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'''Nickname:''' "Grand" | |||
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'''Trailer''': On a black background, we see some white text that reads "This auditorium is equipped with a THX sound system." A few seconds later, the background turns into a {{color|firebrick|dark red}} cloudy background. We see some white text that reads "The Audience Is Listening." After that, the red-black background turns slowly turns {{color|mediumblue|dark blue}}, somewhat similar to the previous background. Seconds after, a light with lens flares moves upward and a 90° turned THX logo rotates to its front in a {{color|blue}} gradient background, with "LUCASFILM LTD" over and "SOUND SYSTEM" below. | '''Trailer''': On a black background, we see some white text that reads "This auditorium is equipped with a THX sound system." A few seconds later, the background turns into a {{color|firebrick|dark red}} cloudy background. We see some white text that reads "The Audience Is Listening." After that, the red-black background turns slowly turns {{color|mediumblue|dark blue}}, somewhat similar to the previous background. Seconds after, a light with lens flares moves upward and a 90° turned THX logo rotates to its front in a {{color|blue}} gradient background, with "LUCASFILM LTD" over and "SOUND SYSTEM" below. | ||
'''Variants''' | '''Variants:''' | ||
*The 2002 Fox Five-Star Collection DVD of ''Speed'' replaces "The Audience Is Listening" text with "Best Picture. Best Sound. You're watching a THX Certified Feature." and "SOUND SYSTEM" with "BEST PICTURE. BEST SOUND." appearing below the logo at the end. | * The 2002 Fox Five-Star Collection DVD of ''Speed'' replaces "The Audience Is Listening" text with "Best Picture. Best Sound. You're watching a THX Certified Feature." and "SOUND SYSTEM" with "BEST PICTURE. BEST SOUND." appearing below the logo at the end. | ||
*The Dell PC DVD version replaces "The Audience Is Listening" with "Your Dell PC is THX Certified." and "SOUND SYSTEM" with "BEST PICTURE. BEST SOUND." "Dell" is in its usual font and the www.thx.com URL appears at the end with a copyright notice. | * The Dell PC DVD version replaces "The Audience Is Listening" with "Your Dell PC is THX Certified." and "SOUND SYSTEM" with "BEST PICTURE. BEST SOUND." "Dell" is in its usual font and the www.thx.com URL appears at the end with a copyright notice. | ||
*On ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'' (the ''THX Ultra 2'' and ''THX Story'' featurettes), a digital 4:3 version of this trailer can be spotted. | * On ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'' (the ''THX Ultra 2'' and ''THX Story'' featurettes), a digital 4:3 version of this trailer can be spotted. | ||
*A prototype version exists, in which the text is set in a different font written in all capital letters. "The Audience is Listening" is also punctuated with an ellipsis, unlike the final version. The cloudy background appears very choppy and incomplete and the THX logo at the end appears to be the print version of the time in silver, likely a placeholder until the CGI animation of the logo was complete. This version can also be briefly glimpsed in the ''THX Story'' featurette seen on the aforementioned demo disc. | * A prototype version exists, in which the text is set in a different font written in all capital letters. "The Audience is Listening" is also punctuated with an ellipsis, unlike the final version. The cloudy background appears very choppy and incomplete and the THX logo at the end appears to be the print version of the time in silver, likely a placeholder until the CGI animation of the logo was complete. This version can also be briefly glimpsed in the ''THX Story'' featurette seen on the aforementioned demo disc. | ||
*The logo exists in scope and flat variants. | * The logo exists in scope and flat variants. | ||
*A DTS end variant exists where the text "Recorded in DTS Digital Sound" appears, with the "Digital Experience" print logo below. This was seen primarily in theaters with DTS systems (including the aforementioned ''Jurassic Park'') for a short time. | * A DTS end variant exists where the text "Recorded in DTS Digital Sound" appears, with the "Digital Experience" print logo below. This was seen primarily in theaters with DTS systems (including the aforementioned ''Jurassic Park'') for a short time. | ||
'''FX/SFX''' | '''FX/SFX:''' The background changing, the texts fading, and "THX" moving. The visuals were created by Industrial Light and Magic (like the previous logo) according to The THX Ultimate Demo Disc. | ||
'''Music/Sounds''' | '''Music/Sounds:''' Some chimes and wind howling. When the background opens, wind whistles, then various ascending notes and sounds, until a ''Star Wars'' laser-gun sound and a whooshing sound occur as the THX logo appears and ends with a choir-like version of the Deep Note. The sound for this trailer was apparently created at Skywalker Sound and, according to ''The THX Ultimate Demo Disc'', designed by David Slusser and Marco d'Ambrosio. | ||
'''Availability''' | '''Availability:''' Rare. Alongside [[DTS]]'s first trailer, this debuted on the original theatrical release of ''Jurassic Park'' (according to the 1998 Lucasfilm THX "The Audience is Listening on DVD" disc and the THX Ultimate Demo Disc), and then it was seen in all THX theaters from 1993 until 1997, as well as online, on the DVDs that came with second-edition and third-edition copies of the book ''DVD Demystified'' by Jim Taylor and on the 2002 Fox Five-Star Collection DVD release of ''Speed''. The "DELL PC" version is exclusive to the ''THX Picture and Sound Optimizer'' disc. The DTS version is all but extinct, only being used on early DTS films such as the aforementioned ''Jurassic Park''; and it took until May 2022 for this variant to be discovered. | ||
'''Editor's Note''' | '''Editor's Note:''' The cloudy red background looks quite dated for the time, which is in sharp contrast to the beautiful silver CGI of the THX logo's grand appearance. | ||
===5th Trailer (1994-1997; 2001-2004)=== | ===5th Trailer (1994-1997; 2001-2004)=== | ||