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|20th Century Fox (1982).png|2nd Logo (September 16, 1953-December 11?, 1987) | |20th Century Fox (1982).png|2nd Logo (September 16, 1953-December 11?, 1987) | ||
|20th Century Fox (1965).png|3rd Logo (February 16, 1956-December 12, 1967) | |20th Century Fox (1965).png|3rd Logo (February 16, 1956-December 12, 1967) | ||
|20th Century Fox (1983).png|4th Logo (April 10, 1981-August 5, 1994) | |20th Century Fox (1983).png|4th Logo (April 10?, 1981-August 5, 1994) | ||
|20th Century Fox (1994 - 2010) 2007 Enhanced Version.png|5th Logo (July 12, 1994-January 22, 2010) | |20th Century Fox (1994 - 2010) 2007 Enhanced Version.png|5th Logo (July 12, 1994-January 22, 2010) | ||
|Twentieth Century Fox (2013).png|6th Logo (August 10, 2009-January 10, 2020) | |Twentieth Century Fox (2013).png|6th Logo (August 10, 2009-January 10, 2020) | ||
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*The CinemaScope snipe of this logo made appearances on [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]'s ''La La Land'' and on the broadcast of the 74th Golden Globe Awards. | *The CinemaScope snipe of this logo made appearances on [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]'s ''La La Land'' and on the broadcast of the 74th Golden Globe Awards. | ||
===4th Logo (April 10, 1981-August 5, 1994)=== | ===4th Logo (April 10?, 1981-August 5, 1994)=== | ||
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'''Visuals:''' Another redrawn version of the last logo. This time, the structure is as off-center left as the late 1960s variant of the 1953 logo. The searchlights now have a glow (possibly Scanimate) surrounding them, and the sky is in a lighter shade of blue (closer to daytime, as opposed to the night-blue shade of its predecessors), with the clouds looking more "blended". This design of the logo was used as the basis for the 1994 logo. | '''Visuals:''' Another redrawn version of the last logo. This time, the structure is as off-center left as the late 1960s variant of the 1953 logo. The searchlights now have a glow (possibly Scanimate) surrounding them, and the sky is in a lighter shade of blue (closer to daytime, as opposed to the night-blue shade of its predecessors), with the clouds looking more "blended". This design of the logo was used as the basis for the 1994 logo. | ||
'''Trivia:''' This logo was designed when Rocky Longo repainted the eight-layered glass panels, and straightened the zero. This logo is actually traced over the 1953 logo if one lines up both variants over each other. It also bears a | '''Trivia:''' This logo was designed when Rocky Longo repainted the eight-layered glass panels, and straightened the zero. This logo is actually traced over the 1953 logo if one lines up both variants over each other. It also bears a resemblance to the 1956 logo (particularly the number "'''20'''"). | ||
'''Variants:''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
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*Same as the previous, but the text reads as either "Produced and Released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation" or "Released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation". | *Same as the previous, but the text reads as either "Produced and Released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation" or "Released by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation". | ||
*In 1990, the text was shortened to either "Released by Twentieth Century Fox" or "Produced and Released by Twentieth Century Fox". | *In 1990, the text was shortened to either "Released by Twentieth Century Fox" or "Produced and Released by Twentieth Century Fox". | ||
*On ''The Abyss'', ''The Boy Who Could Fly'', ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'' and ''My Cousin Vinny'', there was a variation which had "RELEASED BY" above the 20th Century Fox print logo. | *On ''The Abyss'', ''The Boy Who Could Fly'', ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', and ''My Cousin Vinny'', there was a variation which had "RELEASED BY" above the 20th Century Fox print logo. | ||
**Sometimes, there is a variant where it reads "Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" above the print logo | **Sometimes, there is a variant where it reads "Distributed by Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation" above the print logo. | ||
'''Technique:''' The monument was created as a painting on several layers of glass, and the searchlights were traditionally animated frame-by-frame; this time the logo was animated by Pacific Title. | '''Technique:''' The monument was created as a painting on several layers of glass, and the searchlights were traditionally animated frame-by-frame; this time the logo was animated by Pacific Title. | ||
'''Audio:''' | '''Audio:''' | ||
*April 10, 1981: The 1954 CinemaScope extension fanfare. | *April 10?, 1981: The 1954 CinemaScope extension fanfare. | ||
