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This article is about the company owned by Sony Pictures. For the earlier company of the same name, see TriStar Pictures Productions.
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TriStar Pictures, Inc. (originally spelled Tri-Star) was formed on March 2, 1982 as a joint venture between Columbia Pictures (then owned by The Coca-Cola Company), HBO and CBS, hence the name of the studio. It was originally known as Nova Pictures until May 16, 1983, when its name was changed in order to avoid confusion with the PBS series Nova. CBS was the first joint-owner who dropped out of the venture on November 15, 1985 (as a response to the release of the controversy surrounding the release of the 1984 Christmas-themed slasher Silent Night, Deadly Night from almost a year prior), and sold its interest to Columbia for $48 million. In 1986, HBO, as well as its shared equity Silver Screen Partners, sold its shares in Tri-Star to Columbia to form HBO Pictures, while Silver Screen would go on to partner with The Walt Disney Company under the Buena Vista Pictures Distribution banner to co-produce co-finance films for Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Feature Animation, Touchstone Pictures, and Hollywood Pictures, until its final venture became defunct in 1992.
On December 21, 1987, Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. was renamed Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. The Coca-Cola Company merged the operations of Tri-Star and Columbia to become Columbia/Tri-Star, of which it owned 80% of its stock. In late 1987, most of Tri-Star's releases were copyrighted under the Columbia Pictures Entertainment, Inc. name until April 13, 1988, when it was reverted back to Tri-Star Pictures, Inc. In January 1988, CPE's stocks somewhat fell, and Coca-Cola decreased its shares in CPE to 49%. On November 8, 1989, Sony of Japan acquired Columbia Pictures Entertainment for $3.4 billion. On August 7, 1991, under ownership by the newly-formed Sony Pictures Entertainment, the hyphen was officially removed from the name of TriStar Pictures.
Early on (with a few exceptions), TriStar's films were released on home video by either RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (now Sony Pictures Home Entertainment), CBS/Fox/Key Video (now 20th Century Home Entertainment), occasionally Vestron Video/Lightning Video (now Lionsgate Home Entertainment), or Thorn-EMI/HBO/Cannon Video/HBO Video (now HBO Home Entertainment), among others. In 1988, following Columbia's buyout of TriStar, home video distribution of its films moved exclusively to RCA/Columbia. From 1985 to 1994, TriStar also distributed films produced by Carolco Pictures in the U.S. and select international regions; such films were released on home video through International Video Entertainment and Live Home Video (now Lionsgate Home Entertainment), often with TriStar's logo cut. Cliffhanger (1993), which TriStar had full distribution rights to in the United States, France, Mexico, Germany, Australia and New Zealand due to Carloco providing half of the film's budget to TriStar, is the only Carolco film in which the rights were retained by the original distributor. The Taft Entertainment films that TriStar released (such as The Monster Squad and The Running Man (1987)) were acquired by Paramount Pictures after Taft merged into Republic and then Viacom. International distribution rights to TriStar's titles were previously handled by Columbia Pictures through its various international partners until it was absorbed into Columbia Tri-Star Films in 1988.
Cliffhanger (1993): On widescreen prints of the film, the logo stays in scope, unlike the StudioCanal (current prints only) and Carolco logos.
No Mercy (1986): The "Pegasus Over Pyramid" logo is red on a black background.
Total Recall (1990): The logo is on a nighttime sky filled with stars, a 2-D image of the Tri-Star Pictures logo zooms out and warps away. This was seen on the teaser trailer of the film, though other trailers had another version like this but with the Carolco Pictures logo.
Terminator 2: Judgement Day (1991): A shot of the exoskeleton Terminator in front of a flame background flashes a few times over the 1991 logo. Other versions of the trailer use the Carolco Pictures logo.
Bugsy (1991): A camera flashes once over the logo.
Hook (1991): The logo eases back down-left and goes to the storybook.
Hook (1991): A teaser for it has the "Pegasus Over Pyramid" logo in the print of the storybook.
Hook (1991): A TV spot has the logo sliced through by Hook's claw.
Chaplin (1992): The logo flickers like an old film on a film projector.
