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Jim Henson Pictures
Logo descriptions by Nicholas Aczel and Jeffrey Gray
Editions by CuriousGeorge60
Background: Jim Henson Pictures was a motion picture unit formed in 1995 as a joint venture between Columbia TriStar and Jim Henson Productions.
1st Logo
(1997)
Nickname: "Kermit the Director"
Logo: Against a sunset sky background, we see Kermit the Frog sitting on a large crane with a motion picture camera. Under it is the word, "Jim Henson" in it's corporate font with "PICTURES" in spaced-out letters under it.
Variant: On a trailer for Buddy, Kermit and the movie camera are inside a box with the company's name outside and under it.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The beginning of the trailer's theme.
Availability: Both of the variants only appear on trailers for Buddy.
Scare Factor: None.
2nd Logo
(June 6, 1997-2001)
Nickname: "Kermit the Director II"
Logo: We zoom out of a motion picture camera lens with lasers flying about. The camera is being operated by Kermit the Frog himself (laughing) seated on a large crane extended way up into a metallic sky. As the crane moves away from us and Kermit and the crane go into silhouette, a laser writes the text "Jim Henson" (in its familiar font) as the word "PICTURES" in bright metallic letters spaced to fit the width of "Jim Henson", zooms and turns to settle below. When the logo is formed, suddenly the crane takes a hard drop, notably startling Kermit. "Sorry!" is heard from Animal offscreen, followed by Kermit whispering "Hmmm. Sheesh."
Variant: There is a version without the crane-drop gag.
Closing Variant: The superimposed closing variant features a silhouette of the logo on a black background.
FX/SFX: Excellent CGI effects and animatronics; very realistic.
Music/Sounds: A majestic orchestral movie score with frogs croaking and crickets chirping at the end.
Music/Sounds Variants:
Availability: To date, the version with the crane-drop gag is only seen on two films: Muppets from Space and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (the latter one doesn't have "sorry"), which both are still in print. Current DVD prints of The Muppet Movie and other Jim Henson classics, as well as on Buddy (the first film with this logo) have the logo without the crane drop gag. However, the company also produced Good Boy!, but the logo itself never appeared in said film.
Scare Factor: None (unless the "crane-drop" gag startles you). This is a brilliantly produced and entertaining logo.
Editions by CuriousGeorge60
Background: Jim Henson Pictures was a motion picture unit formed in 1995 as a joint venture between Columbia TriStar and Jim Henson Productions.
1st Logo
(1997)
Nickname: "Kermit the Director"
Logo: Against a sunset sky background, we see Kermit the Frog sitting on a large crane with a motion picture camera. Under it is the word, "Jim Henson" in it's corporate font with "PICTURES" in spaced-out letters under it.
Variant: On a trailer for Buddy, Kermit and the movie camera are inside a box with the company's name outside and under it.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: The beginning of the trailer's theme.
Availability: Both of the variants only appear on trailers for Buddy.
Scare Factor: None.
2nd Logo
(June 6, 1997-2001)
Nickname: "Kermit the Director II"
Logo: We zoom out of a motion picture camera lens with lasers flying about. The camera is being operated by Kermit the Frog himself (laughing) seated on a large crane extended way up into a metallic sky. As the crane moves away from us and Kermit and the crane go into silhouette, a laser writes the text "Jim Henson" (in its familiar font) as the word "PICTURES" in bright metallic letters spaced to fit the width of "Jim Henson", zooms and turns to settle below. When the logo is formed, suddenly the crane takes a hard drop, notably startling Kermit. "Sorry!" is heard from Animal offscreen, followed by Kermit whispering "Hmmm. Sheesh."
Variant: There is a version without the crane-drop gag.
Closing Variant: The superimposed closing variant features a silhouette of the logo on a black background.
FX/SFX: Excellent CGI effects and animatronics; very realistic.
Music/Sounds: A majestic orchestral movie score with frogs croaking and crickets chirping at the end.
Music/Sounds Variants:
- There is a version without "Sorry".
- Buddy only had the sounds and not the music.
Availability: To date, the version with the crane-drop gag is only seen on two films: Muppets from Space and The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (the latter one doesn't have "sorry"), which both are still in print. Current DVD prints of The Muppet Movie and other Jim Henson classics, as well as on Buddy (the first film with this logo) have the logo without the crane drop gag. However, the company also produced Good Boy!, but the logo itself never appeared in said film.
Scare Factor: None (unless the "crane-drop" gag startles you). This is a brilliantly produced and entertaining logo.
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| Mallock | That Looks like | 1 | Feb 7 2011, 1:21 AM EST by curiousgeorge60 | ||
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Thread started: Jan 24 2011, 7:11 PM EST
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I think the Jim Henson Pictures logo could also be in movies Planet 51 right after the tristar pictures logo.
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| logoboy95 | WOW! | 0 | May 12 2008, 6:52 PM EDT by logoboy95 | ||
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Thread started: May 12 2008, 6:52 PM EDT
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I like Kermit the Frog! I've never seen this logo with a "crane drop" gag around before!
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| JHprod | Foud this logo | 0 | Nov 20 2007, 4:28 PM EST by JHprod | ||
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Thread started: Nov 20 2007, 4:28 PM EST
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Heyguys, Ifound the Jim Henson Pictures logo from 1999 if you want to see it on YouTube!
Heres the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFmi22tp0yg&feature=related |
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