*December 25, 1981-October 1, 1993: The 1979 fanfare, which was used in tandem with the | *December 25, 1981-October 1, 1993: The 1979 fanfare, which was used in tandem with the longer 1982 version until ''Freaked''. Most films would either use this or the long version. | ||
*August 6, 1982, July 20, 1984-July 1, 1994: A new arrangement of the long version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare, as conducted by Lionel Newman. The first film to use this rendition was ''The Pirate Movie'' | *August 6, 1982, July 20, 1984-July 1, 1994: A new arrangement of the long version of the 20th Century Fox fanfare, as conducted by Lionel Newman. The first film to use this rendition was ''The Pirate Movie'' (released on August 6, 1982); however, it was not officially used until ''Revenge of the Nerds'' (released on July 20, 1984). The last film to use this fanfare was ''Baby's Day Out'' (released on July 1, 1994). | ||
'''Audio Variants:''' | '''Audio Variants:''' | ||
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*On AMC's prints of ''Wall Street'', a lower-pitched version of the 1979 fanfare is heard. | *On AMC's prints of ''Wall Street'', a lower-pitched version of the 1979 fanfare is heard. | ||
*TCM France's print of ''Inferno'' (1980) has the 1994 fanfare playing over this logo due to poor reverse plastering. | *TCM France's print of ''Inferno'' (1980) has the 1994 fanfare playing over this logo due to poor reverse plastering. | ||
*On [[Amazon Originals|Amazon Prime Video]] and Syfy | *On [[Amazon Originals|Amazon Prime Video]] and Syfy prints of ''Die Hard 2'', the 1997 fanfare is heard as a result of a reverse plaster, being based on the post-2007 print. | ||
*On ''Young Guns'' (1988), the last note of the 1979 fanfare is cut short. | *On ''Young Guns'' (1988), the last note of the 1979 fanfare is cut short. | ||
'''Availability:''' Seen on films from Fox from the time | '''Availability:''' Seen on most films from Fox from the time period until 1994. During its first few years in use, this was used in tandem with the 1953 logo. | ||
*This logo allegedly premiered on the 1981 re-release of ''Star Wars IV: A New Hope'' (first released under that name on April 10, 1981); it would be used on most fullscreen prints of said film (save for its 1983 HBO television premiere) until the 2nd logo was restored for the 1995 video release. This logo made its first regular appearance on ''Taps'' and ''Modern Problems'' (both released on December 25, 1981), and its final appearance on ''Airheads'' (released on August 5, 1994). | |||
*Notable films to use this logo include ''Taps'', ''The Verdict'', theatrical versions of ''Return of the Jedi'', ''Porky's II: The Next Day'', ''Romancing the Stone'', ''Porky's Revenge!'', ''Commando'', ''Aliens'', ''Predator'', ''Broadcast News'', ''Big'', ''Die Hard'', ''Working Girl'', ''Say Anything...'', ''The War of the Roses'', ''Die Hard 2'', ''Home Alone'', ''Predator 2'', ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', ''Edward Scissorhands'', ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'', ''Alien 3'', ''Once Upon a Forest'', ''The Sandlot'', ''Mrs. Doubtfire'', ''Speed'', and ''Baby's Day Out'', among others. | *Notable films to use this logo include ''Taps'', ''The Verdict'', theatrical versions of ''Return of the Jedi'', ''Porky's II: The Next Day'', ''Romancing the Stone'', ''Porky's Revenge!'', ''Commando'', ''Aliens'', ''Predator'', ''Broadcast News'', ''Big'', ''Die Hard'', ''Working Girl'', ''Say Anything...'', ''The War of the Roses'', ''Die Hard 2'', ''Home Alone'', ''Predator 2'', ''FernGully: The Last Rainforest'', ''Edward Scissorhands'', ''Home Alone 2: Lost in New York'', ''Alien 3'', ''Once Upon a Forest'', ''The Sandlot'', ''Mrs. Doubtfire'', ''Speed'', and ''Baby's Day Out'', among others. | ||
*This logo also plasters the 1953 logo on the video release of ''Chu Chu and the Philly Flash'', current prints of ''Thunder and Lightning'' (with the abridged CinemaScope fanfare), ''Wizards'', the director's cut of ''Alien'', ''My Bodyguard'', ''Revenge of the Nerds'', ''Bad Medicine'', ''Moving Violations'', ''Wall Street'', and ''Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise''. | *This logo also plasters the 1953 logo on the video release of ''Chu Chu and the Philly Flash'', current prints of ''Thunder and Lightning'' (with the abridged CinemaScope fanfare), ''Wizards'', the director's cut of ''Alien'', ''My Bodyguard'', ''Revenge of the Nerds'', ''Bad Medicine'', ''Moving Violations'', ''Wall Street'', and ''Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise''. | ||
*Fox plastered/updated the 1st and 2nd logos with this on some colorized versions of its films in the 1980s, such as ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947; the original logo is restored on newer colorized prints however), and Technicolor films such as ''Halls of Montezuma''. | *Fox plastered/updated the 1st and 2nd logos with this on some colorized versions of its films in the 1980s, such as ''Miracle on 34th Street'' (1947; the original logo is restored on newer colorized prints however), and Technicolor films such as ''Halls of Montezuma''. | ||