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===Background=== |
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Paramount Home Entertainment (formerly "Paramount Home Media Distribution", "Paramount Home Video", and "Paramount Video") is [[Paramount Pictures]]' home media division and was formed around 1978/1979 (some sources claim late 1975). The company owns the home media rights to films and shows owned by Paramount and shows from sister company ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks (under individual labels such as MTV Home Video and other subsidiaries). The company also licenses the right to release material from CBS Corporation (now known as ViacomCBS) (such as [[CBS Studios]]/[[CBS Media Ventures]] and [[Showtime Networks]] material released through [[CBS Home Entertainment]], although [[CBS Films]] material is released by [[Sony Pictures Home Entertainment]] and [[Lionsgate Home Entertainment]]) and several independent studios. They formerly released DreamWorks Animation material through [[DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment]] until 2014, when the latter acquired distribution rights to their library and transferred the rights to [[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment]]. On September 27, 2011, Paramount Home Entertainment was renamed Paramount Home Media Distribution after merging with Paramount Digital and Television. Starting in 2012, the [[Republic Pictures]] library and select Paramount films were licensed to Olive Films and Kino Lorber. From 2013-2016, the company licensed the home media rights to most of the Paramount Pictures (with some exceptions) library to [[Warner Bros. Home Entertainment|Warner Home Video]]. Paramount continues to release licensed material and material from sister companies. In May 2019, Paramount Home Media Distribution was renamed back to Paramount Home Entertainment. |
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|Paramount Home Video Logo (1979).png|1st Logo (September 17, 1979-October 2, 1980) |
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|Paramount Home Video second logo.jpg|2nd Logo (October 3, 1980-January 26, 1981) |
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|Paramount Video.jpg|3rd Logo (April 6, 1982-March 12, 1987) |
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|Paramount Home Video (2000) (DVD).png|4th Logo (April 20, 1987-April 24, 2007, mid-2010s in Asian VCDs, March 2014 in Indonesia) |
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|Paramount Home Video (1993).png|5th Logo (November 15, 1993) |
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|Paramount Home Video (1996, Source - VHS Release of Mission- Impossible).png|1st Logo (November 12, 1996) |
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|Paramount Pictures 1998.jpeg|2nd Logo (Early 1998-1999) |
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==Paramount Home Video== |
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==Paramount Home Video== |
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===1st Logo (September 17, 1979-October 2, 1980)=== |
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'''Visuals:''' Over a navy blue background is "'''''Paramount'''''" in the famous script, and "HOME VIDEO" below in the Eurostile Bold Extended font in between two lines, one above and one below. To the right of that is the 1968 Paramount print logo to the right, complete with the Gulf+Western byline. |
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===1st Logo (December 1979-Summer 1980)=== |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Still Mountain", "Boring Mountain", "Blue Mountain" |
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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|navy|navy blue}} background, we see "Paramount" in the famous script, and "HOME VIDEO" below that in a wide Microgramma Bold font in between two lines, one above and one below. To the right of that, we see the 1968 Paramount print logo to the right, complete with the Gulf+Western byline. A moment later, a warning screen (also on a {{Font color|navy|navy blue}} background) fades over this logo. |
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'''Variant:''' A black and white variant exists on releases of some black and white films, such as ''Sunset Boulevard''. |
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'''Variant:''' A grayscaled variant exists on releases of some black-and-white films, such as <u>''Sunset Boulevard''</u> and <u>''Paper Moon''</u>. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' None, unless you count the fade to the warning screen. |
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'''Technique:''' A still, digital graphic. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None, though on some tapes you can faintly hear audio from other Paramount films, such as ''Paper Moon'', in the background. |
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'''Audio:''' None, though on some tapes, audio from other Paramount films, such as ''Paper Moon'', can be faintly heard in the background as a result of accidental crosstalk. |
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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. Because VHS and Beta were in their infancies at the time, releases were in lower quantities and are harder to find. |
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* This logo appeared primarily on Betamax releases. This should appear on a few VHS releases from 1979 and 1980 including the first two ''Godfather'' films, ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Grease'', ''Heaven Can Wait'', ''True Grit'', ''Goin' South'', ''Play It Again Sam'', ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976 version), ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'', ''Sunset Boulevard'', ''Prophecy'' and ''Catch 22''. |
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* Among the last releases to use this logo were five volumes of ''Star Trek'' episodes as part of the "Television Classics" series on VHS and Betamax in Summer 1980 (Those releases are out of print, having been replaced in 1985 by Paramount's single-episode releases, and are hard to find). Other final releases with this logo were tapes of ''Escape from Alcatraz'', ''North Dallas Forty'', ''Mandingo'', ''Malicious'', and ''Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman''. |
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* This surprisingly appears on a late 1983 pressing of ''The Odd Couple'' (usually, releases printed around that time started with the "Acid Trip" warning screen, followed by the Paramount Pictures Logo). |
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'''Availability:''' Because VHS and Beta were in their infancies at the time, releases were in lower quantities. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' One of the first home video company logos ever made; it's very simple, but they had ways to go. |
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* This logo is preserved primarily on Betamax releases. |
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** This logo can also be found on a few VHS releases from 1979 and 1980 including the first two ''Godfather'' films, ''Saturday Night Fever'', ''Grease'', ''Heaven Can Wait'', ''True Grit'', ''Goin' South'', ''Play It Again Sam'', ''The Bad News Bears'' (1976 version), ''Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'', ''Sunset Boulevard'', ''Prophecy'' and ''Catch 22''. |
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* Among the last releases to use this logo were five volumes of ''Star Trek'' episodes as part of the "Television Classics" series on VHS and Betamax in summer 1980. |
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** Other final releases with this logo were tapes of ''Escape from Alcatraz'', ''North Dallas Forty'', ''Mandingo'', ''Malicious'', ''Prophecy'', ''Players'', and ''Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman''. |
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* This is also intact on a late 1983 pressing of ''The Odd Couple'' and a 1984 printing of ''Harold and Maude'' (usually, releases of movies printed around that time started with the "Acid Trip" warning screen, followed by the Paramount Pictures logo). |
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===2nd Logo (October 1980-January 1981)=== |
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===2nd Logo (October 3, 1980-January 26, 1981)=== |
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</gallery>{{YouTube|id=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8qaodgrhwI}} |
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'''Visuals:''' On a blue background, the camera zooms out on a silhouette of a mountain. After the screen zooms out to a comfortable distance, a bright flash occurs behind the mountain, and white "stars" (they look like circles or lens flares) appear, as well as the Paramount script (in a school bus yellow color, but closer to the pre-1975 logos). A saffron-colored trapezoidal trail zooms out from the base, and "'''HOME VIDEO'''" (set in the same font as the previous logo) fades in soon after, tacked onto the saffron-colored trail. As that happens, the blue background gets extremely dark (resembling federal blue). The end result is similar to the pre-1967 print logo. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Mountain Silhouette", "Scanimated Mountain of Doom", "Black Mountain", "Rising Mountain", "Cheesy Mountain", "In the Shadow of Paramount" |
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'''Trivia:''' The second half of the logo was once used as the 1977 [[Paramount Television Service]] logo. "PARAMOUNT TELEVISION SERVICE" was featured at the bottom, which explains the chyron for "HOME VIDEO". |
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'''Logo:''' On a {{Font color|blue|blue}} background, we zoom out on a silhouette of a mountain. After we zoom out to a comfortable distance, a bright flash occurs behind the mountain, and white "stars" (they look like circles or lens flares) appear, as well as "Paramount" (in a school bus yellow script, but closer to the pre-1975 Logos). A saffron-colored trapezoidal trail zooms out from the base, and "HOME VIDEO" (set in the same font as the previous Logo) zooms out soon after, tacked onto the saffron-colored trail. As that happens, the blue background gets extremely dark (looking like federal blue). The end result looks like the pre-1967 print logo. |
