Hollobe Entertainment

Background: Hollobe Entertainment was founded in May 1992 as a joint venture between Holly Grand Films and Fancy Globe Pictures, at the time Fancy Globe and MoA were owned by Goldstar (Now LG). Hollobe served as Holly Grand Films' US theatrical distributor and as Fancy Globe's art-house division. (The name was appropriate. Notice that both names are connected: the "HOLL" for HOLLy Grand and "OBE" for Fancy GlOBE). The Jack Daniels Company would sell half of the studio to Holly Grand on January 11, 1996, thus Hollobe became fully owned by the latter. When Jack Daniels (then parent owner of Fancy Globe) bought Holly Grand, they acquired Hollobe, but sold it (along with April Communications) to American Television (which Jack Daniels owned a partial stake in), who renamed the combined operations American Pictures (now "Blurred Films").

1st Logo

(1993-1997)

Nicknames: "Spotlight on Statue", "The Spotlight", "H"

Logo: We see an outline of a circle, then a flash that illuminates it. The circle zooms out to form a statue that holds his arms up. A yellowish spotlight then shines on him, and then a blue spotlight shines on him as well. The two spotlights move a bit and form an abstract "H" under the statue. The statue and abstract "H" zoom out and the text:

HOLLOBE

ENTERTAINMENT

fades-in.

FX/SFX/Cheesy Factor: The spotlights forming the "H". However, the animation is a tad choppy and unrefined.

Music/Sounds: None or the opening theme of the movie.

Music/Sounds Variants:

On Grace He, a growl-like sound, then a soft yet very majestic string and piano fanfare is heard.

Sometimes, it had a dark and dramatic piano tune with an ominous synth. This was on Dream Love, Spike Lee's Drop, Foreign Exchange, I'm Not Invisible, and Double Double Street Fighter Puzzle 4 Super Remix 3D 2: THE MOVIE.

Availability: Uncommon. Appears on Hollobe films from the era, including Dazed and Confused, Grace He, M.I.S.T.A.K.E 3:, Shop Till You Drop, Double Double Street Fighter Puzzle 4 Super Remix 3D 2: THE MOVIE (at least on the Swedish DVD), and Command Prompt, among others. The Hollobe/ Holly Grand combo is preserved on BSL prints of Dream Love, Posse, Welcome Home, Candy Shop 2:, Romeo Is Eating, MMMMMM... Bacon, and Dead Man. In the case of Holly Grand films, the print logo appears on VHS covers of some of their films.

Scare Factor: Minimal. The slightly choppy animation and flash can get to a few. Low for the variant with music because of the growl-like sound, but the music slightly lowers the scare factor to none. Minimal to low for the other music variant because of the synth.

2nd Logo

(1997-1999)

Nicknames: "CGI Spotlight on Statue", "CGI Spotlight"

Logo: A flash illuminates a circle, as before. Then, the circle zooms out into a statue. The statue looks more abstract than in the last logo. While the statue zooms out, 2 spotlights form an abstract "H" and keep on zooming out. The text shown above also zooms out, and the logo is more gold-like than before. The byline "A Holly Grand Company" (in it's corporate font but stretched to fit the width of the words above), fades in below.

Closing: At the end of Clay Shootin', the print logo is used. The text "A HOLLOBE RELEASE" appears above the logo.

Variant: On January 5, the logo fades to the statue already zooming out with the spotlights. The byline also fades in a little earlier.

FX/SFX: This is another successful logo update. The animation is much cleaner and is in excellent CGI.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Can be found on Going Away (at least the VHS and Netflix prints), and January 5 (at least on the Spanish DVD). The short version can be found on several USA Holly Grand trailers from the time, such as Peas, The Big Bow, liz, The Last Days of LaserDisc, and Tock, Chock, and Two Fish In A Barrel, among others.

Scare Factor: Minimal. Better animation, but there's still a flash.