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'''Nicknames''': "Broadway", "The Blue Rectangle", "The Audience is Now Deaf", "The Note Of Hell" | '''Nicknames''': "Broadway", "The Blue Rectangle", "The Audience is Now Deaf", "The Note Of Hell" | ||
'''Trailer''': On a black background, we see a blue outline of a rectangle. The gray text "'''The Audience is Listening'''" (in | '''Trailer''': On a black background, we see a blue outline of a rectangle. The gray text "'''The Audience is Listening'''" (in Fifth Ave font) fades inside the outline, then fades out. A few seconds later, the THX logo in silver appears, The blue rectangle outline fades out, and | ||
<center> | <center> | ||
LUCASFILM LTD. | LUCASFILM LTD. | ||
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SOUND SYSTEM | SOUND SYSTEM | ||
</center> | </center> | ||
appears above and below, respectively. The THX logo shines. | appears (in the Twentieth Century font) above and below, respectively. The THX logo shines. | ||
'''Variants''': Throughout the years, this trailer had many different variants: | '''Variants''': Throughout the years, this trailer had many different variants: | ||
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*From 1997-2003, an alternate version appeared where the original text above (and above only) the THX logo was "LUCASFILM LTD." This appeared only on Buena Vista releases until it was officially replaced with the "DIGITALLY MASTERED" (as described above) text when Lucasfilm Ltd. spun off THX into its present-day company. | *From 1997-2003, an alternate version appeared where the original text above (and above only) the THX logo was "LUCASFILM LTD." This appeared only on Buena Vista releases until it was officially replaced with the "DIGITALLY MASTERED" (as described above) text when Lucasfilm Ltd. spun off THX into its present-day company. | ||
*For the Dell PC's THX Picture and Sound Optimizer disc, "The Audience is Listening" tagline is replaced with "Your Dell PC is THX Certified". "Dell" is in its usual font. "SOUND SYSTEM" is replaced with "BEST PICTURE. BEST SOUND." Afterward, the URL www.thx.com is seen with the trademark and a disclaimer at the bottom. | *For the Dell PC's THX Picture and Sound Optimizer disc, "The Audience is Listening" tagline is replaced with "Your Dell PC is THX Certified". "Dell" is in its usual font. "SOUND SYSTEM" is replaced with "BEST PICTURE. BEST SOUND." Afterward, the URL www.thx.com is seen with the trademark and a disclaimer at the bottom. | ||
*2010: The trailer is remastered, or recreated, in high definition. The blue rectangle is wider and glows, "The Audience Is Listening" text is in a white Imprint | *2010: The trailer is remastered, or recreated, in high definition. The blue rectangle is wider and glows, "The Audience Is Listening" text is in a white Imprint Shadow font and the THX logo glows and shines slowly. Below is a THX Ltd. copyright notice. | ||
*2010 A: "The Audience is Listening" text is replaced with "Digitally mastered for superior sound and picture quality," in the same Arial font (a la 1995 B). Debuted on home entertainment releases starting with ''Star Wars: The Original Trilogy'' Blu-ray. | *2010 A: "The Audience is Listening" text is replaced with "Digitally mastered for superior sound and picture quality," in the same Arial font (a la 1995 B). Debuted on home entertainment releases starting with ''Star Wars: The Original Trilogy'' Blu-ray. | ||
*On the ''Apollo 13'' DTS LaserDisc as well as the Japanese LaserDisc of ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' (Japanese release) and the LaserDisc release of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPBr09EVBw ''Con Air''] (in their respective AC-3 soundtracks), the Deep Note on the THX LaserDisc logo is the -1.5 pitch Deep Note like the DVD/Tex. | *On the ''Apollo 13'' DTS LaserDisc as well as the Japanese LaserDisc of ''Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace'' (Japanese release) and the LaserDisc release of [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnPBr09EVBw ''Con Air''] (in their respective AC-3 soundtracks), the Deep Note on the THX LaserDisc logo is the -1.5 pitch Deep Note like the DVD/Tex. | ||
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'''Variants''': | '''Variants''': | ||
*This trailer was remixed in Dolby Digital in 1995. This variant had slight changes. At the start, the Dolby logo and the text fade in reading "'''Dolby Digital sound in a THX Theatre'''," and in the end the Recorded in Dolby Digital logo was added at the left-bottom of the screen. | *This trailer was remixed in Dolby Digital in 1995. This variant had slight changes. At the start, the Dolby logo and the text (In Caslon Open Face font) fade in reading "'''Dolby Digital sound in a THX Theatre'''," and in the end the Recorded in Dolby Digital logo was added at the left-bottom of the screen. | ||
*On LaserDisc releases starting with [https://youtu.be/8dSIcaKa5Ek?t=74 ''Highlander: Director's Cut''], the words "Mastered and duplicated for optimal video and audio performance" fades with the red dots. Then, it fades to the 3D THX logo. Once it's finished zooming, the THX LaserDisc logo from "Broadway" fades and zooms inside the silver outlined rectangle. The THX LaserDisc logo and the silver outlined rectangle shine. This was used until 1999. | *On LaserDisc releases starting with [https://youtu.be/8dSIcaKa5Ek?t=74 ''Highlander: Director's Cut''], the words "Mastered and duplicated for optimal video and audio performance" fades with the red dots. Then, it fades to the 3D THX logo. Once it's finished zooming, the THX LaserDisc logo from "Broadway" fades and zooms inside the silver outlined rectangle. The THX LaserDisc logo and the silver outlined rectangle shine. This was used until 1999. | ||