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'''Variant:''' On <u>''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!''</u>, the logo cuts to the last half of the film's Paramount logo. |
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'''Trivia:''' The second half of the logo was once used as the 1977 Paramount Television Service Logo. "PARAMOUNT TELEVISION SERVICE" was featured at the bottom, which explains the chyron for "HOME VIDEO". The original version of the Logo was produced by the design firm of Sullivan & Marks. |
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'''Technique:''' Backlit animation by Sullivan & Marks, with the "HOME VIDEO" text chyroned over the original "PARAMOUNT TELEVISION SERVICE" text. |
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'''Variant:''' On ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!'', the logo cuts to the last half of the film's Paramount Logo. |
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'''Audio:''' A pounding backbeat as the mountain zooms out, then a synth chord mixed with a brief explosion sound and synthesized "sizzling". |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The flash and the effects are pure Scanimate (or film/cel) effects. |
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'''Availability:''' The logo's appearances are few and far between; it is seen on VHS/Beta releases of the time, and a decent amount of movies have this. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A pounding backbeat as the mountain zooms out, then a synth chord mixed with a brief explosion sound and synthesized "sizzling" |
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* Among the releases are ''Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)'', ''Coast to Coast'', ''Death Wish'' (reissue), ''Escape from Alcatraz'' (reissue), ''Breaking Glass'', ''Friday the 13th'', ''Star Trek: The Motion Picture'', ''Airplane!'', ''Charlotte's Web'' (reissue), ''Little Darlings'', ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!'' (reissue), ''Barbarella'' (reissue), ''Starting Over'', ''American Gigolo'', ''Urban Cowboy'' and ''Shogun'', respectively. |
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* Some, if any post-1981 prints also keep this logo intact. |
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* It is also seen on certain Hi-Fi re-releases of Paramount's early releases (such as ''Downhill Racer'' and ''Death Wish'') from 1984, and the original Hi-Fi VHS release of ''True Grit'' (1969 version). |
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* It is also seen on a 2019 trailer of ''Bumblebee'' (2018) advertising a "VHS release" of said film. |
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===3rd Logo (April 6, 1982-March 12, 1987)=== |
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'''Availability:''' Like the first logo, this is also extremely rare, but more because of the fact that this was only used on two batches of releases and re-releases. |
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* Seen on VHS/Beta releases of the time, which are not that easy to find, especially since the logo was usually taken off of post-1981 prints. However, since this was on a decent variety of movies, it may help a little. |
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*Some, if very little, post-1981 prints surprisingly keep this logo intact. |
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*Also seen on certain Hi-Fi re-releases of Paramount's early releases (such as ''Downhill Racer'' and ''Death Wish'') from 1984, and the original Hi-Fi VHS release of ''True Grit'' (1969 version). |
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*Don't expect this logo on LaserDisc releases, as it was replaced with the Laservision Logo. |
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Paramount Home Video (B&W, 1983) (A).png|The mountain in B&W |
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Paramount Home Video (B&W, 1983) (B).png|The logo in B&W |
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'''Editor's Note:''' It shares the same amount of cheesiness from the Paramount Television Service, with the added edition of the cheap cut to it and the chyroned "HOME VIDEO" text. It is also known to creep out some thanks to the ominous music and nature. On the other hand, it's a favorite to those looking for the tapes that have this logo, and it is definitely a very unique logo. |
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Screenshot 2022-09-21 224109.png|A rare look at the logo in its static form. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Growing Mountain", "Blue Paramount", "Zooming Logo" |
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'''Logo:''' On a black background, we see the abstract mountain logo, with "Paramount" in black script in the light blue circle like the other Paramount logos, and the "A Gulf + Western Company" byline at the bottom in {{Font color|deepskyblue|light blue}}. It begins to zoom up on us, as the stars (which are followed by light trail-streaks) and byline zoom past, and both the mountain and circle grow bigger until we are literally right on top of the peak of the mountain, with "Paramount" centering in, filling the middle of the screen. When the peak hits the bottom and "Paramount" fits the center, "Paramount" begins to shine, then there is a very bright flash, and it dies down to reveal the Paramount script logo (in {{Font color|blue|blue}}) and a small "VIDEO" (shining a bit) between two {{Font color|blue|blue}} lines. |
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'''Visuals:''' Over a black background is the abstract mountain logo, with "'''''Paramount'''''" in black script in a light blue circle like the other Paramount logos, and the "A Gulf + Western Company" byline at the bottom in light blue. It begins to zoom in, as the stars (which are followed by light trail-streaks) and byline zoom past, and both the mountain and circle grow bigger until the camera is literally right on top of the peak of the mountain, with "'''''Paramount'''''" centering in, filling the middle of the screen. When the peak hits the bottom and "'''''Paramount'''''" fits the center, "'''''Paramount'''''" begins to shine. A very bright flash follows, and it dies down to reveal the Paramount script logo in blue and a small "VIDEO" shining a bit between two blue lines. |
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* A black-and-white variant exists. |
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* A <u>B&W variant</u> exists. |
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* A rare, slightly longer variant exists, which starts with a still shot of the blue Paramount print Logo. After a little over a second, the music starts and the Logo animates as normal. |
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* A slightly longer variant also exists, which <u>starts with a still shot of the blue Paramount print logo</u>. After a little over a second, the music starts and the logo animates as normal. |
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* At the end of an April 1998 Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) airing of ''The Devonsville Terror'', the animation is slowed down but plays as normal until all there is is "Paramount" and the mountain, when the logo freezes in place and the rest of the music is heard. It's unknown if this was used on any home media releases of the film, or any others. |
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* <u>At the end of an April 1998 Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy) airing of ''The Devonsville Terror''</u>, the animation is slowed down but plays as normal until all that's left is "Paramount" and the mountain, when the logo freezes in place and the rest of the music is heard. It's unknown if this was used on any home media releases of the film, or any others. It's also possible that Sci-Fi Channel intentionally did this to hide any home video references. |
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'''Technique:''' Backlit cel animation by Editel Video in Los Angeles, California. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The growing mountain and the flash are pure Scanimate effects. Certainly a large improvement over its predecessor. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A building set of synthesized strings, ending in a new-age synthesizer tune. Composed by Richard J. Krizman. |
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'''Audio:''' A building set of synthesized strings, accompanied by a few notes from a flute, ending in a new-age synthesizer tune. Composed by Rick Krizman. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' On the 1983 RCA CED videodisc release of ''An Evening with Robin Williams'', this follows the RCA SelectaVision logo, but is silent. |
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'''Audio Variant:''' On <u>the 1983 RCA CED videodisc release of ''An Evening with Robin Williams''</u>, this follows the [[RCA SelectaVision]] logo, but it is silent. |
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'''Availability:''' Very rare. |
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* Most Paramount films used the logo used on the film, but most television series (such as ''Star Trek'', with the exception of the 1984 Television Classics Laserdisc release of the two-parter "The Menagerie", which uses no logo), comedy specials (such as ''Paramount Comedy Theater: Volume 1''), and licensed material (such as ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' and ''The Adventures of the American Rabbit'') have this logo. |
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* At the time, most Paramount films used the logo used on the film, but most television series (such as ''Star Trek'', with the exception of the 1984 Television Classics LaserDisc release of the two-parter "The Menagerie", which uses no logo), comedy specials (such as ''Paramount Comedy Theater: Volume 1'' and ''Eddie Murphy: Delirious''), and licensed material (such as ''Hey There, It's Yogi Bear!'' and ''The Adventures of the American Rabbit'') have this logo. |
