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'''Morgan Creek Entertainment''' (formerly known as Morgan Creek Productions) is a production company founded by former auto import worker James G. Robinson in 1987. The name of the company comes from Joe Roth's favorite movie, which is ''The Miracle of '''Morgan'''<nowiki/>'s '''Creek''''' from 1944. Some of its most successful films include the ''Ace Ventura'' films and the ''Young Guns'' films. Its films were distributed (at least in North America and the British Isles) by [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]] from 1988-1990 (however, ''Renegades'' and ''Coup De Ville'' were from [[Universal Pictures|Universal]] and ''Major League'' was from [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]], with international sales handled by [[J&M Entertainment]]), [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] from 1991-2004 and Universal from 2005-2011 (Warner distributed ''Ace Ventura, Jr.'' from 2009, select international rights to ''Dream House'', whilst Universal had US rights, ''All Eyez on Me'' was distributed by [[Summit Entertainment]], and the upcoming Exorcist movie will be distributed by Universal). The rights were acquired by [[Revolution Studios]] in 2014, with sales handled by [[Miramax Films|Miramax]]. Video rights now rest with [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] in the United States and Canada. Currently, [[Sony Pictures Television]] handles the digital and television rights of Morgan Creek and Revolution titles worldwide, with few exceptions (for example, ''Young Guns'', its first film, is owned outright by [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]] through its international distributor, [[Vestron Pictures|Vestron]] with TV rights held by Sony).{{ImageTOC

'''Music/Sounds:''' An orchestral brass tune adapted from the overture of ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' composed by Michael Kamen (also used in the 2007 [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] logo). The ''Ace Ventura'' animated series has the ending theme playing over it. In the early days of this logo, it was silent or the movie's theme would play over it. In the 1992 film ''White Sands'', there is a different fanfare based on the ''Robin Hood'' theme, while a more familiar tune made its first appearance on ''Stay Tuned'', released the same year. None for the still version.

'''Availability:''' Common. Can be seen on several films released by the company, most notably the ''Ace Ventura'' series, ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' (the theatrical trailer and TV spots for it use a variant of the previous logo), ''Wrongfully Accused'', ''The Crush'', ''Trial by Jury'', ''True Romance'', ''Freejack'', ''Soldier'', ''Get Carter'' (2000 remake) and ''The Art of War''. On films from 1992-1999, this also can be found at the end of the movies with the Warner Bros. logo after it. This can also appear after the [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]] logo on US DVD releases such as ''Young Guns II'', ''The Whole Nine Yards'' and ''3000 Miles to Graceland''. The last film to use this logo was ''Heist'' (which was released three months after ''American Outlaws'', the first film to use the third logo). Strangely, this appeared in black and white on ''The Exorcist: The Beginning'' (a 2004 movie) on Australian TV (with the [[Roadshow Television]] logo). Crackle prints of [[Franchise Pictures]] films ''Angel Eyes'' and ''Heist'' have this cut out alongside Warner Bros.; it just cuts to the Franchise logo. It was, however, seen on ''Battlefield Earth''. Strangely, on the 2017 SPHE DVD release of ''True Romance'', the first two ''Ace Ventura'' films and the double pack of ''Major League 2'' and ''Major League: Back to the Minors'', this is cut and goes straight to the film. It's not known if other releases do the same.