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<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Columbia+TriStar+Film+Distributors+International&amp;version=122&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FColumbia%2BTriStar%2BFilm%2BDistributors%2BInternational&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><font><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by<font color="#333333"> </font><font color="#333333">V of Doom and Shadeed A. Kelly</font><br/>Logo captures by</font> CuriousGeorge60, EnormousRat, Sagan Blob, and wisp2007<br/><font color="#ffa500">Video captures courtesy of</font> Eric S. and thelogoarchive<br/></i><br/><br/>1st Logo<br/>(December 21, 1988-1993)</font><br/></font><div align="center"><font size="3">[[File:Z07qDto2tjZI3lmN7m9rEw169316.png|329px|Columbia TriStar Films Italia]]</font>[[File:4961b42ea1360599f0cc160669d83742.jpeg|284px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International - CLG Wiki]][[File:992424a43ff216e026b16ccc4247b25b.jpeg|437px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International - CLG Wiki]]<font size="3"><br/></font><font size="3"><iframe frameborder="0" height="184" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/ef7bc44aff409732e79be1e52f1f5cc9d24b9b06" width="334"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="186" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/8fd61fb2b164f39d0c455ba42d019d5c697b1ab4" width="331"></iframe><br/><br/></font></div><font size="3"><font><u>Nicknames</u>: "Early CT Boxes", "CT Boxes", "Turning CT Boxes"<br/><u><br/>Logo</u>: On a nighttime sky background, we see two <font color="#ff0000">red</font> boxes fading-in and turning that features the 80s print logos of [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[TriStar Pictures|Tri-Star ]]</font><font>[[TriStar Pictures|Pictures]] with </font><font>"<b><font face="Times">COLUMBIA PICTURES</font></b>" in </font><font>between the Torch Lady and on the Tri-Star box, it doesn't have the word "<font face="Times">PICTURES</font>" under the triangle. </font><font>As the</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif"> boxes faces the center, the print logos appears in solid white. The sky background later turns into a solid black background with the words "</font><font face="Garamond"><b>Columbia Tri-Star Films Italia</b></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" in white lettering (</font><font>in the Souvenir font used by Columbia in the 1980s-early '90s) </font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">fading in below in between the transition effect. The print logo are used in 1993.</font><br/><br/><u>Later Variant</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: The text was later known as </font><font>"<font face="Garamond"><b>Columbia TriStar Films Italia</b></font>" by dropping off the hyphen (-) in August 1991 by Sony Pictures Entertainment.<br/></font><br/><u>Variants:</u><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">On Spain film </font><i>Las Historias de Puta Mili</i> (<i>The Stories of S**t Mili;</i> 1993), The l<font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">ogo is seen on the Top "Distribuida Por" (Distributed By) on the bottom with the text "</font><b><font face="Garamond">Columbia Tri-Star de Espana</font></b><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">" instead of "</font><b><font face="Garamond">TriStar</font></b><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">". On trailer for the film, The logo is tinted blue on print logo.</font></font></font><div><font size="3"><font><br/></font><font><u>FX/SFX</u>: The boxes turning, which was produced with slit-scan technology.<br/></font><br/><font><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. Was seen on theatrical releases of films released in Italy by Columbia and Tri-Star Pictures, but most current prints of these films might use domestic prints or remove it. The print logo makes a surprise on International trailer for <i>Solo (1996).</i></font></font></div><div><font><font size="3"><br/><font><u>Editor's Note</u>: None.</font><br/></font><font><br/><br/><br/><font size="3">2nd Logo<br/>(1993-1998)</font><br/></font> <div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="center"></div></font><div align="center">[[File:C69ed15e8319c8b1d7f6d93fd91707e0.jpeg|328px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (1994)]][[File:B5ee7082fbfdc4da452ef1fc33b66aa2.jpeg|273px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors Inc. 1998 16:9]][[File:Vnlbj8uNivh8SUhDYwi-Uw748708.jpeg|334px|Columbia TriStar Int'l (1994)]][[File:00e0de2fda40959fd612ab537d3df98c.jpeg|260px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International - CLG Wiki]][[File:6C1o0uJT1qZRXm QiwF6Ig54498.jpeg|319px|Columbia TriStar Films de Espaa (1996)]]<font size="3">[[File:A08a6d750906d13f9d06d384da983c7d.jpeg|185px|Columbia Tristar Film Distributors International, Inc.]]</font></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">[[File:LUo MZaf8LlW iczmwlHrQ331293.png|243px|Columbia tristar Film Distributors International (in-credit logo)]][[File:956537a93b6bad847c3ddde689703da0.jpeg|194px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International]]<font size="3"><br/><iframe frameborder="0" height="148" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/7556c03c0d5b6a8180e512f0d215b270bb9c8ca0" width="265"></iframe></font></div><div align="center"></div><font><font><font size="3"><font> <u>Nickname</u>:</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> "CT Boxes II"<br/><br/></font><font><u>Logo</u>: We see the name "(DISTRIBUTED BY) COLUMBIA TRISTAR FILMS [country]" </font><font>fading in first, then we see a Columbia-like cloud background (which looks like the background from the 1993 TriStar Pictures logo, but it has a mirror effect), with the 1992 print logos of Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures fading in. The logo and text would fade-out like the 1992 [[Columbia Pictures Television|CPT]] logo.<br/></font><font><br/><u>Variants</u>: <br/></font></font><ul><li><font size="3">A later variant features the cloud background from the 1993 Columbia Pictures logo. The background zooms-out and we later see the 1992 print logos of both Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures fading-in with the text "DISTRIBUTED BY COLUMBIA TRISTAR FILM DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL, INC." below the boxes.</font></li><li><font size="3">An in-credit version exists with the print Torch Lady and Pegasus box logos with company name and SPE byline.</font></li><li><font size="3">Another in-credit version has the print Torch and Pegasus box logos with text "DISTRIBUTED BY COLUMBIA TRISTAR FILM DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL" and a copyright stamp under the text on the left side of the print logos.