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*It was also on most prints of the 1982 VHS release of ''Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol'' (the earliest prints, from around 1982 to early 1983, are confirmed to not have this), and a 1990 reprint of it retained the logo. |
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* It is also preserved on most prints of the 1982 VHS release of ''Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol'' (the earliest prints, from around 1982 to early 1983, are confirmed to not have this), and a 1990 reprint of it also retains this logo. |
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*It is also on the 1992 release of ''A Dog of Flanders'' (along with the warning that preceded it), also likely a reprint itself. |
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* It is also preserved on the 1992 release of ''A Dog of Flanders'' (along with the warning that preceded it), also likely a reprint itself. |
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*The black and white version can be found on a VHS release of ''The Untouchables'' pilot "Scarface Mob" and ''Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back''. |
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* The B&W variant of this logo can be found on the VHS release of ''The Untouchables'' pilot "Scarface Mob" and ''Bob Dylan: Don't Look Back'', respectively. |
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* This was also surprisingly seen on the early 1990s re-release of ''Strong Kids, Safe Kids'', after the 5th logo. |
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* This is also seen on the early 1990s re-release of ''Strong Kids, Safe Kids''. |
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* Other releases that have this include ''Teen Wolf'' and ''Call to Glory''. |
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* Other releases that have this include films Paramount issued under license from [[Atlantic Releasing Corporation]] (starting with ''Teen Wolf'' and ending with ''Extremities'') and tapes of episodes of the drama ''Call to Glory''. |
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* This logo, as well as the multi-colored copyright warning, appear on the 1991 VHS print of Toho Entertainment's ''The Wizard Of Oz'' (1982). |
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* This logo, as well as the multi-colored copyright warning, are also intact on the 1991 VHS print of [[Toho Co., Ltd.|Toho Entertainment]]'s ''The Wizard Of Oz'' (1982). |
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* Paramount Video would produce 1984 to 1986 episodes of ''Brothers'', a sitcom which aired on Showtime from 1984 to 1989. This would appear on 1984 to 1986 episodes, while 1987 to 1989 episodes would be produced by Paramount Television. |
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* Paramount Video also produced the first two seasons of ''Brothers'', a sitcom which aired on Showtime from 1984 to 1989. |
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** As such, this was seen on episodes from those seasons, while the final two seasons would be produced by [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]]. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' This logo is a favorite of many, thanks to its soothing music and rather high-tech animation for the time. |
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'''Legacy:''' This logo is a favorite of many, thanks to its music and animation. |
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'''Visuals:''' As the logo fades in, there is a model of the mountain from before with a CGI lake in front of it and a light blue/yellow gradient sky with a yellow sunset behind it. As the sky darkens, the camera zooms towards the mountain as 22 silver CGI stars fly from the bottom left and encircle the mountain. The "Paramount" script, redone with a shiny silver finish, then fades in on the peak of the mountain, along with a registered trademark symbol. One of the three bylines (as seen below) fades in below. This is basically the same as the theatrical logo of the era, except that the logo is videotaped; the picture quality is somewhat sharper and the color scheme is brighter than normal. |
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'''Logo:''' It's the 1986 Paramount Pictures logo with no video indicator whatsoever. The difference here from the theatrical version is that the logo is videotaped; the picture quality is somewhat sharper and the color scheme is brighter than normal. On occasion, the logo begins much earlier than the theatrical variant. |
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'''Variants:''' |
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*Like its parent logo, at the end of tapes, only the finished product is seen, with the clouds moving in the background. |
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*There is also a short version of this logo on screener tapes from Paramount. |
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*A telecined version existed, as evidenced by the video-generated fade-ins and fade-outs. It starts with an almost fully static logo (only the clouds move), but a few seconds later, the animation starts normally. The color scheme also has a bit of a brownish/earthy tone to it. This variant can be seen on 1990-2001 VHS releases, such as ''Peanuts'' tapes, the Paramount Family Favorites release of ''Charlotte's Web'' (1973) and ''Rugrats: Dr. Tommy Pickles''. |
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*Some tapes with the Viacom variant have the clouds become still once the Viacom byline appears. |
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*A still version is seen at the end of some tapes. This version also appears on the 2002 DVD of ''Rugrats: Decade in Diapers'', the 1992 VHS of ''Demonic Toys'' (before the Full Moon logo) and before trailers on certain Paramount releases from 2000 to 2002. |
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*The Viacom variant is slightly shifted up on some PAL DVDs. |
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*On the 1996 VHS of ''Mission: Impossible'', the logo is played at warp speed. Near the end of the logo, we also hear Nick Tate saying, "Coming to theaters this holiday season from Paramount Pictures." |
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*Even though Paramount debuted an updated version of their movie logo in 1999, they still used the 1995 variant for home video releases. |
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* April 1987-1989: "A Gulf + Western Company". 1987 releases used the 75th Anniversary variant, while 1988-89 releases used the standard version. |
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* April 20, 1987-August 25, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company". 1987 releases used the 75th Anniversary variant, while 1988-89 releases used the standard version. |
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* 1989-1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" with a line above the byline fades in. 1989-90 releases had the byline and line above it in gold, while 1990-95 releases had them in white. |
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* September 7, 1989-May 9, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" with a line above the byline fades in. 1989-90 releases had the byline and line above it in gold, while 1990-95 releases had them in white. |
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* 1995-January 2007: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 \/|/\CO/\/\ "Wigga Wigga" font) with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white. |
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*June 13, 1995-April 24, 2007: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 "Wigga Wigga" font) with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white. |
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'''Trivia:''' Even though Paramount debuted an updated version of their movie logo in 1999, they still used the 1995 variant for home video releases and television films. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 1986 Paramount Pictures logo. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the movie. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variants:''' |
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*On the VHS tapes of ''Fatal Attraction'' (plastering the 75th Anniversary logo) and ''The Blue Iguana'', the 1987 [[Paramount Pictures]] fanfare is heard. |
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*At the end of the ''It's Christmas Time Again, Charlie Brown'' 1997 VHS and the 2004 VHS of ''Boohbah: Comfy Armchair'', the 1989 arrangement of the 1987 [[Paramount Television (pre-2006)|Paramount Television]] theme is heard. |
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'''Availability:''' Extremely common. |
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*This was used as a de-facto home video logo, and can be seen on every VHS and Laserdisc release from that period -- this also includes television series (such as the original ''Star Trek''), comedy specials, and third-party acquisitions like ''Nutcracker: The Motion Picture'' (where this plasters the original Atlantic Releasing Corporation logo), ''Teen Wolf Too'', and ''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie''. Combine this with its 16-year span, and this may be the most common home video logo period. |
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*Look for either the 75th Anniversary print logo, or the standard Gulf+Western print logo (with no mention of "HOME VIDEO") on the packaging and labels. |
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*The 75th Anniversary logo plasters over the "Blue Mountain" logo on the 1987 home video releases of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Children of a Lesser God'', ''Top Gun'', and ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home''. Meanwhile, the standard Gulf+Western version plasters over the 75th Anniversary Logo on the 1988 releases of ''Beverly Hills Cop II'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Back to the Beach'', ''Fatal Attraction'', and ''Planes, Trains, & Automobiles''. International VHS release of these films (all released by CIC Video, with the exception of ''Crocodile Dundee'') will likely have the film's original logo intact. |
