http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Weintraub_Entertainment_Group&feed=atom&action=historyWeintraub Entertainment Group - Revision history2024-03-29T13:55:26ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.35.1http://www.closinglogos.com/index.php?title=Weintraub_Entertainment_Group&diff=12699&oldid=prevTravis: Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font color="#333333" size="3"><font color="#ffa500"><i>Logo description </i></font><i><font color="#ffa500">by</font> Eric S.<br/></i></font>..."2020-11-04T13:17:41Z<p>Created page with "<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font color="#333333" size="3"><font color="#ffa500"><i>Logo description </i></font><i><font color="#ffa500">by</font> Eric S.<br/></i></font>..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div><div class="WPC-editableContent"><font color="#333333" size="3"><font color="#ffa500"><i>Logo description </i></font><i><font color="#ffa500">by</font> Eric S.<br/></i></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><font color="#ffa500"><i>Logo capture</i></font><i><font color="#ffa500"> by</font> EnormousRat</i></font><font color="#333333"><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Weintraub Entertainment Group was the independent production company of Jerry Weintraub that was founded in 1987. The company was backed with a $461 million credit invested by [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Cineplex Odeon Theaters|Cineplex Odeon]] among other firms. A lack of box-office hits caused WEG to <a class="external" href="http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-14/business/fi-364_1_weintraub-entertainment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">file for Chapter 11 bankruptcy</a> in September 1990. <a class="external" href="http://articles.latimes.com/1990-09-25/business/fi-1158_1_jerry-weintraub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Weintraub disbanded from the company shortly thereafter</a> and made a deal with [[Warner Bros. Pictures]].<br/><br/><br/>(August 19, 1988-April 13, 1990)<br/></font><div align="center">[[File:TQtCrIF3Sll0BfKkUkpbTw58328.jpeg|325px|Weintraub Entertainment Group (1988)]][[File:1e5f654dcf98fb4cbe0e9ea9f272e261.png|232px|Weintraub Entertainment Group (April 13, 1990)]]</div><div align="center"><iframe frameborder="0" height="172" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/5ec5c07f9f8ca9df5234d9806f7a61b292b63734" width="305"></iframe></div><font color="#333333" size="3"><br/><u>Nickname</u>: "Copper W"</font><font color="#333333"><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On a black background, we see a W made out of copper with lines zooming-out. When the zooming has finished, under it, the words "WEINTRAUB" in gold, and </font><font color="#333333" size="3">"ENTERTAINMENT GROUP" in white fade in. Later, the words "RELEASED THROUGH COLUMBIA PICTURES" fade-in.<br/><br/><u>Variants</u>:</font><font color="#333333" size="3"> </font><font color="#333333" size="3">At the end of <i>The Gods Must Be Crazy II</i>,<i> </i>a still version is seen. Here the stacked words are made bigger. Also, the Columbia text isn't seen below</font><font color="#333333" size="3">.<br/></font><font color="#333333"><font size="3"><br/></font></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The "W" zooming out and the letters fading.<br/></font><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: Usually silent, or the opening theme of the film.</font><br/><font color="#333333" size="3"><u><br/></u></font><font color="#333333" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Rare. Seen on films such as<i> </i><i>My Stepmother Is An Alien</i>, <i>Troop Beverly Hills</i>, <i>She's Out of Control</i>, and <i>Fresh Horses</i>. The still version can be seen after the credits of <i>The Gods Must Be Crazy II</i>. This originally appeared on U.S. prints of </font><font color="#333333" size="3"><i>The Big Blue</i></font><font color="#333333" size="3">, but the DVD release has the 2001 Samuel Goldwyn and 10th Gaumont logos instead. This logo was also spotted on the UK Warner Home Video VHS releases of films such as the 1950 movie <i>The Elusive Pimpernel</i> and the 1955 movie <i>Confession </i>(known in the U.S. as<i> The Deadliest Sin</i>).<br/><br/><u>Final Note</u>: In 1997, Jerry Weintraub started another production company, [[JW Productions]]. </font></div></div>Travis