Artisan Entertainment Clip-On Library

1981–1985

Prevues of Coming Attractions FHE, USA, etc

Bumper: A white ray of light flashes on the space background and a spinning gray film reel moves towards us. Then, the words "PREVUES OF COMING ATTRACTIONS" in a pink font fly from the top (with a trail of white sparkles following them) and stop at the reel on the center of the screen. Afterwards, the reel (which takes over the entire screen) flies off and the words vanish.

FX/SFX: All primitive Scanimate animation.

Music/Sounds: A funky synth jingle with whoosh sounds.

Availability: Seen on pre-1985 tapes of Caballero Control Corporation, Family Home Entertainment, U.S.A. Home Video and Monterey Home Video titles such as the Ruby-Spears version of Beauty and the Beast and Beatlemania: The Movie. It's also on Warner Home Video releases from 1982 such as Rollover.

1985–1988?

Also Available From Family Home Entertainment ID

Bumper: An orange square containing the words "also AVAILABLE from" fills up the screen and remains still for a few seconds before squeezing itself off the screen to make way for the era's FHE logo, which animates and also squeezes itself off the screen.

Variants:

• An extremely rare variant has the "also AVAILABLE from" square squeeze down only partway, with the logo animating above it as a black line separates the two. As the logo squeezes down after finishing, the "also AVAILABLE from" square is revealed to have a black border around it as it floats upward/forward and disappears.
• Another extremely rare variant appears on the 1984 VHS of G.I. Joe, where the fully formed FHE logo fades in, with computerized text underneath it reading:

Family Home Entertainment
proudly presents
the following
SNEAK PREVIEW
from USA Home Video

It then crossfades to the trailer for Supergirl.

FX/SFX: The orange square filling up the screen, then the squeezing and the logo's animation.

Music/Sounds: A few seconds of silence, then the sounds and music of the logo as it animates.

Availability: Seen on Family Home Entertainment releases from the era. The variant was spotted on a release of A Gumby Celebration: Volume 10.

1985–September 17, 1987

Also Available From U.S.A Home Video

Also Available From Monterey Home Video

Bumper: On a colored background, we see a colored version of the company's print logo. Above it is the words "Also AVAILABLE from" in Helvetica font.

Variants:

• On U.S.A. Home Video releases, the background is blue and the logo is yellow.
• On Monterey Home Video releases, the background is grey and the background is green.
• On Family Home Entertainment releases, we see a still FHE logo (lacking the words Family Home Entertainment beneath it) with white lines/dots instead of black ones. Plus the background is grey.
• An animated version of the aforementioned FHE version exists, with the letters writing themselves in.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. It's seen on IVE-distributed Monterey and U.S.A. Home Video tapes from its time, such as Meteor Monster and In the Shadow of Kilimanjaro. The FHE variant is extremely rare, bordering on extinct. It may help to check your old tapes for it as it's unknown where it was seen.

September 24, 1987

Bumper: On a black background is the red words "COMING SOON" in a Cooper Black font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare, having only appeared on the VHS screener of Angel Heart.

October 1, 1987

Bumper: On a black background is white text "ALSO AVAILABLE FROM," and the IVE logo below it.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. This was discovered on a VHS edition of Appointment with Fear, appearing after the movie.

October 8, 1987–May 7, 1996

Bumper: On a black background, one of the below clip-ons appears in a plain white font.

Clip-ons:

• AVAILABLE SOON ON VIDEOCASSETTE
• COMING SOON TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU (This can be found on Iron Eagle II)
• COMING SOON TO THEATERS EVERYWHERE (This can be found on Watchers, after a trailer for Fright Night II)
• COMING THIS SUMMER TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU (This can be found on Johnny Handsome and The Fabulous Baker Boys)
• NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE (This can be found on Happy Together, Lobster Man from Mars, Cold Feet, and Ground Zero)
• COMING SOON ON VIDEOCASSETTE
• ALSO AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE
• Coming Soon On Videocassette (in lowercase)
• Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You (Red-orange BG)
• Available Soon On Videocassette
• Now Available On Videocassette
• "Also Available From (Family Home Entertainment logo)" (here the logo is outlined)

