Curious custom credits
This is a list of all the custom credits (production logos, title jokes and variants, credit sequences and gags, prologues and epilogues) that I have found very interesting.
They are little more than stylish staging, and for some of them you have to watch the feature (and its related features) to understand and appreciate the credit. However, I feel that their impact on the fourth wall (the border that divides the story from reality) provides the feature an unique atmosphere.
These credits generally work with works of adventure, fantasy, comedy, and occasional drama and mystery.
They are little more than stylish staging, and for some of them you have to watch the feature (and its related features) to understand and appreciate the credit. However, I feel that their impact on the fourth wall (the border that divides the story from reality) provides the feature an unique atmosphere.
These credits generally work with works of adventure, fantasy, comedy, and occasional drama and mystery.
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- DirectorTerence YoungStarsSean ConneryUrsula AndressBernard LeeA resourceful British government agent seeks answers in a case involving the disappearance of a colleague and the disruption of the American space program.TITLE SEQUENCE - The birth of the classic gunbarrel sequence that hallmarks all OO7 films: an assassin tracks Bond, but the spy turns and shoots the assassin.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsDavid NivenPeter SellersRobert WagnerThe bumbling Inspector Clouseau travels to Rome to catch a notorious jewel thief known as "The Phantom" before he conducts his most daring heist yet: a princess' priceless diamond with one slight imperfection, known as "The Pink Panther".TITLE SEQUENCE - A Pink Panther capers about in the opening credits. The Panther was so popular he got his own cartoon series.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsPeter SellersElke SommerGeorge SandersInspector Clouseau falls in love with a murder suspect and tries to clear her name.TITLE SEQUENCE - The opening credits title have an animated Inspector Clouseau bumbling around, getting into scrapes.
(In the "Pink Panther" series, this film is unique for having a title sequence that does not have the Pink Panther. The cartoon Inspector got his own cartoon too.) - DirectorBud YorkinStarsAlan ArkinFrank FinlayDelia BoccardoA string of robberies has occurred in Britain and it's up to Inspector Clouseau to catch the criminal.TITLE SEQUENCE - The opening credits are of an animated Inspector Clouseau pursuing a bank robber.
(This film is considered an unofficial member of the "Pink Panther" series, however it retains a title sequence of Inspector Clouseau). - DirectorMario MonicelliStarsMarcello MastroianniVirna LisiMarisa MellThe amorous adventures of Andrea Rossi-Colombotti, an army officer who finds pleasure with beautiful women in life-threatening situations.CREDIT GAG - The film title, true to its name, follows all the credits of the main female cast members.
- DirectorBlake EdwardsStarsTony CurtisNatalie WoodJack LemmonIn the early 20th century, two rivals, the heroic Leslie and the despicable Professor Fate, engage in an epic automobile race from New York to Paris.TITLE SEQUENCE - The Warner Bros logo, opening credits, intermission and closing credits all appear in the form of a magic lantern slideshow (an early form of cinema), with each credit having a custom slide.
- DirectorRichard LesterStarsZero MostelPhil SilversBuster KeatonA wily Roman slave schemes to earn his freedom by romantically uniting his master with a courtesan. But matters get complicated and he ends up dragging in his neighbors around him, leading to chaos.CREDIT GAG - The closing credits are a sequence of animated Roman frescoes. One fresco depicts a Roman orgy, but one character raises the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) seal in protest.
- DirectorGeorge LucasStarsMark HamillHarrison FordCarrie FisherLuke Skywalker joins forces with a Jedi Knight, a cocky pilot, a Wookiee and two droids to save the galaxy from the Empire's world-destroying battle station, while also attempting to rescue Princess Leia from the mysterious Darth Vader.LOGO JOKE - The Star Wars main theme leads in from the 20th Century Fox fanfare.
- StarsAlec GuinnessMichael JaystonAnthony BateIn the bleak days of the Cold War, espionage veteran George Smiley is forced out of semi-retirement to uncover a Soviet agent within MI6's echelons.TITLE SEQUENCE - The opening credits show a set of Russian matryoshka dolls. One doll opens up to reveal a doll more irate than the other one, and the final doll is seen as being faceless. This was inspired by a line at the end of the "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy" novel about matryoshka dolls.
- DirectorKen KwapisStarsCaroll SpinneyJim HensonFrank OzBig Bird is sent to live far from Sesame Street by a pesky social worker named Miss Finch. Unhappy, he runs away from there, prompting the rest of the Sesame Street gang to go on a cross-country journey to find him.CREDIT GAG - In the closing credits, the Count counts the crew members. At the end of the closing credits, the Count gives a final tally.
- StarsDavid SuchetHugh FraserPhilip JacksonHercule Poirot, a famous Belgian detective, who has an impeccable knack for getting embroiled in a mystery, solves crimes along with Captain Hastings and Scotland Yard Chief Inspector James Japp.TITLE SEQUENCE - The opening credits has Poirot disembark at a train station and bow to the viewer.
