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{{PageCredits|description=Matt Williams, Kris Starring, and Logophile|capture=Eric S., Logophile, and Mr. Logo|edits=V of Doom, Shadeed A. Kelley, and indycar|video=Eric S. and WorldIntroHD}} | {{PageCredits|description=Matt Williams, Kris Starring, and Logophile|capture=Eric S., Logophile, and Mr. Logo|edits=V of Doom, Shadeed A. Kelley, and indycar|video=Eric S. and WorldIntroHD}} | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Hollywood Pictures was a film division of The Walt Disney Company that was established on February 1, 1989, initially to finance and distribute B-movies and smaller-budget films. After being dormant since 2001, the brand was re-activated in 2006 to produce genre films such as horror and African-American films (in the same vein as Sony Pictures Entertainment's [[Screen Gems Pictures]]) in place of Dimension Films after Bob and Harvey Weinstein left Disney to form [[The Weinstein Company]]. However, after only three films, the label was discontinued again a year later. | Hollywood Pictures was a film division of [[Walt Disney Pictures|The Walt Disney Company]] that was established on February 1, 1989, initially to finance and distribute B-movies and smaller-budget films, and to create internal competition with the company's other adult-orientated label, [[Touchstone Pictures]]. After being dormant since 2001, the brand was re-activated in 2006 to produce genre films such as horror and African-American films (in the same vein as Sony Pictures Entertainment's [[Screen Gems Pictures]]), in place of [[Dimension Films]] after Bob and Harvey Weinstein left Disney to form [[The Weinstein Company]]. However, after only three films, the label was discontinued again a year later. Today, Disney continues to control the films produced by the studio, with Hollywood existing in-name-only to hold their copyrights. | ||
===1st Logo July 18, 1990-April 6, 2001, March 24, 2006-April 27, 2007)=== | ===1st Logo (July 18, 1990-April 6, 2001, March 24, 2006-April 27, 2007)=== | ||
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'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*There is an early variant, in which a box appears around the sphinx logo, with "HOLLYWOOD" above it and "PICTURES" below. It appeared on ''Arachnophobia'' and ''Taking Care of Business''. | *There is an early variant, in which a box appears around the sphinx logo, with "HOLLYWOOD" above it and "PICTURES" below. It appeared on ''Arachnophobia'' and ''Taking Care of Business''. | ||
*On some movies, such as Terminal Velocity, the logo looks worn out. | *On some movies, such as ''Terminal Velocity'', the logo looks worn out. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The glowing of the light behind the sphinx. | '''FX/SFX:''' The glowing of the light behind the sphinx. | ||
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*On some movies like ''Crimson Tide'', ''The Rock'' or ''The Sixth Sense'', it is silent, or uses the opening theme of the movie. | *On some movies like ''Crimson Tide'', ''The Rock'' or ''The Sixth Sense'', it is silent, or uses the opening theme of the movie. | ||
*As a closing logo, the closing theme is used or it is silent. | *As a closing logo, the closing theme is used or it is silent. | ||
*On the 2012 Mill Creek Entertainment DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Gone Fishin<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', the Walt Disney Pictures theme can be heard, but muffled and quiet. This was due to the film originally being planned as a Disney release but switched to Hollywood later on. | *On the 2012 [[Mill Creek Entertainment]] DVD and Blu-ray release of ''Gone Fishin<nowiki>'</nowiki>'', the Walt Disney Pictures theme can be heard, but muffled and quiet. This was due to the film originally being planned as a Disney release but switched to Hollywood later on. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common. Was seen on several films from the studio such as ''Arachnophobia'' (the first film from the studio and the first film with this logo), ''Tombstone'', ''Nixon'', ''Evita'', ''Just Visiting'', ''Stay Alive'', ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Grosse Pointe Blank'', ''An American Werewolf in Paris'' and ''The Sixth Sense''. Don't expect this on ''The Santa Clause'', as even though it was credited on the film (and was, in fact, originally going be be released under the banner), the logo itself doesn't appear. Also appears at the beginning of a UK VHS print of ''Scream 3''. | '''Availability:''' Common. Was seen on several films from the studio such as ''Arachnophobia'' (the first film from the studio and the first film with this logo), ''Tombstone'', ''Nixon'', ''Evita'', ''Just Visiting'', ''Stay Alive'', ''Super Mario Bros.'', ''Grosse Pointe Blank'', ''An American Werewolf in Paris'' and ''The Sixth Sense''. Don't expect this on ''The Santa Clause'', as even though it was credited on the film (and was, in fact, originally going be be released under the banner), the logo itself doesn't appear. Also appears at the beginning of a UK VHS print of ''Scream 3''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is probably one of Disney's "black sheep" logos. Some have argued that the Sphinx, a symbol of Egypt, seems questionable for logo for a company called Hollywood Pictures. Others have argued that there's not much animation in this logo. About the only thing agreed on regarding this is that the fanfare | '''Editor's Note:''' This logo is probably one of Disney's "black sheep" logos. Some have argued that the Sphinx, a symbol of Egypt, seems questionable for logo for a company called Hollywood Pictures. Others have argued that there's not much animation in this logo. About the only thing agreed on regarding this logo is that the fanfare is very nice. | ||
is very nice. | |||
===2nd Logo (1993)=== | ===2nd Logo (1993)=== | ||