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===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, and to create internal competition with the company's other adult-orientated label, [[Touchstone Pictures]]. The banner was also used for releasing titles by [[Cinergi Pictures Entertainment|Cinergi Productions]] in the US and select regions. 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. | '''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, and to create internal competition with the company's other adult-orientated label, [[Touchstone Pictures]]. The banner was also used for releasing titles by [[Cinergi Pictures Entertainment|Cinergi Productions]] in the US and select regions. 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 [[Miramax Films|Miramax]] founders 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 27, 2007)=== | ===1st Logo (July 18, 1990-April 27, 2007)=== | ||
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'''Nickname:''' "The Sphinx" | '''Nickname:''' "The Sphinx" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a black background, a {{Font color|blue|blue}} moon glows behind an object, as the glowing line increases to reveal the object as the famous Egyptian sphinx. The light dies down to a circle behind the logo, as three lines (resembling as steps) fades-in below the logo, and below them the text "HOLLYWOOD PICTURES". | '''Logo:''' On a black background, a {{Font color|blue|blue}} moon glows behind an object, as the glowing line increases to reveal the object as the famous Egyptian sphinx. The light dies down to a circle behind the logo, as three lines (resembling as steps) fades-in below the logo, and below them the text "{{Font color|blue|HOLLYWOOD PICTURES}}". | ||
'''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 "{{Font color|blue|HOLLYWOOD}}" above it and "{{Font color|blue|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. | ||