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'''Nicknames:''' "{{Font color|red|Red}}/{{Font color|blue|Blue}} Split", "Splitting Rectangles", "The Orion/Warner Bros. Combo" | |||
'''Logo:''' On a black screen, two rectangles, one {{Font color|blue|blue}} and one {{Font color|orange|orange}}, each one tilted forward at a 45 degree angle (making them appear like the floor and ceiling of a tunnel), shoot out towards the center of the screen. When they both connect at the center of the screen, they tilt back 45 degrees, so that they are facing the viewer completely, and enlarge to fill the screen. In the {{Font color|blue|blue}} rectangle, which is on the top, we see the \\' logo and the words "{{Font color|orange|WARNER BROS}}" in {{Font color|orange|orange}}. In the {{Font color|orange|orange}} rectangle, which is on the bottom, we see the words "{{Font color|blue|ORION}} (in their trademark font) {{Font color|blue|PICTURES COMPANY}} (in an ITC Avant Garde Gothic font)" in {{Font color|blue|blue}}. After a while, the {{Font color|blue|blue}} and {{Font color|orange|orange}} rectangles move to each other's spot, briefly overlapping. "A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY" and "present" fade-in under "{{Font color|orange|WARNER BROS}}". | |||
'''Variants:''' | |||
*On the 1983 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''Time After Time'', the color scheme is brighter and is zoomed in. | *On the 1983 Warner Home Video VHS release of ''Time After Time'', the color scheme is brighter and is zoomed in. | ||
*On the trailer for ''Zelig'', the logo appears in {{Font color|red|red}} and black rather than {{Font color|orange|orange}} and {{Font color|blue|blue}}. | *On the trailer for ''Zelig'', the logo appears in {{Font color|red|red}} and black rather than {{Font color|orange|orange}} and {{Font color|blue|blue}}. | ||
'''Closing Variants:''' | |||
*At the end of the credits, we see the text "AN ORION PICTURES /WARNER BROS RELEASE" with "ORION" in its trademark logo font and "WARNER BROS" in its 1972 font from the theatrical logo. We see the byline, "Thru WARNER BROS, A Warner Communications Company", with the Warner Communications \\' logo in between the name and the company byline. | *At the end of the credits, we see the text "AN ORION PICTURES /WARNER BROS RELEASE" with "ORION" in its trademark logo font and "WARNER BROS" in its 1972 font from the theatrical logo. We see the byline, "Thru WARNER BROS, A Warner Communications Company", with the Warner Communications \\' logo in between the name and the company byline. | ||
*Another variant looks close to the opening logo, but has a {{Font color|red|red}} stripe on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, with text reading "A WARNER BROS/ORION PICTURES RELEASE". Underneath it is text reading "Thru", with the "\\'" to the right, and the Warner Communications byline below (all company names are in their trademark fonts as with the regular closing variant). | *Another variant looks close to the opening logo, but has a {{Font color|red|red}} stripe on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, with text reading "A WARNER BROS/ORION PICTURES RELEASE". Underneath it is text reading "Thru", with the "\\'" to the right, and the Warner Communications byline below (all company names are in their trademark fonts as with the regular closing variant). | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The tilting and sliding. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Usually silent or the opening theme of the film. | |||
'''Availability:''' Near extinction, due to chronic plastering by the original version (the version with the Warner Communications byline) of the next logo, and on certain cases, the 1973 Warner Bros. logo. Seen on the original WCI/Warner VHS and Betamax releases of ''Monty Python's Life of Brian'', ''Time After Time'', ''Prince of the City'', ''Sharky's Machine'', ''Arthur'' (retail copy only as the rental copy has it plastered by the next logo), ''Wolfen'' (also intact on a 1992 HBO broadcast), ''The Great Santini'', and ''Caddyshack'', along with a TV Land airing of the latter and AMC airings of former. The only known source for this logo currently is ''Prince of the City''. The second closing variant is available on early home video prints of ''Arthur''. | |||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The Constellation", "Starry Sky", "Orion" | |||
'''Logo:''' We first see a starry sky, then a constellation of stars (in the shape of Orion, appropriately) in the middle shine brighter than the rest. It moves to the left, forms a circle, and spins around until, in a small, but bright flash, it forms a letter "O." Then the letters "RION" appear (by a sliding effect) to complete the logo, which is stylized when a line is drawn across it. The traces of the line remain on the left side of each letter except the "I," which has the line across the word. "{{Font color|deepskyblue|An}}" and "{{Font color|deepskyblue|PICTURES RELEASE}}" all in {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}} appear above and below the logo accordingly. | |||
'''Trivia:''' | |||
*This logo was parodied in the ''Family Guy'' season 8 episode "April in Quahog", where Adam West punches the constellation ("Take that Orion!") to form the logo without the additional text and with a little synth jingle. Adam responds "That's right, all you are is a failed production company!" | *This logo was parodied in the ''Family Guy'' season 8 episode "April in Quahog", where Adam West punches the constellation ("Take that Orion!") to form the logo without the additional text and with a little synth jingle. Adam responds "That's right, all you are is a failed production company!" | ||
