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Castle Rock Entertainment
Logo descriptions and captures by Logoboy95 and Eric S.
Editions by V of Doom, Logophile, and OptimusPrime2000
Video captures courtesy of FlunderMan and WillWill45
Background: Castle Rock Entertainment was founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andy Scheinman, Glenn Padnick, and Alan Horn, with Columbia Pictures as their strategic partner originally. However, this company did not use a logo nor produce any films until 1989, when When Harry Met Sally... was released. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
1st Logo
(July 14, 1989-July 29, 1994)
Nicknames: "The Lighthouse", "The Light Tower"
Logo: Over a sea at sunset with some land, a small house, and a lighthouse in the distance, we see the light from the lighthouse shining. A white sun rises up from the bottom
of the range, and as the light moves from left to right, it causes the plain white words "CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT" to appear at the bottom of the screen. The light disappears when the logo is finished.
FX/SFX: The sun rising up, the "CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT" text appearing, and the lighthouse shining; nice 2D animation.
Cheesy Factor: The lighthouse shining is pretty choppy, but other than that, it's pretty good.
Music/Sounds: A soft piano sounder followed by a five-note fanfare with horns and bells. This tune was composed by Marc Shaiman.
Music/Sounds Variants: On Lord of the Flies, there is a weird music variation with the volume growing louder then softer.
Availability: It usually can be seen on Castle Rock releases from 1989-1994. However, this logo goes though editing on City Slickers on TV. On Bravo, it's replaced with the 1994 logo (with AOL Time Warner byline), on Comedy Central, there is an edited version of the 1981 Columbia and 1994 Castle Rock logos. On the 2001 DVD release, it's replaced with the MGM logo. But on some current prints this is replaced with the next logo. Some prints on TNT and TBS has the original logo with the Columbia logos. Movies that have this logo include When Harry Met Sally..., Lord of the Flies, Sibling Rivalry, Spirit of '76, Misery, Late For Dinner, Year of the Comet, Honeymoon in Vegas, Mr. Saturday Night, A Few Good Men, Amos and Andrew, In the Line of Fire, Needful Things, Malice, City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold, Little Big League, North and Barcelona.
Scare Factor: None.
2nd Logo
(September 23, 1994- )
Nicknames: "CGI Lighthouse", "CGI Light Tower"
Logo: Same as the previous logo, but in CGI. We see a yellow light on a black background rotating, then the background fades to a blue/orange gradient sky with water to reveal a lighthouse and a house. The yellow light turns from left to right while the plain light orange sun rises up and sweeps around to reveal the words "CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT", in the same font as the previous logo and colored in plain yellow, below the lighthouse. The company name now zooms out from the bottom of the screen. The light disappears when the lighthouse and the company name stays on the logo.
Bylines: Below it, one of these five bylines fade in below the logo:
Variants:
FX/SFX: The lighthouse and the company name zoom-out.
Cheesy Factor: The byline "A TURNER COMPANY" chryoned in on the 1995 variation is very rough, but this is lots of cool stuff that comes with accuracy.
Music/Sounds: A more re-orchestrated and dramatic-sounding version is used.
Music/Sounds Variant: On some currents of 1989-1994 movies, this plasters the 1989 logo but keeps its original music.
Availability: Currently in use. The early Turner variant is rare and it appears on The Shawshank Redemption and Forget Paris. The second Turner logo is slightly more common and appears on The American President, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, City Hall and Striptease. The bylineless version is seen on Waiting for Guffman, Ghost of Mississippi and Absolute Power. The first Time Warner is seen on My Giant, Mickey Blue Eyes, Bait, Best in Show and Miss Congenality. The AOL Time Warner logo is seen on Hearts in Atlantis, The Majestic, The Salton Sea, Two Weeks Notice, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Murder by Numbers and Kangaroo Jack. The current version is seen on Miss Congenality 2: Armed and Fabalous, Music and Lyrics and No Reservations and may plaster the 1989 and Turner logos on current prints.
Scare Factor: None.
Editions by V of Doom, Logophile, and OptimusPrime2000
Video captures courtesy of FlunderMan and WillWill45
Background: Castle Rock Entertainment was founded in 1987 by Martin Shafer, director Rob Reiner, Andy Scheinman, Glenn Padnick, and Alan Horn, with Columbia Pictures as their strategic partner originally. However, this company did not use a logo nor produce any films until 1989, when When Harry Met Sally... was released. It is currently a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Entertainment.
1st Logo
(July 14, 1989-July 29, 1994)
Nicknames: "The Lighthouse", "The Light Tower"
Logo: Over a sea at sunset with some land, a small house, and a lighthouse in the distance, we see the light from the lighthouse shining. A white sun rises up from the bottom
of the range, and as the light moves from left to right, it causes the plain white words "CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT" to appear at the bottom of the screen. The light disappears when the logo is finished.FX/SFX: The sun rising up, the "CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT" text appearing, and the lighthouse shining; nice 2D animation.
Cheesy Factor: The lighthouse shining is pretty choppy, but other than that, it's pretty good.
Music/Sounds: A soft piano sounder followed by a five-note fanfare with horns and bells. This tune was composed by Marc Shaiman.
Music/Sounds Variants: On Lord of the Flies, there is a weird music variation with the volume growing louder then softer.