Cliffhanger (1993): The 1991 logo zooms in. Only seen on the TV spots. One version had the logo superimposed on footage from the film.
Cliffhanger (1993): Another version has the logo flashing in.
Cliffhanger (1993): The background is white and the print logo is black, and then cross-fades into footage of the film. Only seen on one Australian TV spot.
Sleepless in Seattle (1993): The logo is tinted in gold and turns into an envelope. Seen on the international TV spot.
8 Million Ways to Die (1986): The logo starts just a few moments before the Pegasus grows its wings, and after it's done the logo fades into the Producers Sales Organization. The fanfare is also cut off at the start and the end, and transitions into the PSO logo.
Look Who's Talking Too (1990): The 1984 logo plays, but the Pegasus is voiced by Mikey (voiced by Bruce Willis) imitating Mr. Ed. When the horse first appears, there is a neigh, then "Whoa, Wilbur, here I go! (Laughs) I'm running pretty good now, and I'm going to take a jump," and when the Pegasus grows its wings and flies over the "T", "and oh, I got wings and I'm flying, oh Wilbur!" and when the logo forms, "Tri-Star Pictures, where anything can happen!" This variant was also dubbed in other languages, such as in Spanish. An extended and re-arranged version of the fanfare, composed and arranged by David Kitay, makes a cameo later on in the film during the scene when Julie practices walking, referencing the quote. Therefore, the fanfare was credited at the end.
Another You (1991): The normal 1984 logo plays, but with some subtle sounds of galloping and wind blowing. As the pegasus runs along, Richard Pryor's character Eddie Dash says "Now easy, boy. Steady, wait!" When the pegasus grows its wings, Eddie says "Whoa, f***in' wings! What's going on?!" As soon as the pegasus is out of sight, a loud crash is heard. After the logo fades out, Eddie says "F***ing white horse!" On the Bounce TV and This TV airings, a censored version is used instead. In that version, the "...f***ing wings!" is replaced with "...wait!?", making the line "Woah, wait!? What's going on?!". at the end, "F***ing" in "F***ing white horse!" is replaced with "Damn", making the line "Damn white horse!". This was so infamous even at the time, it was played in full at the start of the promotional promo for Another You, which can be seen at the start of screener copies of that film, Kiss Me a Killer, and Do or Die.
Sleepless in Seattle (1993): The logo is tinted in gold and turns into an envelope. Seen on the international TV spot.
Visuals: On a dark blue/purple evening background with a pink sky, a splashed white stallion gallops into view from the left. When it gets closer to the camera, three stars coming from the left, right and bottom of the screen crash into each other, forming a "T" in the Didot font (the same font used for CBS' logo, as CBS was one of the joint owners of Tri-Star until 1985). The stallion suddenly grows a pair of wings (if viewed in HD, the wings noticeably appear on the stallion out of thin air) and "flies" over the "T". It zooms out, revealing the stacked words "TRI STAR". The text continues to zoom out. A golden outline of a triangle zooms out with the spaced-out word "PICTURES" under it, surrounding the text and the background. As this happens, the triangle outline reveals an abstract drawing of a Pegasus "jumping" over the logo.
Trivia:
According to then-TriStar head Victor Kaufman, "one of the advisers in creating the company was Sydney Pollack, who was a famous director and actor, and he helped us put together the logo. The horse for the TriStar logo was the horse from The Electric Horseman, which he directed and made with Robert Redford. And the horse from The Electric Horseman was a dark horse, so he transposed the horse to look white, and put it on the screen, and created a Pegasus and created [...] the music and everything".
According to Elizabeth Kaye McCall's book The Tao of Horses, the Pegasus was played by "T-Bone", a white Arabian gelding who was trained by Hollywood horse trainer Corky Randall. The Pegasus sequence was filmed at night in an outdoor arena that Randall frequently used. T-Bone, powdered to look whiter, was to run in an especially made L-passage flanked by black curtains. When Randall called him, he galloped through it, and jumped over a fence to reach him, creating the desired effect.
