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Jan 27, 2017 · As of now: I claimed that the Cartoon Classics Frankenstein turning MGM home video into Monster home video is the current logo existing for MGM home video XD! ...more.
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Jun 2, 2018 · MGM Metro Goldwyn Mayer Logo History Ultra 1915-Present. DESCRIPTION: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment LLC is the home video arm of the American media company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
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Jun 16, 2024 · On the MGM/UA Home Video Laserdisc Sampler from 1990, the logo is shown at the end with Leo's 1960 roar (aside from the closing theme). The Australian promo logo (with Leo actually roaring) has a different roar track.
First logo of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists's home video division, MGM/UA Home Video (now MGM Home Entertainment). MGM Home Video was formed in 1975 to release all MGM movies and TV shows...
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Background: MGM Home Entertainment was founded in 1975 (some sources say 1973) as "MGM Home Video" for the purpose of releasing its film and television libraries on home video, but nothing ever materialized from this company. In 1979, MGM joined forces with CBS Video Enterprises, the home video division of the CBS Television Network, and establishe...
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1st Logo (July 1982-July 21, 1993, -1999 (Indonesia))
Nicknames: "Leo the Lion", "Still Leo the Lion", "MGM Lion","The Static Leo Moving", "MGM/UA", "Gold Ribboning" Logo: We see a bluish metallic "MGM/UA" moving ("MGM" going from top-right to left, "UA" going from bottom-left to right). Then a slash draws in-between them as we see a static picture of Leo inside the circle ribbon with the drama mask zooming out. After that, it completes the ribbon logo with flashes making the ribboning appear on the left and right sides of the logo while "MGM/UA" shines. After that, "HOME VIDEO" in a blue Microgramma font, zooms out and stops under the logo and the two white lines above and below "HOME VIDEO" respectively, flashes in. Variants: •For classic MGM/UA movies shot in B&W, the logo is grayscaled. •Some tapes have a slightly different lion/ribbon design. •In Sweden, MGM tapes were often distributed through Esselte Video. The byline "From ESSELTE VIDEO", in white, appears below, with Esselte's logo (a circle with an "X" inside and eight little "points" around it) in-between "From" & "ESSELTE". •On some videos from Australia and New Zealand, the logo animates as normal up until "HOME VIDEO" flashes. Then, Leo's static picture becomes Leo roaring, and then the beginning of a promotional reel tunnels in. •On tapes from the early '90s, this was used for preview bumpers (and usually at the end of films). The logo plays like normal, but instead of "HOME VIDEO" appearing, the logo eases back upward, and either "Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You", "Now Playing at a Theatre Near You", "Coming Soon on Videocassette", or "Now Available on Videocassette" appears below. There's an earlier version of this variant (spotted as early as 1987), where "HOME VIDEO" remains intact while the logo eases upward, and "ALSO AVAILABLE" appears below. •On Laserdisc releases, at the beginning of each side, it's a still logo replacing "HOME VIDEO" with "SIDE ONE" or "SIDE TWO" below. At the end, it says "END SIDE ONE" and "END SIDE TWO". •This was also used for Coming Attraction screens from around 1988-1990. In this variant, the logo plays as normal. When it finishes, the background turns into a gray marble color. Then the ribbons and "MGM/UA" shrink and move to the upper right. "HOME VIDEO" moves slightly to the right and a transparent square flies in behind "HOME VIDEO". The square shines as a purple squiggly line etches itself in below "MGM/UA" and a lime green squiggly line etches itself below the square. "COMING ATTRACTION" wipes itself below "HOME VIDEO" and flashes, and as this happens, the preview begins above "HOME VIDEO", and when the words flash, the screen zooms into the preview. •On home video TV spots for Desperate Hours and Death Warrant, the lines above and below "HOME VIDEO" are thicker. •On an advertisement for musical films that were released to home media in 1986, the logo appears 9 times (3 logos on three rows), and clips from the films flip over the logos to end one clip and start another. •On a 1983 promo seen at the end of some tapes in late 1983/early 1984, the tail end is shown after clips from such works as Poltergeist, Clash of the Titans, Coma, Village of the Damned, Midnight Cowboy, Diner, Shaft, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Diva, Network, Westworld, Fame, The Compleat Beatles, My Favorite Year, A Gumby Adventure, Tom and Jerry Cartoon Festival, Viva Las Vegas, Travels with My Aunt, Whose Life Is It Anyway?, The Goodbye Girl, Singin' in the Rain, Pennies from Heaven, Victor/Victoria, An American in Paris, Easter