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'''Largo Entertainment''' was a production company founded in August 1989. It was run by movie producers and brothers '''La'''w'''r'''ence and Charles '''Go'''rdon and was backed by Japanese electronics firm JVC/Victor in an investment that cost more than $100 million. The company released their first film, ''Point Break'', in 1991. The following year, they formed "'''Largo International N.V.'''", a short-lived international division. Largo went out of business in 1999, and their film library was acquired by [[Intermedia Films|Intermedia]] in 2001; Lawrence Gordon went on to form his own company, [[Lawrence Gordon Productions]]. Today, [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] holds video rights to most of the Intermedia-owned Largo Entertainment library, with a few exceptions. | '''Largo Entertainment''' was a production company founded in August 1989. It was run by movie producers and brothers '''La'''w'''r'''ence and Charles '''Go'''rdon and was backed by Japanese electronics firm JVC/Victor in an investment that cost more than $100 million. The company released their first film, ''Point Break'', in 1991. The following year, they formed "'''Largo International N.V.'''", a short-lived international division. Largo went out of business in 1999, and their film library was acquired by [[Intermedia Films|Intermedia]] in 2001; Lawrence Gordon went on to form his own company, [[Lawrence Gordon Productions]]. Today, [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] holds video rights to most of the Intermedia-owned Largo Entertainment library, with a few exceptions. | ||
===(July 12, 1991-September 10, 1999)=== | ===Logo (July 12, 1991-September 10, 1999)=== | ||
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''' | '''Visuals:''' On a black background, a {{color|red}} line scrolls down. As it does this, the word "{{Font|Times New Roman|LARGO}}" rises up. They both rest in the middle of the screen. Then the word "{{font|Times New Roman|E N T E R T A I N M E N T}}" crawls down from below the red line and stops. The byline "IN ASSOCIATION WITH JVC ENTERTAINMENT, INC.", with the JVC logo in {{color|red}} and between "WITH" and "JVC", fades in below. | ||
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