This contemporary article on the 1993 logo states that the more obvious logo concept of stars wasn't chosen so as to not appear too similar to Orion Pictures.
Variants:
On films shot in 2.35:1 (anamorphic Panavision), the triangle and Pegasus zoom out further to accommodate the wider ratio. VHS and fullscreen DVD releases may use either the full image or the pan-and-scan version of the zooming Pegsaus through one of the following methods:
Focusing on the Pegasus when it appears and suddenly shifting when it jumps over the "T".
The screen following the Pegasus.
The screen starting in the middle and the Pegasus appearing shortly before it jumps over the "T".
On Deepstar Six and Air America, two Carolco movies in the aforementioned format (specifically in this case, Super 35), the standard logo is stretched to fit the ratio.
On Iron Eagle and The Fisher King, a 1.85:1 version of the shrinking Pegasus was used. A cropped 2.35:1 version appears on Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
An open matte version, which shows more of the top but crops out some of the sides exists, which appears only on the 4:3 version of The Fisher King. Iron Eagle used the full image in its 4:3 version, and Terminator 2: Judgment Day never had a known 4:3 release with the TriStar logo.
Some anamorphic scope films such as The Bear use the full image in their 4:3 versions. This also appears on early 4:3 prints of Rambo: First Blood Part II, Rambo III, Music Box, and Narrow Margin whenever this logo was preserved.
An additional variant exists where the text "A TRI-STAR RELEASE" appears on a black background after the end of the Tri-Star logo. The 1984 theme, which appears to be out of sync in this variant, also plays over it as well. This was seen on an HBO airing of Santa Claus: The Movie from December 24, 1986.
On trailers and TV spots from 1991 to 1993, the words "TRI STAR" appear in white over a black background with a small "Pegasus Over Pyramid" logo in the upper right next to "TRI" (the films themselves used the 1984 logo and the newly-formed TriStar Television did use this for their logo).
The intro of Tri-Star Showcase has this logo edited with the horse galloping. When it jumps over the "T", it fades to the preview of the movie.
On a TV spot for Places in the Heart, the Pegasus outlining and company name appear bolder.
On the VUDU print of Lock Up, the 2011 StudioCanal logo plays, and after it ends, it cuts to the middle of the TriStar logo when the Pegasus jumps over the "T".
On the Blu-ray release of Short Circuit, the background color appears to be washed out.
An open matte version exists, which was seen on 35mm uncropped film scan prints of films such as The Muppets Take Manhattan, The Running Man, Steel Magnolias, Iron Eagle, The Fisher King and Cliffhanger (the last film to use the logo).
Technique: A mix of live-action, cel animation, and CGI by R/Greenberg Associates.
Audio: An orchestral piece composed in C major by Dave Grusin. As the horse gallops into view, three low French horn notes play and repeat. When the Pegasus flies over the "T", more enlightening trumpets play and are combined with the trombone. For the logo formation, a proud brass fanfare is heard.
Audio Trivia: The fanfare was credited during the end of Look Who's Talking Too.
Audio Variants:
On some films, such as Birdy, Candyman (1992), The Muppets Take Manhattan (the Columbia TriStar DVD release and a Pluto TV print have the fanfare, while the Hulu, CTHV VHS print and a February 11, 2023 Film4 UK airing use the silent version), a recent TCM broadcast of Places in the Heart (also on the Columbia TriStar DVD release of said film), and the original theatrical release and some streaming prints of the theatrical version of Terminator 2: Judgment Day (save for the Director's Cut), the logo is silent.
This is also used on AMC's print of Total Recall (1990), but with what sounds like the last note of the fanfare playing after the logo fades out.
On The Principal and Chaplin, the music begins a few seconds before the logo fades in.
Sometimes, the fanfare has extra reverb after it ends.
On the 2004 Lionsgate DVD release of Universal Solider, the fanfare is barely audible, likely due to a printing error.
