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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
[[Embassy Pictures]] formed their own home video unit as '''Embassy Home Entertainment''' as early as 1982 after [[Embassy Communications]] acquired Andre Blay Corporation (also known as "[[Blay Video]]"). Prior to this, Avco Embassy films were licensed/distributed by [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic]]/[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|20th Century-Fox Video]] and on the | [[Embassy Pictures]] formed their own home video unit as '''Embassy Home Entertainment''' as early as 1982 after [[Embassy Communications]] acquired Andre Blay Corporation (also known as "[[Blay Video]]"). Prior to this, Avco Embassy films were licensed/distributed by [[Magnetic Video Corporation|Magnetic]]/[[20th Century Fox Home Entertainment|20th Century-Fox Video]] and on the SelectaVision VideoDisc format by RCA Corporation. Embassy also released some genre films under the [[Charter Entertainment]] brand. Embassy Home Entertainment was purchased by Nelson Holdings International from Coca-Cola in 1986 and was renamed to "[[Nelson Entertainment]]" on August 15, 1987 and Nelson was bought out by [[New Line Cinema]] on December 9, 1991. Some Embassy/Charter videos were still in print by the early 1990s with a [[New Line Home Video]] logo on the tape label. | ||
===1st Logo (Mid-1982-1983)=== | ===1st Logo (Mid-1982-1983)=== | ||
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'''Logo:''' | '''Logo:''' A black screen with the following words: "EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT" in a simple white script-like text with a trailing "shadow" effect, stacked word upon word. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' None. | '''FX/SFX:''' None. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' None. | '''Music/Sounds:''' None. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen at the beginning of the ''Raccoons on Ice/The Christmas Raccoons'' video along with the | '''Availability:''' Rare. Can be seen at the beginning of the ''Raccoons on Ice/The Christmas Raccoons'' video along with the first VHS releases of ''Summer Lovers'', ''Humongous'', ''An Eye for An Eye'', ''Swamp Thing'', ''Escape from New York'', and ''Zapped''. The logo can also be retained on re-prints of Embassy's 1982-1983 video catalog. This logo remained intact on the 1983 VHS of ''The Soldier'' after the next logo. | ||
===2nd Logo (December 1982-1987)=== | ===2nd Logo (December 1982-1987)=== | ||
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*A still version of this was used for international videos in 1985. The logo appears to have a lighter (or darker) blue background, "EMBASSY" is in a much larger Futura MD BT font, and "Home Entertainment" is written below in a Futura LT BT font. One version has the word "Home Entertainment" in the Helvetica font. This variant was only seen at the end of European and Australian releases (the next logo below would be at the beginning on Aussie tapes). | *A still version of this was used for international videos in 1985. The logo appears to have a lighter (or darker) blue background, "EMBASSY" is in a much larger Futura MD BT font, and "Home Entertainment" is written below in a Futura LT BT font. One version has the word "Home Entertainment" in the Helvetica font. This variant was only seen at the end of European and Australian releases (the next logo below would be at the beginning on Aussie tapes). | ||
*A promo variant has the logo without any text zooming out, and when the announcer finishes, it zooms back in. This plays a extended version of the 3rd logo's music while Brian Cummings says "Ladies and gentlemen, Embassy Home Entertainment welcomes you to experience the best in high-quality film entertainment." | *A promo variant has the logo without any text zooming out, and when the announcer finishes, it zooms back in. This plays a extended version of the 3rd logo's music while Brian Cummings says "Ladies and gentlemen, Embassy Home Entertainment welcomes you to experience the best in high-quality film entertainment." | ||
*A | *A variant on ''Mussolini And I'' has the "☆E" in blue with white boxes zooming out on a grey gradient background, with "EMBASSY" fading in below. After a few seconds, it fades out and the logo flips over to the Nelson Entertainment logo, and after that holds on for a few seconds, the logo zooms out and the background fades to black. The tape also has the logos rotating around on a black background as well. A synth note with a choir plays here, with an announcer saying "Embassy Home Entertainment, a division of Nelson Entertainment", with the shorter variant having a abridged version with a flute playing and no announcer. | ||
'''FX/SFX:''' Again, same as the Television logo. The international version is still. | '''FX/SFX:''' Again, same as the Television logo. The international version is still. | ||
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'''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the Embassy Television logo, but the fifth note is a higher note than usual and after the sixth note in the theme, we instead hear a 10-note synth-flute section. This was composed by Ray Colcord, who also composed the main Embassy Television logo. Silent for worldwide releases, except a jazzy '80s-like synth tune for German releases. | '''Music/Sounds:''' Same as the Embassy Television logo, but the fifth note is a higher note than usual and after the sixth note in the theme, we instead hear a 10-note synth-flute section. This was composed by Ray Colcord, who also composed the main Embassy Television logo. Silent for worldwide releases, except a jazzy '80s-like synth tune for German releases. | ||
'''Availability:''' Rare. It can be found on various Nelson and Embassy Home Entertainment releases like ''The Emerald Forest'' and ''The Graduate''. Could be in worldwide releases. | '''Availability:''' Rare. It can be found on various Nelson and Embassy Home Entertainment releases like ''The Emerald Forest'' and ''The Graduate''. Could be in worldwide releases. This logo appeared on TV airings of ''A Chorus Line'' (the MGM DVD & Blu-ray releases of said film show its print logo on the back cover, but not on the DVD or Blu-ray) and the TCM airings of ''Bittersweet Love'' and ''The Man Who Had Power Over Women''. It's also preserved on the Nelson VHS release of ''The Red Balloon'', despite Embassy being mentioned nowhere on the packaging. The still version appears on the UK pre-cert release of ''The Howling''. It also made a strange appearance on a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXshRAIXFNk September 1987 Movie Channel broadcast] of ''Kiss of the Spider Woman''. The logo was retained on MGM's 1998 VHS of ''Sid and Nancy'' and a 1992 reprint of ''Blade Runner'' from [[New Line Home Entertainment|New Line Home Video]]. | ||
===3rd Logo (Australia only) (1983-1986)=== | ===3rd Logo (Australia only) (1983-1986)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. The best place to find it is on old PBV tapes in Australia. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. The best place to find it is on old PBV tapes in Australia. | ||
===4th Logo (1986-1988, 1998)=== | ===4th Logo (1986-1988, 1998)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on video releases of ''The Producers'', ''Defense of the Realm'', ''The Stepfather'', ''The Video Dead'', and ''River's Edge'', among (presumably) others. Oddly, MGM Home Entertainment preserved this logo when they released ''Eddie and the Cruisers'' in 1998. | '''Availability:''' Rare. Seen on video releases of ''The Producers'', ''Defense of the Realm'', ''The Stepfather'', ''The Video Dead'', and ''River's Edge'', among (presumably) others. Oddly, MGM Home Entertainment preserved this logo when they released ''Eddie and the Cruisers'' in 1998. | ||
===5th Logo (1984?-1988?)=== | ===5th Logo (1984?-1988?)=== | ||
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'''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It was probably seen on Spanish prints of their tapes, as it appeared on a 1987 tape of ''A Chorus Line'' from Spain. | '''Availability:''' Extremely rare. It was probably seen on Spanish prints of their tapes, as it appeared on a 1987 tape of ''A Chorus Line'' from Spain. | ||
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