EXHIBIT 5.1

                              September 10, 1998

Unapix Entertainment, Inc.
200 Madison Avenue
24th Floor
New York, New York   10016

RE:     Unapix Entertainment, Inc.
        Form S-3 Registration Statement Covering 1,276,745 Shares
        of Common Stock ("Registered Common Stock")

Gentlemen:

     We have acted as counsel for Unapix Entertainment, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the preparation and filing by
the Company of the captioned Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Act") (the "Registration Statement").
Terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meaning ascribed
thereto in the Registration Statement.

     In that connection, we have examined the Certification of Incorporation 
and By-laws of the Company, the minutes of the various meetings and consents 
of the Board of Directors of the Company, and such other documents, 
certificates, records, authorizations, proceedings, statutes and judicial 
decisions as we have deemed necessary to form the basis of the opinion 
expressed below. In such examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all 
signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals 
and the conformity to originals of all documents submitted to us as copies 
thereof. As to various questions of fact material to such opinion, we have 
relied upon statements and certificates of officers and representatives of 
the Company and others.

     Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that:

     1. The Company has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware.

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     2. The shares of the Registered Common Stock have been duly authorized and
when issued in accordance with the terms of the respective Derivative
Securities, so long as such Derivative Securities are then outstanding and
binding upon the Company in accordance with its terms, will be validly issued,
fully paid and non-assessable.

        We hereby consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement, and to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the Prospectus comprising a part of the Registration
Statement.

        By giving the foregoing consent, we do not admit that we come within 
the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act 
or are otherwise within the category of persons described in Section 11(a)(4) 
of the Act.

                                              Very truly yours,

                                              ST. JOHN & WAYNE, L.L.C.

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