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=== Background === | === Background === | ||
Cinema City Company Limited was a major Hong Kong film studio founded by Raymond Wong, Karl Maka, and Dean Shek in 1970 as Warriors Films Company. It would change its name to Cinema City & Films Co. sometime around 1979, and would begin challenging other studios like [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Co. | Cinema City Company Limited was a major Hong Kong film studio founded by Raymond Wong, Karl Maka, and Dean Shek in 1970 as Warriors Films Company. It would change its name to Cinema City & Films Co. sometime around 1979, and would begin challenging other studios like [[Orange Sky Golden Harvest Entertainment Co.|Golden Harvest]] and [[Shaw Brothers Ltd.|Shaw Brothers]]. The studio ran into some financial troubles around the early '90s, and attempts to fully revive it were unsuccessful, leaving some spin-off companies like [[Cinema City Enterprises Ltd.|Cinema City Enterprises/Cinema Capital Entertainment]] (by Karl Maka) and [[Cinema City Entertainment Co. Ltd.|Cinema City Entertainment]] (by Dean Shek). Only Raymond Wong remained to continue making movies as Mandarin Films Limited since 1992 (later Pegasus Motion Pictures and Mandarin Motion Pictures). | ||
== Warriors Film Company == | == Warriors Film Company == | ||
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'''FX/SFX''': The zooming and light effects. For the closing variant, none. | '''FX/SFX''': The zooming and light effects. For the closing variant, none. | ||
'''Music/Sounds''': A loud trumpet fanfare called "Fanfare Showcase No. 6", composed by Peter Reno and Jack Trombey, which was used in some other logos (like [[Jia's Motion Picture Co. | '''Music/Sounds''': A loud trumpet fanfare called "Fanfare Showcase No. 6", composed by Peter Reno and Jack Trombey, which was used in some other logos (like [[Jia's Motion Picture Co.|Jia's]] and Rainbow Audio and Video Incorporation). | ||
'''Availability''': Rare. Seen on Hong Kong films from the era. It is sometimes plastered by the Media Asia logo, or those of other companies on export versions, such as Atlas International. Also appears on HK theatrical trailers. | '''Availability''': Rare. Seen on Hong Kong films from the era. It is sometimes plastered by the Media Asia logo, or those of other companies on export versions, such as Atlas International. Also appears on HK theatrical trailers. | ||