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'''Cannon Films''' (also known as "The Cannon Group, Inc." and "Cannon Pictures") was a film studio that has produced low-to medium-budget films from October 23, 1967 to 1993. The studio was formed by Dennis Friedland and Christopher C. Dewey. In 1979, Cannon was sold to Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who had produced a few Israeli films such as ''Operation Thunderbolt'' (''Mivtsa Yonatan'', English translation: "''Operation Jonathan''") and the teen comedy ''Lemon Popsicle'' (''Eis am Steil'') before coming to the United States in 1979. During that year, they bought controlling interest in Cannon Films and forged a business model of buying "bottom-barrel" scripts and putting them into production. In 1989, Cannon was acquired by Giancarlo Parretti and was renamed as Pathé Communications (this company was not connected with [[Pathé (France)|Pathé]], although Parretti gave the company its name because he was going to purchase the latter studio, but was blocked by the French government). Parretti later acquired [[MGM/UA Communications Co.]] in 1990 and the two companies were merged to form "MGM-Pathé Communications Co.". Menahem Golan left the company to form a new studio, [[21st Century Film Corporation]]. In 1993, Cannon was folded into [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. Most of the library of the American arm of Cannon Films is owned by MGM, who also owns home media, and international television rights. [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros]]. owns the North American theatrical and home media rights to their co-productions with Cannon, such as ''Cobra'', ''Over the Top'', ''The Hanoi Hilton'', ''Bloodsport'', ''Masters of the Universe'', and ''Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (for which Warner Bros. also owns international home media rights). As of 2016, North American television rights to most of the Cannon library is owned by [[Paramount Pictures]], having acquired the rights after being purchased by [[ViacomCBS|Viacom]], who in turn, previously remained in charge of TV syndication for the Cannon library. | '''Cannon Films''' (also known as "The Cannon Group, Inc." and "Cannon Pictures") was a film studio that has produced low-to medium-budget films from October 23, 1967 to 1993. The studio was formed by Dennis Friedland and Christopher C. Dewey. In 1979, Cannon was sold to Israeli cousins Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus, who had produced a few Israeli films such as ''Operation Thunderbolt'' (''Mivtsa Yonatan'', English translation: "''Operation Jonathan''") and the teen comedy ''Lemon Popsicle'' (''Eis am Steil'') before coming to the United States in 1979. During that year, they bought controlling interest in Cannon Films and forged a business model of buying "bottom-barrel" scripts and putting them into production. In 1989, Cannon was acquired by Giancarlo Parretti and was renamed as Pathé Communications (this company was not connected with [[Pathé (France)|Pathé]], although Parretti gave the company its name because he was going to purchase the latter studio, but was blocked by the French government). Parretti later acquired [[MGM/UA Communications Co.]] in 1990 and the two companies were merged to form "MGM-Pathé Communications Co.". Menahem Golan left the company to form a new studio, [[21st Century Film Corporation]]. In 1993, Cannon was folded into [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]]. Most of the library of the American arm of Cannon Films is owned by MGM, who also owns home media, and international television rights. [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros]]. owns the North American theatrical and home media rights to their co-productions with Cannon, such as ''Cobra'', ''Over the Top'', ''The Hanoi Hilton'', ''Bloodsport'', ''Masters of the Universe'', and ''Superman IV: The Quest for Peace'' (for which Warner Bros. also owns international home media rights). As of 2016, North American television rights to most of the Cannon library is owned by [[Paramount Pictures]], having acquired the rights after being purchased by [[ViacomCBS|Viacom]], who in turn, previously remained in charge of TV syndication for the Cannon library. | ||
===1st Logo ( | ===1st Logo (January 1971-1984)=== | ||
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*A shorter version exists where the "C" merges from the split. | *A shorter version exists where the "C" merges from the split. | ||
*On trailers, the hexagon zooms out from the center of the screen and fades to a dark blue color, but with the lines still present. The hexagon splits open in the middle, revealing "''COMING FROM'' '''''CANNON FILMS'''''", with "CANNON FILMS" in the corporate font. It then quickly closes. | *On trailers, the hexagon zooms out from the center of the screen and fades to a dark blue color, but with the lines still present. The hexagon splits open in the middle, revealing "''COMING FROM'' '''''CANNON FILMS'''''", with "CANNON FILMS" in the corporate font. It then quickly closes. | ||
*On early films, the logo was longer, with the "C" moving to the bottom of the screen to make room for text in a yellow, heavily condensed Eurostile font reading "CHRISTOPHER C.DEWEY and DENNIS FRIEDLAND present". | |||
'''FX/SFX:''' The movement of the "C" and the formation of the text, which is 2D animation. | '''FX/SFX:''' The movement of the "C" and the formation of the text, which is 2D animation. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' One film uses the music from the 4th logo, due to a reverse plaster error. | '''Music/Sounds Variant:''' One film uses the music from the 4th logo, due to a reverse plaster error. | ||
'''Availability:''' Quite rare. It was seen on some Cannon films from the time frame, as most (including ''Northville Cemetery Massacre'') had no logo or contained only a "The Cannon Group Presents" text notice. Appears on films such as ''The Happy Hooker'', ''The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington'', ''The Alaska Wilderness Adventure'', and ''Hot T-Shirts'' (the latter after the second 1984 logo). It may be seen on American theatrical prints (and possibly the Paragon Video Productions VHS) of the 1980 film ''Contamination'', released in the United States as ''Alien Contamination''. The shorter variant can be seen on ''New Year's Evil''. | '''Availability:''' Quite rare. It was seen on some Cannon films from the time frame, as most (including ''Northville Cemetery Massacre'') had no logo or contained only a "The Cannon Group Presents" text notice. Appears on films such as ''The Happy Hooker'', ''The Happy Hooker Goes to Washington'', ''The Alaska Wilderness Adventure'', and ''Hot T-Shirts'' (the latter after the second 1984 logo). It may be seen on American theatrical prints (and possibly the Paragon Video Productions VHS) of the 1980 film ''Contamination'', released in the United States as ''Alien Contamination''. The shorter variant can be seen on ''New Year's Evil''. The early variant can be seen on ''Fury on Wheels''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||