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File:ParamountPictures1986PrototypeVariant.png|Prototype 75th anniversary variant
File:Paramount_Pictures_(1987_-_Critical_Condition;_VHS).PNG|SecondRare prototype 75th anniversary variant
File:Paramount1987Flat.png|OfficialRevised 75th anniversary variant
File:Paramount1987Scope.png|ScopeRevised 75th anniversary variant (scope)
File:Paramount Pictures (1988).png|1988 variant
File:Paramount Pictures (1988, Scope).png|1988 scope variant (scope)
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Paramount Communications=
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File:Paramount_Pictures_Logo_(1989).png|1989 variant
File:Paramount Pictures (1989).png|1989 variant (scope)
File:Paramount_Pictures_Logo_(1990).png|1990 variant
File:Paramount Pictures (1990).png|1990 variant (scope)
File:Paramount Pictures (1993-95).png|1993 variant
paramountrare.jpg|1993 variant (fullscreen)
File:Paramount Pictures(21).png|Bylineless version
Paramount Pictures (1994).jpg|Rare Brazilian variant with [[United International Pictures|UIP]] byline
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Viacom=
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File:Paramount_Pictures_(1995;_The_Brady_Bunch_Movie).PNG |Prototype 1995 variant▼
File:Paramount Pictures logo (1986, with Viacom byline).jpeg
File:Paramount Pictures logo (1995-991986, scopewith Viacom byline).pngjpeg|1995 scope variant
File:Paramount Pictures (1995-99, scope).png|1995 variant (scope)
▲File:Paramount_Pictures_(1995;_The_Brady_Bunch_Movie).PNG
File:Paramount Pictures (1999; South Park - Bigger, Longer, Uncut Teaser Trailer).jpg|Prototype 1999 variant
File:Paramount_Pictures_Logo_(1999).png|1999 variant
File:Paramount_Pictures_(2001).png|1999 scope variant (scope)
File:Paramount Pictures (1999, videotaped).png|1999 videotaped variant (videotaped)
Paramount Pictures (2000).jpg|Cheap byline variant
Paramount Pictures (2000) -2.jpg|Cheap byline variant #2
Corporate=
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File:Paramount 75th Anniversary logo Open matte.jpg|Corporate 75th anniversary logo
File:Tumblr 82c9a1d054c13750a7d6ab99520636ad 3d408779 1280.jpg|Corporate logo with Paramount Communications byline
File:Paramount 1986-2002 logo (open matte, no byline).jpg|Bylineless corporate logo
File:Paramount Pictures (1995, Unused).jpg|Corporate logo with Viacom byline
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'''Visuals:''' As the logo fades in, there is a model of the mountain from before with a CGI lake in front of it and a {{color|deepskyblue|light blue}}/{{color|gold|yellow}} gradient sky with a {{color|gold|yellow}} sunset behind it. As the sky darkens, the camera zooms towards the mountain as 22 {{color|silver|silver}} CGI stars fly from the bottom left and encircle the mountain. The "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">{{color|silver|'''''Paramount'''''}}</span>" script, redone with a shiny {{color|silver|silver}} finish, then fades in on the peak of the mountain (which has some snow in the middle), along with a registered trademark symbol. One of the three bylines (as described below) fade in near the base of the mountain.
'''Trivia:''' Paramount used a painting commissioned for its 75th Anniversaryanniversary from artist Dario Campanile as a basis for this logo, which can be seen [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DarioCampanile.Paramount.jpg#mw-jump-to-license here].
'''Bylines:'''
* December 12, 1986-August 30, 1989: "{{Font|Helvetica|'''A Gulf + Western Company'''}}" (in Helvetica Bold) fades in with the Paramount script (Howeverhowever, in the prototype version, the byline is set in Helvetica Bold Condensed instead).
* September 22, 1989-December 23, 1994: "<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman';">A Paramount Communications Company</span>" (in Century Oldstyle, with a line above it) fades in. For its first year, the byline faded in with the Paramount script like the Gulf+Western version, and was colored gold. On video releases from the era, the color scheme of the logo is more washed out than normal.
* February 17, 1995-February 15, 2002: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 "Wigga-Wigga" font, with a line above it) fades in.
* On <u>[[CIC Video]]'s ''The Paramount Movie Show'' segments</u>, <u>VHS trailers for ''Chinatown''</u> and <u>''A Place in the Sun''</u>, <u>theatrical trailers for ''I.Q.''</u>, <u>''The Brady Bunch Movie''</u>, <u>''Star Trek: Generations''</u>, and <u>''Braveheart''</u>, a TV spot for <u>''Milk Money''</u>, <u>the teaser trailer for ''The Indian in the Cupboard''</u>, and <u>the second trailer for ''Forrest Gump''</u>, the logo is bylineless.
