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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. | Availability: Extremely rare. Because VHS and Beta were in their infancies at the time, releases were in lower quantities and are harder to find. | ||
* 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), Prophecy and Catch 22. | |||
* 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 episodes releases, and are hard to find). Other final releases with this logo were tapes of Escape from Alcatraz, North Dallas Forty, and Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman. | |||
* 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: 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. | 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. | ||
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. | * 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. | ||
Among the releases are Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!), Death Wish, Escape from Alcatraz, Breaking Glass, Friday the 13th, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Airplane!, Charlotte's Web, Little Darlings, Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!, Barbarella, Starting Over, American Gigolo, Urban Cowboy and Shogun. | *Among the releases are Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!), Death Wish, Escape from Alcatraz, Breaking Glass, Friday the 13th, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Airplane!, Charlotte's Web, Little Darlings, Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!, Barbarella, Starting Over, American Gigolo, Urban Cowboy and Shogun. | ||
Some, if very little, post-1981 prints surprisingly keep this logo intact. | *Some, if very little, post-1981 prints surprisingly keep this logo intact. | ||
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). | *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). | ||
Don't expect this logo on LaserDisc releases, as it was replaced with the Laservision logo. | *Don't expect this logo on LaserDisc releases, as it was replaced with the Laservision logo. | ||
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. Its 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. | 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. Its 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. | ||
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Availability: Very rare. | Availability: Very rare. | ||
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. | * 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. | ||
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. | *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. | ||
It is also on the 1992 release of A Dog of Flanders (along with the warning that preceded it), also likely a reprint itself. | *It is also on the 1992 release of A Dog of Flanders (along with the warning that preceded it), also likely a reprint itself. | ||
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. | *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. | ||
This was also surprisingly seen on the early 1990s re-release of Strong Kids, Safe Kids, after the 5th logo. | * This was also surprisingly seen on the early 1990s re-release of Strong Kids, Safe Kids, after the 5th logo. | ||
Other releases that have this include Teen Wolf and Call to Glory. | * Other releases that have this include Teen Wolf and Call to Glory. | ||
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). | * 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). | ||
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. | * 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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April 1987-1989: "A Gulf + Western Company". 1987 releases used the 75th Anniversary variant, while 1988-89 releases used the standard version. | * April 1987-1989: "A Gulf + Western Company". 1987 releases used the 75th Anniversary variant, while 1988-89 releases used the standard version. | ||
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. | * 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. | ||
1995-February 4, 2003: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the 1990 \/|/\CO/\/\ "Wigga Wigga" font) with a line above the byline fades in, again, in white. | * 1995-February 4, 2003: "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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Availability: Extremely common. | Availability: Extremely common. | ||
*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 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--maybe even more so than any of Disney's logos, or even the next logo! | |||
*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. | |||
*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. | |||
*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. | |||
*It was also seen on the direct-to-video films The Little Bear Movie and Blue's Big Musical Movie. | |||
* Even though this logo was officially discontinued in 2003, this would continue to make unexpected appearances on demo tapes from as late as 2007. Examples include the demo VHS releases of Jakers: Piggly Gets Into Trouble & The Wonder Pets: Save The Wonder Pets, released in 2006 and 2007 respectively. | |||
*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. | |||
*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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Bylines: This used whatever byline Paramount was using at the time: | Bylines: This used whatever byline Paramount was using at the time: | ||
May 17-October 16, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company" (used for only six months that year) | * May 17-October 16, 1989: "A Gulf + Western Company" (used for only six months that year) | ||
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) | * 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) | ||
June 13, 1995-January 5, 2007: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the same font as the 1990 Viacom logo) | * June 13, 1995-January 5, 2007: "A VIACOM COMPANY" (in the same font as the 1990 Viacom logo) | ||
Variants: | Variants: | ||
*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. | |||
*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. | |||
*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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Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants: | Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants: | ||
*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 A Night at the Roxbury, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Teletubbies: Naughty Noo Noo!, Boohbah: Hot Dog, 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, the 2005 demo VHS releases of Mad Hot Ballroom, & Winter Solstice,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). | |||
* On the "COMING ATTRACTIONS" variant, the announcer says "Here are some exciting coming attractions from Paramount." | |||
