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* The Japanese-subtitled laserdisc release of ''Diamonds Are Forever'' from Warner Home Video has this preceding the Turning UA logo, with a textual notice reading "United Artists Presents" appearing in between. | * The Japanese-subtitled laserdisc release of ''Diamonds Are Forever'' from Warner Home Video has this preceding the Turning UA logo, with a textual notice reading "United Artists Presents" appearing in between. | ||
=== 13th Logo (1986-April 28, 2009)=== | === 13th Logo (Spring 1986-April 28, 2009)=== | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
*On current prints and the DVD of ''Solarbabies'', the 1985 roar is used on the 2001 logo. This occurrence also happened on foreign prints of ''Year of the Dragon'' (which MGM inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment along with other Dino De Laurentiis productions from the time period) and current prints of ''A Dry White Season'' and ''The Meteor Man''. | * On current prints and the DVD of ''Solarbabies'', the 1985 roar is used on the 2001 logo. This occurrence also happened on foreign prints of ''Year of the Dragon'' (which MGM inherited from PolyGram Filmed Entertainment along with other Dino De Laurentiis productions from the time period) and current prints of ''A Dry White Season'' and ''The Meteor Man''. | ||
* Recent prints of ''Yentl'' have the 2001 logo with the 1982 roar, probably because the opening theme was used with the roar (some prints have the 1982 and 1985 roars combined). This also happens on the 2006 UE DVD of ''Octopussy'' and ''A View to a Kill'', when you turn on the audio commentary. | * Recent prints of ''Yentl'' have the 2001 logo with the 1982 roar, probably because the opening theme was used with the roar (some prints have the 1982 and 1985 roars combined). This also happens on the 2006 UE DVD of ''Octopussy'' and ''A View to a Kill'', when you turn on the audio commentary. | ||
* On the MGM Home Entertainment DVD release of ''Mr. Saturday Night'', the theatrical trailer on the disc has the logo with the 1982 roar. On that trailer, it erases any Columbia references. | * On the MGM Home Entertainment DVD release of ''Mr. Saturday Night'', the theatrical trailer on the disc has the logo with the 1982 roar. On that trailer, it erases any Columbia references. | ||
*On trailers and TV spots up to the late 80s-early 90s, the earliest being ''Running Scared'' (1986), the 1960 roar is used. | * On trailers and TV spots up to the late 80s-early 90s, the earliest being ''Running Scared'' (1986), the 1960 roar is used. | ||
* On ''Rocky Marciano'' (a made for TV movie), the 1995 roar is used on the 1986 logo. | * On ''Rocky Marciano'' (a made for TV movie), as well as the Netflix print of ''Rain Man''<!-- may appear on earlier prints or is the 1994 roar? -->, the 1995 roar is used on the 1986 logo. | ||
*On ''Windtalkers'' and the 2007 "Family Fun Edition" DVD of ''The Pebble and the Penguin'', the 1994 roar is used on the 2001 logo. | *On ''Windtalkers'' and the 2007 "Family Fun Edition" DVD of ''The Pebble and the Penguin'', the 1994 roar is used on the 2001 logo. | ||
*At least one airing of an MGM movie in syndication has the 2001 logo with the 2008 roar track. | *At least one airing of an MGM movie in syndication has the 2001 logo with the 2008 roar track. | ||
*''Bandits'', ''Walking Tall'', ''De-Lovely,'' ''Wicker Park'', ''A Guy Thing'', and the 2004 VHS of ''Uptown Girls'' have a low-pitched 1995 roar on the 2001 logo. | *''Bandits'', ''Walking Tall'', ''De-Lovely,'' ''Wicker Park'', ''A Guy Thing'', and the 2004 VHS of ''Uptown Girls'' have a low-pitched 1995 roar on the 2001 logo. | ||
'''Availability:''' Ultra common. In fact, the 2001 website variant is more common than any other variant because it plasters not only previous logos, but also numerous logos from so many other companies (hence the nicknames "The King of the Plasters" and "Lion of Plastering"). | '''Availability:''' Ultra common for the URL variant, common for the others. In fact, the 2001 website variant is more common than any other variant because it plasters not only previous logos, but also numerous logos from so many other companies (hence the nicknames "The King of the Plasters" and "Lion of Plastering"). | ||
*Seen on all MGM releases of this era. | *Seen on all MGM releases of this era. | ||
*Its earliest-known appearance was on TV spots for ''Running Scared'' | *Its earliest-known appearance was on TV spots for ''Running Scared'' in the spring of 1986, but it is currently unknown if theatrical prints used this logo; as the original U.S. VHS had the 9th logo and the UK VHS had no logo at the front of the film, while 1990s VHS reissues feature the bylineless gold-ribboned logo (in letterbox), as did a 1994 broadcast on BBC1 (cropped to 4:3). | ||
*The MGM/UA Communications byline version was seen on the original VHS and Laserdisc releases of ''Spaceballs'', ''Overboard'', ''Poltergeist III'' (also seen on the Scream Factory Blu-Ray), ''A Fish Called Wanda'' (also on the Arrow Video Blu-Ray), ''Fatal Beauty'', ''Captive Hearts'', ''P.I. Private Investigations'', and ''Leviathan'' (VHS only; the Laserdisc, which is letterboxed, had the bylineless logo). | *The MGM/UA Communications byline version was seen on the original VHS and Laserdisc releases of ''Spaceballs'', ''Overboard'', ''Poltergeist III'' (also seen on the Scream Factory Blu-Ray), ''A Fish Called Wanda'' (also on the Arrow Video Blu-Ray), ''Fatal Beauty'', ''Captive Hearts'', ''P.I. Private Investigations'', and ''Leviathan'' (VHS only; the Laserdisc, which is letterboxed, had the bylineless logo). | ||
*The bylineless 1986 logo is seen on the original home video prints of titles such as ''Where the River Runs Black'' (plastering the 9th logo), ''Mindgames'', ''Blue Steel'', ''Quigley Down Under'' and ''Thelma and Louise''. | *The bylineless 1986 logo is seen on the original home video prints of titles such as ''Where the River Runs Black'' (plastering the 9th logo), ''Mindgames'', ''Blue Steel'', ''Quigley Down Under'' and ''Thelma and Louise''. | ||