Parade, That's Entertainment! Part II, and The Wizard of Oz, among other titles in the MGM/UA library. •Another variant exists where a “/“ is in the middle of the screen, zooming out and brightly shining. “MGM” and “UA” slide out from behind the “/“, and zoom with it into its usual position. A red trail of a silhouette of the MGM logo zooms out, revealing the MGM logo. “HOME VIDEO” zooms out to the usual spot, but doesn’t flash. This supposedly appears on a 1987 VHS of The Ghost Comes Home. FX/SFX: Pretty much the entire formation of the logo, the shine. Music/Sounds: The same fanfare from the 2nd CBS Video logo, which is a louder and longer version of the 2nd MGM/CBS music. Music/Sounds Variants: •The late '80s-early '90s Coming Attraction screen starts off with twelve drumbeats played four at a time, then goes into a moving majestic orchestrated theme with Don LaFontaine announcing "The following is an MGM/UA Home Video coming attraction." The tune is called "Destiny" and is composed by Keith Mansfield. •On the MGM/UA Home Video Laserdisc Sampler from 1990, the logo is shown at the end with Leo's 1960 roar (aside from the closing theme). •The Australian promo logo has the music higher-pitched and (with Leo actually roaring) has a different roar track. •The TV spots for Desperate Hours and Death Warrant have the sound of Leo roaring, despite being a still picture, possibly because they replaced it from the original TV spots during each movie's theatrical run. •A higher-pitched variant was used on PAL & SECAM tapes. •On certain UK rental tapes from the '80s, after the logo finishes, an announcer says "The following new films, which will soon be available from your local stockist, are brought to you by MGM/UA Home Video, one of the leaders in home entertainment." •There does exist a silent variant of this logo. It was spotted on a French Canadian video release of All Dogs Go to Heaven. •The 1983 promo variant features "Help!" by the Beatles from The Compleat Beatles, "I Write the Songs" by Barry Manilow from The First Barry Manilow Special, "Ebben? Ne andrò lontano" by Wilhelmina Wiggins Fernandez from Diva, "Fame" by Irene Cara from Fame, "I Feel the Earth Move" by Carole King from Carole King: One to One, "Shake It Up" by The Cars from The Last American Virgin, and "Le Jazz Hot" by Julie Andrews from Victor/Victoria.
2nd Logo (1983-1986)
Nicknames: "Leo the Lion II", "MGM Lion", "Roaring Lion", "Gold Ribboning II", "MGM/UA Roaring Lion" Logo: Same as before, except the text does not move, "HOME VIDEO" is metallic like the MGM/UA text and is a bit smaller with the 1984 MGM logo (minus the Diamond Jubilee text) above the text. Leo roars once. Variant: On a VHS commercial for Gone with the Wind which aired around 1984-85, it has the "DIAMOND JUBILEE" text (keeping consistent with MGM's 60th anniversary in 1984). FX/SFX: Leo roaring. Music/Sounds: Leo's 1982 roar. Availability: Extremely rare. This logo appeared at the beginning of a promotional trailer for MGM/UA's video release of Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever and a 1986 promo for classic MGM musicals on home video.
3rd Logo (October 24, 1989-August 23, 2005)
Nicknames: "Leo the Lion III", "Still Leo the Lion II", "(CGI) MGM Rainbow", "Gold Ribboning III" "Leo the Panthera Arctus" Logo: Just the MGM/UA Home Video logo with a copyright stamp on the bottom, against a space background. In the background, there is a pattern of the "MGM/UA HOME VIDEO" text, slanted at an angle, which scrolls from right to left while changing in many different colors. The following changing colors are: gray, red, teal blue, fuchsia, blue, and green. Trivia: •This logo was inspired by the hologram stickers that was used on most VHS releases from MGM before this logo came out. •Sometimes, this logo is absent either at the beginning or end of tapes. Variants: •Early releases had the copyright stamp in a slightly different font arranged to the left. •Some late-1990s-2000 releases had a screen freeze of this logo, lasting until one to three seconds towards the end, when the background scrolls. Tapes with this include Tea with Mussolini, The Thomas Crown Affair, and reissues of The Falcon and the Snowman, The Hot Spot, Never on Sunday, and Hoosiers. •A subvariant exists on Bent, The Woman in Red, and Black Narcissus, where it cuts to black at the end. •On the 1992 reprint of the 1988 VHS of Fiddler on the Roof, this logo used a 1992 copyright at the beginning of the tape, but a 1990 copyright at the end. The 1988 release was likely reprinted first in 1990 with this logo added at both ends, then reprinted again in 1992 using the supposed 1990 video master, but with the copyright information only changed at the beginning. •A similar occurrence happens on the 1998 MGM Contemporary Classics re-release of Get Shorty, which has a 1998 copyright at the beginning and a 1996 copyright at the end. •The size of the logo and the color changing arrangements varies. •At the start of French tapes, the screen lasts for two minutes (except for Stigmata, which shortens it to ten seconds).
