- Gracie Films
Gracie Films is an American
film and television production company, created byJames L. Brooks in1986 . The company has produced many award-winning films and television series, including "Broadcast News", "Jerry Maguire ", and most notably "The Simpsons ". The company is primarily associated with film studio and distributorSony Pictures Entertainment , but it still has an office at the20th Century Fox lot due to the indefinite contract Gracie Films has had with Fox for the last 19 years for "The Simpsons".The Gracie
production logo (seen at the end of every Simpsons episode) depicts noisy movie patrons at a movie theatre hearing a woman in the back row shushing them out so the title, the company's name, can be projected, and that the company's musical signature can be heard. Some special versions of the company's jingle were made to fit certain episodes of the Simpsons. For example, after aHalloween episode of the Simpsons, the company's jingle was played by a large organ with a girl screaming in the background. Other special kinds of the jingle were amedieval music one and aranchera one with people shouting "Olé!" at the end. In one episode, "Simpsons" cast memberYeardley Smith was heard saying, with a southern accent, "This has been a Gracie Films presentation" parodying theFilmways logo at the end of episodes for "The Beverly Hillbillies " where Ellie May (Donna Douglas ) would say "This has been a Filmways presentation".It is often speculated that the main chorus of the 1990 song entitled
King of Wishful Thinking by the British pop band Go West can be heard in this musical signature. This has been fervently denied by some members of the successful pop band, though others have expressed their displeasure.fact|date=August 2008The company's production office is located in the
Sidney Poitier Building on theSony Pictures Studios lot inCulver City, California .Notable TV series and films
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The Tracey Ullman Show " (1987 -1990 )
*"Broadcast News" (1987 )
*"Big" (1988 )
*"Say Anything " (1989 )
*"The Simpsons " (1989 -present)
*"War of the Roses " (1989 )
*"Sibs " (1991 -1992 )
*"Phenom" (1993 -1994 )
*"The Critic " (1994 -1995 )
*"I'll Do Anything " (1994 )
*"Jerry Maguire " (1996 )
*"Bottle Rocket " (1996 )
*"As Good as It Gets " (1997 )
*"Riding in Cars with Boys " (2001 )
*"What About Joan? " (2001 -2002 )
*"Spanglish" (2004 )
*"The Upside Down Show " (2006 )
*"The Simpsons Movie " (2007 )External links
* [http://www.graciefilms.com/ Official Site]
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