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• 1.1 1984–1986
• 1.2 August 29, 1986–1988
• 2.1 1992–January 17, 1995; November 16, 1999
• 2.2 February 7, 1995–March 14, 2006

Embassy Home Entertainment/Nelson Entertainment

Bumper : On a colored background, we see the following text in a plain font:

• COMING ATTRACTION
• AVAILABLE NOW AT A THEATER NEAR YOU, DECEMBER 1984
• AVAILABLE TO VIDEOCASSETTE IN AUGUST
• COMING TO YOU IN VIDEOCASSETTE IN MARCH 1985
• COMING TO YOU ON VIDEOCASSETTE, APRIL 24, 1985
• COMING TO YOU IN VIDEO CASSETTE. AUGUST 1985
• COMING ATTRACTION FROM EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT, AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE NOVEMBER, 1985
• (NAME OF MOVIE), AVAILABLE FROM EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT
• (NAME OF MOVIE), AVAILABLE FROM CHARTER ENTERTAINMENT
• On Children of the Corn and Special Effects , the text is in a Helvetica Italic font on a plain blue background.
• On Land of the Lost, Vol. 1 , the text is in a Souvenir Italic font on a purple background.
• On The Graduate , the text is on a blue background, with two red lines above and below the text, with a black or blue bar behind it.
• On the 1985 VHS of Phantasm , the text is in a Handel Gothic font on a silver-light blue gradient background.
• On later releases like The Emerald Forest , and an alternate print of The Dirt Bike Kid , it appears on a black background with a computerized font.

FX/SFX : None or the fades.

Music/Sounds : None.

Availability : Seen on earlier Embassy Home Entertainment titles from 1984 to 1986, including the titles mentioned above.

August 29, 1986–1988

Bumper : On a blue marble background is:

FX/SFX : None.

Availability : Rare. Seen on Charter Entertainment pressings with previews such as Keeping Track , Fire and Ice , and Fair Game . It also appears on certain Embassy Home Entertainment pressings with previews, such as Winners Take All , Defense of the Realm , and The Stepfather . It also appears on early Nelson releases like a copy of The Princess Bride , as well as Hope and Glory and Crazy Moon . This bumper debuted on the 1986 VHS of The Supernaturals .

New Line Home Video/Entertainment

1992–january 17, 1995; november 16, 1999.

Bumper : On a black background, we see one of the following clip-ons.

• Coming Soon To A (Motion Picture) Theatre Near You
• Now Playing At A Theatre Near You
• Coming Soon From New Line Home Video
• Now Available From New Line Home Video
• Depending on the release, the text can vary in font and capitalization.
• On the 1999 VHS of Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me , after the JVC Digital CyberCam advert, the screen says " If you purchased this video, look for exciting offers from JVC and others inside the enclosed savings booklet. Offers expire 7/31/2000 ".

FX/SFX : A fade-in and a fade-out.

Availability : Common. Seen on New Line Home Video/Columbia TriStar VHS releases from its inception in 1992 to 1995. It was last seen on The Mask , New Line's first tape under their two-year deal with Turner as well as the only Turner-era NLHV VHS to contain this bumper.

February 7, 1995–March 14, 2006

Bumper : Same as before, except the announcements now appear over the New Line Home Video/Entertainment filmbox:

• Coming Soon To A Motion Picture Theatre Near You (1995-2006)
• Now Playing At A Motion Picture Theatre Near You (1995-2006)
• Coming Soon From New Line Home Video (1995-2001)
• Now Available From New Line Home Video (1995-2001)
• Coming Soon From New Line Home Entertainment (2001-2006)
• Now Available From New Line Home Entertainment (2001-2006)
• Feature Presentation (1995-2006)
• In Theaters Holiday 2001 (2001)
• Coming Soon From New Line Television
• Debuting in 2001, the "Home Video" clip-ons were altered to read "Home Entertainment," as New Line's home media division had changed its name to the latter. With this came a slightly altered font for all clip-ons as well.
• An extremely rare clip-on variant exists where the text says "In Theaters Holiday 2001". It precedes a trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring . Only known to appear on the 2001 VHS releases of Rush Hour 2 and Hedwig and the Angry Inch .
• A very rare "stay tuned" clip-on variant of this bumper exists, wherein the text says "Stay Tuned After Our Feature Presentation." It only appears on select VHS releases as described here .
• A Spanish version of the "Feature Presentation" clip-on exists on Spanish subtitled tapes from the era.

FX/SFX : Same as above.

Music/Sounds : Wendell Craig (who also announced for Nickelodeon) says:

• Coming Soon To A Motion Picture Theatre Near You (1995-2001): "Coming soon to a motion picture theatre near you."
• Now Playing At A Motion Picture Theatre Near You (1995-2001): "Now playing at a motion picture theatre near you."
• Coming Soon From New Line Home Video (1995-2001): "Coming soon from New Line Home Video."
• Now Available From New Line Home Video (1995-2001): "Now available from New Line Home Video."
• Feature Presentation (1995-2001): "And now, our feature presentation."

Music/Sounds Variants :

• It was also like this on the 1995 VHS releases of Corrina, Corrina , Wes Craven's New Nightmare , and Cyborg Soldier , some of the very first releases with the bumper.
• A rare early variant of the 2001 version features Wendell saying just "Coming Soon" or "Now Available" over the "...From New Line Home Entertainment" clip-ons. This can be seen on the 2001 VHS releases of Thirteen Days , State and Main , 15 Minutes , and The Invisible Circus .

