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Background

North American Pictures is a production company with 30 year history of production in Canada and 16 year history in the Czech Republic. They specialize in co-productions, international productions and in service productions in all genres and budgets.

1st Logo (1987-1991)

Nicknames: "The Blue Torch Man"

Logo: On a black background, we see a statue in a blue silhouette with blue dots surrounding the statue. Below is the text

NORTH AMERICAN

PICTURES

also in blue.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can be found on the company's first films, including Possession: Until Death Do You Part.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Logo (1991-1998)

Nicknames: "The Collision of Paramount and Columbia"

Logo: A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure (now a silhouette standing on a big bell on one foot) appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around. The company name doesn't appear.

FX/SFX: The stars appearing and moving, the statue rotating.

Music/Sounds: The opening of the film's theme or a "whoosh" on some films. Sometimes, it will also be silent.

Availability: Can be found on it's films at the time.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Logo (1998-2000s)

Nicknames: "The New and Improved Torch Man", "The OTHER OTHER Torch Lady Ripoff", " The Collision of Paramount and Columbia II"

Logo: A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure standing on a big bell appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around. The company name doesn't appear.

FX/SFX: The flash, the logo zooming out, the stars appearing.

Music/Sounds: The opening of the film's theme.

Availability: Can be seen on their final films since 1998, including Act of War and CrackerJack 3, among others.

Editor's Note: None

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 === Background ===
+'''North American Pictures''' is a production company with 30 year history of production in Canada and 16 year history in the Czech Republic. They specialize in co-productions, international productions and in service productions in all genres and budgets.
-A Canadian-based company started by filmmaker Lloyd A. Simandl in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. When Lloyd was filming ''Chained Heat II'', he relocated the company from Canada to his native Czech Republic in order to save money, and he has been making movies there ever since, although films from the company are occasionally shot in B.C..
-=== 1st Logo (1987-1990?) ===
+=== 1st Logo (1987-1991) ===
+[[File:North American Pictures (1987).png|center|frameless]]
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 '''Nicknames:''' "The Blue Torch Man"
+'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see a statue in a blue silhouette with blue dots surrounding the statue. Below is the text
-'''Logo:''' TBA.
+'''NORTH AMERICAN'''
-'''FX/SFX:''' None. It's a still logo.
-'''Music/Sounds:''' Silent
+'''PICTURES'''
+also in blue.
-'''Availability:''' Can be found on ''Possession: Until Death Do You Part'' (1987).
+'''FX/SFX:''' None.
+'''Music/Sounds:''' None.
+'''Availability:''' Can be found on the company's first films, including ''Possession: Until Death Do You Part''.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
-===2nd Logo (1990s-1997)===
+===2nd Logo (1991-1998)===
+[[File:North American Pictures (1990s).png|center|frameless]]
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-'''Nicknames:''' "The Torch Man", "The Collision of Paramount and Columbia"
+'''Nicknames:''' "The Collision of [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] and [[Columbia Pictures|Columbia]]"
 '''Logo:''' A pack of stars fly into the screen, moving to the center, where the man figure (now a silhouette standing on a big bell on one foot) appears. The statue rotates, and the stars place themselves around. The company name doesn't appear.
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' The opening of the film's theme or a "whoosh" on some films. Sometimes, it will also be silent.
-'''Availability:''' Can be found on ''Chained Heat II'' (1993), ''Time Runner'' (1993), ''Xtro 2: The Second Encounter'' (1990), ''Crackerjack'' (1994) and ''Crackerjack 2'' (1997).
+'''Availability:''' Can be found on it's films at the time.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None.
 ===3rd Logo (1998-2000s)===
+[[File:North American Pictures (1998).png|center|frameless]]
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 '''Music/Sounds:''' The opening of the film's theme.
-'''Availability:''' Can be seen on ''Act of War'' (1998) and ''CrackerJack 3'' (2000), among others.
+'''Availability:''' Can be seen on their final films since 1998, including ''Act of War'' and ''CrackerJack 3'', among others.
 '''Editor's Note:''' None