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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
Paramount Home Media Distribution (formerly known as "Paramount Home Entertainment", "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 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 (such as CBS Television Studios/CBS Television Distribution and Showtime Networks material and 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]] (currently owned by Disney). On September 27, 2011, Paramount Home Entertainment was renamed Paramount Home Media Distribution after merging with Paramount Digital and Television. Beginning in 2012, the Republic Pictures library and select Paramount films were licensed to Olive Films and Kino Lorber. From 2013 | Paramount Home Media Distribution (formerly known as "Paramount Home Entertainment", "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 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 (such as CBS Television Studios/CBS Television Distribution and Showtime Networks material and 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]] (currently owned by Disney). On September 27, 2011, Paramount Home Entertainment was renamed Paramount Home Media Distribution after merging with Paramount Digital and Television. Beginning in 2012, the Republic Pictures library and select Paramount films were licensed to Olive Films and Kino Lorber. From 2013 to 2016, the company licensed the home media rights to most of the Paramount Pictures (with some exceptions) library to Warner Home Video. Paramount continues to release licensed material and material from sister companies. | ||
==Paramount Home Video== | ==Paramount Home Video== | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Mountain Silhouette", "Scanimated Mountain of Doom", "Black Mountain", "Rising Mountain", "Cheesy Mountain", "In the Shadow of Paramount" | '''Nicknames:''' "Mountain Silhouette", "Scanimated Mountain of Doom", "Black Mountain", "Rising Mountain", "Cheesy Mountain", "In the Shadow of Paramount" | ||
'''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:''' 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. | ||
'''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 | '''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 means the chyron for "HOME VIDEO". The original version of the logo was produced by the design firm of Sullivan & Marks. | ||
'''Variant:''' On ''Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown!'', the logo cuts to the last half of the film's Paramount Logo. | '''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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*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 | *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. 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. | '''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. | ||