CIC Video/Warning Screens

British/Australian Warning Screens

1st Warning (January 1981-1989)

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Warning: On a powder blue background a large white "WARNING" appears at the top, and the CIC Video logo does so at the bottom. Between them is white warning text scrolling upward.

Variants:

There is an early version without the chain on the "I".
On pre-1986 releases, the warning text does not scroll and the text is different.
The words "Not for sale or hire in Australia and New Zealand" were not present until 1987. The variant without those exact words can be seen 1986 printings of Back to the Future (Universal) and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Paramount).

FX/SFX: The scrolling of the text, on post-1986 releases of course.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on CIC Video releases of the era. There is evidence to suggest that CIC's first release of a Universal film was that of Jaws and its first release of a Paramount film was that of Saturday Night Fever; this would mean that the warning debuted on original pressings of both films. (Universal releases from CIC ran in a sequence beginning with 1001 and Paramount releases from CIC ran in a sequence beginning with 2001.) One of the last releases with this warning was the 1989 VHS of Biloxi Blues.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Warning (1986-1991)

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Warning: On the same space background as the 1986-1991 CIC Video logo, "WARNING" fades in at the top in white. Below it, generic warning text (also in white) scrolls upward.

Variant: On Australian releases, different warning text scrolls up with the word "WARNING". Later releases have a different font.

FX/SFX: The scrolling of the text.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on CIC Video releases of the era.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Warning (1991-1997)

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Warning:

Opening: On a black/blue gradient background, we see the word "WARNING", along with the following text, which is in Times New Roman:

The copyright owner has licensed
this video recording for home use
only. All other rights are reserved.

For further details please refer to
the end of the programme.

Closing: Over the same background, the warning text is longer and scrolls upward, reading:

WARNING

The copyright owner has
licensed the film (including
its soundtrack) recorded on
this video recording for home
use only. All other rights
are reserved.

The definition of home use
excludes the use of this video
recording at locations such as
clubs, coaches, hospitals,
hotels, oil rigs, prisons and
schools.

Any unauthorised copying,
editing, exhibition, sale,
rental, lending or any other
kinds of trading, public
performance or transmission
by air, cable or otherwise of
this video recording or any
part thereof is strictly
prohibited and any such action
establishes liability for civil
action and may give rise to
criminal prosecution.

Not for sale or hire in
Australia/New Zealand.

Variants:

Post-1994 releases use a plain different font called Helvetica.
On Australian VHS releases, the word "WARNING" may not be underlined.
Before 1994, it segues to the 1991 CIC Video logo.

FX/SFX: None in the regular version, the scrolling in the alternative scrolling variant.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on CIC Video releases of the era.

Editor's Note: None.

4th Warning (1997-2001)

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Warning:

Opening: On the same aurora background as the era's CIC Video logo, we see the underlined word "WARNING" and the generic warning text in a white Russell Square Regular font. Behind it is a faded CIC in its familiar font.
Closing: Against the same background with the faded CIC, the same longer set of warning text from the previous warnings scrolls up. When the text is finished scrolling upward, the background stays on for 2 additional seconds before the warning fades out.

Variants:

On early DreamWorks Home Entertainment releases, technically under the CIC label, the faded CIC was removed and the text has darker shadows. It was reused, however, when Paramount Home Entertainment used it internationally from late 1999-early 2001.
At the end of early DreamWorks Home Entertainment releases, the same longer set of warning text scrolls up as before, but scaled slightly, has minor spelling and grammar, and before the last paragraph of the warning text finishes scrolling upward, the background fades out early with it slightly. This was likely used as a prototype version.
At the end of later DreamWorks and Paramount Home Entertainment releases, it's the same as before, but the typos are fixed and it finishes scrolling upwards before the background fades out.
On time coded tapes, the opening warning is different. It starts off as the faded CIC zooms in to the center of the viewer's screen (in style of the 1997-2000 logo). Then, the different warning text scrolls up in a Univers Condensed font.

FX/SFX: The aurora background.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on 1997-2000 CIC Video releases and remained on international Paramount releases until 2001.

Editor's Note: None.

Brazilian Warnings

(1990's)

Warning: On a blue background, the following text appears:

'AVISO:

O titular do direito autoral

da obra cinematográfica

contida neste videocassete,

incluindo sua trilha sonora,

somente autorizou seu uso

privado e domestico.

The text is then replaced by the following text:

Sem prévia e expressa

autorização do titular,

estão proibidas quaisquer

outras formas e utilização,

tais como copiar, editar,

adicionar, reduzir, exibir

ou difundir publicamente,

emitir ou transmitir por

The text is, in turn, replaced by the following:

radiodifusão, cabo ou

qualquer outro meio de

comunicação já existente ou

que venha a ser criado,

bem como trocar, emprestar,

alugar ou praticar qualquer

ato de comercialização de

lucro direto ou indireto.

The following text replaces the text:

A violação a quaisquer

desses direitos exclusivos

do titular, acarretará

as sanções previstas na

Lei 5988, de 14/12/73

e artigos 184 e 186

do código penal

(Lei 6895 de 17/12/80).'

The text then disappears, leaving the background for a while.

Translation:

'NOTICE: The copyright holder of the cinematographic work contained in this VCR, including its soundtrack, only authorized its private and domestic use. Without prior and express authorization from the holder, any other forms and use, such as copying, editing, adding, reducing, displaying or broadcasting publicly, broadcasting or transmitting by radio, cable or any other means of communication that already exist or are to be created, are prohibited, as well as exchanging, loaning, renting or practicing any act of commercialization of direct or indirect profit. Violation of any of these exclusive rights of the holder will result in the sanctions provided for in Law 5988, of 12/14/73 and articles 184 and 186 of the penal code (Law 6895 of 12/17/80).'

FX/SFX: The text cutting.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Found on a Brazilian VHS of Balto.

Editor's Note: None.

German Warnings

(1998)

Warning: On a similar aurora background to that of the then-current CIC Video logo, orange German warning text scrolls up.

FX/SFX: The background and the text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This was found on a German VHS of Deep Impact.

Editor's Note: None.

French Warnings

1st Warning (1981-1989)

Warning: Same as the 1981-1989 UK Warning, except the warning text is in French with the word "Avertissement:", and the CIC Video logo is removed.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on French CIC Universal/Paramount VHS releases.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Warning (1989-1991)

Warning: On the same space background as the 1986 CIC Video logo, the word "AVERTISSEMENT" and the French warning text scrolls upward.

FX/SFX: The scrolling of the text.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on French CIC Universal/Paramount VHS releases.

Editor's Note: None.

3rd Warning (1991-1997)

Warning: On a blue gradient background, the word "AVERTISSEMENT" in white slides from the left and a white line slides up. Below it, the French warning text (also in white) scrolls upward.

FX/SFX: The word "AVERTISSEMENT" slides from the left, the white line slides up, and the text scrolls up.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on French CIC Universal/Paramount VHS releases.

Editor's Note: None.