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Background

This is Jerry Bruckheimer's production company, formed through a renaming of Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films after Don Simpson died in 1996 (the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer name has been used as a label for the company on sequels to films that had Simpson's involvement since 2003), with the logo first appearing on Con Air. From 1983 to 1990, and again starting in 2014, the studio's films were released by Paramount Pictures and by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (later Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) through its Walt Disney Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Touchstone Pictures units from 1990 to 2013 (although select films were released by Columbia Pictures and sister company Screen Gems Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures).

Logo (June 6, 1997-)

Prototype version
Later version

Visuals: The camera zooms down a road, as a thunderstorm brews above and lightning flashes multiple times. As the camera stops at a leafless tree, a lightning bolt strikes it, and leaves instantly appear on the tree. The scene freezes and zooms out in a box, as the text

JERRY BRUCKHEIMER
F I L M S

is revealed below.

Trivia:

According to Jerry Bruckheimer, the lightning bolt is meant to represent "the power of an idea." The tree was modeled after an oak on a property in Kentucky that Bruckheimer owns. He photographed the tree and sent it to Dream Quest Images, who created the logo.^[1]
The lighting bolt comes from the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films logo, and was intended to have two bolts for Bruckheimer and Simpson, not unlike the Simpson/Bruckheimer logo. After Simpson died, only one bolt was featured in the logo.

Variants:

A prototype version of this logo exists, where the tree backdrop is entirely different. It also already has leaves on it and lacks the zooming down the road animation. The text is also larger, more stretched out and in a yellow color.
On Con Air, the logo is slightly longer, and the box above the text is bigger.
A later variant also exists, where there is a thin green rectangle added around the clip as the camera gradually keeps zooming out, stopping when the lightning strikes. The text is also absent.
A print version also exists.
A short version also exists, which begins with the lightning strike.
On ITV, ITV2 and Channel 4 UK airings of Coyote Ugly (2000) as well as small HD widescreen versions of Deja Vu (2006), the logo is cropped to 16:9 aspect ratio.

Technique: CGI by Dream Quest Images.

Audio: The sounds of wind and thunder.

Audio Variants:

In most cases, the film's opening theme is heard, with the wind and lightning sounds intact.
On Confessions of a Shopaholic and The Lone Ranger (2013), the film's opening theme is heard without any of the usual sounds.
At the end of Disney-distributed movies like Armageddon, as well as Black Hawk Down, the logo is silent.
On Secret Headquarters, the opening theme of the movie plays a few seconds before the logo cuts out.

Availability:

Seen on most films produced by the company, including Armageddon, Gone in 60 Seconds, Pearl Harbor, Black Hawk Down, the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and the infamous Kangaroo Jack.
This logo first appeared on Con Air, with the prototype variant appearing at the end of the film and on trailers and TV spots thereof.
The later variant appears on most films from 2004 onward, beginning with National Treasure (although it does not appear on The Sorcerer's Apprentice and 12 Strong, as they use the original version of the logo instead).
- At the end of films after the credits, the original version is used.
This does not appear on Remember the Titans, which was produced by Technical Black Films and uses that label's logo instead.
It was also seen on two made-for-TV movies, Max Q (1998, co-produced with Touchstone Television), and Swing Vote (1999, co-produced with Columbia TriStar Television).
- The Sony Pictures Choice Collection DVD-R and Amazon Prime's print (provided by Samuel Goldwyn Films under license from Sony) of the latter title also retain this.

References

↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20220325134444/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/movies/movie-studios-strive-for-ever-more-inventive-logos.html

