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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 [[Miramax Films|Miramax]] founders Harvey and Bob 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 | '''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 Harvey and Bob 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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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | '''Music/Sounds Variants:''' | ||
* An alternate mix of this fanfare can be heard on most movies from the company released in 1992 and 1993. | * An alternate mix of this fanfare can be heard on most movies from the company released in 1992 and 1993. | ||
* On some movies like ''Crimson Tide'', ''The Rock'' or ''The Sixth Sense'', it is silent | * 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. | ||
*The 1991 Australian VHS release of ''Arachonophobia'' uses the home video variant of the fanfare. | *The 1991 Australian VHS release of ''Arachonophobia'' uses the home video variant of the fanfare. | ||