Variants:

• From 1989-1990, the text was in a plain stretched Helvetica Bold font. From 1990-1996, the text was in a font that looks similar to Souvenir. The font varies by tape.
• Sometimes, the text is italicized or in lowercase.
• On the original 1989 VHS release of Stallone: Lock Up, the text is on a blue background. This version is seen before a trailer for Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!.
• In a few instances, the text would appear under a movie's logo.
• On the 1990 VHS of The Fabulous Baker Boys, the text is orangish-yellow. This appears after a trailer for Short Time.
• On the 1990 VHS releases of Twisted Obsession and Martians, Go Home, the background is red gradient. This appears before a trailer for Total Recall.
• On Terminator 2: Judgment Day, the text is in a different font.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None usually, but when it appears at the end of promos, the end of the promo's music plays (except in the case of the promo for Lobster Man from Mars, which has it silent), or the preview music if it appears at the end of one.

Availability: A bit common. It was first shown on IVE tapes with previews such as Deep Star Six and Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!. It was subsequently shown on Live Home Video tapes from the early-to-mid 1990s. Tapes with the "coming soon" variant include Dead Cold, Moon 44, Air America, and Drop Dead Fred. The all-caps "also available" variant can only be seen on the 1991-92 VHS releases of The Palermo Connection, Madonna: Truth or Dare, Narrow Margin, To Protect and Serve, and Megaville, but the lowercase variant is slightly easier to find and can be found on releases such as the 1993 VHS release of Bob Roberts. The FHE variant was spotted on a 1990 VHS release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie. Strangely, no bumpers are seen on some releases from 1992-93, such as Road to Ruin, A House in the Hills, Almost Blue, Just Another Girl on the I.R.T., The Plague (although its 1994 Avid reissue contains them), and When the Party's Over (the 1996 VHS reissue uses the next bumpers).

Editor's Note: The FHE variant's logo cropping makes it look cheap.

October 14, 1992

Bumper: Over a light gray-dark gray-black gradient background of Live Home Video logos, this text, in Futura, scrolls up:

LIVE HOME VIDEO
IS PROUD TO PRESENT
"BASIC INSTINCT"
IN IT'S ORIGINAL VERSION
WITHOUT ANY CUTS
OR CHANGES. THE FILM
THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO
SEE HAS NEVER BEEN SEEN
IN THE UNITED STATES.
HERE AT LAST IS THE
ORIGINAL MOVIE, THE WAY
DIRECTOR PAUL VERHOEVEN
INTENDED IT TO BE SEEN.

IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING
OUR FEATURE PRESENTATION,
PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR THE
ORIGINAL, UNCUT THEATRICAL
TRAILER, AND A VERY SPECIAL
INSIDE LOOK AT
"BASIC INSTINCT"
FEATURING PAUL VERHOEVEN
AND INTERVIEWS WITH STARS
MICHAEL DOUGLAS,
SHARON STONE,
AND
JEANNE TRIPPLEHORN.

AND NOW OUR
FEATURE PRESENTATION....

The scrolling stops at the last sentence.

Technique: The scrolling.

Music/Sounds: A suspense-tinged muzak piece, with a male announcer saying the text.

Availability: Only seen on the 1992 letterbox VHS of Basic Instinct: Director's Cut.

May 7, 1996–August 11, 1998

Coming To A Theatre Near You -Live Entertainment-

Bumper: On a blue background of light blue searchlights, one of the below clip-ons, in a font similar to that of Fantasia, is seen shining and slowly zooming in towards the viewer.

Clip-ons:

• COMING SOON FROM LIVE ENTERTAINMENT
• COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU
• FEATURE PRESENTATION

FX/SFX: The shining, and the zooming.

Music/Sounds: A drumbeat is heard, then an upbeat synthesized fanfare. Brian Cummings says one of the following:

• COMING SOON FROM LIVE ENTERTAINMENT: "Coming soon from Live Entertainment."
• COMING TO A THEATRE NEAR YOU: "Coming soon to a theatre near you."
• FEATURE PRESENTATION: "And now, our feature presentation."

