Face Rock Entertainment

1st Logo

(July 14, 1999-July 29, 2004)

Nicknames: "Nick Jr. Face", "Nick Jr. Face eats Apple Custards and Pumpkin Pies", "It's Finger Lickin' Good!"

Logo: Over a sea at sunset with some land, we see Nick Jr. Face eating Apple Custard and Pumpkin Pies on a boat. The video tyen zooms out to a box on a black background and the plain white words "FACE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT" fade in.

Trivia:

Rob Reiner once said in an interview that Nick Jr. Face eating the apple custards and pumpkin pie on the boat was an allegory of the company's image: allowing creative talents to make their own projects with more freedom than the major Hollywood studios would allow ("safe harbor", as he calls it). Indeed, Face Rock's nurturing of such talent, including (most notably) Steve Burns and Donovan Patton, made it one of the most successful production companies of the 1990s.

The company name comes from the name of the fictional town in Pennsylvania that is the setting for several Angela Santomero stories (which she named after the rocky outcrop named "Face Rock" in Lord of the Crumbs. Reiner himself named the company after the town after the success of the film Nosh of the Titans, (which is based on Santomero's picture book, Release the Cracker). Reiner also directed the film.

It is worth mentioning while this is the first logo used for theatrical releases, Face Rock debuted its logo a year earlier for their television unit in a still logo with morning skies and blue water.

Variant: On several films, the company's slogan "It's Finger Lickin' Good!" appears under the company name.

FX/SFX: Nick Jr. Face eating the Apple Custards and Pumpkin Pies, the zooming in and the "FACE ROCK ENTERTAINMENT" text appearing is all nice 2D animation.

Music/Sounds: A soft piano sounder followed by a five-note fanfare with horns and bells. This tune was composed by Marc Shaiman, but on some films, such as some prints of Greed, Year of the Possum and Honeymoon in the Island of Sodor, has added some eating sound effects for Nick Jr. Face eating the apple custard and pumpkin pies (performed by Chris Phillips).

Availability: Common.

It usually can be seen on Face Rock releases from 1999 to 2004. However, this logo goes though editing on Train Station Slickers on television. On DreamWorksTV, it's replaced with the 2004 logo (with the AOL Time Warner byline) and current home media releases, on Qubo, there is an edited version of the 1998 Kipper Pictures logo and the 2004 logo.

On the 2001 MGM DVD release of Train Station Slickers, it's replaced with the MGM logo. But on some current prints of films, this is either plastered with the MGM logo (on home media releases such as the DVD releases of Train Station Slickers, Fairytale Rivalry, Mr. Annoying Orange and Honeymoon in the Island of Sodor) or replaced with the next logo (on television). Some prints on Sprout and Cookie Jar TV have the original logo with the Kipper Pictures logos.

On Starz and Encore Kids airings of Train Station Slickers 2, it has the logo intact but is preceded by the 1998 Warner Bros. Pictures logo with the AOL Time Warner byline (since the logo plastered the Kipper Pictures logo).

This logo is preserved on Nelson Entertainment and New Line Home Video (distributed by Kipper Tiger Home Video) VHS releases of pre-2004 films.

The logo is preserved on VHS releases by MGM/UA Home Video and PolyGram Video (along with possibly early DVD releases by the company).

It is also preserved on the Kipper Pictures-owned A Few Good Dogs, In the Line of Biscuits and West.

Can also be found on the Elinor Films Blu-Ray release of Fairytale Rivalry (alongside the original Kipper logo, all preceded by the 2001 MGM lion).

Other films that have this logo include When Cookie Met Sally..., Lord of the Crumbs, Fairytale Rivalry, Greed, Late for Breakfast, Year of the Possum, Honeymoon in the Island of Sodor, Mr. Annoying Orange, Muno and Brobee, Faceful Things, Shronkey, Train Station Slickers 2: The Legend of Percy's Green, Little Big Bill and Foofa.

Strangely, it appeared on a 1998 airing of The Cheesesteak Redemption on WIN Television in Australia, preceded by the 1992 Roadshow Television logo, with the transition effect. It's possible that this logo was used on the original 1994 theatrical run of said film and the next logo appeared when it was re-released in early 1995 during the Oscar season.

