Sony Pictures Classics/Summary

Background : Sony Pictures Classics was formed in 1992 by Michael Barker, Tom Bernard and Marcie Bloom (the same founders who started United Artists Classics in 1981 and Orion Classics in 1983) by Sony Pictures Entertainment to produce and distribute all independent, artistic, foreign and alternative film releases.

(September 25, 1992- )

Logo : On a blue background, we see a thin line near the top of the screen. Below the line, we see the words "SONY PICTURES CLASSICS".

Variants :
 * On some films, the background is black.
 * On the theatrical trailer for the U.S. release of The Traitor, the background is red and the text is black.

FX/SFX : Usually a fade-in and fade-out, but on The Lost Leonardo, it cuts in and out.

Music/Sounds : None.

Music/Sounds Variant : At the end of the U.S. release of CJ7, the closing song finishes over the logo.

Availability : Common. Appears on Sony Pictures Classics releases such as Capote and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, as well as the theatrical and 1997 Warner Home Video releases of Waiting for Guffman (the 1984 Warner Bros. Pictures logo plasters it on the trailer on its 2003 DVD release, and later releases remove it entirely due to Warner owning all rights to most of the post-1993 library of Castle Rock Entertainment, which co-produced the film). This also plasters the Columbia Pictures and The Stars Overseas Ltd. logos on the American cut of Kung Fu Hustle, and it plasters the Columbia logo at the beginning of the U.S. release of CJ7.