<br/></font></li><li><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3"><font color="#333333">On the two Italian films </font></font><font face="Arial" size="3"><i>Tutti giù per terra </i>(<i>We All Fall Down</i>; 1997) and<i> il</i></font><font size="3"><i>cielo è sempre più blu</i><font face="Helvetica"> (</font><i>Bits and Pieces</i><font face="Helvetica">; 1996), the words "FILMS ITALIA" replaces "FILM DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL, INC" while the ''COLUMBIA TRISTAR'' words still remain,</font><font face="Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">although it is</font><font face="Helvetica">different font in below on the boxes with the same logo and almost the similar to the 1988-1993 logo.</font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">On the international trailer and TV spots of <i>Escape from Absolom</i>, The logo is b</font><font color="#333333" face="Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif">rightened than usual.</font></font></li></ul><font><font size="3"><br/><u>FX/SFX</u>: The fade in and fade-out, the zoom out.<br/><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Silent, or the music from any given soundtrack. On the DVD of <i>Escape from Absolom </i>(aka<i> No Escape</i> in the US and UK), the [[Savoy Pictures]] theme plays at the end of the logo.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Ultra rare. Was seen on export theatrical prints of films and various foreign productions produced or released by Columbia Pictures and TriStar Pictures, but most now either use U.S. domestic prints, or have removed or plastered this over. </font><font><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="3">The in-credit logo can be found on </font><font size="3"><i>Guerra de Canudos</i><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">. On the Australian DVD &amp; Blu-ray of <i>Escape from Absolom, </i>the logo has the widescreen version with its original ratio aspect 2.35:1 (which is the different than the Region 4 DVD with 1.78:1, which it has the Savoy Pictures logo). Also s</font><font>een on some foreign prints of <i>Street Fighter</i>.</font><font><u><br/></u></font><br/><u>Editor's Note</u><font color="#333333" face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: None.</font></font><br/><br/><br/><font size="3"><br/><font color="#333333">3rd Logo</font></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333">(October 22, 1999-April 13, 2003)</font></font></font></font></font></div><div align="center"><font><font><font><font> [[File:5acd03f070db1d9dcbbbf3d4a779e543.png|281px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International (2002)]][[File:Ad23563e1e417c437ee0526157fdc990.png|430px|Columbia Pictures - Bats]][[File:A2df032f122e571afef27cfc28c75086.jpeg|270px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International - CLG Wiki]]</font></font></font></font></div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: On a blue background, we see the text "Distributed by", with "COLUMBIA TRISTAR FILM DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL" below it in the </font></font></font></font>Bank Gothic MD BT font.<br/></font><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u>Variant</u>: On an American HBO airing of <i>Spider-Man, </i>the background has a purple gradient to it.<br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: None</font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: None</font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: Can be seen on the DVD of <i>Bats</i></font>, <i> </i>international prints of <i>Fortress 2: Re-Entry</i>,<i> </i><i>Spider-Man</i><i> </i>(also reportedly on HBO in 2007),The international trailer for <i>American</i></font></font></font></font><i>Psycho, </i>and<i> Seeing Double.</i></font></div><div><font size="3"><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><font size="3"><u>Editor's Note</u>: None</font><br/><br/><br/><br/>5th Logo<br/>(2001-2005)<br/></font><br/>[[File:GBVJ5xkAH9I5ARzUD5X1nQ12921.jpeg|286px|Columbia Tristar Film Distributors (2004)]]</font></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u><br/></u></font></font></font></font></font></div><div>[[File:835c4e0d7f213489f62e78bc1c492501.jpeg|299px|Columbia TriStar Film Distributors International - CLG Wiki]]</div><div></div><div><font><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u><br/></u></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u><br/></u></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u><br/></u></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><u>Nickname</u>: "The Silver Light"</div><div><font><font><font><font><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, there is a silver light that gets a little bright, then the text "COLUMBIA TRISTAR" in Bank Gothic MD BT fading in and </font><font color="#333333">zoo</font><font color="#333333">ming-out. The silver light later</font> <font color="#333333">forms a silver line forming "FIL</font><font color="#333333">M </font><font color="#333333">DISTRIBUTORS INTERNATIONAL" in smaller lettering below the line. The logo shines while the entire text zooms in slowly as the light dims inside the li</font><font color="#333333">ne.<br/></font><br/><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The light forming, and the name effects.</font><br/><font color="#333333"><br/><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Silent or the films opening theme.</font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><br/></font></font></font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font><font><font color="#333333"><u>Variants</u>: On <i>The Punisher, </i>The logo's text turns into red and segues to 2002 Marvel logo. At the end of credits, the logo is seenabovein the top "RELEASED BY" and the byline "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" on the bottom, though it doesn't have a silver line. On <i>Suspect Zero</i>, the logo warps in speed.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Very rare in Europe, but extremely rare in the U.S. Seen on international theatrical prints of films produced or distributed by Columbia/TriStar/Sony. Like the previous logos, most prints either use U.S. domestic versions, have this removed, or plastered this over. Seen on foreign prints of <i>The Punishe</i></font></font></font><i>r </i><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" size="3"><font size="3">and the SPHE International DVD of <i>Suspect Zero</i>. Around 2005, this was phased out and replaced with the [[Sony Pictures Releasing|SPR International]] logo after the demise of the Columbia TriStar label.<br/><br/><u>Editor's Note</u>: None, it's a clean logo.</font><br/><br/></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></font></div><br/></div></div>Travis