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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''Touchstone Pictures''' (formerly "Touchstone Films") was established by [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]] in February 1984 to produce and distribute more adult-oriented films. The company was merely a brand | '''Touchstone Pictures''' (formerly "Touchstone Films") was established by [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]] in February 1984 to produce and distribute more adult-oriented films. The company was merely a brand and didn't operate as a separate company. The company became a dominant force between its establishment in the 1980s to the early 2000s, making several successful films such as ''Who Framed Roger Rabbit'', ''Three Men and a Baby'', ''Adventures in Babysitting'', ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', ''The Color of Money'', ''Con Air'', ''Unbreakable'', ''Signs'', and many more films. However, the company began a slow decline in 2003 with the success of ''Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl'' as the first PG-13 film released under the mainline [[Walt Disney Pictures]] banner. The label became relegated to R-rated and PG and PG-13 fare that didn't fit the mainline banner as a result. Two huge blows were dealt to the company in 2009: first, the then-new Disney chairman Rich Ross trimmed the number of films Disney released in a year to eight. This business plan resulted in planned sequels for Touchstone hits being cancelled, and many more flops to come for Disney in general (he left after the failures of ''John Carter'' and ''Mars Needs Moms''); the last Touchstone film released solo, without distributing for others, was ''You Again''. Meanwhile, Disney eventually stopped producing adult-oriented but family-friendly films after ''Old Dogs'' flopped with critics (though it did reasonably well at the box office). After all this, Touchstone began merely distributing films for [[Lucasfilm Ltd.|Lucasfilm]], [[Miramax Films|Miramax]], and [[DreamWorks Pictures|DreamWorks Studios]] (except the EMEA region and India), as well as foreign films and titles Disney didn't see value in. It didn't help either that Disney was beginning to release their Marvel and ''Star Wars'' films under the respective [[Marvel Studios]] and Lucasfilm brands. The final blow came with the critical and commercial failure of ''Strange Magic'', with them only distributing ''Bridge of Spies'' and ''The Light Between Oceans'' since then, the latter ultimately being the company's final film. Disney quietly retired the label in 2018 after the expiration of their DreamWorks deal (since they went back to [[Amblin Partners]] and [[Universal Pictures]] for distribution) and their eventual acquisition of [[21st Century Fox]] in 2019. Its slate has since been taken over by Walt Disney Pictures (for most Disney style films), [[20th Century Studios]] (for non-Disney style films and several mid-budget adult films), and [[Searchlight Pictures]] (for low-budget, independent and third-party films), while several other Disney divisions have produced or are developing television series and films based on previous Touchstone properties for [[Disney+ Originals|Disney+]] and [[Hulu]]. However, ''Sherlock Gnomes'', the sequel and spin-off to ''Gnomeo & Juliet'', was released by [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] instead of Disney. Although the 2019 film ''Glass'' was rumored to be released by Touchstone outside of the United States, it was instead released under the revived [[Buena Vista International]] label. | ||
===1st Logo (March 9, 1984)=== | ===1st Logo (March 9, 1984)=== | ||
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'''Trivia:''' The logo was designed by Jerry Kuyper of Landor Associates. | '''Trivia:''' The logo was designed by Jerry Kuyper of Landor Associates. | ||
'''Variant:''' An open matte version of this logo exists on full-screen versions of Touchstone's debut release, ''Splash | '''Variant:''' An open matte version of this logo exists on full-screen versions of Touchstone's debut release, ''Splash''.'' | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' None. | '''FX/SFX:''' None. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Shattering Thunderball", "Thunderball II", "Touchstone Thunderball II" | '''Nicknames:''' "Shattering Thunderball", "Thunderball II", "Touchstone Thunderball II" | ||
'''Logo:''' We start on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, which then shrinks into a ball on a black background zooms out into the upper center portion of the screen. After it takes a small dip, it heads toward the background where it flashes and turns into the thunderball from the 1st logo. The thunderbolts shine as the background lightens up with salmon concentric circles, which get dimmer the farther out they go. "{{Font color|navy|TOUCHSTONE FILMS}}" at the bottom in {{Font color|navy|navy}} blue text, then fades in below. | '''Logo:''' We start on a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, which then shrinks into a ball on a black background that zooms out into the upper center portion of the screen. After it takes a small dip, it heads toward the background where it flashes and turns into the thunderball from the 1st logo. The thunderbolts shine as the background lightens up with salmon concentric circles, which get dimmer the farther out they go. "{{Font color|navy|TOUCHSTONE FILMS}}" at the bottom in {{Font color|navy|navy}} blue text, then fades in below. | ||
