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<div class="WPC-editableContent"><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Logo description by</font> francoispat<br/><font color="#ffa500">Logo capture by</font> V of Doom<br/></i></font><font size="3"><i><font color="#ffa500">Video capture courtesy of</font> EnormousRat</i></font><font size="3"><br/><br/><br/><u>Background</u>: Cinépix Film Properties (previously known as Cin</font><font size="3"><font size="3">épix, Inc.)</font> was founded in 1962 as an independent producer/distributor, and was based in Montreal. Its assets included a 56% stake in animation company <font color="#000000">[[CinéGroupe (Canada)|CinéGroupe]].</font>  In 1997, </font><font size="3"><font size="3">Cinépix</font> was purchased by Canadian financier Frank Giustra and was renamed to <font size="3">"</font>[[Lionsgate Films|Lions Gate Films]]" on January 12, 1998.<br/><br/><br/>(1996-1999)<br/></font> <div align="center"> <font size="3"><font size="1">[[File:AMlSWZTSe8-I5WQ lY5mWg14352.jpeg|211px|Cinépix Film Properties -Part 1- (1998)]][[File:ZGyZ15dVt4pXq9LgKvSt-g14581.jpeg|211px|Cinépix Film Properties -Part 2- (1998)]][[File:D048QaSvqJrNVRoGPwPr1A720271.jpeg|207px|Cinepix (1997)]]<br/></font></font><font size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="150" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/7cb5eb58d5bd378bf8896ec389d0b2ee1b69ef3f" width="267"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="159" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/a3f213c8fb5097d4887c95a3fa280251fc41fdd1" width="214"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"> <br/><u>Nickname</u>: "Spinning CFP/Cinépix"<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><u>Logo</u>: On an evening sky background above with water below (a la [[Atlantis Communications (Canada)|Atlantis Films]]), we see the sun setting. Then, the silver words "<b>CFP</b>" (in the CFP corporate font (a slim variation of the Adobe Revue font)) slowly rises out of to the water to face us. Then it spins and changes into "<b>CiNEPiX</b>" in the same font. Finally, <font face="Times">"</font></font><font face="Times" size="3"><b><font face="Arial">FILM PROPERTIES</font></b>"</font><font size="3"> </font><font size="3">fades in underneath </font><font size="3">"<b>CiNEPiX</b>"</font><font size="3"> at the right corner. <br/><br/><u>Variant</u>: A videotaped version exists with a more bluish hue instead of green and brown.<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><u>FX/SFX</u>: "CFP" rising from the water. The "CFP" spinning transition.<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><u>Music/Sounds</u>: A spacey synth tune with a saw-blade-like note as "CFP" rises from the water, which takes on a more majestic, orchestral tone as "CFP" changes into "CiNEPiX", and finally a tubular bell toll as </font><font size="3"><font face="Times">"</font></font><font face="Times" size="3"><b><font face="Arial">FILM PROPERTIES</font></b>"</font><font face="Arial" size="3"> fades in.</font><font size="3"> It is almost similar in arrangement to the C/FP Distribution music.<br/><br/><u>Availability</u>: Uncommon, bordering on rare. Seen on Canadian CFP video releases with the sentence "DISTRIBUTED EXCLUSIVELY BY CFP etc...", as well on theatrical releases of the era such as <i>Johnny Skidmarks</i>. While this is plastered on a regular basis with any of the Lionsgate logos on most current releases (sometimes with the logo theme intact oddly), it is retained on some Canadian Lions Gate DVDs of films such as <i>Baby on Board </i>(1992),<font size="3"><i> Silent Trigger, Nemesis 4: Death Angel</i>,</font></font>and<font size="3"><font size="3"><i> The Peacekeeper.</i><font size="3"> This is also on streaming prints of <i>Texas Chainsaw: The Next Generation </i>(though not the DVDs even though they use the same master).</font></font></font></div>