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*This was also used on all 1994-2004 ''Peanuts'' VHS releases and all Nickelodeon VHS releases from 1996 to 2003. The 75th Anniversary variant was also used on a Showtime broadcast of ''Hamburger Hill'' from March 1991. |
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*It was also seen on the direct-to-video films ''The Little Bear Movie'' and ''Blue's Big Musical Movie''. |
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*Also seen at the start of VHS releases and non-USA Network airings of TV movies from Wilshire Court Productions of the era. |
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*Made an unexpected appearance on a number of demo VHS tapes from as late as 2007, despite its discontinuation on commercial releases in 2003. These include George Lopez: Why You Crying?, ''Jakers: Piggly Gets Into Trouble'' & ''The Wonder Pets: Save The Wonder Pets'', released in 2005, 2006, and 2007 respectively. |
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*Occasionally, this will appear before the opening previews on certain tapes. One example of this is the Paramount reissue of ''Rugrats: A Baby's Gotta Do What a Baby's Gotta Do'' and some other Nickelodeon tapes from 1996. |
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*It was preserved on Echo Bridge Home Entertainment's DVD release of ''Puppet Master 5'' and the Mexican DVD of ''Demonic Toys'', each before the Full Moon logo, most likely due to older VHS masters being used. |
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*The Viacom version was also spotted at the start of Disney Channel/ABC Family (now Freeform) airings of ''Teen Witch'' as well as Trifecta's syndicated prints of ''There Goes the Neighborhood'' and ''Another 48. Hrs'', among others. |
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*Seen at the start of ''Blue's Clues: Meet Joe'' on VHS, while the closing 7th logo plays at the end. |
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*The version with the fanfare made a surprise appearance on the 2004 VHS of ''Boohbah: Comfy Armchair'', following the PBS Kids Video logo. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' Same as the 1986 Paramount Pictures Logo. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Feature Presentation", "Abstract Mountain", "The Bumper-esque Logo" |
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'''Logo:''' On a background filled with {{Font color|blue|blue}}/{{Font color|indigo|indigo}} squares, we see a {{Font color|blue|blue}} square with the Paramount print logo in {{Font color|gold|gold}}. It shines, then moves and zooms away as the squares behind it move off, revealing the stacked words "{{Font color|gold|FEATURE PRESENTATION}}" in {{Font color|gold|gold}} zooming in on a heliotrope gradient background. The words shine, and after that, it zooms towards us at breakneck speed. Just when the text engulfs the screen, it cuts to a warning screen, which has a pattern of Paramount mountains in the background. |
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* May 17-October 16, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company" (used for only six months that year) |
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* November 9, 1989-May 16, 1995: "A Paramount Communications Company" (the "Feature Presentation" versions have a different font for the Paramount Communications byline: sans serif) |
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* June 13, 1995-January 2007: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the same font as the 1990 Viacom logo) |
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* On occasion, the logo begins much earlier than the theatrical variant. |
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*There was a special bumper used for trailers from 1989 to 1998 or 1999, with the words "COMING ATTRACTIONS" over the heliotrope gradient background, which cuts off after the zoom in. |
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* <u>Like its parent logo, at the end of VHS releases</u>, only the finished product is seen, with the clouds moving in the background. This is also used as part of a series of bumpers placed before trailers on <u>several Paramount tapes from 1999 to 2002</u> (more on that [[Paramount Home Entertainment (Home Video Bumpers)|here]]). |
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*On the 1989 re-releases of ''Sunset Boulevard'' on VHS (reissued from the 1988 printing) and ''The Courageous Dr. Christain'' on Laserdisc (reissued from the 1987 printing), the logo and warning screen is in black and white. |
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* An <u>early Viacom byline</u> uses the Gulf + Western/Paramount Communications variant, but when "A VIACOM COMPANY" fades in, the entire logo freezes. |
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*There is a very rare long version of the Gulf+Western logo where once we fade in, the logo doesn't actually start for a few seconds. Also, once the "FEATURE PRESENTATION" text zooms in, there is a tan screen for a split-second, then the warning screen appears. |
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* Starting in <u>the mid-1990s</u>, the cloud background is slightly changed, like with its parent logo. |
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*On the 1989 releases of ''Coming to America'' (the first release to use this bumper) and ''Distant Thunder'', the logo cuts to black after "FEATURE PRESENTATION" zooms in, then the warning screen fades in. |
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* A short version of this logo exists, which can be found on <u>screener VHS releases from Paramount</u>. |
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* A <u>telecined version</u> also exists, as evidenced by the video-generated fade-ins and fade-outs. It starts with an almost fully static logo (only the clouds move); after a few seconds, the animation starts normally. The color scheme also has a bit of a brownish/earthy tone to it. This variant can be seen on 1990-2001 VHS releases primarily from Nickelodeon (but not always), such as <u>''Peanuts'' VHS releases</u>, <u>''Eureeka's Castle: Wide Awake at Eureeka's Castle''</u> (1997 release, at the beginning), <u>''The Adventures of Corduroy: The Dinosaur Egg''</u>, <u>''Gullah Gullah Island: Dance Along with the Daise Family''</u>, <u>the Paramount Family Favorites release of ''Charlotte's Web'' (1973)</u>, <u>''Rugrats: A Rugrats Vacation''</u> (at the end), <u>''Rugrats: Dr. Tommy Pickles''</u>, <u>''Gullah Gullah Island: Christmas''</u> (at the beginning of the promotional copy), <u>''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Treasure Hunt''</u>, <u>''Rugrats: Make Room for Dil''</u>, <u>''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Pajama Party''</u> (later printings), <u>''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Musical Movie''</u> (at the beginning), <u>''Better Off Dead''</u> (the 2000 release) and <u>''The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Treasure of the Peacock's Eye''</u>. |
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* <u>Some tapes with the Viacom variant</u> have the clouds become still once the Viacom byline appears. |
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* A still version also exists, which is seen at <u>the end of some VHS releases</u>. This version is also preserved on <u>the 2002 DVD releases of ''Rugrats: Decade in Diapers''</u> and <u>''SpongeBob SquarePants: Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies''</u> and can be found on <u>the 1992 U.S. VHS release of ''Demonic Toys''</u> (before the [[Full Moon Features|Full Moon]] logo). |
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* The Viacom variant is slightly shifted up on <u>some PAL DVD releases</u>. |
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* This logo is also spotted at the end of some trailers on <u>screener VHS tapes from the company</u>. Here, the logo is already formed, but there's copyright info under the mountain. The copyright info then fades out after a few seconds to make room for the byline to fade in. |
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'''Technique:''' A mixture of CGI animation and live-action, designed and composited by Jay Jacoby of Studio Productions (now Flip Your Lid Animation). The CGI stars were created by David Sieg at Omnibus/Abel on a III Foonly F1 computer, and the mountain scenery was a physical model created and filmed by Apogee, Inc. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The CGI squares moving away and the animation on the Paramount square, which held up pretty well throughout the logo's lifespan, and was pretty advanced for 1989. |
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'''Audio:''' None or the opening theme of the movie. |
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'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' The 1987 fanfare (originally composed by Jerry Goldsmith), with a male voiceover (possibly Brian Cummings or Hal Douglas) saying "And now, we're pleased to bring you, our feature presentation." |
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* On <u>the U.S. VHS releases of ''Fatal Attraction''</u> (plastering the 75th Anniversary logo) and <u>''The Blue Iguana''</u>, the 1987 [[Paramount Pictures]] fanfare is heard. |
