Sherwood Productions, Inc.

Not to be confused with Sherwood Pictures.

Background

Sherwood Productions, Inc. was founded by then-coin collector Bruce McNall and the family of Texas oil tycoon Nelson Bunker Hunt. McNall then hired ousted United Artists executive David Begelman to operate the company in the summer of 1982. Begelman later founded Gladden Entertainment Corporation, which supplanted Sherwood; the company's films would eventually fall under control of Epic Productions, which would incorporate the films into its Zeta library. Today, the company's films along with the pre-1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment library are owned by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios through Orion Pictures.

Logo (June 3, 1983-August 15, 1984)

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Visuals: On a black background, a group of pink and blue horizontal lines cross over each other; the pink lines move upward, while the blue lines move downward. Then the groups of lines (in box-like shapes) pull away from each other towards both corners of the screen, with the pink line-square moving towards the top left corner and the blue line-square moving towards the bottom right corner. The two squares (which are slanted by this time) are still joined to each other, with the bottom right corner of the pink square joined to the top left corner of the blue square. As the two shapes move to opposite sides of the screen, the left side of the blue square crosses over the right side of the pink square. When the two shapes cross each other, vertical lines form from the opposite end of each shape and nearly connect to each other, forming an S-like shape. After the S is formed, two groups of lines travel from opposite corners of the screen, with the blue lines travelling from the bottom left corner and the pink lines travelling from the top right corner. The two groups of lines connect to the S, forming a hexagon. As the "S hexagon" shines, it moves backwards. When the "S hexagon" is in place right above the center of the screen, the words "SHERWOOD PRODUCTIONS, INC." appear underneath in a thin futuristic font.

Trivia: The logo was created by Rod Dyer Design.

Variants:

• On The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, the logo is stretched to fill the screen.
• On Blame It on Rio, the logo freezes before the company name fading in, leaving some shine marks.

Technique: Backlit cel animation.

Audio: The opening theme of the movie.

Audio Variant: On The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, a deep whooshing sound is heard.

Availability: Can be seen at the beginning of Mr. Mom, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, and Blame It on Rio.

Sherwood Productions, Inc.

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