(January 28, 1998-present)
Nickname: "Leo the Lion V", "Gold Ribboning V" Logo: Just the standard MGM logo of the time with Leo the Lion roaring. Underneath the logo are the words HOME ENTERTAINMENT in Trajan Pro which are separated by two lines. Variants: •At the end of the animated feature Tom Sawyer, a still image of the MGM logo scrolls up and the text "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" is shown below the logo in a white Roman text. Strangely, the lion is not in its correct still image. •On a home video trailer for Species III, which can be found on the 2004 VHS of Wicker Park, "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" and the lines are presented in a more brown-ish color, the text font differs, and the lines are spaced closer to "HOME ENTERTAINMENT." FX/SFX: Leo the Lion roaring. Music/Sounds: Leo's 1995 roar. On Descriptive Video Service VHSes, a DVS narrator (for example, Peter Haydu on the DVS issue of The Miracle Worker) describes the logo: "Now, a logo of a thick maned lion framed by a ring of film. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment." On the DVS versions of Singin' in the Rain and the Casablanca special features, a female narrator describes the logo: "A logo appears. Metro Goldwyn Mayer Home Entertainment." Availability: Common. Found primarily on VHS releases, VCDs and later Laserdiscs. •Such examples include the Special Edition Laserdisc of The Spy Who Loved Me, as well as on the 2000 VHS of Never Say Never Again (despite no MGM logo appearing on the packaging). One of the first releases to use this logo was the 1998 VHS of 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag (the demo VHS used the 1990 Orion Home Video logo). •This makes a strange appearance on the TV spots for Platoon on its 2001 MGM DVD. Doesn't appear on the 1998 THX remastered Laserdisc of Singin' in the Rain, despite showing the print logo on the cover. •This logo officially retired in the United States in 2006. •Strangely enough, VCDs released in Asia still use this logo after 2006, and it makes a surprise appearance on the Fox PAL DVD release of For a Few Dollars More. •It first appeared on the DVD release of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
1st Logo (March 10, 1998-March 4, 2003; April 6, 2004; 2012)
Nicknames: "Leo the Lion VI", "Loud Lion", "Gold Ribboning VI" Logo: On a red oval, a miniature MGM logo comes up, roaring loudly, and the letters "MGM DVD" (in yellow) come up one by one from the front of the screen. Then the lion zooms out and disappears with a bright flash of light, and "MGM DVD" centers on the screen as the red oval fades out. Variants: •On some releases such as Support Your Local Gunfighter, the logo runs at a slower frame rate. •A widescreen variant also exists. FX/SFX: The logo zooming, the flash, the oval fading, "MGM DVD" centering. Music/Sounds: A whoosh and a different but very loud roar sound effect. 6 cello notes are heard as the letters come in, as well as an orchestral hit at the end, and synth chimes. Music/Sounds Variant: A PAL-pitched version is heard on international releases. Availability: Common. •Seen on all 1998-2003 MGM Home Entertainment DVDs such as Rollerball (the first DVD to have it), Overboard, UHF, Fluke, The Care Bears Movie, Legally Blonde, HeartBreakers, Barbershop, Spaceballs, The Pride of the Yankees, Igby Goes Down, Original Sin, Antitrust, Mr. Mom, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, King Solomon's Mines, The Terminator, The Secret of NIMH, all three All Dogs Go to Heaven films, the James Bond Special Edition films from Dr. No up until The World is Not Enough, the first two Bill & Ted films, the original release of It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas, A Doll's House, the original 2003 North American DVD releases of the DIC Movie Toons, and the Rocky 25th Anniversary DVD box set. •This logo makes surprise appearances on the 2004 DVDs of Lightning, the White Stallion, Little Monsters, and Ring of Bright Water. •Despite retiring in North America in 2003, this logo continued to be used on DVD releases internationally until 2006. •Some earlier international DVD prints from Warner Home Video (e.g. the 1999 release of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang) don't use this logo, instead just using the standard 1987 logo for de-facto purposes. •Don't except this logo to appear on the Shout! Factory reprint of UHF, as it only uses their logo.