Availability: It usually can be seen on Castle Rock releases from 1989-1994. However, this logo goes though editing on City Slickers on TV. On Bravo, it's replaced with the 1994 logo (with AOL Time Warner byline), on Comedy Central, there is an edited version of the 1981 Columbia and 1994 Castle Rock logos. On the 2001 DVD release, it's replaced with the MGM logo. But on some current prints this is replaced with the next logo. Some prints on TNT and TBS has the original logo with the Columbia logos. Movies that have this logo include When Harry Met Sally..., Lord of the Flies, Sibling Rivalry, Spirit of '76, Misery, Late For Dinner, Year of the Comet, Honeymoon in Vegas, Mr. Saturday Night, A Few Good Men, Amos and Andrew, In the Line of Fire, Needful Things, Malice, City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly's Gold, Little Big League, North and Barcelona.
Scare Factor: None.
2nd Logo
(September 23, 1994- )
Nicknames: "CGI Lighthouse", "CGI Light Tower"
Logo: Same as the previous logo, but in CGI. We see a yellow light on a black background rotating, then the background fades to a blue/orange gradient sky with water to reveal a lighthouse and a house. The yellow light turns from left to right while the plain light orange sun rises up and sweeps around to reveal the words "CASTLE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT", in the same font as the previous logo and colored in plain yellow, below the lighthouse. The company name now zooms out from the bottom of the screen. The light disappears when the lighthouse and the company name stays on the logo.
Bylines: Below it, one of these five bylines fade in below the logo:
- September 23, 1994-May 19, 1995: "A TURNER COMPANY" (in a Helvetica font)
- August 25, 1995-October 11, 1996: "A Turner Company" (All the text is styled after the Turner logo)
- December 20, 1996-February 14, 1997: (Bylineless)
- January 30, 1998-December 14, 2000: "A Time Warner Company"
- September 28, 2001-April 16, 2003: "An AOL Time Warner Company"
- April 30, 2004- : "A TimeWarner Company" ("TimeWarner" appears as the corporate logo; the rest of the text appears in the Trebuchet MS font).
Variants:
- On Sleuth, the logo isn't animated.
- On Mickey Blue Eyes, at the beginning, the background is violet.
FX/SFX: The lighthouse and the company name zoom-out.
Cheesy Factor: The byline "A TURNER COMPANY" chryoned in on the 1995 variation is very rough, but this is lots of cool stuff that comes with accuracy.
Music/Sounds: A more re-orchestrated and dramatic-sounding version is used.
Music/Sounds Variant: On some currents of 1989-1994 movies, this plasters the 1989 logo but keeps its original music.
Availability: Currently in use. The early Turner variant is rare and it appears on The Shawshank Redemption and Forget Paris. The second Turner logo is slightly more common and appears on The American President, Dracula: Dead and Loving It, City Hall and Striptease. The bylineless version is seen on Waiting for Guffman, Ghost of Mississippi and Absolute Power. The first Time Warner is seen on My Giant, Mickey Blue Eyes, Bait, Best in Show and Miss Congenality. The AOL Time Warner logo is seen on Hearts in Atlantis, The Majestic, The Salton Sea, Two Weeks Notice, The Adventures of Pluto Nash, Murder by Numbers and Kangaroo Jack. The current version is seen on Miss Congenality 2: Armed and Fabalous, Music and Lyrics and No Reservations and may plaster the 1989 and Turner logos on current prints.
Scare Factor: None.
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| Logophile | Barcelona | 0 | Jul 23 2010, 3:19 AM EDT by Logophile | ||
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Thread started: Jul 23 2010, 3:19 AM EDT
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In 1994, three of Castle Rock's movie had the 1989 logo: City Slickers 2, Little Big League and North. The earliest appearance I seen the 1994 logo in was on The Shawshank Redemption. Does anyone know which logo was used on Barcelona? The trailer for it had the 1989 logo, but I can't find the movie.
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| coolwes2000 | proof | 0 | May 5 2010, 3:58 PM EDT by coolwes2000 | ||
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Thread started: May 5 2010, 3:58 PM EDT
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well well well LOGO PILE ! guest what i own city slickers on vhs by mgm-ua home video guest what they used the old Columbia pictures and castle rock logos no mgm at the begging just the mgm-ua rollercoaster logo now get the city slickers on vhs on mgm-ua home video
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| Logophile | Availabilty of 1989 Castle Rock logo | 2 | Apr 6 2010, 9:23 PM EDT by coolwes2000 | ||
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I want to talk about the availability of the 1989 Castle Rock logo. It usually can be seen in movies of the time. But sometimes, I have seen in plastered. On the 2001 DVD release of City Slickers (1991), the MGM logo replaces it. And on Comedy Central prints of the movie, they used an edited version of the 1981 Columbia logo, then went to an edited version of the 1994 logo. However, you can see it most of the time, I think. I am not sure if this logo is kept on the 2008 DVD release of City Slickers, and if it is, let me know.
Now onto logo combos, the one with the Columbia 80s Torch Lady. For the most part, on Nelson and New Line releases, the Columbia logo is edited out, but keeps the original Castle Rock logo. The combo can be seen on VHS and DVD releases of A Few Good Men. And you can usually see the combo on TV Broadcast of Castle Rock movies. |
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