On some prints of Rambo: First Blood Part II (beginning with the 2002 Artisan VHS and DVD releases) and other Carolco films, the Carolco theme is heard (one TV airing of the movie has a higher-pitched version of the fanfare). This was also used on a 1995 Australian television broadcast of Iron Eagle II (with the 1988 theme), likely due to poor plastering. The original domestic print had the standard TriStar fanfare, as this was the version used on HBO early on, starting in 1986.
On the U.S. Scream Factory Blu-ray print of Lifeforce, the fanfare plays in a lower pitch.
A French print of The Hitcher (1986) had this logo with the music from the Cannon Films logo, probably due to a plastering error.
Tubi's print of Bat*21 uses a master that preserved this logo, but also features the 1995 lion roar from the 1986 MGM logo, due to a reverse plastering error.
Current TV prints of Matilda, which airs on some channels, such as TBS and Freeform in the U.S., YTV, ABC Spark and Disney Channel in Canada, Disney Channel in Latin America and Seven Network in Australia for example, feature this logo. It uses the 1993 fanfare instead of the 1984 fanfare, like the Disney Channel airings in Latin America for example, due to a reverse plastering error.
On StudioCanal prints of Red Heat, the theme plays in double high tone pitch. However if one listens closely, the PAL tone variant is briefly heard before going to the double high tone pitch.
Jumanji (1995): The logo's byline is outlined in purple. Also, the clouds and the white light are a bit slim. Note that this is the first film to have the "Sony Pictures Entertainment" byline.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001): After the flash of light appears, the logo goes from color to black-and-white.
Lords of Dogtown (2005): The text "LOCALS ONLY" is spray-painted onto the logo.
Cadillac Records (2008): The theme's timing is off and logo is seen in an extra tint of blue.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019): The 2014 version of the 1993 logo is used (fitting with the film's time period), but the fanfare is replaced with a chime-like celesta rendition that matches Johnny Costa's musical style as heard on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Also, the logo is darker as usual.
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994): The logo cross-fades into the storm clouds.
My Best Friend's Wedding (1997): After the logo appears, it turns into a restaurant door window which opens the trailer.
Godzilla (1998): The logo flashes in the negative effect twice as the Pegasus stretches its wings.
Godzilla (1998, teaser trailer): After the Pegasus stretches its wings, the background flashes into New York City background with thunderstorms leaving the text and the Pegasus intact for a brief second before the screen flashes again.
Godzilla (1998, TV spots):The logo flashes in the black and white effect and it is still.
Madeline (1998): Madeline's hat flies past the usual logo.
Universal Soldier: The Return (1999, theatrical trailer): When the logo is complete, it zooms into Pegasus and flashes away. Only on the theatrical trailer.
Universal Soldier: The Return (1999, TV spot 1): On the first TV Spot, the logo plays in warp-speed and splits in half to reveal S.E.T.H. (played by Michael Jai White).
Universal Soldier: The Return (1999):On the second TV Spot, the logo animates into bars.
Fortress 2: Re-Entry (2000): The logo glitches out.
Lords of Dogtown (2005): The logo plays in warp-speed and moves down to the Columbia Pictures logo, like a filmstrip. Seen on the theatrical trailer and TV spots.
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie (2001, International prints): The audio is silent.
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2001): After the flash of light appears, the logo goes from color to black-and-white.
Lords of Dogtown (2005): The text "LOCALS ONLY" is spray-painted onto the logo.
Cadillac Records (2008): The theme's timing is off and logo is seen in an extra tint of blue.
A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019): The 2014 version of the 1993 logo is used (fitting with the film's time period), but the fanfare is replaced with a chime-like celesta rendition that matches Johnny Costa's musical style as heard on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Also, the logo is darker as usual.
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My Best Friend's Wedding (1997): After the logo appears, it turns into a restaurant door window which opens the trailer.
Godzilla (1998): The logo flashes in the negative effect twice as the Pegasus stretches its wings.
Godzilla (1998, teaser trailer): After the Pegasus stretches its wings, the background flashes into New York City background with thunderstorms leaving the text and the Pegasus intact for a brief second before the screen flashes again.