◄	Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films

Jerry Bruckheimer Films

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 ===Background===
-'''Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films''' was founded in the 1983 by movie producers '''Don Simpson''' and '''Jerry Bruckheimer'''. Together, the duo had produced some of the most successful films of the 1980s, including ''Flashdance'', ''Beverly Hills Cop I'' and ''II'', and ''Top Gun''. The company didn't use a logo until 1990 on ''Days of Thunder''. When Simpson died in 1996, it was renamed to '''Jerry Bruckheimer Films''', with the logo first appearing on ''Con-Air''. From 1983 to 1990, and again starting in 2014, the studio's films were released by Paramount Pictures and by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (later Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) through its Walt Disney Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, and Touchstone Pictures units from 1990 to 2013 (although select films were released by [[Columbia Pictures]] and sister company [[Screen Gems Pictures]] and [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]).
+This is '''Jerry Bruckheimer'''<nowiki/>'s production company, formed through a renaming of [[Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films]] after Don Simpson died in 1996 (the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer name has been used as a label for the company on sequels to films that had Simpson's involvement since 2003), with the logo first appearing on ''Con Air''. From 1983 to 1990, and again starting in 2014, the studio's films were released by [[Paramount Pictures]] and by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution (later Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures) through its [[Walt Disney Pictures]], [[Hollywood Pictures]], and [[Touchstone Pictures]] units from 1990 to 2013 (although select films were released by [[Columbia Pictures]] and sister company [[Screen Gems (1998-present)|Screen Gems Pictures]] and [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]).
+{{Clear}}
-{{SeparateTOC | Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films|{{ImageTOC | Don_Simpson-Jerry_Bruckheimer_Films.jpeg|(June 27, 1990-June 7th, 1996; July 18, 2003; January 17th, 2020-)}} | Jerry Bruckheimer Films|{{ImageTOC |Jerry Bruckheimer Films (2000).png| (June 6, 1997-) }}}}
-==Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films==
-===(June 27, 1990-June 7th, 1996; July 18, 2003; January 17th, 2020-)===
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-</gallery>
-{{YouTube|id=CYyu_Q-M_wM}}
-'''Logo:''' We start with {{color|skyblue|sky blue}} clouds moving across the screen. Two bolts of lightning then strike and converge at the bottom as the clouds instantly turn {{color|orange}}. The screen zooms out in a box on a black background, as the text "{{color|red|{{Font|Times New Roman|DON SIMPSON/JERRY BRUCKHEIMER FILMS}}}}" is revealed at the bottom of the screen.
-'''Variants:'''
-* A print version exists.
-* An early version just has the company name.
-* In the logo's later years, it is shortened and the text is smaller.
-* There exists a version without the text.
-'''Technique:''' Appears to be live-action footage mixed with 2D animation.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Just the sounds of lightning. On ''Top Gun: Maverick'', the opening theme of the movie is heard without any sounds at all.
-'''Availability:''' Uncommon.
-* In its original run, the logo was seen on some films from 1990 until 1996, including ''Days of Thunder'', ''Crimson Tide'', ''Dangerous Minds'', and ''The Rock''.
-* Following Simpson's death, however, Bruckheimer has opted to retain this logo on sequels to films he originally produced with Don Simpson when he was still alive, presumably out of respect; with the logo reinstated for ''Bad Boys II'', ''Bad Boys for Life'', and ''Top Gun: Maverick''.
-* The version without the lightning box was on a teaser trailer for ''Days of Thunder'', which can be found on the 1990 Paramount VHS release of ''Black Rain''.
+===Logo (June 6, 1997-)===
-==Jerry Bruckheimer Films==
-===(June 6, 1997-)===
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+{{YouTube|id=XwKKIXMvTco|id2=_omg3djRFqE|id3=NQ0NLBYf6jg|id4=tNwYs-zOnPo}}
-'''Logo:''' We zoom down a road, as a thunderstorm brews above. Lightning strikes multiple times, as we encounter a leafless tree. Lightning strikes it, and leaves instantly appear on the tree. The screen freezes and zooms out in a box, as the text "{{color|olive|{{font|Times New Roman|<u>JERRY BRUCKHEIMER</u> FILMS}}}}" is revealed below.
+'''Visuals:''' The camera zooms down a road, as a thunderstorm brews above and lightning flashes multiple times. As the camera stops at a leafless tree, a lightning bolt strikes it, and leaves instantly appear on the tree. The scene freezes and zooms out in a box, as the text
+<center>{{color|olive|{{font|Times New Roman|<u>{{Big|J}}ERRY {{Big|B}}RUCKHEIMER</u><br>{{Small|F I L M S}}}}}}</center>
-'''Trivia:''' [https://web.archive.org/web/20220325134444/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/movies/movie-studios-strive-for-ever-more-inventive-logos.html According to Jerry Bruckheimer], the lightning bolt is meant to represent "the power of an idea." The tree was modeled after an oak on a property in Kentucky that Bruckheimer owns. He photographed the tree and sent it to Dream Quest Images, who created the logo.
+is revealed below.
+'''Trivia:'''