*On the 2002 MGM DVD release of ''UHF'', if you listen to the commentary, it has "Weird" Al Yankovic sing lyrics to the jingle ("Orion, Orion is bankrupt now!"). This references how Orion nearly killed themselves by releasing the film the same year that many popular franchises were releasing new films. | *On the 2002 MGM DVD release of ''UHF'', if you listen to the commentary, it has "Weird" Al Yankovic sing lyrics to the jingle ("Orion, Orion is bankrupt now!"). This references how Orion nearly killed themselves by releasing the film the same year that many popular franchises were releasing new films. | ||
'''Variants:''' | |||
*On films from 1980 to 1982, under the logo itself, there was a byline that said "Thru WARNER BROS, A Warner Communications Company", with a little \\' next to the company name and the Warner byline underneath. Sometimes centered or off-centered. After Orion purchased Filmways, the logo was freeze-framed to hide the Warner Bros. references. | *On films from 1980 to 1982, under the logo itself, there was a byline that said "Thru WARNER BROS, A Warner Communications Company", with a little \\' next to the company name and the Warner byline underneath. Sometimes centered or off-centered. After Orion purchased Filmways, the logo was freeze-framed to hide the Warner Bros. references. | ||
*On a VHS of ''First Blood'', the logo has a {{Font color|green|green}} tint and appears to be compressed (stretched to fill 4:3). In the case of the latter, it was most likely due to the anamorphic widescreen ratio of the film not being uncompressed. | *On a VHS of ''First Blood'', the logo has a {{Font color|green|green}} tint and appears to be compressed (stretched to fill 4:3). In the case of the latter, it was most likely due to the anamorphic widescreen ratio of the film not being uncompressed. | ||
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*Starting in 2018, the logo was slightly updated; here the "Pictures Release" text is just replaced with "Pictures" and there is now an MGM byline. The freeze-frame, which was designed to hide the Warner Bros. references, remains on this version. | *Starting in 2018, the logo was slightly updated; here the "Pictures Release" text is just replaced with "Pictures" and there is now an MGM byline. The freeze-frame, which was designed to hide the Warner Bros. references, remains on this version. | ||
'''Closing Variant:''' The end of each film would say just the same as the opening logo, but on a black background of the end credits. From 1979 to 1982, the text and byline were in bold and in all capital letters in the same font used on the Warner Bros. "Big W" logo. Beginning in 1983, the entire text is in one line without the byline. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' The constellation and "Orion" forming. The animation looks really good more than 35 years later. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' Most of the time it is silent, or in many cases the opening theme of the film is heard. However, on films such as ''The Terminator'', ''Dances With Wolves'', and ''UHF'', a jingle consisting of futuristic-sounding series of chimes combined with a majestic horn fanfare after the stars merge is heard. This fanfare was composed by Leland Bond. | |||
'''Availability:''' Common. | |||
*The byline-less version is preserved on most 1982 to 1995 films (usually with the MGM logo), such as ''The Silence of the Lambs'', ''The Terminator'' (although the 1991 Hemdale Home Video VHS and 1995 Image Entertainment Laserdisc releases plaster this logo with the Hemdale Film Corporation logo), ''Madhouse'', ''Bull Durham'', the original ''Robocop'' trilogy, ''Hoosiers'', ''Mississippi Burning'', ''Platoon'', ''UHF'', ''Three Amigos'', ''Breathless'' (1983), ''Harry and Son'', ''Dances with Wolves'' (US prints only), and both ''Bill & Ted'' films, among others (though the 2001 DVD release of ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' inexplicably cuts the logo, going from the MGM logo straight to the opening credits). | *The byline-less version is preserved on most 1982 to 1995 films (usually with the MGM logo), such as ''The Silence of the Lambs'', ''The Terminator'' (although the 1991 Hemdale Home Video VHS and 1995 Image Entertainment Laserdisc releases plaster this logo with the Hemdale Film Corporation logo), ''Madhouse'', ''Bull Durham'', the original ''Robocop'' trilogy, ''Hoosiers'', ''Mississippi Burning'', ''Platoon'', ''UHF'', ''Three Amigos'', ''Breathless'' (1983), ''Harry and Son'', ''Dances with Wolves'' (US prints only), and both ''Bill & Ted'' films, among others (though the 2001 DVD release of ''Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey'' inexplicably cuts the logo, going from the MGM logo straight to the opening credits). | ||
