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Shadeed A. Kelly and videogamer360
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Derrick Anderson
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Eric S
Shadeed A. Kelly and videogamer360
Captures by
Derrick Anderson
Video captures courtesy of
Eric S
G2 Films
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
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G2 Films (stylized as "G² Films") was originally formed in 1997 following Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's purchase of the Goldwyn Entertainment Company, which was re-established as MGM's indie/arthouse division. It was first known as "Goldwyn Films", but after Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. sued the company for using the "Goldwyn" name without his permission, it was renamed to G2 Films.
Shortly after the renaming, the company was reformatted as an international sales division of United Artists and renamed United Artists International, this followed MGM's move of transitioning UA into a specialty/arthouse division. UAI was folded into MGM in 2000 when the company decided to release United Artists' films in-house through their then-new distribution agreement with 20th Century Fox.
Goldwyn Films
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Visuals: Over a black background, the logo starts with the silver letters "MGM" zooming out and turning from left to right. The two "M"'s suddenly fade away leaving the letter "G" to form an aurora-light effect while turning. There is also the word "oldwyn" on the right corner of the "G" forming the word "Goldwyn", as the word "FILMS" wipes in from the right under the logo, and the byline "AN MGM COMPANY" fades in beneath. "FILMS" and the byline later fade out while "Goldwyn" turns away.
Variant: A prototype version exists where the light effect is absent, and the letters "MGM" instead flip into "Goldwyn".
Technique: CGI.
Audio: A synth theme with a metal-swiping sound as the aurora appears, ending in a bang and a string note, or none.
Availability: It's seen on U.S. prints of foreign movie releases from the era, such as Live Flesh (Carne Trémula), The Hanging Garden, Velvet Goldmine, and The Wisdom Of Crocodiles.
G2 Films
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Visuals: Same as the previous logo, but instead of "Goldwyn", a large "G", with a small number two (like the squared symbol seen in mathematics) on the upper right hand corner of it, is seen turning in. The rest of the text is normal, though "FILMS" and the MGM byline are bigger and spaced out further underneath the "G". Like before, the text fades away, and the "G" and "2" turn away.
Closing Variant: It's only a still in-credit "G²" logo with the text "FROM" above and the MGM byline with the text "DISTRIBUTED BY MGM DISTRIBUTION CO." below.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: None.
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