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'''Music/Sounds:''' A rising electronic piano theme, or else the opening theme of the film. For the television version it is usually the closing theme of the film. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A rising electronic piano theme, or else the opening theme of the film. For the television version it is usually the closing theme of the film. | ||
'''Availability:''' Extremely rare, considering that Roadshow rarely preserved its pre-1992 theatrical logos on home video. Turns up on the [[Umbrella Entertainment (Australia)|Umbrella Entertainment]] DVD of ''The Love Epidemic'' (part of an Ozplotation double feature with ''High Rollin | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare, considering that Roadshow rarely preserved its pre-1992 theatrical logos on home video. Turns up on the [[Umbrella Entertainment (Australia)|Umbrella Entertainment]] DVD of ''The Love Epidemic'' (part of an Ozplotation double feature with ''High Rollin''). It was also probably seen on the earliest prints of ''Mad Max'' and ''The Wanderers'' and also showed up on a 1985 Australian television broadcast of the latter. Strangely, it also spotted on the Dutch Standard Video release of ''Faces of Death''. Roadshow Films had intended to release the film theatricality in Australia, though the film ended up being banned by the Australian censorship board. How this print ended up on a Dutch video release is unknown. Other films where this might have appeared include ''Beyond the Living Dead'' (also known by such names as ''Return of the Zombies'', ''Terror of the Living Dead'', and ''The Hanging Woman'' elsewhere) and ''Stone''. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||
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'''Nicknames:''' "Australian Outline", "Aussie Light Trails" | '''Nicknames:''' "Australian Outline", "Aussie Light Trails" | ||
'''Logo:''' On a space background, a blue outline of Australia with the Tasmania island below zooms out from the bottom of the screen to the center with a "light trail" effect. "Roadshow", in a very strange yellow font (the same font, in fact, as in the previous logo, but with more bold), appears via "scanning" effect in pieces shooting out from the Australia. The completed logo shines and reverses onto Australia and "The Australian Company" appears in yellow via a flashing effect below "Roadshow. | '''Logo:''' On a space background, a blue outline of Australia with the Tasmania island below zooms out from the bottom of the screen to the center with a "light trail" effect. "Roadshow", in a very strange yellow font (the same font, in fact, as in the previous logo, but with more bold), appears via "scanning" effect in pieces shooting out from the Australia. The completed logo shines and reverses onto Australia and "The Australian Company" appears in yellow via a flashing effect below "Roadshow". | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The scanning, flashing, and zooming. | '''FX/SFX:''' The scanning, flashing, and zooming. | ||
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'''Logo:''' A chrome curve comes from the right of screen. The curve then moves down, turning out to be the large "V", and several more segments appear. They all zoom back to reveal the logo same as before, but chrome. Underneath the word "ROADSHOW" along with a line separating the byline "A VILLAGE ROADSHOW COMPANY" | '''Logo:''' A chrome curve comes from the right of screen. The curve then moves down, turning out to be the large "V", and several more segments appear. They all zoom back to reveal the logo same as before, but chrome. Underneath the word "ROADSHOW" along with a line separating the byline "A VILLAGE ROADSHOW COMPANY" | ||
'''Variant:''' Around 2009, the text changed to just "ROADSHOW FILMS. | '''Variant:''' Around 2009, the text changed to just "ROADSHOW FILMS". No byline is present. There's also a more-realistic variant of this version. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' The curve and segments moving and zooming back. "Roadshow" fading below. | '''FX/SFX:''' The curve and segments moving and zooming back. "Roadshow" fading below. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' A nice calm tune with an echoing 12-note electronic piano tune. | '''Music/Sounds:''' A nice calm tune with an echoing 12-note electronic piano tune. | ||
'''Availability:''' Common outside of America and Europe, as this is mainly seen in Australian and New Zealand cinemas. The first version is preserved on Fox Classics airings of ''Muriel's Wedding'', the original theatrical trailer of ''The Castle'', some prints of ''The Dish'' and strangely is found in place of the Roadshow Entertainment logo at the end of the 2002 Australian VHS release of ''Cats & Dogs''. The second version is easier to find and can be found on recent Roadshow productions like ''I Love You Too'', ''The Cup'' and most notably ''Red Dog''. It is unknown if Roadshow Films had a new logo in 2020. | '''Availability:''' Common outside of North America and Europe, as this is mainly seen in Australian and New Zealand cinemas. The first version is preserved on Fox Classics airings of ''Muriel's Wedding'', the original theatrical trailer of ''The Castle'', some prints of ''The Dish'' and strangely is found in place of the Roadshow Entertainment logo at the end of the 2002 Australian VHS release of ''Cats & Dogs''. The second version is easier to find and can be found on recent Roadshow productions like ''I Love You Too'', ''The Cup'' and most notably ''Red Dog''. It is unknown if Roadshow Films had a new logo in 2020. | ||
'''Editor's Note:''' None. | '''Editor's Note:''' None. | ||