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===Background===
===Background===
'''Morgan Creek Entertainment''' (formerly known as Morgan Creek Productions) is a production company co-founded in 1987 by producer Joe Roth and former auto import executive James G. Robinson. The name of the company comes from Roth's favorite movie, 1944's ''The Miracle of '''Morgan'''<nowiki/>'s '''Creek'''''. Some of its most successful films include the ''Ace Ventura'' and ''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]] and ''Major League'' was from [[Paramount Pictures]], with international sales handled by [[J&M Entertainment]]), [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] from 1991-2004 and Universal from 2005-2011 (Warner distributed ''Ace Ventura, Jr.'' and had 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, ''The Exorcist: Believer'', will be distributed by Universal). The library rights were acquired by [[Revolution Studios]] in 2014, with sales handled by [[Miramax Films]]. 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]] through its international distributor, [[Vestron Pictures]], with TV rights held by Sony).
'''Morgan Creek Entertainment''' (formerly known as Morgan Creek Productions) is a production company co-founded in 1987 by producer Joe Roth and former auto import executive James G. Robinson. The name of the company comes from Roth's favorite movie, 1944's ''The Miracle of '''Morgan'''<nowiki/>'s '''Creek'''''. Some of its most successful films include the ''Ace Ventura'' and ''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]] and ''Major League'' was from [[Paramount Pictures]], with international sales handled by [[J&M Entertainment]]), [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] from 1991-2004 and Universal from 2005-2011 (Warner distributed ''Ace Ventura, Jr.'' and had select international rights to ''Dream House'', whilst Universal had US rights, ''All Eyez on Me'' was distributed by [[Summit Entertainment]], ''The Exorcist: Believer'' was distributed by Universal). The library rights were acquired by [[Revolution Studios]] in 2014, with sales handled by [[Miramax Films]]. 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]] through its international distributor, [[Vestron Pictures]], with TV rights held by Sony).


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'''Logo:''' On a {{color|navy|navy blue}} background, a {{color|gold|yellow}} line cuts through the screen. The camera pans near it to reveal it is one of two shiny {{Color|gold|golden}} borders surrounding a creek. The creek features 3D river effects and a transparent visible reflection of the borders. The creek then zooms out on a {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}/black gradient background as we see it is inside a {{color|purple|purplish}} box. Then the words "MORGAN" and "CREEK" zoom out towards their usual positions.
'''Logo:''' On a {{color|navy|navy blue}} background, a {{color|gold|yellow}}/{{color|gold}} line cuts through the screen. The camera pans near it to reveal it is one of two shiny {{Color|gold|golden}} borders surrounding a creek. The creek features 3D river effects and a transparent visible reflection of the borders. The creek then zooms out on a {{color|dodgerblue|blue}}/black gradient background as we see it is inside a {{color|purple|purplish}} box. Then the words "MORGAN" and "CREEK" zoom out towards their usual positions.


'''Variants:'''   
'''Variants:'''   
*The box with the creek can differ in color. It has been {{color|darkviolet|purple}}, {{color|darkblue|dark blue}}, and {{color|dodgerblue|light blue}}.
*The box with the creek can differ in color. It has been {{color|darkviolet|purple}}, {{color|darkblue|dark blue}}, and {{color|dodgerblue|light blue}}.
*On certain films (such as the ''Ace Ventura'' series, ''Trial by Jury'', and ''True Romance''), the color of line/borders appear to have a {{Color|gray|silver}}-{{Color|brown|bronze}} color as opposed to {{color|gold|yellow}}/{{Color|gold|gold}}. It is easier to spot on VHS and Laserdisc releases, as newer prints for thise have replaced them with the traditional gold version.
*On certain films (such as the ''Ace Ventura'' series, ''Trial by Jury'', and ''True Romance''), the color of line/borders appear to have a {{color|gray|silver}}-{{color|brown|bronze}} color as opposed to {{color|gold|yellow}}/{{color|gold}}. It is easier to spot on VHS and Laserdisc releases, as newer prints of these use the traditional {{color|gold|yellow}}/{{color|gold}} version.
*A <u>still version</u> of this logo is used at the end of movies starting in 1999 and on the ''Ace Ventura'' animated series. Between 1992 and 1999, movies had the full logo at the end.
*A <u>still version</u> of this logo is used at the end of movies starting in 1999 and on the ''Ace Ventura'' animated series. Between 1992 and 1999, movies had the full logo at the end.
* There is <u>a scope variant</u> where the 1.85 version is cropped to 2.35. This was used on ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls''.
* There is <u>a scope variant</u> where the 1.85 version is cropped to 2.35. This was used on ''Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls''.

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