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*A variation exists where the announcer says "Paramount is pleased to bring you our feature presentation". This was used with all three byline variants, and can be found on Laserdisc releases, as well as VHS releases which have no previews before the film (such as the 1989 releases of the first four ''Star Trek'' films, the 1998 release of ''A Separate Peace'', the 2000 release of ''South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut'', the 2001 release ''Nick Jr.'s Imagine That!'', any promotional copies of movies released by Paramount (with the exception of ''Harriet the Spy'', ''The Ghost and the Darkness'', ''The General's Daughter'', ''Coach Carter, The Longest Yard, Aeon Flux, A Night at the Roxbury'', ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', ''Teletubbies: Naughty Noo Noo!'', ''Boohbah: Hot Dog'', and ''Nickelodeon Super Toons''), and the 1998 widescreen VHS release of ''Forrest Gump'', while the full screen version has the standard voice-over). This variant also appears on tapes made and sold exclusively through Columbia House (usually identifiable by the presence of an orange sticker on the cover). On rare occasions, this variation did appear right after previews, such as the 1996 VHS of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'' and its 2000 reprint, and a series of four videocassettes sold as part of a 1993 McDonald's promotion, including ''The Addams Family'' and ''Ghost'' (these releases have the Rank Home Video print logo on one of the spines on the slipcovers for those films and a face label on the tapes with a special red, yellow, black and white color scheme). Also seen on the 2006 VHS of ''Yours, Mine & Ours'' (2005 remake), which also has no previews. |
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* <u>At the end of the ''It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown'' 1997 U.S. VHS release</u>, <u>the promotional copies of ''Dora the Explorer: Dora's Backpack Adventure''</u> and <u>''Boohbah: Comfy Armchair''</u>, and <u>one promo on the 1995 screener VHS of ''Drop Zone''</u>, the 1989 "distorted" version of the 1987 [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] theme is heard. |
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* On the "COMING ATTRACTIONS" variant, the announcer says "Here are some exciting coming attractions from Paramount." |
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* On <u>most Paramount VCD releases in Indonesia released by [[Movieline Entertainment]]</u>, quiet lawn grass sprinkler noises (which sounds like clock ticks or footsteps) are heard throughout the logo. This is actually the opening audio of the film ''Election'', suggesting the logo was taken directly from that film. |
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* The 1991 screener VHS of ''Subspecies'' had a silent version, probably an error on Paramount's part. |
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* This was used as a de-facto home video logo; it is also one of the most frequently used logos, as it can be seen on every VHS, Beta, and LaserDisc release from that period - this also includes television series (such as the original ''Star Trek''), comedy specials, and third-party acquisitions like ''Nutcracker: The Motion Picture'' (where this plasters the original [[Atlantic Releasing Corporation]] logo), ''Teen Wolf Too'', ''The Garbage Pail Kids Movie'', and titles licensed from [[The Rank Organisation]] (such as ''The Red Shoes''). |
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* Many VHS releases should have either the 75th Anniversary print logo, or the standard Gulf+Western print logo (with no mention of "HOME VIDEO") on the packaging and labels. |
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*The original Gulf+Western variation (which is the least common) made its debut on the May 1989 home video release of ''Coming to America'', and can be found on releases such as the first four ''Star Trek'' films, ''Distant Thunder'', ''The Experts'', ''The Best of Eddie Murphy: Saturday Night Live'', ''Cousins'', ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!'', ''Major League'', ''Pet Sematary'', and ''Puppet Master'', among others. |
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* The 75th Anniversary logo also plasters over the "Blue Mountain" logo on the 1987 U.S. VHS releases of ''Ferris Bueller's Day Off'', ''Crocodile Dundee'', ''Children of a Lesser God'', ''Top Gun'', and ''Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home'', respectively. |
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*The Paramount Communications variation (which is easier to find) debuted on the November 1989 VHS release of ''Scrooged'', and is also on the 1990 VHS release of ''Grease'', the 1991 VHS and Laserdisc releases of ''Ghost'', both ''Wayne's World'' films, the 1993 release of ''Charlotte's Web'', and the 1998 widescreen VHS release of ''Forrest Gump''. |
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** Meanwhile, the standard Gulf+Western version plasters over the 75th Anniversary logo on the 1988 U.S. VHS releases of ''Beverly Hills Cop II'', ''The Untouchables'', ''Back to the Beach'', ''Fatal Attraction'', and ''Planes, Trains, & Automobiles'', respectively. |
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*The Viacom variant is extremely common and appears on nearly every Paramount VHS release from 1995 onwards, starting with the June 1995 VHS release of ''Drop Zone''. |
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** International VHS releases of these films (all released by [[CIC Video]], with the exception of ''Crocodile Dundee'') will likely have the film's original logo intact. |
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*The final Paramount film released on VHS and to use this logo was the 2006 VHS of ''Yours, Mine & Ours'' (2005 remake), and the last tapes to use it overall were the 2006 VHS of ''Go Diego Go!: Diego Saves Christmas'', which is also the final retail Paramount VHS ever released, and the 2007 screener VHS releases of ''Wonder Pets: Save The Wonder Pets!'' and ''An Inconvenient Truth''. |
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* The Paramount Communications variant plasters the standard Gulf+Western version on 1990s VCD prints of ''The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!''. |
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*On the 1991 LaserDisc release of ''Apocalypse Now'', the 1991 VHS of ''Raiders of the Lost Ark'', the 1998 VHS release of ''Titanic'', and most French Canadian Paramount tapes after [[Malofilm Video (Canada)|Malofilm Video]] ceased distribution of Paramount titles, this logo is not shown at all, it just goes straight to the warning screen, while on the 1997 releases of ''The Godfather'' trilogy, the Logo cuts to a black screen before the 1995 [[THX]] Logo, as the warnings are placed at the beginning, separate from the Logo. |
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* This is also seen on all 1994-2004 ''Peanuts'' U.S. VHS releases and all Nickelodeon U.S. VHS releases from 1996 to 2003. |
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*The normal version strangely appears on the original 1989 VHS release of ''Major League,'' the 1991 ''Star Trek: The Movies'' VHS box set (pan and scan version only; the widescreen edition of the box set uses the other voiceover), certain prints of ''Paycheck,'' the 2004 VHS releases of ''Mean Girls'' and ''School of Rock'', and the promotional copy of ''Rugrats in Paris: The Movie'', despite all of those releases having no previews before the film. |
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** The 75th Anniversary variant was also seen on a Showtime broadcast of ''Hamburger Hill'' from March 1991. |
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*The "COMING ATTRACTIONS" and alternate voiceover versions very rarely appear on the same tape. One tape where this happens is the 1993 release of ''Delicatessen''. |
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* This logo was also seen on the direct-to-video films ''The Little Bear Movie'' and ''Blue's Big Musical Movie'', respectively. |
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*This and the preceding Stay Tuned After the Movie bumper make surprise appearances on British VHS releases that have special features at the end of the tape, such as ''The Italian Job'' and ''Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life''. |
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* This and the [[CBS Home Entertainment|CBS Video]] logo also made appearances on Freevee prints of the ''Touched by an Angel'' episodes "The Christmas Gift" and "Beautiful Dreamer". |
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*This appears on demo and screener VHS tapes of PBS Kids shows from 2004 to 2006, such as ''Boohbah'', ''Caillou'', and ''Teletubbies''. The normal releases just start with the warning screen used on Paramount DVDs and Blu-ray discs. |
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* It is also seen at the start of VHS releases and non-USA Network airings of TV movies from [[Wilshire Court Productions]] of the era. |
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*Used in tandem with the 9th logo on 2002 releases, this was seen on ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween'', ''Clockstoppers'', ''Blue's Clues: Meet Joe'', ''9/11: The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition'', ''Rugrats: Halloween'', the original releases of ''Crossroads'', ''Vanilla Sky'', and ''Orange County'', the Special Edition VHS release of ''Rat Race'', the retail VHS of ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie'', the demo VHS of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''We Were Soldiers'', and ''Rugrats: Easter''. |
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* It can also be found on a number of demo VHS releases from as late as 2007, despite its discontinuation on commercial releases in 2003. |
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** These include ''George Lopez: Why You Crying?'', ''Jakers! The Adventures of Piggley Winks: Piggley Gets Into Trouble'', and ''Wonder Pets!: Save The Wonder Pets!'', released in 2005, 2006, and 2007, respectively. |
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* This will occasionally appear before the opening previews on certain VHS releases. |
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** One example of this is the Paramount reissue of ''Rugrats: A Baby's Gotta Do What a Baby's Gotta Do'' and some other Nickelodeon tapes from 1996. |
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* This logo is also preserved on [[Echo Bridge Acquisition Corp.|Echo Bridge Home Entertainment]]'s DVD releases of ''Puppet Master 5'' and the Mexican DVD release of ''Demonic Toys'', each before the Full Moon logo, most likely due to older VHS masters being used. |