Availability : Seen on New Line Home Video/Entertainment VHS releases from the era, as well as demo DVDs. The first tape to use the voiceover variant was Dumb and Dumber , and the last to use the full, unedited voiceovers was Dungeons & Dragons . The last tape to use this bumper in general was A History of Violence , widely regarded as the last VHS ever released (though some major studio titles would be released on analog tape into 2008, albeit either as Disney Movie Club exclusives or only as screener tapes). The Feature Presentation variant is strangely left off the 1999 "Edited for Family Viewing" VHS of The Mask , as well as reissues of older New Line films such as 8 Seconds and Now and Then , the 2002 VHS of Storytelling , and the 2002 screener tape of Happy Campers . The Feature Presentation voiceover variant continued to be used on some demo tapes from 2001-02 ( Life as a House uses the silent version), ending with All About the Benjamins , though it makes a surprise appearance on the 2002 VHS of Brother's Keeper , which otherwise has silent bumpers.

Editor's Notes :

• The early subvariant of the 2001 version awkwardly cuts off the audio of Wendell saying "...from New Line Home Video." In fairness, the edit was done long before the invention of modern audio editing programs, though why it was never re-recorded is unknown.
• Certain clip-on variants of the bumper cut off abruptly, meaning Wendell's voiceover carries into the fadeout. This has been known to occur on both "Motion Picture Theatre" clip-ons.
• 1 Paramount Home Entertainment Warning Screens
• 2 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment Clip-On Library
• 3 Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment Warning Screens/United States of America and Canada

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New Line Home Entertainment (Home Video Bumpers)

• 1.1 1st Bumper (1984-1985)
• 1.2 2nd Bumper (1985)
• 1.3 3rd Bumper (1985)
• 1.4 4th Bumper (1985-1986)
• 1.5 5th Bumper (1987-1988?)
• 2.1 1st Bumper (1992-January 17, 1995)
• 2.2 2nd Bumper (1994-February 14, 2006)

Embassy Home Entertainment/Nelson Entertainment

1st bumper (1984-1985).

Visuals: On a blue background is the white words " AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE IN AUGUST " in a Helvetica font.

• A more specific variant that says " COMING TO YOU ON VIDEO CASSETTE. AUGUST 1985 " exists.
• Before the previews, on Special Effects , the text reads " COMING ATTRACTION ".

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: The 1984 variant appears on Children of the Corn while the 1985 variant appears on Special Effects .

2nd Bumper (1985)

Visuals: On a blue background is a black bar sandwiched by four red lines, with the words " COMING ATTRACTION " inside.

Variant: There is an end-of-preview variant of this bumper, in which the red lines are spaced further apart, the middle section is blue , and the release date for the film advertised is mentioned.

Availability: It is only known to appear on the 1985 Embassy Home Entertainment reprint of The Graduate .

3rd Bumper (1985)

Visuals: On a gray - blue gradient background is the text " AVAILABLE NOW AT A THEATER NEAR YOU DECEMBER 1984 ".

Availability: This appears on the 1985 VHS of Phantasm , after a trailer for The Cotton Club .

4th Bumper (1985-1986)

Visuals: On a black background is the text " COMING ATTRACTION FROM EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT " in a blocky chyroned font, and below it is " AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE NOVEMBER, 1985 ".

Variant: On some tapes like The Dirt Bike Kid , the movie's title appears instead, and below it is " AVAILABLE FROM EMBASSY HOME ENTERTAINMENT " or " AVAILABLE FROM CHARTER ENTERTAINMENT ".

Availability: Seen on Embassy and Charter releases from 1985 to 1986, though most do not show the screen at all. For example, it appears at the end of The Emerald Forest , before a trailer for Marvin & Tige , and an alternate print of The Dirt Bike Kid , after a trailer for Rad .

5th Bumper (1987-1988?)

Visuals: Over a blue marble background is the text " COMING ATTRACTIONS " in red .

Availability: Seen on Charter Entertainment pressings with previews such as Keeping Track . It also appears on certain Embassy Home Entertainment pressings with previews, such as Winners Take All . It also appears on early Nelson releases like a copy of The Princess Bride , as well as Hope and Glory .

New Line Home Video/Entertainment

1st bumper (1992-january 17, 1995).

Visuals: On a black background is one of the following bumpers:

• Coming Soon To A (Motion Picture) Theatre Near You
• Now Playing At A (Motion Picture) Theatre Near You
• Coming Soon From New Line Home Video/Entertainment
• Now Available From New Line Home Video/Entertainment

Availability: Seen on New Line Home Video/Columbia TriStar (as well as early Turner) VHS releases from its inception in 1992 to 1995. It was last seen on The Mask .

2nd Bumper (1994-February 14, 2006)

Visuals: Same as the previous bumpers, except the announcements now appear over the New Line Home Video filmbox. There also exists a variant with " Feature Presentation ".

Variant: Starting in 2001, the text is in a slightly different font.

Audio: Wendell Craig (who was also an announcer for Nickelodeon, Viewer's Choice, and American Movie Classics) reading the on-screen text.

Audio Variants:

• On the "Feature Presentation" bumper, Wendell says "And now, our feature presentation".
• Starting in 2001, the ID is silent. It was also like this on the earliest tapes with this bumper, such as the 1995 VHS of Corrina, Corrina (the first release with the bumper).
• A rare early variant of the 2001 version features Wendell saying just "Coming Soon" or "Now Available." This can be seen on the 2001 VHS of State and Main .

Availability: Seen on New Line Home Video/Entertainment VHS releases from the era. The last tape to use this was A History of Violence , widely regarded as the last VHS ever released (though some titles would be released on analog tape as far as a 2007 pressing of Eragon , albeit in smaller runs).

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