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'''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 Exorcist: Believer'' was distributed by Universal). The library rights were acquired by [[Revolution Studios]] in 2014, with sales handled by [[Miramax Films]]. Home media rights now rest with [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] in the United States and Canada, home media rights to some films are owned by [[Shout! Studios]], [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] and [[Arrow Video]], and digital rights to some films are owned by [[Relativity Media]]. 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).

'''Visuals:''' Against a black background, a curvy blue line (intended to be a creek) moves across the screen. The camera then zooms out to reveal a tall black rectangle against a blue background with the curvy line cut out near the bottom. "MORGAN" is seen on top, and "CREEK" is seen on the bottom, both in Century Schoolbook, with a line placed above and below the words.

'''Visuals:''' On a navy blue background, a yellow/gold line cuts through the screen. The camera pans near it to reveal it is one of two shiny 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 blue/black gradient background as we see it is inside a {{color|darkviolet|purplish}} box. Then the words "MORGAN" and "CREEK" (in the same font as before) zoom out towards their usual positions.

*On <u>certain films</u> (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 yellow/gold. It is easier to spot on VHS and LaserDisc releases, as newer prints of these use the traditional yellow/gold version.

*On <u>''The King and I: Animated Thinking Adventure'' CD-ROM game</u>, the print logo is inside a white box on an indigo background and the creek is colored {{color|dodgerblue|sky blue}}. Again, a copyright stamp is displayed below.

'''Technique:''' CGI by Studio Productions (now known as "Flip Your Lid Animation").

'''Audio:''' An orchestral brass fanfare adapted from the overture of ''Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves'' composed by Michael Kamen (also used for the 2007 [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] logo).

'''Technique:''' CGI with elements that callback to the 1988 (with the extra river) and 1991 (with the company name's appearance) logos.