Orion Home Video: Difference between revisions

'''Variants:'''

* On videos that did not have the Orion Pictures logo, the logo abruptly ends at this point. On videos that did have an Orion Pictures logo, the beginning of that logo would form, and the Orion Home Video logo would shrink into the top star. The Orion Pictures logo continued as normal.

* On 1988 tapes from this company, there is simply a still version of the logo. The above variant appears after the FBI warning.

* Sometimes, when previews of upcoming releases were shown, the words "COMING FROM" would be superimposed above the logo. The font varies.

=== 2nd Logo (1990-1998) ===

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* "Sold Exclusively By" would appear above on various special (non movie/anime) releases. This was not used as a HV-Picture logo combo.

* On most releases such as ''The Silence of the Lambs'', a screen freeze of this logo is found at the very beginning of the tape. This practice was similar to what MGM/UA Home Video did in the '90s.

* A trailer version has "Coming Soon From" above the logo.

* Closing Segments: At this point, one of three endings would appear:

* The stars making the logo disappear (mentioned above). This was also used at the beginning of some tapes and early DVD releases distributed by Image Entertainment.

* The beginning of the Orion Pictures logo begins behind the Orion Home Video logo, as the stars return again to swirl around the logo. "HOME VIDEO" shimmers out, and "ORION" shrinks to the top star, playing the Orion Pictures logo from on out.

* There is a version of the logo where it fades to black and then the movie plays as normal.

* It appears on more popular releases, like ''The Silence of the Lambs'', the Lou Ferrigno film ''Cage'', and ''Robocop 3'', among others, as well as VHS cassettes distributed by GoodTimes such as ''Mad Max''; one of the last VHS releases to use this logo was the 1998 demo VHS of ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag.''

* Also seen on DVDs distributed by Image Entertainment, such as ''Robocop 1'' & ''2'', ''Silence of the Lambs'', ''Dances with Wolves'' (in [[THX]]), ''No Way Out'', ''Bull Durham'' (in THX), and ''Mississippi Burning'', among others. Surprisingly, on the original DVD of the latter, the regular Orion logo is seen after the Home Video/Picture combo variant as the combo was in full screen, while the actual was in widescreen due to being presented in that format.

* It also appeared on later releases from Streamline Pictures, including ''Lupin III: The Mystery of Mamo''.

* The "Sold Exclusively By" variant is rare, but was seen on a VHS of ''Pinstripe Destiny: The Story of the 1996 New York Yankees'' and reprints of Fox Lorber and Triboro videos (Orion had distribution rights of the former company from 1994-1996/97 and the latter company around 1996/97).

* The short version appears after its modified screen/before the Filmways logo on a GoodTimes VHS of ''The Earthling''.

* The 1998 VHS releases of ''8 Heads in a Duffel Bag'', ''Gang Related'', ''City of Industry'', ''Ulee's Gold'', ''Napoleon'' (1995) (later printings have the MGM Family Entertainment packaging), ''Great Balls of Fire!'', and ''Black Caesar'' use either the standard MGM or MGM Home Entertainment logo instead, despite the Orion Home Video print logo on the packaging.

* Also found on early-mid 1990s re-releases of Orion tapes recorded in EP mode.