Availability: Common. It can be seen on several Family Home Entertainment VHS releases from the era, such as The Little Drummer Boy, The Littlest Angel, Bruno the Kid: The Animated Movie, and Jesus of Nazareth. It can also be seen on Live Entertainment VHS releases, such as Cutthroat Island (its first appearance), The Substitute, The Arrival, and The Fiancé. The "Coming To A Theatre Near You" variant is a tougher find, but can be found, for example, on The Winner, Last Summer in the Hamptons, and the screener of Joy Ride.

Editor's Note: The music is rather similar to the second half of the theme WNBC used for their news broadcasts in the 1980s.

August 18, 1998–April 11, 2000

Bumper: On a blue/purple rippling background, two blurry silver lines zoom in, and then unblur to reveal themselves as one of the clip-ons below in silver, and in a Times New Roman font, distorted. The clip-on undistorts itself and settles, while the rippling background continues to animate.

Clip-ons:

• Coming Soon To Theatres
• Coming Soon To Videocassette
• Now Available On Videocassette (This can be found on Kipper: Pig's Present and Other Stories, The Great Easter Egg Hunt, Diana: Queen of Hearts, Aftershock: Earthquake in New York, and Animal Farm)
• Now Available On Video And DVD (This can be found on P.T. Barnum and two The Crocodile Hunter compilations, Steve's Most Dangerous Adventures and Greatest Crocodile Captures)
• Feature Presentation

Variant: A promo for Artisan/FHE's 1999 Christmas Collection has the bumper fading out to the beginning of it with a ring of logos from the era.

FX/SFX: The rippling of the background, the zooming in and unblurring of the clip-on, and the clip-on undistorting.

Music/Sounds: None.

Music/Sounds Variant: On the Christmas Collection promo variant, Brian Cummings says the onscreen text, then as the bumper fades to the ring of logos, the promo's music starts playing.

Availability: Seen on Artisan Entertainment releases from the era, such as the 1998 VHS release of Terminator 2: Judgement Day. The Christmas Collection version can be seen on the 1998 VHS of The Littlest Angel and the 1999 VHS of It's a Wonderful Life, as well as other tapes advertised in the promo like Jingle Bells.

1998–March 23, 1999

Bumper: On a black background, the gray 3D text "COMING SOON ONLY IN THEATRES" zooms in.

FX/SFX: The zoom-in, as well as a very quick fade in and fade out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. It appears on the VHS releases of The Substitute and Ringmaster.

May 16, 2000–2011

Bumper: On a black background, a white-bordered glass-like frame with one of the clip-ons below is backwards and flips horizontally to face the viewer. The clip-on zooms out slightly until the frame flips forward and disappears.

Clip-ons:

• COMING SOON TO THEATRES
• COMING SOON TO VIDEO & DVD
• COMING SOON TO VIDEOCASSETTE
• COMING SOON TO DVD
• NOW IN THEATRES (This can be found on Good Advice, the 2003 reissue of Stargate, Lord of War, and Fred: The Movie)
• NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEO & DVD
• NOW AVAILABLE ON VIDEOCASSETTE
• NOW AVAILABLE ON DVD
• FEATURE PRESENTATION

Variant: The "FEATURE PRESENTATION" clip-on animates almost in reverse: the frame flips backward to face the viewer and settles while the clip-on zooms out slightly. Soon after it settles, it flips to the left and disappears off the screen.

FX/SFX: The glass-like frame flipping. This is all computer animation.

Music/Sounds: A brief whoosh, a "clang," what sounds like a deep-pitched inhale, and then finally another whoosh. Also, a quiet note is held through it or sometimes no quiet note at all.

Music/Sounds Variant: In some cases, this bumper is silent, usually on Lionsgate releases.

Availability: Seen on Artisan Entertainment VHS releases from 2000-03, starting with The Breaks and Felicia's Journey. From 2004-11, this continued to be used on some Lionsgate releases, starting with Party Animals.

2003–2005

Bumper: The words "FEATURE PRESENTATION" appear on a black background. Unlike the previous bumper, the words are arranged horizontally.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Artisan Entertainment and Family Home Entertainment VHS releases from the era.