Gracie Films

Gracie Films is an American film and television production company, created by James L. Brooks in 1986. The company has produced many award-winning films and television series, some of which include Broadcast News and Jerry Maguire, but most notably, The Simpsons. The company is primarily associated with film studio and distributor Sony Pictures Entertainment, but it still has an office at the 20th Century Fox lot due to the indefinite contract Gracie Films has had with Fox for the last 20 years for The Simpsons.

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The Gracie Films logo.

The Gracie production logo depicts noisy movie patrons at a movie theatre hearing a woman in the back row saying "Shhhhh!" 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 a Halloween 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 a medieval music one (in Lisa's Wedding) and a ranchera one with people shouting "Olé!" at the end. Sometimes, a quote is heard while the logo sequence is playing. For instance, in one episode in which Homer is heard "cutting" all the producers and crew, he says, "You're cut too, shushy!". Another episode features Gil saying "Oh, why did you have to 'shhhh'? You ruined the whole show!" Also, in an episode where Simon Cowell guest stars, at the end, he says to the lady "Oh, 'shush' yourself!". Another one is where Homer is crying because he's not rich and at the end after the "shh", he says "don't shush me you rich basterd!".

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.

The company's production office is located in the Sidney Poitier Building on the Sony Pictures Studios lot in Culver City, California.

References in The Simpsons

• Homer once claimed in his first ramble that he created Gracie Films

Notable TV series and films

• 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)
• The Daytrippers (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

• Official Site