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| - Background: PBS Films was founded in 1971 (thought films from 1971 made by the company have in credit text at the beginning of film) as a joint venture with PBS, CTW, WNET, KPBS, Warner Bros.,and WGBH. In 1997 the company was spun off Celluloid Reel Pictures Company, in 2002 20% of the company was bought by Studio Canal, 20% of the company was bought by Toei, and 10% was bought by BBC Worldwide. Today the company exists and releases its films on Home Media through MGM Home Entertainment. First Logo (1972-1977) Nicknames: The Everyman, The film Reel. Music and Sounds: A 15 note synth tune.
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| - Background: PBS Films was founded in 1971 (thought films from 1971 made by the company have in credit text at the beginning of film) as a joint venture with PBS, CTW, WNET, KPBS, Warner Bros.,and WGBH. In 1997 the company was spun off Celluloid Reel Pictures Company, in 2002 20% of the company was bought by Studio Canal, 20% of the company was bought by Toei, and 10% was bought by BBC Worldwide. Today the company exists and releases its films on Home Media through MGM Home Entertainment. First Logo (1972-1977) Nicknames: The Everyman, The film Reel. Logo: We see a spinning film reel then the PBS Everyman appears and the words PBS films appears, then the film reel stops spinning. Variant: On some films the byline: Released Thru Warner Bros. Pictures a Warner Communications Company is seen. Also there is a B/W version on non Warner films such as: Golden Sierra (Columbia), Fire and Water, (Paramount), Hollywood Land ( Avco-Embassy theatrical. Though the PG-13 cut is owned by Tri-Star), Sesame Street Magical Alphabet Quest ( Internationally through New Line Cinema after buying the film from EMI ),and The Unicorn Prince (United Artists). However Sesame Street Magical Alphabet Quest had the B/W logo since it was distributed by Warner but produced by Toei Animation, CTW, and Gaumont. SFX/FX: the spinning film reel and the words appearing. Music and Sounds: A 15 note synth tune. Music and Sounds Variant: The 2002 DVD of the anime film The Dark Rose has a 10 note piano tune which was from the German release,however the 1999 and 2006 DVD releases of Fire and Water film has the second logo with this logo's music.. Availability:Rare, as ether a BBC, MGM, Turner ,Sesame Workshop, or the 1984 Warner Pictures logo plasters this logo on US prints of films released by the company. however some films such as US prints The Great African Journey have this logo followed by a BBC logo. Although VHS releases of the company's films from 1977 to 1993 have this logo, and some DVD releases from 1996 to early 1997. This logo can also be seen on some films that were co-produced with Paramount, United Artists, and in rare cases Disney, however most of the co-productions with Disney are owned by Disney and omit this logo, however some of the co-productions are owned by Turner and don't omit this logo and even keeps the Disney in credit text.The co-productions with Paramount are owned by Paramount internationally except Japan,Britain,Australia,and New Zealand which in those countries the rights are owned by BBC. Paramount preserves this logo, but in North America the films are owned by Warner Bros., who preserves this and the Paramount. logo. The United Artists co-productions are owned internationally by MGM as of 2015, MGM keeps both logos on international releases. In North America the films are owned by BBC, and they keep both logos on North American releases.The Warner Bros. byline was seen on 1996 flipper DVD of Sesame Street and the Magical Alphabet Quest and Monde Concert '74. Scare Factor: Low. Nicknames: The Starry P-head Logo: On a black background we see the P-Head logo, the logo flashes then 8 stars fly over the logo and then the words PBS Films is seen, then the word Presents is seen. Variant: starting in 1979 The byline A Division of the Celluloid Communications is seen. Also depending on the movie a the distributor's logo would be seen as a byline; example Romeo and Juliet has the Sunburst below the P-Head, BackSkratch has the The Big W and the Warner Byline, Great Outdoors: The Outback has a EMI logo bellow it, Sherlock Holmes and the Vampire Curse (1987 anime film) has a WB shield under the P-Head, and Arctic Mysteries has the 20th Century Fox logo under the P-Head SFX/FX: The Flashing, The stars flying, and the words appearing. Music and Sounds: A 12 note Moog Synthesizer fanfare. Availability: Common, Some companies that released titles from the company include: PBS Home Video, Magnetic Video, and Warner Home Video.so look for some releases of films from PBS Films from these companies, for example the 1988 VHS and 2002 DVD release of BackSkratch, the 2004 DVD release of Romeo and Juliet ( the 1975 anime film) have this logo. Magnetic Video Laserdisc releases of PBS Films' Films have no logo, but Magnetic Tapes do. Scare Factor: Medium. Nicknames: the PBS text Logo: It is just the words PBS Pictures presents. SFX/FX: None. Variant: in 1984 the The 1984 P-head was added above the logo. In 1985 the text PBS Pictures released thru New Line Cinema was added. Music and Sounds: The 1st logo fanfare on some films. Though usually Beethoven's Fifth Symphony would be used. Availability: Rare, This was only seen in Europe and films distributed by New Line so look for older prints of films like Loudness...Stop it!.The 2004 DVD and The 2012 Blu-Ray of The Gates of Troy have this logo. Scare Factor: Minimal. Nicknames: The CGI P-Head Logo: On a background we see a flash, then the P-Head (in the 1984 style) appears and then 8 stars fly over the P-Head, after that the background changes to a Roman,Egyptian, and Greek style background, finally the logo flashes and we see the P-Head on a throne with olive wreathes surrounding the throne and the words PBS Films A Public Broadcasting Service Company under the olive wreathes. SFX/FX: all the animation in the logo. Trivia: the logo was designed and animated in 20 days. Music and Sounds: a 20 note orchestral fanfare that sounds similar to the NOVA theme that was used at the time. Availability: Common, as MGM Home Video releases of films by the company like Star Night have this logo preserved on all their films and some times plasters previous logos. Scare factor: None.
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