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* The Viacom version was also spotted at the start of Disney Channel/ABC Family (now Freeform) airings of ''Teen Witch'' ([[Trans World Entertainment]] struck a deal with Viacom in the early 90s for TV distribution of their films, with Paramount subsequently inheriting those rights. This syndication deal also applied to Trans World's successors, [[Epic Productions]] and [[Vision P.D.G. International|Vision International]].) as well as [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media|Trifecta]]'s syndicated prints of ''There Goes the Neighborhood'' and ''Another 48. Hrs'', respectively, among others. |
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* The version with the Paramount Television fanfare is also preserved at the end of the 2004 U.S. VHS release of ''Boohbah: Comfy Armchair'', following the [[PBS Kids]] Video logo. |
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** It is also seen at the end of the 1997 U.S. VHS release of ''It's Christmastime Again, Charlie Brown''. |
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* Depending on the country, Paramount's VCD releases in Asian territories still used this logo until the mid-2010s; in the case of Indonesian VCD releases, this logo was used until 2014, and is shown after the [[Movieline Entertainment]] logo usually before the previews. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Lined Mountain", "Perumount II" |
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'''Logo:''' On a black background with blue filmstrips, "Paramount" is seen being written in a gold color in its trademark font. As this is occurring, the background is opening up in segments to reveal the 1986 Paramount Logo, without a byline and the stars in a light gold color. |
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'''Visuals:''' On a black background with blue filmstrips, the Paramount script is seen being written in a gold color in its trademark font. As this is occurring, the background opens up in segments to reveal the 1986 Paramount logo, without a byline and the stars in a light gold color. |
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'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' A male announcer (Gene McGarr) says, "Paramount Pictures, bringing you the finest in holiday entertainment, and the best of the new year". All of this is said against a bombastic fanfare, an excerpt from the end theme of ''The Untouchables'', composed by Ennio Morricone. |
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'''Audio:''' A male announcer (Gene McGarr) says "Paramount Pictures, bringing you the finest in holiday entertainment, and the best of the new year". All of this is said against a bombastic fanfare, an excerpt from the end theme of ''The Untouchables'' (the 1987 movie), composed by Ennio Morricone. |
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* This logo was seen on three out of four VHS releases by the company in late 1993 that were available in McDonald's restaurants; these releases included ''Charlotte's Web'', ''Ghost'', and ''The Addams Family'', respectively. It is played following a preview reel for releases for the 1993 holiday season (and to promote Paramount's films ''Addams Family Values'' and ''Wayne's World 2'', as both films released that season). |
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===1st Logo (November 12, 1996)=== |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Gold Mountain", "The Best Show in Town" |
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'''Logo:''' On a gold background, we see the text "Paramount" move into its usual position onto the company's print logo, which is engraved onto the background. Once the text settles, the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" byline fades in underneath. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' The text zooming back. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A male announcer (Nick Tate) says, "Paramount Pictures, the best show in town!" In the background, the same music from the previous logo (albeit abridged) is heard. |
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'''Music/Sounds Trivia:''' The tagline is a nod to Paramount's slogan in the 1920s: "If it's a Paramount picture, it's the best show in town." |
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen only on the original North American release (both United States and Canadian prints) of ''Mission: Impossible''. |
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===8th Logo (May 7, 2002-October 24, 2006)=== |
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File:Paramount Home Video (2002).png|Fullscreen version |
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File:Paramount Home Video (2002) (Widescreen).png|Widescreen version |
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File:Paramount Home Entertainment (2003).png|Fullscreen videotaped version |
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File:Paramount Home Entertainment (2003) (Filmed).png|Fullscreen filmed version |
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</gallery>'''Nicknames:''' "CGI Mountain II", "Mount Paramount", "2000s Mountain", "Perumount III" |
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'''Logo:''' Same as the 2002 movie logo, but it's videotaped and zoomed out (also known as open-matte). Releases from 2002 to 2003 used the 90th Anniversary logo, while releases from 2003 onward use the standard one. |
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* There is a shorter, more common version which starts with the stars zooming down through the clouds. |
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* A widescreen version exists. This can be seen on widescreen releases from Paramount. |
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* Even though the clouds in the movie logo were updated on the movie ''The Sum of All Fears'', Paramount still used the prototype variant of the clouds for most home video releases until 2003. However, the 90th Anniversary version with the finalized clouds was seen on ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'', the only home video release to use this variation. |
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* A filmed version of the 2003 variant exists. |
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* At the end of tapes, the finished product is seen, with the clouds moving westward in the background. |
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* On the ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!'' 2005 VHS, the logo is zoomed in, like the Paramount Network Television logo. |
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'''FX/SFX:''': Same as its movie counterpart. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None or the opening theme of the movie. |
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'''Music/Sounds Variant:''' At the end of the ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!'' 2005 VHS, the 1989 arrangement of the 1987 [[Paramount Television (pre-2006)|Paramount Television]] theme is heard. It's not heard on the demo version of the VHS, however. |
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'''Availability:''' Fairly common. This was used as another de-facto home video logo. |
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* The 90th Anniversary version is used on 2002 VHS and DVD releases such as ''Trading Places'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''MTV Yoga'', ''Dora the Explorer: Move to the Music'', ''The Day Reagan Was Shot'', ''Flashdance'', ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (on the VHS only, where this oddly plasters the 1999 Paramount logo that the film used), ''Black Sheep'', ''Vanilla Sky'', ''Major League'', ''Damaged Care'', ''Bleacher Bums'', ''My Horrible Year!'', all 3 ''Jackass'' volumes, ''Rugrats Christmas'', ''Clockstoppers'', ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie'', and ''K-19: The Widowmaker''. |
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* The standard version is used on almost every Paramount VHS released from 2003 onwards. It also appears on the European versions of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' DVDs ''Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' and ''Halloween''. |
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* The standard version plasters the 90th Anniversary variant of the 2002 Paramount Pictures logo on the 2003 VHS releases of ''Extreme Ops'', ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'', ''Star Trek: Nemesis'', ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'', and ''The Hours''. |
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* The zoomed-in version as well as the closing version with the Paramount Television fanfare is very rare and only appeared on the ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!'' 2005 VHS. |
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* The still version is seen at the end of all Paramount VHS releases from 2002-2006. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' Same as its movie counterpart. |
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===9th Logo (May 21,-December 10, 2002)=== |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Feature Presentation II", "CGI Mountain III", "Mount Paramount II", "Perumount IV" |
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'''Visuals:''' Over a gold background, the Paramount script moves into its usual position onto the company's print logo, which is engraved onto the background, while the camera zooms out. Once the text settles, the Viacom "Wigga-Wigga" byline fades in underneath. |
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'''Logo:''' An enhanced version of the previous "Feature Presentation" logo. A full color version of the 2002 Paramount Logo appears in a square that overlaps a background of four purple squares. A line of light passes over it, and then the Logo flies off and the squares peel off, pretty much like before. They reveal "FEATURE PRESENTATION" in a gold-yellow font flying into place, each word from a different end. The words now float against a dark cloud background, eventually zooming out towards the screen in a trail of gold light. The warning post appears as always, but with a dark blue background in place of the usual logo wallpaper. |
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'''Technique:''' CGI animation. |