Visuals: The logo starts out on a black background. Then, a dark background, initially partially shown, slowly fades in and brightens to reveal that it is made up of dark cumulonimbus clouds with fog on the bottom (similar to the ones from the Columbia Pictures logo). A white flash of light then starts to glow and gets bright, as it almost fills the background. A Pegasus appears from the far distance, as it spreads its wings out and takes a few steps, causing the fog to flow. "TRISTAR", in a shiny golden chiseled font (also similar to the Columbia Pictures logo), slowly fades in at the top of the screen with the letters "T" and "S" in a bigger font than the other letters as the flash dims away slowly. The Pegasus stops when its wings are fully spread out and the "TRISTAR" text fully appears. The text slowly shines as the fog still flows. Starting in 1995, the company byline fades in on the bottom. The logo remains on-screen for a few seconds before fading out.
Trivia:
This logo was based on a still image painted by Alan Reingold (Pegasus) and Michael J. Deas (cloud background) that Sony had introduced alongside a similar painting for TriStar's sister studio Columbia on March 2, 1992. The image was only used for home video and television until a fully animated logo debuted in the summer of 1993. The background from the painting was flipped for the logo. According to Deas, he had also done his own painting of the Pegasus, which ultimately was rejected in favor of Reingold's version, though he no longer has his original painting.
This logo was apparently animated in 2.20:1, as even open matte presentations have this logo either cropped on both sides or not on 35mm uncropped film scan prints.
The logo bears an intentional resemblance to the Columbia logo introduced around the same period in order to reinforce their connection to parent company Sony Pictures Entertainment.
December 15, 1995-February 21, 2014: "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" (in Trade Gothic Bold Extended)
On Jumanji, the byline has a blue outline.
Starting with Mary Reilly, released on February 23, 1996, the byline is bright yellow or white. However, some post-1995 films continued to use the bylineless version until 1999.
Starting with Sparkle on August 17, 2012, the byline is set in Arial and appears smaller and a bit darker, albeit slightly off-centered like in the 1996 Columbia logo. This byline was last used on Pompeii; however, Moms' Night Out and When the Game Stands Tall still used this byline in tandem with the one below until August 22, 2014.
April 16, 2014-November 13, 2015: "a Sony Company" (in Arial Bold)
Variants:
During this logo's early years, on trailers and TV spots, when the Pegasus is spreading out its wings, the "TRISTAR" text is fully solid, rather than transparently fading in as in the regular version. Also, it doesn't shine.
On Sleepless in Seattle (the first movie to use this logo), the flash dims away earlier before the Pegasus spreads out its wings and the "TRISTAR" text appears.
The brightness of the clouds and the color of the byline vary depending on the film.
The flash of light's brightness varies depending on the film, some may have the flash dim which allows the viewer to see the Pegasus walking into the screen and some have the flash bright which conceals the Pegasus completley.
In 2007, starting with Daddy Day Camp, the logo was given an "enhanced" look with the "a SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT company" byline in gold, to match the clouds' color.
Starting with Heaven is for Real, released on April 16, 2014, the Sony logo transitions to this logo.
Technique: A combination of live-action footage (the Pegasus and cloud background, both filmed separately) and CGI (the light beam, wings, text, and fog), directed by John Callas for Intralink Film Graphic Design. The footage of the white stallion was shot in a hangar at the Santa Monica Airport. The wings were created by combining real feathers with the white stallion's image via computer morphing. The cloud background was a large model shot in a studio. Behind-the-scenes stills of this logo (including alternate lighting of the cloud background and close-ups of the horse) can be seen on Callas's Facebook account.
Audio: It starts with an arpeggiating piano glissando, followed by a four-note descending piano and xylophone tune; on the second-to-the-last note, the same six opening notes from the previous logo are played on French horns, with a four-note tuba piece filling in the gap between the third and fourth notes, ending with the last note held out. The music then rises in intensity as more instruments come in (including brass instruments and drums), ending in a majestic orchestral fanfare. This was composed by Bill Johnson.
Audio Variants:
Starting with The Big Hit, released on April 24, 1998, the fanfare was rearranged. This fanfare also plasters the first arrangement on the DVD releases of Weekend at Bernie's II and Desperate Measures.