2nd Logo (1998-?) (International Variant)
Nicknames: “Leo the Lion VII”, “Gold Ribbioning VII” Logo: Just the byline-less variant of the 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios logo with no video indicator whatsoever. FX/SFX: Same as the 1986 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios logo. Music/Sounds: The 1995 lion roar. Availability: Uncommon. Seen on earlier MGM DVD releases outside of North America, most of which featured the 1998 logo on the packaging. A example is the 1999 release of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Editor’s Note: See Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios.
3rd Logo (Early 2003-2012; 2019-2020)
Nicknames: "Leo the Lion VII", "CGI MGM DVD", "Gold Ribboning VII" Logo: On a black background, a flash of light emerges from the screen and circles showing clips from MGM-owned movies (in order: Pierce Brosnan from GoldenEye, the titular characters of Thelma & Louise, Raymond and Charlie Babbitt from Rain Man, Hannibal Lecter from The Silence of the Lambs, Steve McQueen's motorcycle jump from The Great Escape, Marilyn Monroe from Some Like It Hot, Willem Dafoe's death scene from Platoon, Frances McDormand from Fargo, Reese Witherspoon from Legally Blonde and Rocky's victory pose after running up the steps in Rocky) fly toward us. As the last circle flies towards us, two golden rings appear in the center rotating and collapse into the MGM DVD logo (in gray), surrounded by a red aura and a yellow outline. Leo roars once in it, and after that, the logo quickly zooms into the screen before cutting to black. Variant: Depending on the aspect ratio of the disc, the screen may either appear in widescreen or fullscreen. However, on the 2004 DVDs of SpaceCamp and Gotham (the former film is presented in non-anamorphic widescreen, while the latter was originally produced and is shown in fullscreen), a letterboxed widescreen version is used. FX/SFX: Clips of MGM-owned films flying, Leo roaring, and the logo zooming. Music/Sounds: A commanding orchestral fanfare ending with a triumphant finish, which is a snippet of the stock musical piece "Ultimate Glory" by Anthony DiLorenzo. The appearance of the MGM logo is marked with a loud explosion sound, and the 1995 roar is heard when Leo is seen. Music/Sounds Variant: A PAL-pitched version exists. Availability: Very common. •Seen on all DVDs of MGM-owned output released from this period, such as Good Boy!, the Ultimate Editions of the first 19 James Bond films as well as both editions of Die Another Day, The Pink Panther (1963), The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection, Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, Intermission, Me and You and Everyone We Know, Touching the Void, Blizzard, Jeepers Creepers 2, Be Cool, Hotel Rwanda, Road House, Into the Blue, Bulletproof Monk, Out of Time, Uptown Girls, Wedding Daze, The Last American Virgin, Stone Cold, Death to the Supermodels, A Guy Thing, Hard Promises, Barbershop 2: Back in Business, Soul Plane, National Lampoon's Dorm Daze, Quantum of Solace, Valkyrie, Material Girls, Flyboys, Hooisers, Igor, Skyfall, Hot Tub Time Machine, My Summer Story, both Agent Cody Banks movies, Walking Tall, The Pink Panther 2, Spectre, Beauty Shop, X-15, Sleepover, Submarine X-1, Saved!, The Garbage Pail Kids Movie, The Emperor's New Clothes, The Prodigy, the remakes of The Amityville Horror, RoboCop, Child's Play, and Carrie, as well as the Collector's Editions of Spaceballs, Get Shorty, A Fish Called Wanda, Red Dawn, and the 2004 Rocky Anthology box set. •It also appears on the UK DVDs like Rocky Balboa. •This logo was not used outside North America until late 2006. •It doesn't appear on the Hi-5 volumes that MGM distributed, as they use the MGM Kids logo.
Background. In 1981, MGM had purchased United Artists from Transamerica after the failure of the movie Heaven's Gate. In 1982, after MGM broke off from its partnership with CBS, it was renamed to MGM/UA Home Video (a.k.a. MGM/UA Home Entertainment Group ).
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