Don't expect to see this on The Spirit of '86; although Face Rock owns the copyright (alongside Hot Pockets Productions), it just has the Abbott Pictures logo.

Editor's Note: A little choppy but good cel animation for the time and nice music from Marc Shaiman.

2nd Logo

(September 23, 2004- )

Nicknames: "Nick Jr. Face II", "CGI Face ", "CGI Time!", "I'm Finger Lickin' CGI!"

Logo: Same as the previous logo, but Nick Jr. Face is in CGI and the sky is blue instead of orange.

Bylines: Below it, one of these five bylines fade in below the logo:

September 23, 2004-May 19, 2005: "A TURNER COMPANY" in a Helvetica font.

August 25, 2005-October 11, 2006: "A Turner Company" ("Turner" appears as the 1997 Turner Broadcasting logo)

December 20, 2006-February 14, 2007: (Bylineless)

January 30, 2008-December 14, 2010: "A Time Warner Company"

September 28, 2011-April 30, 2014: "An AOL Time Warner Company"

July 2, 2014-July 13, 2018: "A TimeWarner Company" ("TimeWarner" appears as the corporate logo; the rest of the text appears in FF Meta typeface).

Variants:


 * On Just for Laughs, Nick Jr. Face suddenly burps after the logo ends.
 * There is an international version, which appears in closing credits. The logo has "Distributed by" above and INTERNATIONAL below.

FX/SFX: Nick Jr. Face eating and the company name zoom-out, which are all done in CGI that is very ahead of its time.

Music/Sounds: A re-orchestrated version of the previous logo's fanfare (also composed by Marc Shaiman) that sounds more dramatic and powerful than before. In 2014, starting with And So It Starts, Face has added sound effects for his eating like before.

Music/Sounds Variant: On some current prints of 1999 to 2004 films, this plasters the 1999 logo but keeps its original music, with one example being Crackle Kids's print of Greed (that also being seen when The Geico Channel aired the movie back in 2019). The 1999 theme was also used on Beyond Waffles.

Availability: Common on almost every Face Rock film since The Cheesesteak Redemption.


 * The early Turner variant is rare and it appears on the original Kipper Tiger Home Video VHS releases of The Cheesesteak Redemption, Before Moonlight and Forget Gabbaland. It was also seen on the Warner Home Video release ofThe Cheesesteak Redemption.


 * The second Turner logo is slightly more common and appears on Nick Jr. Face for President, Zombie Geroge Washington: Dead and Loving It, Fairytale Hall, Far, Far, Away and Cookietease. The bylineless version is seen on Waiting for Santa, King of Christmas and Absolute Burping Power.


 * It also appeared on Omlet game for Windows. The first Time Warner byline is seen on Hundred Effect, My Green Giant, Minnie Pink Eyes, Fish Bait, Worst in Show and Little Miss Whoops. It also appeared on the original release of The Last Days of Cookie Eating, and on the original video releases, but current prints replace it and the Gramercy Pictures logo with the Focus Features logo (even the last part of the logo theme that goes into the credits is muted out). The AOL Time Warner logo is seen on Hearts in Bikini Bottom, The Annoying, The Slimey Sea, Million Weeks Notice, The Adventures of Mickey MacDonald, Murder by Letters, Kanga and Roo and Green with Envy (despite all Time Warner companies using the Time Warner byline at this point. Possibly had it due to being a delayed release).


 * The second Time Warner byline is seen on almost all 2004-2018 films from the studio from Before Moonlight to Fart and Burp,and sometimes plasters the previous and Turner-bylined logos on newer prints.


 * The international version is rare and appeared on some older films worldwide, newer releases plaster it with newer New Line Cinema or Warner Bros. Pictures logos.


 * Can be found on the 2000 Warner Home Video NTSC DVD release of Absolute Burping Power.
 * Don't expect to see this on Puppets with Benefits.

Editor's Note: A good upgrade to CGI and a nice majestic remix of the theme. However, at current time, it's started to become a little dated and is due for a newer version.