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'''FX/SFX:''' Same as the 5th logo, albeit with a moving cloud background and added flashing effects. |
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'''Audio:''' A male announcer (Nick Tate) says "Paramount Pictures, the best show in town!" In the background, the same music from the 5th Paramount Home Video logo (albeit abridged) is heard. |
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'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over:''' Same as the 5th logo. |
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'''Audio Trivia:''' The tagline is a nod to Paramount's slogan in the 1920s: "If it's a Paramount picture, it's the best show in town." |
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'''Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variant:''' There is a very rare variant which uses the "Paramount is..." voiceover. The only releases with this variant were ''Damaged Care'', ''Bleacher Bums'', ''My Horrible Year!'', ''Bobbie's Girl'', the demo VHS tapes of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies'', ''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Band'', ''Rugrats: Mysteries'' and ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie'', and ''The Day Reagan Was Shot''. Again, these are releases with no previews before the film. However, the demo VHS of ''Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat'' is the ONLY release to have this after the previews. |
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'''Availability:''' Only seen on the original North American VHS release (both U.S. and Canadian prints) of ''Mission: Impossible''. As with the previous logo, this follows a preview reel for releases during the 1996 holiday season. |
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'''Availability:''' Rare, as this logo was only used for less than a year. |
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*The first release to use this was the second VHS print of ''Vanilla Sky''. Seen on certain other 2002 Paramount Home Video VHS releases from the time frame after that, such as ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''The Sum of All Fears'', ''Lucky Break'', ''MTV Yoga'', subsequent prints of ''Crossroads'' and ''Orange County'', ''Dora the Explorer: Move to the Music'', ''The Day Reagan Was Shot'', ''Damaged Care'', ''Bleacher Bums'', ''My Horrible Year!'', the demo VHS tapes of ''Martin Lawrence Live: Runteldat'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies'', ''Blue's Clues: Blue's Big Band'', ''Rugrats: Mysteries'' and ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie'' (the retail versions have the 5th logo), all 3 ''Jackass'' volumes, ''Rugrats: Christmas'', ''Dora the Explorer: Christmas'', and ''Little Bill: Merry Christmas, Little Bill''. The last tape to use this was ''K-19: The Widowmaker''. |
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*Some prints of ''Changing Lanes'' do have this logo, but it cuts to the 1995 warning screen instead of the 2002 one (this is probably due to the fact that the other ones and the demo VHS use the previous Feature Presentation screen instead of this one). |
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'''Editor's Note:''' A worthy successor to the 5th logo, even if it was short-lived. |
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'''Visuals:''' Over a cloudy sunset background is a different CGI rendition of the famed Paramountain; it's covered with snow and ice, with the Paramount script and stars already formed on top of it, albeit without a byline. The camera slowly zooms in and rotates around the logo, showing the viewer the back of the mountain as a lens flare flashes. |
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'''Trivia:''' This logo appears to be the base for the [[Paramount Classics]] logo, which virtually has the same animation albeit in reverse. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "CGI Disc Mountain", "Perumount V" |
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'''Variant:''' Paramount adapted this logo for use on <u>two trailers</u> (see [[Paramount Pictures/Trailer Variations|here]] for more details). This logo appears to be filmed, so it's possible it was intended to be a new theatrical logo but ended up being unused for that purpose (since Paramount re-did their 1986 logo in 1999). |
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'''Logo:''' It starts with the 1999-2002 enhanced Paramount logo with the stars encircling the mountain. After a few seconds, a DVD disc flies in from the bottom zooms towards in-front of and behind the mountain. The "Paramount" script zooms out from the top of the screen to take its position above the mountain, like the 2011 Paramount Pictures logo. Then a brilliant flash of light appears underneath, revealing the "DVD" text, as the 1995-2010 Viacom byline fades in below it. The background fades to black as a laser scans the disc, turning the mountain into black-and-white. |
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'''Audio:''' A majestic orchestral fanfare ("The Crimson Gump" from the score of ''Forrest Gump'', composed by Alan Silvestri) is heard throughout as Jim Cummings announces: |
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* Early 1998: "In celebration of the end of one millennium and the dawn of another, Paramount Pictures is preparing to bring to movie lovers everywhere a collection of films that symbolize the best in its movie-making history..." |
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* 1998-1999: "...In celebration of the end of one century and the dawn of another...Paramount Pictures is proud to present a collection of films that symbolize the best in its movie-making history..." |
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'''Availability:''' This was only ever used on Paramount's "Millennium Collection" video trailer, which can be seen on the VHS releases of ''In & Out'', ''Sliding Doors'', ''Hard Rain'', ''A Simple Plan'', ''Event Horizon'', ''Switchback'', ''Twilight'' (1998), and ''A Smile Like Yours''. |
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'''Availability:''' Extinct. Was seen on a 2002 TV spot for the DVD release of ''Rat Race''. It is unknown if this appeared anywhere else, but don't expect to see an animated variant on early Paramount DVDs, as they jump to the warning screen at the beginning instead. |
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'''Visuals:''' The camera pans down from a starry sky to a set of clouds. As the camera slowly zooms backwards, a few cometoid objects fly down and reveal themselves as the trademark Paramount stars that zoom past the camera. The familiar Paramount script (with a gold border) zooms out to show the camera had been watching a reflection (which fades to white) the entire time as a total of 22 stars shoot past the script and encircle the mountain (which is now more realistic in appearance and is missing the snow) on a dusk background. The script continues to zoom out before taking its place at the peak of the mountain. The Viacom byline (once again, with a line above) then fades in below the logo. |
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'''Logo:''' It starts off with the 2002 Paramount logo animation with the stars flying through the clouds, the zoom out of the "Paramount" script, and the stars coming in and circling around the mountain. When we are at a comfortable distance, a DVD disc flies in from the bottom, glides and settles behind the summit and the Paramount script. Then, a bright flash underneath the peak brings forth "DVD" with a line below it, and the Viacom byline (in the same font as the 1990 Viacom logo) below the line. The background fades to black, and a white laser scans the disc in a downward motion, turning the entire DVD Paramountain silver. The finished product almost resembles the Paramount DVD print logo. |
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* <u>For the logo's first year, 2002</u>, the words "'''''90''<sup>{{small|''TH''}}</sup> ANNIVERSARY'''" in gold, with "'''''90'''''" bigger and "<sup><small>'''''TH'''''</small></sup>" smaller and on the top right of "'''''90'''''" and "'''ANNIVERSARY'''" below, fade in with the Viacom byline, sandwiched between the peak of the mountain. The trademark symbol ("™") is used in place of the registered trademark symbol ("®") in this variation. The logo's general color scheme is brighter and more cartoonish. One star at the beginning of the logo is absent, the clouds in the sky and around the mountain appear less realistic (with the ones around the mountain looking flatter compared to the later version), and the sky background in the second half appears to be stretched vertically (meaning that this variant was possibly animated for 4:3 screens; however, on ''We Were Soldiers'', which was the first film to use the 90th Anniversary logo, the sky background is more or less unaltered). The stars have a stronger motion blur effect, and some of them in the final shot look darker. The stars in the final shot are somewhat off-center from the rest of the mountain, and there is also an error during the portion where the script zooms back, in which some of the stars seem to jump out of the reflection of the text. Also, the trademark symbol is yellow instead of white. |
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'''Trivia:''' This logo appears on the original Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment DVD releases of ''The Avengers'' and ''Iron Man 3'', alongside the Marvel logo and in place of the current WDSHE logo. This is because The Walt Disney Company (owner of the films' production company Marvel Studios) and Viacom came to an agreement for the films' distribution to transfer from Paramount Pictures to Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, but Paramount still had two films left in their six-movie contract with Marvel. So, Paramount's logo would appear on the films and promotional material for legacy credit. |
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* <u>A shorter version</u> also exists, which starts with the stars zooming down through the clouds. |
