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Background. United International Pictures ( UIP) is a joint venture between Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that was founded to distribute the two studios' films theatrically outside the United States (including its territories), Canada and the Caribbean Basin. It also had rights to distribute films from DreamWorks Pictures (which had ...
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Background: United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint company of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios to distribute some of the two studio's films theatrically outside United States (including territories), Canada and the Caribbean Basin. It also had rights to distribute films theatrically by DreamWorks (formerly owned by Viacom) and indep...
1st Logo
(1971-1981) Nickname: "The CIC Chain" Logo: Against a blue background, we see the letters "CIC" (in a slightly lighter shade of blue) being drawn in simultaneously, with the first "C" drawn in counterclockwise, the last "C" clockwise, and the "I" from the middle. The letters take up almost the entire screen. Then, the letters zoom in towards the bottom, away from the screen, and a large chain link in an "S" pattern in drawn in, with the outer links colored the same as "CIC" and the middle link colored a very pale blue color. As the chain slowly zooms out, the text "Cinema International Corporation" (in white) zoom out from below. Variants: •Depending on the film quality, the background can vary from light blue, to faded green, all the way to dark blue/black. •On films distributed to France by the company, the logo in black and white with "Cinema International Corporation" to the left of it and "distribué par" above it. Depending on the movie, the logo may have effects or animation applied to it. •On the first Italian releases of Disney movies, including The Aristocats, the logo is similar to the French variant, except the chain is in full color, "Cinema International Corporation" is arranged differently, and "distribuzione" is above it. FX/SFX: 2D Graphics. Music/Sounds: A excerpt of Jerry Goldsmith's A Gathering of Eagles score [A brass/string tune ending in a dramatic three-note fanfare]. Music/Sound Variants •Sometimes it is silent. •Sometimes, like in The Slipper and The Rose, the opening theme starts over it.
2nd Logo
(1981-1982?) Logo: On a black background, we see a closeup of the same chain link as before, only now it's in live-action and has a silver sheen. The background changes to blue as the chain link zooms out until it reaches a comfortable distance. Finally, the text "Cinema International Corporation" pops in below the chain link. FX/SFX: Live-action models. Music/Sounds: None. Availability: Extremely rare, as this came out near the end of CIC's existence before it was rebranded next year. It was seen on an Italian print of The Fox and the Hound, and a foreign copy of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
1st Logo
(1982-1997) Nicknames: "UiP", "The Shining Logo" Logo: On a black/blue gradient background, we see a flash appearing to reveal a gold "UiP" symbol zooming-up with the letters connected together and below it is "UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES" fading-in then a shine appears and stays on the logo. FX/SFX: The "UIP" zooming-in, the shine. Music/Sounds: None. Music/Sounds Variant: On the French print of 2010, it has a sample from the middle half of Also Sprach Zarathustra as a fanfare for this logo (seen before the 1984 MGM Diamond Jubilee logo with the combined roars). This appears, believe it or not, on the Blu-Ray releases of the above film if the film's audio track selected is French (which also activates the French titles via "angle" branching). Availability: Very rare. It was seen on theatrical releases of Paramount/Universal/MGM/UA films outside of North America. However, most home video prints of their films released in Europe by CIC Video and MGM/UA Home Video do not keep this logo, as they likely use U.S prints converted into PAL format. But some films however, would use a print that had mandatory content edits by the countries' rating council for distribution, and some VHS/DVD/TV releases would use these prints meaning this logo may be intact. In Australia, under UIP-Fox (formerly CIC-Fox), this was seen on theatrical prints of 20th Century Fox titles until 1986 (when the UIP-Fox venture ended). The earliest UIP titles (c. 1982-84) did not have any logo at all, e.g. The Secret of NIMH, Trading Places and Streets of Fire. This was also seen on Italian theatrical prints of Disney/Buena Vista productions from 1983-91, and Australian prints until 1986, with examples being The Black Cauldron, The Little Mermaid, Flight Of The Navigator, and several re-release prints of classic animated Disney films. The easiest place to find this is on international trailers for these films on some VHS's, such as Carry On Columbus and Bebe's Kids. This can be currently seen on the UK trailer for The Living Daylights (which can be found on the UK VHS of Baby Boom along the SE and UE DVDs of the former), all prints/home video releases of Biggles: Adventures in Time (including the U.S DVD by Image Entertainment), and the Australian TV airing and region 4 DVD of Crocodile Dundee II. This is also seen on the Australian R4 DVD and the bootleg Jef Films R1 DVD of Carry On Columbus, the Celebrity/Just for Kids video release of Stowaways on the Ark, as well as the original 1989 UK VHS of License To Kill, and the Canadian Malofilm VHS and U.S. Platinum Disc Corporation DVD of Money. In the UK, this and subsequent UiP logos should be retained on 35mm screenings of their releases.
2nd Logo
(1997-2001) Nicknames: "UiP II", "CGI UiP" Logo: On a black background, we see two outlines of "UIP" as in the first logo and then copies as the logo turns blue and gold. The words "UNITED INTERNATIONAL PICTURES", in the same font as in the 1st logo, fade in at the bottom of the screen, as the logo "shines". Variants: •For this logo's first year, there is also the 10th Anniversary variant of this logo, with the Paramount and DreamWorks logos inside the reflection of the logo. Also, there's no company name. •There is a special variant in which the URL "www.uip.com" fades in below the logo.
3rd Logo
(2001-2004) Nicknames: "UiP III", "CGI UiP II", "The Blue Rounded Square" Logo: On a black/blue gradient background, we see the text "united international pictures" in lowercase letters, with the URL below it. Suddenly, a blue square zooms-out on screen and over a square is a white "UiP" symbol. The background then turns black for reason. Variants: •Depending on film quality, the logo would have a true blue/white color scheme or a dark green/brown scheme (the latter due to massive film deterioration). •There are short and long versions of this logo, the long version starts with the background in blue and the gold "UIP" forms before setting in a square, and finishing on a black background. The short version fades into the black background after the "UIP" square and the text are formed. The usage of both the short and long versions alternate between films, but the former was mostly seen on trailers.
Logo descriptions by Supermarty-o Logo captures by Logoboy95, Eric S., Sagan Blob, and EnormousRat Video captures courtesy of Eric S. and DJ_Arkangel Background: United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint company of Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios to distribute some of the two studio's films theatrically outside United States (including territories), Canada and the Caribbean Basin.
United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada. UIP also had international distribution rights to certain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) and United Artists (UA) films when MGM was part of the venture and also distributed Disney films in certain territories until 1987.
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