'''Variant:''' On fullscreen versions of ''Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend'', as that film was shot in 2.35:1, the logo was squeezed vertically to fit the standard TV aspect ratio, so the circle became an vertical oval. | '''Variant:''' On fullscreen versions of ''Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend'', as that film was shot in 2.35:1, the logo was squeezed vertically to fit the standard TV aspect ratio, so the circle became an vertical oval. | ||
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* At the end of a French television broadcast of ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' on the Chérie 25 network, a shortened version was used (most likely as a result of time compression), which starts with the text shining and also cuts to the 2006 [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo before it fades out. | * At the end of a French television broadcast of ''Six Days, Seven Nights'' on the Chérie 25 network, a shortened version was used (most likely as a result of time compression), which starts with the text shining and also cuts to the 2006 [[Buena Vista International Television]] logo before it fades out. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The stretching ball, the "flash" and the "electricity" | '''FX/SFX:''' The stretching ball, the "flash" and the "electricity." Pretty good 2D animation (sometimes 3D during the logo's later years) from [[The Walt Disney Company|Walt Disney Productions]] (now known as [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]). | ||
'''Music/Sounds:''' A series of synthesized bells, ending in a "twang" when the circle and thunder meet, composed by John Debney. In other cases, it used the opening/closing theme of the movie or its silent. On some films, such as ''The Color of Money'', ''3 Ninjas'' and ''The Waterboy'', the film's opening score deliberately syncs up with the logo's animation. In later years, the theme was rarely used, at a point that starting in the early 2000s, it was mainly mostly used on [[Spyglass Media Group|Spyglass Entertainment]] productions. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A series of synthesized bells, ending in a "twang" when the circle and thunder meet, composed by John Debney. In other cases, it used the opening/closing theme of the movie or its silent. On some films, such as ''The Color of Money'', ''3 Ninjas'' and ''The Waterboy'', the film's opening score deliberately syncs up with the logo's animation. In later years, the theme was rarely used, at a point that starting in the early 2000s, it was mainly mostly used on [[Spyglass Media Group|Spyglass Entertainment]] productions. | ||
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* This logo was seen on pre-2006 prints of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', though newer remastered prints have it plastered with the 2006 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo starting with the 3D re-release (though Touchstone is still listed at the end of the closing credits). | * This logo was seen on pre-2006 prints of ''The Nightmare Before Christmas'', though newer remastered prints have it plastered with the 2006 [[Walt Disney Pictures]] logo starting with the 3D re-release (though Touchstone is still listed at the end of the closing credits). | ||
* It can still be found on pre-2006 DVD and VHS releases of said film. Surprisingly, this can be seen at the start of the original UK VHS release of ''Pulp Fiction'', before the [[Miramax Films]] logo. | * It can still be found on pre-2006 DVD and VHS releases of said film. Surprisingly, this can be seen at the start of the original UK VHS release of ''Pulp Fiction'', before the [[Miramax Films]] logo. | ||
* | * A short version of this logo also appears at the end of international prints of ''The Rocketeer'', in place of the Walt Disney Pictures logo as seen on the American release. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' One of the most iconic logos of the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to its mystical music and memorable animation. | '''Editor's Note:''' One of the most iconic logos of the 1980s and 1990s, thanks to its mystical music and memorable animation. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Thunderball IV", "CGI Golden-Light Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball IV", "CGI Touchstone Thunderball" | '''Nicknames:''' "Thunderball IV", "CGI Golden-Light Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball IV", "CGI Touchstone Thunderball" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, the lightning bolt from the previous logo streaks in and zooms back onto a grey-blue 3D sphere. After that, the text "TOUCHSTONE PICTURES" zooms out, at first a shadow then is lit up. The lightning bolt also lets out orange streaks that die down when the text | '''Logo:''' On a black background, the lightning bolt from the previous logo streaks in and zooms back onto a grey-blue 3D sphere. After that, the text "TOUCHSTONE PICTURES" zooms out, at first a shadow then is lit up. The lightning bolt also lets out orange streaks that die down when the text settles in place. | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||