Sometimes, this logo is silent (found on international prints of Fortress 2: Re-Entry and Cowboy Bebop: The Movie). Other times, the opening theme of the movie plays over the logo.
On some earlier films with this logo, such as Jury Duty and some prints (such as the 1997 and 1999 DVD releases) of Sleepless in Seattle, the 1984 fanfare is used.
Slappy and the Stinkers has used a different arrangement of the fanfare.
On the DVD releases, the BYUtv airing, and Pluto TV prints of Little Secrets, the fanfare is in double high tone. The Spanish track on the 2003 DVD release, however, retains the normal pitch of the fanfare.
Also on the UK and Australian DVD releases of said movie, the fanfare is in triple high tone, due to it being sourced from the U.S. DVD release.
On the HBO Asia airing of Faster, the fanfare from the first CBS Films logo is heard due to a plastering editing error, as they owned the U.S. distribution rights to the movie while TriStar had international rights.
Money Monster (2016): The logo is darker than usual.
Visuals:
2015-2020: After the Sony Entertainment logo (albeit with motion blur added) transitions to this logo, the cloud formations of the previous logo are shrouded in darkness, with a cerulean blue background partially illuminated by the bottom half of the screen. Then, a light shines up from the center and the clouds and background brighten, turning into full daylight. The clouds here are pure white and more ethereal in design, compared to the more realistic golden clouds from the last logo. Just as the clouds light up, a white stallion gallops out from the glowing light towards the camera, with the light fading out shortly afterwards. The stallion opens its wings as it runs out, revealing itself to be a Pegasus; once it stops running towards the screen, it stands up on its hind legs, showing off its full wingspan in the process. Once it has done this, the "TRISTAR" text from the previous logo (only more golden) fades in, then the byline "a Sony Company" from the previous logo fades in after that. This was last used on the Hulu original film Happiest Season, released on November 25, 2020.
2022-: Starting with the release of The Woman King, released on September 16, 2022, the Sony logo at the beginning is updated with a new animation based on its May 2021 identity, with motion blur added to that logo, just like before. Otherwise, the logo remains the same.
Trivia:
Two videos exist showcasing the development of the logo, with concept art, pre-renders, animation tests, etc. They can be seen here and here.
Two pieces of concept art (the second dated March 4, 2015) can be found on Alfonso de la Torre's ArtStation page here. Both have different cloud formations from the eventual logo.
The logo does not have an HFR version, unlike the 2011 and 2021 WB/New Line and 2012 MGM logos. As a result, the 4K UHD version of Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk has noticeable judder during this and the other opening logos.
Variants:
On FXM's print of The Walk, a 1.78:1 matted version is used.
On most TV prints of some movies, the original scope version has been cropped to 16:9.
On the development videos above, and on the film The Book of Clarence, the Sony logo is omitted, similar to the 1993-2014 logo. On the latter, it is bylineless. Also, the first seconds of the fanfare are cut as they are part of the Sony logo in the first video of the former.
Technique: CGI by JAMM Visual with assistance from Daffy London. Sony commissioned the updated logo to take advantage of new technologies such as 4K and IMAX 3D, which is why there's an open matte version of this logo available, unlike with the previous logo. Daffy London provided assistance on the model, rigging, layout and animation. The original reference painting was designed by Alfonso de la Torre at Moving Picture Company's Santa Monica branch[1], and the Pegasus was sculpted and modeled by Joel Durham.[2]
Audio: The 1998 rearranged fanfare from the previous logo by Bill Johnson. Sometimes, the opening theme of the movie.
May 11, 1984-September 20, 1991, January 29, 1993: Scrolling in the end credits is the same exact logo, minus the purple triangle with the gold outline color. Above it is the text "A TRI-STAR RELEASE". On some films such as The Natural, Johnny Handsome, The Freshman, and Sniper, the text "A TriStar (or Tri-Star) Release" appears below the logo. Flashpoint has the "A TRI-STAR RELEASE" text on the right of the logo. Sweet Dreams, produced by HBO in association with Silver Screen Partners, has the text "Presented by HBO Pictures in association with Silver Screen Partners" above the Pegasus logo and the "A TRI-STAR RELEASE" text below. Made in U.S.A, produced by Hemdale, has the text "Released through Tri-Star Pictures".