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'''Variant:''' At the end of the logo, a menu would appear with two selections which are "PREVIEWS" and "MAIN MENU", both of which would take you there. When either one was selected, the Paramount logo fades out, with the selections disappearing a second afterward. This was seen on some early DVD releases with this logo, such as ''The Italian Job'' (2003 version), ''How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days'', ''Rugrats Go Wild'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: The Complete First Season'', ''The Ren & Stimpy Show: The First and Second Seasons'' and ''All Grown Up: Lucky 13'' (the last release to use this variant). Also seen on some CBS DVDs from 2006, like the Season 1 DVD of ''NCIS''. |
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* A widescreen version exists. This can be seen on <u>widescreen releases from Paramount</u>. |
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* A <u>filmed version of the 2003 variant</u> exists. |
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* <u>At the end of VHS releases</u>, the finished product is seen, with the clouds moving westward in the background. |
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* On <u>the 2005 U.S. VHS release of ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!''</u>, the logo is zoomed in, like the Paramount Network Television logo. |
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'''Music/Sounds:''' It starts off silent, but when the stars fly by some whooshing sounds are heard, culminating in a synthesized explosion effect with a thunderclap. As the white laser scans down, a humming sound can be heard. |
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* It's seen on many post-2003 DVD releases released by the company, starting with the 2003 DVD releases of ''Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown'' (even though the print logo on the cover has "90th Anniversary" tacked on to it) and ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash''. |
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* This logo was seen on DVD releases of Paramount Television-owned series from 2003 to 2006 (when the rights went to CBS Home Entertainment after Viacom and CBS Corporation became separate companies), such as the 2004 releases of season 1 of ''Happy Days'', and season 1 of ''The Andy Griffith Show'' and the 2005 release of season 2 of the latter. |
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* After 2004 on Nickelodeon TV shows on DVD, this logo doesn't show up, however non-Nickelodeon shows kept using this logo. |
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* Don't expect to find this on 2006-2012 DreamWorks Animation films on DVD or 2006-2010 DreamWorks Pictures films on DVD, as they use their own logo. |
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* Some DVD releases have "90th Anniversary" added on to this logo's print version, but they just contain the normal logo. Examples of this are the 2002 DVD releases of ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''Clockstoppers'', ''Flashdance'', ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'', ''Black Sheep'', ''Vanilla Sky'', ''Trading Places'', ''Hey Arnold: The Movie'', and ''K-19: The Widowmaker'', among others. |
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*This logo continued to be used until 2019, as seen on such releases as ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'', ''Project Almanac'', ''Boyhood'', ''Selma'', ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'', ''The Gambler'' (the Mark Wahlberg version), ''Interstellar'', ''Capture the Flag'', ''Monster Trucks'', ''Baywatch'', and ''Sherlock Gnomes'', even though Paramount Pictures debuted a new logo in 2011. |
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* The last release to use this logo was ''Instant Family'', released on March 5, 2019. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' Even though Viacom changed their byline in 2010, and the Paramount logo in 2011, this logo continued to be used throughout the 2010s. It's a great logo overall, with the DVD near-seamlessly blending into the main logo. However, some have been rattled by this logo's rather loud sound effects. |
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'''Nicknames:''' "Digital Mountain", "From SD to HD", "Digital Paramount", "Perumount VII" |
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'''Logo:''' We first see the effect of a television getting switched on, zooming out from one of the stars and transitioning to the middle of the 2002 Paramount logo in poor image quality. When the star reaches the mountain's peak, two white lines appear and move across the picture vertically from the center, sharpening the picture and forming the silver text: |
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'''Trivia:''' This logo appears on the original Disney Blu-ray releases of ''The Avengers'' and ''Iron Man 3'' (see the Trivia section for the previous logo). |
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* <u>At the end of the 2005 U.S. VHS release of ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!''</u>, the 1989 version of the 1987 [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Television]] theme is heard. However, it is not heard on the demo version of the U.S. VHS release thereof. |
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* It was also seen on Paramount HD-DVD releases from 2006 to 2008, such as ''Four Brothers'' and ''The Italian Job'' (2003). |
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* <u>''Mean Girls''</u> uses the ''Paramount on Parade'' fanfare. |
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* Starting sometime in 2007, Paramount's high definition releases were exclusive to HD-DVD until the format was discontinued. When Toshiba announced they would discontinue HD-DVD, Paramount Home Media Distribution, like all other home media companies, became Blu-ray only. Their first film on Blu-ray since HD-DVD's discontinuation was ''The Spiderwick Chronicles''. |
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* Again, this does not appear on 2006-2012 DreamWorks Animation films on Blu-ray, as they use their own logo. |
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* This logo can be found on releases with the print version of this Logo on the box art. It was also found on the 2008 Blu-ray release of ''Last Holiday'', in which the print logo was absent on the box art, meaning this logo was still in use, but no longer a has print counterpart. |
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* This logo continued to be used until 2019, as seen on such releases as ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown'', ''Project Almanac'', ''Boyhood'', ''Selma'', ''The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water'', ''The Gambler'' (the Mark Wahlberg version), ''Interstellar'', ''Capture the Flag'', ''Monster Trucks'', ''Baywatch'', and ''Sherlock Gnomes'', even though Paramount Pictures debuted a new logo in 2011. |
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* The last release to use this logo was ''Instant Family'', released on March 5, 2019. |
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'''Availability:''' This logo was used as another de-facto home video logo. |
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'''Editor's Note:''' Another great logo, though like the DVD version it's still puzzling why this remained in use after Paramount changed their main movie logo. |
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* The 90th Anniversary version can be found on 2002 VHS and DVD releases such as ''Trading Places'', ''Little Bear: Campfire Tales'', ''Blue's Clues: Reading with Blue'', ''SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories'', ''MTV Yoga'', ''Dora the Explorer: Move to the Music'', ''The Day Reagan Was Shot'', ''Flashdance'', ''Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' (on the VHS release only, where this plasters the 1999 Paramount logo that the film uses, the Region 2 DVD keeps this logo intact before the menu), ''Black Sheep'', ''Vanilla Sky'', ''Major League'', ''Damaged Care'', ''Bleacher Bums'', ''My Horrible Year!'', all 3 ''Jackass'' volumes, ''Rugrats Christmas'', ''Clockstoppers'', ''Hey Arnold!: The Movie'', and ''K-19: The Widowmaker'', respectively. |
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* The standard version can be found on almost every Paramount VHS released from 2003 onwards. |
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** It can also be found on the European versions of ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' DVD releases of ''Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies'' and ''Halloween'', respectively. |
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* The standard version also plasters the 90th Anniversary variant of the 2002 Paramount Pictures logo on the 2003 VHS releases of ''Extreme Ops'', ''The Wild Thornberrys Movie'', ''Star Trek: Nemesis'', ''Charlotte's Web 2: Wilbur's Great Adventure'', ''Jackass: The Movie'', and ''The Hours'', respectively. |
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* The zoomed-in version as well as the closing version with the Paramount Television fanfare was only seen on the 2005 U.S. VHS release of ''Dora the Explorer: It's a Party!''. |
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* The closing version is seen at the end of all Paramount VHS releases from 2002-2006. |
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* Demo tapes still used this logo through the end of 2008 (a few demo tapes from 2004-2007 used the 4th logo), while VCD releases continued using this logo until 2007 (such as the 2007 VCD of ''Flushed Away'' (2006)). |
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* The standard version also makes an appearance on the 2009 Australian DVD release of ''Charlie & Boots''. |
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==Final Note== |
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==Final Note== |
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Current PHE releases use the 2011-present [[Paramount Pictures]] logo without any modifications. |
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Beginning with the releases of ''Bumblebee'' (live-action) and ''Wonder Park'' (animated), all Paramount DVDs and Blu-rays began using the 2011-present theatrical logo. |
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