM Movie Time VHS of ''Eddie and the Cruisers''. | ||
* This might have appeared on theatrical prints of ''Zapped'' and ''Parasite'' (1982), but home media releases show no evidence. | * This might have appeared on theatrical prints of ''Zapped'' and ''Parasite'' (1982), but home media releases show no evidence. | ||
[[Category:Film logos]] | [[Category:Film logos]] | ||