Availability: Very common. It appears on most Paramount video releases | Availability: Very common. It appears on most Paramount video releases | ||
*The "COMING ATTRACTIONS" version was only used until the late 1990's. | |||
*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. | |||
*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. | |||
*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. | |||
*The final Paramount film to use this logo was the 2006 VHS of the 2005 remake of Yours, Mine & Ours, and the last tape to use it overall was the 2007 screener VHS of Wonder Pets: Save The Wonder Pets!. Some of the last official releases with this logo (besides the aforementioned Yours, Mine & Ours film) include Elizabethtown, Bad News Bears (the 2005 remake), Four Brothers, and the film adaptation of The Honeymooners. | |||
*On the 1991 LaserDisc release of Apocalypse Now and the 1998 VHS release of Titanic, 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. | |||
*The normal version strangely appears on the original 1989 VHS release of Major League and 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) despite those releases having no previews. | |||
*This makes a surprise appearance on the United Kingdom VHS releases that have any special features at the end of the tape, such as The Italian Job and Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life. | |||
*This appears on demo VHS tapes of PBS Kids shows from 2004 to 2006, such as Boohbah. The normal releases just start with the warning screen used on Paramount DVDs. | |||
Editor's Note: Perhaps one of the most famous logos in home video history. The cut to black on the "COMING ATTRACTIONS" variant may surprise some, though. | Editor's Note: Perhaps one of the most famous logos in home video history. The cut to black on the "COMING ATTRACTIONS" variant may surprise some, though. | ||
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Availability: Rare, as this logo was only used for less than a year. | Availability: Rare, as this logo was only used for less than a year. | ||
*Seen on certain 2002 Paramount Home Video VHS releases from the time frame, such as SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories, The Sum of All Fears, Lucky Break, some prints of Vanilla Sky, MTV Yoga, Crossroads, 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 and Hey Arnold!: The Movie, all 3 Jackass volumes, and Rugrats Christmas. Some 2002 releases, strangely, such as Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween, 9/11: The Filmmakers' Commemorative Edition, Rugrats Halloween, and the Special Edition VHS release of Rat Race, have this logo's print version on the spine but do not have this logo on the tape, as they use the 5th logo instead. | |||
* 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 some prints use the previous Feature Presentation screen instead of this one). | |||
Editor's Note: A worthy successor to the 5th logo, even if it was short-lived. | Editor's Note: A worthy successor to the 5th logo, even if it was short-lived. | ||
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Availability: Fairly common. This was used as another de-facto home video logo. | Availability: Fairly common. This was used as another de-facto home video logo. | ||
* 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 (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, and Rugrats Christmas. | |||
* 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. | |||
* 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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Availability: Very common. | Availability: Very common. | ||
* It's seen on many post-2003 DVD releases released by the company, starting with the 2003 DVD release of Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown (even though the print logo on the cover has "90th Anniversary" tacked on to it). | |||
* 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. | |||
* After 2004 on Nickelodeon TV shows on DVD, this logo doesn't show up. | |||
* Some DVD releases have "90th Anniversary" added on to this logo's print version, they just contain the normal logo. Examples of this are the 2002 DVD releases of SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories, Flashdance, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius, Black Sheep, Vanilla Sky, and Trading Places. This logo continued to be used until 2019, as seen on such releases as Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown, Project Almanac, Boyhood, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, The Gambler (the Mark Wahlberg version), and Interstellar, even though Paramount Pictures debuted a new logo in 2011. | |||
* The last release to use this logo was Instant Family, released on March 5, 2019. | |||
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. However, it is not a favorite of some since you cannot bypass this logo, either with the Menu, Fast Forward, or Skip buttons on the majority of the company's DVD output. | 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. However, it is not a favorite of some since you cannot bypass this logo, either with the Menu, Fast Forward, or Skip buttons on the majority of the company's DVD output. | ||
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Availability: Current and common. It's currently seen on Paramount's Blu-ray releases. | Availability: Current and common. It's currently seen on Paramount's Blu-ray releases. | ||
It was also seen on Paramount HD-DVD releases from 2006 to 2008, such as Four Brothers and The Italian Job (2003). | * It was also seen on Paramount HD-DVD releases from 2006 to 2008, such as Four Brothers and The Italian Job (2003). | ||
Starting sometime in 2007, Paramount's high definition releases were being exclusive to HD-DVD. | * Starting sometime in 2007, Paramount's high definition releases were being exclusive to HD-DVD. | ||
When Toshiba announced they would discontinue HD-DVD, Paramount Home Media Distribution, like all other home media companies, became Blu-ray only. | * 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. | * Their first film on Blu-ray since HD-DVD's discontinuation was The Spiderwick Chronicles. | ||
This logo can be found on releases with the print version of this logo on the box art. | * 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 is still in use, but no longer a has print counterpart. | * 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 is still in use, but no longer a has print counterpart. | ||
This logo does not appear on UHD 4K Blu-ray Discs, as they use the 2011-present film logo. | * This logo does not appear on UHD 4K Blu-ray Discs, as they use the 2011-present film logo. | ||
The last release to use this logo was Instant Family, released on March 5, 2019. | * The last release to use this logo was Instant Family, released on March 5, 2019. | ||