Background[]
Peter Rodgers Organization (PRO) is a television syndication company, based in Hollywood, California. It distributes more than 2,000 films, documentaries and television series to global markets. PRO claims to hold the largest library of films of any non-studio distributor. It was founded in 1976 by Peter S. Rodgers, who left National Telefilm Associates to form this company. At one point, the company distributed the libraries of the Caidin Film Company/Castle Hill Productions and EMI Films. Since Rodgers' death in 1988, his son Stephen Rodgers has served as the CEO of the company.
(1998-)[]
Logo: On a black background, there is a red, tilted star emerge from the top left of the screen. As it zooms in to the middle of the screen, two yellow lines are drawn near the top and bottom of the screen (the bottom line is slightly thicker). "CASTLE" and "PRODUCTIONS" appear below the top line and above the bottom line respectively. They are both in a yellow, bold font. Once the star is in place, it flashes at the screen and "HILL" appears at the star. The star is part of the second "L" in "HILL". "PRESENTS" in a different yellow font appears below the bottom line via a "star" effect.
Variant: A black and white variant exists.
FX/SFX: Simple cel animation.
Music/Sounds: An ethereal sound, overlaid with a light, bouncy synth tune. Sometimes, it's silent, or has the opening theme of the movie.
Availability: Can be found on prints of the 40th Anniversary re-release of Orson Welles' version of Othello, the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Woody Allen's What's Up Tiger Lilly, Stagecoach, White Light, Becoming Colette, Prayer of the Rollerboys, Voyager, Breaker Morant, and A Face In The Crowd, among other films seen on IFC, AMC, TCM, and other movie networks and home video releases. It appeared on the mid-1990s Sci-Fi Channel reruns of the 1982 series The Phoenix. It was also seen at the beginning of a 2000s Encore airing of Iron Maze (with the second Academy Entertainment logo appearing at the end; international prints used the J&M Entertainment logo instead). It is unknown whether it appeared on any Monterey Home Video releases of its library (it's confirmed to not appear on Therese and Isabelle and The Wrong Arm of the Law). This may have been seen on the U.S. theatrical print (or the Lorimar Home Video VHS) of The Housekeeper (A.K.A.: A Judgement in Stone), but the Canadian Cineplex Odeon VHS omits it.