* On the <u>1991 trailer tape from CIC Video</u>, the CIC Video logo morphs into the mountain as seen in the start of the logo, and it animates as usual, but with a smaller Paramount Communications byline. The logo then morphs into the 1971 version of the 1963 Universal logo. This can only be found on some Latin American VHS releases as the beginning of a short promo to commemorative 1,000,000 copies of CIC videotapes sold.
* On a <u>Brazillian TV Spot for ''Clear and Present Danger''</u>, "Distribuido por [[United International Pictures]]" appears below the logo.
* On <u>bumpers for the Brazillian channel Telecine</u>, the Viacom byline is replaced with a cheaper one in the font "Eagle" font.
'''Closing Variants:'''
* At the <u>end of movies</u>, mostly earlier ones, the logo appears as a still image. This version is also seen on syndicated airings of ''Death Wish 4: The Crackdown'' before the Cannon logo.
* At the <u>end of most later movies</u>, the finished product is seen, with the clouds gliding.
* Despite replacing the 1995 variant as an opening logo, the <u>1999 variant</u> iswas seldom used as a closing logo, with most films released from 1999 to 2002 instead using the 1995 logo at the end. Some exceptions include the domestic release of ''South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut'' (which was released by [[Warner Bros. Pictures|Warner Bros.]] internationally) and the 2022 Blu-ray and digital releases of ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius''.
* On <u>''Mission: Impossible II''</u>, the logo fades in without the Viacom byline, which fades in after about a second.
* A zoomed-in still variant of the 1988 version of the 1986 logo also exists, which was seen at the <u>end of a BBC1 UK airing of ''The Presidio'' (1988) on February 14, 1995</u>.
'''Technique:''' A mixture of CGI animation and live-action, designed and composited by Jay Jacoby of Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation), who went on to produce the logos for [[Universal Pictures]] and [[20th Century Studios|20th Century Fox]], among others. The CGI stars were created by David Sieg at Omnibus/Abel on a III Foonly F1 computer, and the mountain scenery was a physical model created and filmed by Apogee, Inc.
'''Audio:''' A reworked version of the 1976 fanfare (which debuted inon ''The Blue Iguana'', released on April 22, 1988), with synthesized chimes added to the beginning, as well as additional instruments.
'''Audio Variants:'''
* On the <u>Australian DVD release and a French print of ''The Next Best Thing''</u>, the [[Lakeshore Entertainment]] theme is heard over the logo due to an editing error where the order of the logos are reversed but the audio isn't.
* On the <u>UK Second Sight Blu-ray release of ''Creepshow'' (1982)</u>, the NTSC-pitched 1994 [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] fanfare plays over the ending version of this logo.
* On <u>European TV airings of ''Braddock: Missing in Action II'' (1985)</u>, the 1995 [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios|MGM]] lion roar is heard over the Viacom byline version of the 1986 logo -, likely due to those airings using a Paramount-owned TV print with audio from an MGM-owned master.
* On the Icon UK DVD release of ''What Women Want'' (2000), the thunderclap from the 1994 [[Icon Productions]] logo is heard due to an audio swapping error (the DVD release uses the pitched-up U.S. audio master, as Paramount held the U.S. rights to the movie while Icon held internationally).
'''Availability:''' Seen on most Paramount movies fromof ''Thethe Golden Child'' to ''Crossroads''era. While it's been plastered on some TV airings and video releases of Paramount films (as well as some remastered or restored prints), most of these films still retain their original logos.
* The first films to use this logo were ''The Golden Child'' and ''Crimes of the Heart'' (the latter a [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] production distributed in Canada by Paramount), both released on December 12, 1986, and the last film was ''Crossroads'', released on February 15, 2002 (possibly plastered in later prints). ▼
* The Paramount Communications byline variant is preserved on films such as ''Ghost'', ''The Hunt for Red October'', ''Wayne's World'', and ''Forrest Gump'', among others.
** In general, it debuted on ''Black Rain'', and last appeared on ''Nobody's Fool''.
* The 1999 enhanced version is preserved on their 1999-2002 films starting with ''South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut'' (as a variant), and ending with ''Crossroads'' (the entire logo's final appearance).
* The 1988 version of the 1986 logo is also seen at the end of ''Big Top Pee-Wee'', which has the 5th logo at the beginning.
