Five Star Production (Thailand)

Background: Five Star Production Co. Ltd. (Thai: ไฟว์สตาร์ โปรดักชั่น) was one of the first major Thai film production companies, founded in 1973 by Kiat Lamphungphorn and is today headed by his younger brother, Charoen Lamphungporn, and Kiat's children. Its first film was The War Lord and has since grew popular and major with its (now) infamous Tears of the Black Tiger, which apparently tells a story about a monk's early adult life as a generous thief.

(1975-1978)
Nickname: "The Five Star"

Logo: On a black background, there are five white stars with a green-yellow gradient sits there along with Five Star's Thai name and all zooming in, all on the black background.

Trivia: This is the very first logo of the company. As it doesn't feature the globe, this is the early stage of the logo.

FX/SFX: Likely just zooming.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: None.

(1977-1978)
Nicknames: "Bola Dunia Films Thailand Cousin"

Logo: On a black background with star shining, we see a silver five stars are seen below, After that, the modelled globe (similar to Bola Dunia Films logo) fades in on the top of five stars, Below, there is a Thai translation in yellow and the plain yellow line shrinks to form the English text "FIVE STAR PRODUCTION" in an Arial font.

FX/SFX: The globe, the line shrinking and the names appearing.

Music/Sounds: A Thai-sounding triumphant fanfare.

Availability: Extremely rare. Appeared only on Thep Phabut Tah Ting Nong and Teng Pah Tah Ting Nong.

Editor's Note: This concept of the logo is similar to Bola Dunia Film 1988 logo.

(1978-1992)
Logo: On a space background, we see a spinning globe zooming in. Five silver stars zoom out one-by-one and sparkle, placing themselves above the globe arched. The globe flashes and the company name in Thai zooms in and places itself below the globe. The stars continue to sparkle.

FX/SFX: The globe zooming in, the stars zooming out and sparkling, the name zooming in.

Music/Sounds: A stock horn fanfare with sound effects being synced to the stars appearing.

Availability: TBA.

Editor's Note: None.

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