*The earlier variant with the Warner Bros. byline first appeared on the 1980 WCI Home Video VHS and Betamax release of ''10'' to plaster the previous logo, and was also seen on theatrical releases of the time frame (in tandem with the previous logo). This version plasters the previous logo on current releases of 1979 to 1981 films such as ''Caddyshack'', ''The Great Santini'', ''Arthur'' (1981), ''Sharky's Machine'' and ''Wolfen'', among others. On ''First Blood'', it was preserved on the 1983 Thorn EMI Video VHS release, appearing on the film all the way up to the 1995 Avid Home Entertainment release, and also appears on the widescreen laserdisc release from Live Home Video; oddly enough, though the film itself is letterboxed, the logo is still anamorphically squeezed into a 4:3 frame. | *The earlier variant with the Warner Bros. byline first appeared on the 1980 WCI Home Video VHS and Betamax release of ''10'' to plaster the previous logo, and was also seen on theatrical releases of the time frame (in tandem with the previous logo). This version plasters the previous logo on current releases of 1979 to 1981 films such as ''Caddyshack'', ''The Great Santini'', ''Arthur'' (1981), ''Sharky's Machine'' and ''Wolfen'', among others. On ''First Blood'', it was preserved on the 1983 Thorn EMI Video VHS release, appearing on the film all the way up to the 1995 Avid Home Entertainment release, and also appears on the widescreen laserdisc release from Live Home Video; oddly enough, though the film itself is letterboxed, the logo is still anamorphically squeezed into a 4:3 frame. | ||
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*It was also seen on international VHS prints of ''The Addams Family'', but the DVD release weirdly enough has the Paramount logo instead just like on the domestic release. It was seen on international prints of ''Crimes of Passion'' (1984) and ''Iron Warrior'', though the Arrow Video release of the former goes straight to the opening title screen, while the latter was plastered with the 2001 MGM lion. It also appears on the screener VHS of ''The Arrival'' from Live Entertainment, followed by a shortened version of Live's logo. This logo is also seen on ''Behind Enemy Lines'' (1997). | *It was also seen on international VHS prints of ''The Addams Family'', but the DVD release weirdly enough has the Paramount logo instead just like on the domestic release. It was seen on international prints of ''Crimes of Passion'' (1984) and ''Iron Warrior'', though the Arrow Video release of the former goes straight to the opening title screen, while the latter was plastered with the 2001 MGM lion. It also appears on the screener VHS of ''The Arrival'' from Live Entertainment, followed by a shortened version of Live's logo. This logo is also seen on ''Behind Enemy Lines'' (1997). | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This is a very popular logo, to the point where it was revived when Orion was revived in 2013. | |||
===3rd Logo (January 1, 1997-September 24, 1999)=== | ===3rd Logo (January 1, 1997-September 24, 1999)=== | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "The CGI Constellation", "CGI Starry Sky", "The Constellation II", "Starry Sky II", "Orion II" | |||
Logo: Very much the same as the previous logo, but updated with 1990s computer effects. The starfield behind the logo no longer zooms-out as the logo forms, but shoots out towards the screen. The animation is the same, but the stars now have a "trail" that forms the "O", and the forming of the actual logo, including a laser light, forming the line in the logo, is different. The logo itself is now silvery and 3D, and only "PICTURES" appears below the logo in the same font as last time. Inside the "ORION" text has an animated landscape. | Logo: Very much the same as the previous logo, but updated with 1990s computer effects. The starfield behind the logo no longer zooms-out as the logo forms, but shoots out towards the screen. The animation is the same, but the stars now have a "trail" that forms the "O", and the forming of the actual logo, including a laser light, forming the line in the logo, is different. The logo itself is now silvery and 3D, and only "PICTURES" appears below the logo in the same font as last time. Inside the "ORION" text has an animated landscape. | ||
'''Variant:''' There is a black and white variant of this logo on American International Pictures films in black and white. | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' Now that's what we call a logo update! A suitable successor to the previous "Starry Sky", the computer animation looks very good, even today. | |||
'''Music/Sounds:''' An ascending cycle of strings that repeats alongside a horn tune. As the logo begins to form, it picks up tempo, culminating in a majestic hit and a 3-note sounder. This theme was composed by John Pratt. Otherwise, it's none or the opening theme of the film is heard. | |||
'''Availability:''' Uncommon. Can be found on the studio's (limited) output of films from this period until its original demise in 1999, such as ''The Locusts'', ''City of Industry'', ''Gang Related'', and ''Ulee's Gold''. Like the previous logo, the MGM logo precedes this logo on most current prints. It can also be seen on DVD releases and television airings of a few American International Pictures films, such as ''Coffy'', ''Hell Up In Harlem'', and ''Bucktown''. This also plasters the Filmways Pictures logo on the MGM DVD release of ''Blow Out'' and it is seen on current prints of the unofficial James Bond film ''Never Say Never Again'' (meaning it was not produced by Eon Productions, the production company of the series), by plastering the Warner Bros. "Big W" logo, including the 2001 MGM/UA United Kingdom VHS release, MGM DVD releases, and Netflix's (deleted) streaming print. Some prints of Orion films distributed by MGM plastered the previous logo with the this one, such as ''No Way Out'' and ''The Falcon and The Snowman''. Also seen on international prints of ''One Man's Hero'' (Orion's final film until they were reactivated in 2013). The ''Stargate'' television movie pilot also had this logo. | |||
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