December 11, 1991-October 16, 1992: The closing variant of the still logo from trailers and the 1991 TriStar Television logo, minus the "TELEVISION" box below "STAR" nor "PICTURES" below the triangle with "A TRISTAR RELEASE" above. Sometimes, the rectangular box is seen below the logo, but lacks the "TELEVISION" text. Starting in late 1992, there is a new version with "RELEASED BY" above the logo and a box with a Sony Pictures Entertainment byline. This was seen on Wind and Candyman (1992).
Variants:
At the end of Avalon, a still version of the opening logo is seen.
On a few Carolco films such as Narrow Margin, Jacob's Ladder and L.A. Story, it lacks the "A Tri-Star Release" text as it just has the print logo.
Visuals: The Pegasus is placed inside the same box from the Columbia Pictures print logo introduced around the same time. Its wings overlap both ends of the box. The "TRI STAR" text from the previous logo is placed next to it, with "TRI" spaced out to fit the full width of "STAR". Below the logo is the phrase "A TRISTAR RELEASE", or "RELEASED BY" above the logo with the SPE byline underneath.
Variants:
Sometimes, "A TRISTAR RELEASE" and/or the byline is absent.
One early variant of such featured the boxed Pegasus logo at center, with "TRISTAR PICTURES" (in Bank Gothic) and the SPE byline below one another. This particular closing variant appears at the end of the features Chaplin and Cliffhanger, which both used the 1984 logo at the beginning and were produced by Carolco; the former may be unsurprising, since both Columbia and TriStar first introduced their new logos for their home video and television divisions a year earlier in 1992. The movie Wilder Napalm also uses this, but with the "A TriStar Release" text above.
Beginning with Heaven is for Real, the Pegasus' wings have the shadows removed, and "A TRISTAR PICTURES RELEASE" is now seen underneath with the byline "a Sony Company". Sometimes, the shadows are still intact.
After the end credits of The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, the opening logo is static, and in black-and-white.
On a 2010 TBS airing of My Best Friend's Wedding, the TriStar text is written in the same font as the preceding Zucker Brothers Productions logo.
Beginning with T2 Trainspotting in 2017, a revised version of the 1993 early closing variant is used where the text is now in the same font as the opening logo and is also larger.
Visuals: The words "TRI STAR" in silver is seen on a zooming starfield background. The small Pegasus over Pyramid logo is seen zooming back in their place, with the pyramid shrinking to its appropriate size.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: The theme music of the video.
Availability: It was seen on a video showing Sony Pictures Entertainment's plans for Culver City. It is unknown whether or not it was an abandoned attempt for a new theatrical logo or was made solely for promotional purposes.
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Cliffhanger (1993): On widescreen prints of the film, the logo stays in scope, unlike the StudioCanal (current prints only) and Carolco logos.
No Mercy (1986): The "Pegasus Over Pyramid" logo is red on a black background.
Total Recall (1990): The logo is on a nighttime sky filled with stars, a 2-D image of the Tri-Star Pictures logo zooms out and warps away. This was seen on the teaser trailer of the film, though other trailers had another version like this but with the Carolco Pictures logo.
Hook (1991): The logo eases back down-left and goes to the storybook.
Hook (1991): A teaser for it has the "Pegasus Over Pyramid" logo in the print of the storybook.
Hook (1991): A TV spot has the logo sliced through by Hook's claw.
Chaplin (1992): The logo flickers like an old film on a film projector.
Cliffhanger (1993): The 1991 logo zooms in. Only seen on the TV spots. One version had the logo superimposed on footage from the film.
Cliffhanger (1993): Another version has the logo flashing in.
Cliffhanger (1993): The background is white and the print logo is black, and then cross-fades into footage of the film. Only seen on one Australian TV spot.
Sleepless in Seattle (1993): The logo is tinted in gold and turns into an envelope. Seen on the international TV spot.
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