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* Rob Reiner once said in an interview that the lighthouse was an allegory of the company's image: allowing creative talents to make their own projects with more freedom than the major Hollywood studios would allow ("safe harbor", as he calls it). Indeed, Castle Rock's nurturing of such talent, including (most notably) Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, made it one of the most successful production companies of the 1990s. | * Rob Reiner once said in an interview that the lighthouse was an allegory of the company's image: allowing creative talents to make their own projects with more freedom than the major Hollywood studios would allow ("safe harbor", as he calls it). Indeed, Castle Rock's nurturing of such talent, including (most notably) Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, made it one of the most successful production companies of the 1990s. | ||
* The company name comes from the name of the fictional town in Maine that is the setting for several Stephen King stories (which he named after the rocky outcrop named "'''Castle Rock'''" in ''Lord of the Flies''. Reiner himself named the company after the town after the success of his film ''Stand By Me'', (which is based on King's novella, ''The Body''). | * The company name comes from the name of the fictional town in Maine that is the setting for several Stephen King stories (which he named after the rocky outcrop named "'''Castle Rock'''" in ''Lord of the Flies''. Reiner himself named the company after the town after the success of his film ''Stand By Me'', (which is based on King's novella, ''The Body''). | ||
*According to Alan Horn, several ideas for the concept of the logo | *According to Alan Horn, several ideas for the concept of the logo were tossed around, including five peas falling out of a pod or five elephants marching in a row. The basis for both those aforementioned concepts representing the five founders of the company. Eventually they settled for the lighthouse as their logo as they liked the idea of their light shining out of the darkness. | ||
*It is worth mentioning while this is the first logo used for theatrical releases, Castle Rock debuted its lighthouse logo a year earlier for their [[Castle Rock Entertainment Television|television unit]] in a still logo with morning skies and blue water. | *It is worth mentioning while this is the first logo used for theatrical releases, Castle Rock debuted its lighthouse logo a year earlier for their [[Castle Rock Entertainment Television|television unit]] in a still logo with morning skies and blue water. | ||