Republic Pictures

5th Logo

(January 2010-January 2011)

Nickname: "Seventy-Five Years of Quality Entertainment"

Logo: On a sky background, we see a close-up of the Republic Eagle. He caws at us, flaps his wings and slowly flies toward the mountain; while this is happening, the gold number "75" flies behind the eagle. Eventually, the eagle and 75 both stop. This causes a flash, which turns into a gold line at the top of the logo. The gold line is broken and becomes the words "SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS OF QUALITY ENTERTAINMENT". Finally, the words "REPUBLIC PICTURES" in Times New Roman fly up from the bottom of the screen, and the byline "A VIACOM COMPANY" fades in below.

FX/SFX: Too much to mention, in amazing CGI.

Music/Sounds: The Republic Eagle cawing at us, then a nicely reorchestrated version of the 50's Republic Pictures fanfare with some elements from the 1995 Republic Pictures logo's music.

Availability: Current. Can be seen on reissues of old Republic Pictures films released by Paramount Pictures (John Wayne films, It's a Wonderful Life, and Highlander for example) as well as some genre films. Viacom decided to resurrect Republic Pictures in 2009 for genre films, so be on the lookout.

Scare Factor: Minimal; it might surprise you the first time you see it, but the CGI is as amazing and the music is nice.