Commercial Pictures

Background : Commercial Pictures was a production company ran by Roman and Sophia Coppola, with financial backing through their father Francis Ford Coppola.

(June 1, 1989-October 12, 1990, March 16th, 1999)

Logo : Set up against a cloudy sky we see a building with an antenna on top. The antenna emits sparks (a la RKO Pictures) and the text "COMMERCIAL PICTURES" appear letter by letter in sync with the sparks.

Trivia : The building seen here is Columbus Tower in San Francisco, where the headquarters of Francis Ford Coppola's American Zoetrope are located. The same building is depicted in the current logo of said studio.

Variant : On Gunfighter, the background is cropped and the sky is dimmer.

FX/SFX : The text appearing along with the sparks.

Music/Sounds : A bombastic fanfare.

Availability : Appeared on Clownhouse and The Spirit of '76, the former being quite hard to find due to its home media releases being pulled following the brief conviction of its director. It made a surprise appearance on the independent film Gunfighter, which Roman Coppola produced.