+* According to Jerry Bruckheimer, the lightning bolt is meant to represent "the power of an idea." The tree was modeled after an oak on a property in Kentucky that Bruckheimer owns. He photographed the tree and sent it to Dream Quest Images, who created the logo.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220325134444/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/13/movies/movie-studios-strive-for-ever-more-inventive-logos.html</ref>
+* The lighting bolt comes from the Don Simpson/Jerry Bruckheimer Films logo, and was intended to have two bolts for Bruckheimer and Simpson, not unlike the Simpson/Bruckheimer logo. After Simpson died, only one bolt was featured in the logo.
 '''Variants:'''
-* There exists a prototype version of this logo, where the tree backdrop is entirely different. It also already has leaves on it and lacks the zooming down the road animation. The text is larger, more stretched out and in a {{color|green}} color.
+* A prototype version of this logo exists, where the tree backdrop is entirely different. It also already has leaves on it and lacks the zooming down the road animation. The text is also larger, more stretched out and in a {{color|gold|yellow}} color.
-* On ''Con Air'', the logo is slightly longer, and the box above the text is bigger.
+* On <u>''Con Air''</u>, the logo is slightly longer, and the box above the text is bigger.
-* There is a later variant where there is a thin {{color|gold|yellow}} rectangle added around the clip as the camera gradually keeps zooming out. The text is also absent.
+* A later variant also exists, where there is a thin {{color|green}} rectangle added around the clip as the camera gradually keeps zooming out, stopping when the lightning strikes. The text is also absent.
-* A print version exists.
+* A print version also exists.
-* There exists a short version beginning with the lightning strike.
+* A short version also exists, which begins with the lightning strike.
-* On [[ITV1 IDs|ITV]], [[ITV2 IDs]] and [[Channel 4]] UK airings of ''Coyote Ugly'' (2000) as well as small HD Widescreen versions of ''Deja Vu'' (2006), the logo is cropped to 16:9 aspect ratio.
+* On <u>[[ITV1|ITV]], [[ITV2]] and [[Channel 4]] UK airings of ''Coyote Ugly''</u> (2000) as well as <u>small HD widescreen versions of ''Deja Vu''</u> (2006), the logo is cropped to 16:9 aspect ratio.
+'''Technique:''' CGI by Dream Quest Images.
-'''Technique:''' CGI animation.
+'''Audio:''' The sounds of wind and thunder.
+'''Audio Variants:'''
-'''Music/Sounds:''' The sounds of wind and thunder.
+* In most cases, the film's opening theme is heard, with the wind and lightning sounds intact.
+* On <u>''Confessions of a Shopaholic''</u> and <u>''The Lone Ranger'' (2013)</u>, the film's opening theme is heard without any of the usual sounds.
+* <u>At the end of Disney-distributed movies like ''Armageddon''</u>, as well as <u>''Black Hawk Down''</u>, the logo is silent.
+* On <u>''Secret Headquarters''</u>, the opening theme of the movie plays a few seconds before the logo cuts out.
-'''Music/Sounds Variants:'''
+'''Availability:'''
+* Seen on most films produced by the company, including ''Armageddon'', ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''Pearl Harbor'', ''Black Hawk Down'', the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' franchise, and the infamous ''Kangaroo Jack''.
-* Sometimes, the film's opening theme is heard, with the wind and lightning sounds intact.
+* This logo first appeared on ''Con Air'', with the prototype variant appearing at the end of the film and on trailers and TV spots thereof.
-* On ''Confessions of a Shopaholic'' and ''The Lone Ranger'' (2013), the film's opening theme is heard instead of any of the usual sounds.
+* The later variant appears on most films from 2004 onward, beginning with ''National Treasure'' (although it does not appear on ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'' and ''12 Strong'', as they use the original version of the logo instead).
-* At the end of ''Black Hawk Down'', it's silent.
+** At the end of films after the credits, the original version is used.
-* On ''Secret Headquarters'', the opening theme of the movie plays a few seconds before the logo cuts out.
+* This does not appear on ''Remember the Titans'', which was produced by [[Technical Black Films]] and uses that label's logo instead.
+* It was also seen on two made-for-TV movies, ''Max Q'' (1998, co-produced with [[Touchstone Television (1985-2007)|Touchstone Television]]), and ''Swing Vote'' (1999, co-produced with [[Columbia TriStar Television]]).
+** The Sony Pictures Choice Collection DVD-R and Amazon Prime's print (provided by [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] under license from Sony) of the latter title also retain this.
+===References===
-'''Availability:''' Common.
+{{Reflist}}
-* Appears on most of the films produced by this company, including ''Armageddon'', ''Gone in 60 Seconds'', ''Pearl Harbor'', ''Black Hawk Down'', and the ''Pirates of the Caribbean'' films.
-* The later variant appears on most films from 2004 onward, beginning with ''National Treasure'' (though it does not appear on ''The Sorcerer's Apprentice'').
-* This does not appear on ''Remember the Titans'', which uses the [[Technical Black Films]] logo instead.
-* Also seen on two made-for-TV movies, which are ''Max Q'' (1998, co-produced with [[ABC Signature|Touchstone Television]]), and ''Swing Vote'' (1999, co-produced with [[Columbia TriStar Television]]).
-* The Sony Pictures Choice Collection DVD-R and Amazon Prime's print (provided by [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] under license from Sony) of the latter title retain this.
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