▲* The first films to use this logo were ''The Golden Child'' and ''Crimes of the Heart'' (the latter a [[De Laurentiis Entertainment Group]] production distributed in Canada by Paramount), both released on December 12, 1986, and the last film was ''Crossroads'', released on February 15, 2002 (possibly plastered in later prints).
* Paramount has used the 1995 Viacom variation in all logo plasters and TV movies, such as those made for Showtime.
* The 75th Anniversary logo can be found on 1987 VHS releases of ''Top Gun'', ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''The Whoopee Boys'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Children of a Lesser God'', and ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', and was plastered with its later variations for many years.
** However, Paramount preserved this variant later on, as it is seen on the DVD releases of ''Planes, Trains and Automobiles'' and ''The Untouchables'' and the 2022 Blu-ray release of ''Back to the Beach'' under the Paramount Presents (#34) line.
** It is also left intact on VH1's print of ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (1987).
** The 75th Anniversary logo is also seen at the start and end of the 1987 U.S.US VHS release of ''G'Day Australia: Like Nothing Else on Earth''.
* The prototype 75th Anniversary variation can be found on ''The Golden Child'', ''Hot Pursuit'', and the trailer for ''Beverly Hills Cop II'' (which is also preserved on iTunes).
* The Viacom variation of this logo plasters the Paramount Communications variant on post-1995 VHS releases and some DVD and Blu-ray releases of films released in late 1994.
*** However, on the 2009 Blu-ray and DVD re-releases (as well as the 2023 UHD and Blu-ray releases), the Paramount Communications variation is restored.
* The Paramount Communications variant of this logo also plasters the 1982 [[Orion Pictures]] logo on Spike TV airings of ''First Blood'' (as Paramount Communications had already folded into Viacom by the time Viacom purchased [[Worldvision Enterprises]], [[Carolco Pictures]]' television distributor, in full, it's possible that the logo first appeared on that film around the time Viacom, which had by then already acquired Paramount Communications, merged with Blockbuster, which owned Worldvision's parent company [[Spelling Television]]).
** It can also be found on VHS releases from 1989 to 1995, and also makes an appearance at the end of older U.S.US prints of ''Sleepy Hollow'' (however, current prints have the Viacom byline of this logo), with the standard 1999 logo at the beginning of said film.
** The Paramount Communications variant also makes appearances on the Mexican DVD release of ''Demonic Toys'' (''Juguetes Demoniacos'') and the [[Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp.|Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]] DVD releases of ''Puppet Master 5'', likely due to being sourced from older VHS masters.
** The tail end of it also makes an appearance on the rough cut of the final ''Mystery Science Theater 3000'' episode "Diabolik", while (the actual episode itself cuts it out).
** It was also seen at the start of an April 8, 2023a UK airing of the 1978 TV movie ''True Grit: A Further Adventure'' on LEGEND from April 8, 2023.
* The standard Gulf+Western variant of this logo is also preserved on VHS releases from 1988 to 1989, and also makes an appearance on the Razor Digital DVD release of the original ''Puppet Master''.
* The Viacom variant of this logo is also preserved on VHS releases from 1995 to 2003 (as detailed above), and at the end of AMC airings of ''Rambo: First Blood Part II'' and ''Prancer''.
* The 1995-2002 version with the Viacom byline was also spotted after the split-screen credits of Nickelodeon airings of ''Barnyard''. This was the result of a credits error that resulted in Nickelodeon instead using the ones for ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', which wasoriginally alsoused anthe O1999 Entertainment/Paramount movielogo.
* On the other hand, this logo can be found on DVD, digital, and Blu-ray prints of ''Jimmy Neutron'', as well as TV airings, but is plastered with the 90th Anniversary version of the next logo on its original VHS release.
* The silent version of the Viacom variant is also preserved on Hulu prints of ''The Lorax'' (1972) and ''The Cat in the Hat''.
* It is also seen at the end of Anchor Bay's print of ''Bad Boys'' (the 1983 film), an EMI film for which Viacom had the television rights.
* The 1990 Paramount Communications variant of the closing logo does not appear at the end of a 2004 UK airing of ''Ghost'' (1990) on ITV1, as it goes right from the closing credits straight into the ten-second [[Motorola (Sponsor Bumpers)|Motorola]] closing sponsorship ident instead.
* The 1995 Viacom variant of the closing logo was also seen at the end of an August 6, 2000a UK airing of ''Beavis and Butthead Do America'' (1996) on BBC Two from August 6, 2000.
'''Legacy:''' Much like some of its predecessors, this logo is a favorite within the logo community thanks to its blend of models and CGI, as well as its fanfare.
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