- CreatorJames L. BrooksMatt GroeningSam SimonStarsDan CastellanetaNancy CartwrightHarry ShearerThe satiric half-hour adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.TITLE VARIANT - The classic couch gag, where something unique happens whenever the Simpson family sits on their family couch in the opening credits of the show.
- DirectorTim BurtonStarsJohnny DeppWinona RyderDianne WiestThe solitary life of an artificial man - who was incompletely constructed and has scissors for hands - is upended when he is taken in by a suburban family.LOGO JOKE - The 20th Century Fox logo is accompanied by Edward's snowfall and is shaded dark winter blue.
- CreatorDavid AngellPeter CaseyDavid LeeStarsKelsey GrammerJane LeevesDavid Hyde PierceDr. Frasier Crane moves back to his hometown of Seattle, where he lives with his father and works as a radio psychiatrist.TITLE VARIANT - The series title changes color and the Seattle skyline image has a different animation with each episode.
- DirectorBrian LevantStarsJohn GoodmanRick MoranisRosie O'DonnellIn a parallel modern-day Stone Age world, a working-class family, the Flintstones, are set up for an executive job. But they learn that money can't buy happiness.LOGO JOKE - The Universal logo is designed in Bedrock style, featuring a prehistoric Earth with the single continent of Pangaea and reading "UNIVERSHELL".
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanIan McKellenIn a world where mutants (evolved super-powered humans) exist and are discriminated against, two groups form for an inevitable clash: the supremacist Brotherhood, and the pacifist X-Men.TITLE VARIANT - The X-Films' title sequences features a weapon used by the villain of each film, backed by the X-Men's Cerebro device.
In this film it is cells mutating, referring to the evolution of mutants and the effects caused by Magneto's mutation machine. - DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanHalle BerryWhen anti-mutant Colonel William Stryker kidnaps Professor X and attacks his school, the X-Men must ally with their archenemy Magneto to stop him.TITLE VARIANT - The film's title sequence features William Stryker's Cerebro sphere.
- DirectorBrett RatnerStarsPatrick StewartHugh JackmanHalle BerryThe human government develops a cure for mutations, and Jean Grey becomes a darker uncontrollable persona called the Phoenix who allies with Magneto, causing escalation into an all-out battle for the X-Men.TITLE VARIANT - The film's title sequence features a sample of Leech's mutant-neutralizing blood.
- DirectorMatthew VaughnStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceIn the 1960s, superpowered humans Charles Xavier and Erik Lensherr work together to find others like them, but Erik's vengeful pursuit of an ambitious mutant who ruined his life causes a schism to divide them.TITLE VARIANT - The film's title sequence features the Nazi coin Sebastian Shaw passes to Erik Lensherr.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsPatrick StewartIan McKellenHugh JackmanThe X-Men send Wolverine to the past in a desperate effort to change history and prevent an event that results in doom for both humans and mutants.TITLE VARIANT - The film's title sequence features Boliver Trask's Sentinel machine, which is a mixture of circuitry and Mystique's cells.
- DirectorBryan SingerStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceIn the 1980s, the X-Men must defeat an ancient all-powerful mutant, En Sabah Nur, who intends to thrive by bringing destruction to the world.TITLE VARIANT - The film's title sequence features En Sabah Nur's pyramid device.
- DirectorSimon KinbergStarsJames McAvoyMichael FassbenderJennifer LawrenceJean Grey begins to develop incredible powers that corrupt and turn her into a Dark Phoenix, causing the X-Men to have to decide if her life is worth more than all of humanity.LOGO JOKE/TITLE JOKE - The X in the 20th Century Fox logo and the O in the film title are on fire.
(In Fox's "X-Men" series, this film is unique for having no title sequence involving weaponry.) - DirectorAndrew AdamsonVicky JensonStarsMike MyersEddie MurphyCameron DiazA mean lord exiles fairytale creatures to the swamp of a grumpy ogre, who must go on a quest and rescue a princess for the lord in order to get his land back.LOGO JOKE - The Ss in the DreamWorks logo turn green and pop out ogre-like ears. This hints at Fiona's nightly transformation into an ogre.
- DirectorTrey ParkerStarsTrey ParkerMatt StoneJohn 'Nancy' HansenSeveral religious leaders recongize Stan as the second coming of L. Ron Hubbard, and a whole soap opera unfolds with the help from a famous R&B sensation.CREDIT GAG - At the end of the episode, Stan dares Scientologists to sue him. The closing credits list everyone as John Smith or Jane Smith, in preparation for the show getting sued.
- StarsTomokazu SugitaDaisuke SakaguchiRie KugimiyaIn an era where aliens have invaded and taken over feudal Tokyo, an unemployed samurai finds work however he can.TITLE VARIANT - Some of the episodes contain (random/deliberate) gags in the opening/closing credits.