Change: , the indie/art-house movie arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment. In the mid-1990s, Metromedia acquired Orion, and merged the classics division into The Samuel Goldwyn Company (later rebranded as G2 Films by MGM). Both Orion and SGC were sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1997, with the latter's   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 371)

Change: the The Samuel Goldwyn Company. Both Orion and SGC were sold to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1997, with the latter's function of producing and/or distributing independent films being assumed by MGM's United Artists division.1st Logo(1983-1996)Nicknames: "The Constellation", "Starry Sky"Logo: Same as the movie logo   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 340)

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Change: Rhapsody in August, and Slacker, among others, and this logo is occasionally seen on the Showtime Networks. It might have also appeared on reissues of AIP films.Scare Factor: Low for the original music and low to medium for the Gaumont fanfare variant.2nd Logo(1996-1998)Nicknames   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 345)

Change: FXFX/SFX: Same as the movie logo of the era.Music/Sounds: Same as the movie logo. On a side note, this logo used a generic theme, plastering other logos, such as the Gaumont logo in My Mother's House. So the Gaumont fanfare (1980-1992)   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 327)

Change: used a generic theme, plastering other others,logos, such as the Gaumont logo in My Mother's House. So the Gaumont fanfare (1980-1992) would be used instead. The DVD of My Mother's House does not have this logo with the Gaumont music; instead, it had the 1985 Gaumont logo.Availability:   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 325)

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Change: byof ThatLogoDudeBackground: Orion Classics was the art division of Orion Pictures Corp., established in 1983, that acquired independent and foreign films for North American distribution, in addition to producing   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 316)

Change: MusicMusic/Sounds: Same as the movie logo; however, sometimes it sometimes used the Gaumont 1980-1995 fanfare.Availability: Rare.Rare; Thisthis appeared on art-house films released by Orion Classics, such as Boxing Helena and Slacker, and occasionally seen on the Showtime Networks.Scare Factor: Low   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 274)

Change: , established in 1983, that acquired independent and foreign films for North American distribution, in addition to producing some arthouse films of its own. Originally, it was headed by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard, and Marcie Bloom. As Orion headed into bankruptcy, these three left to head Sony Pictures Classics.   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 272)