20th Century Studios Home Entertainment Warning Screens

United States of America and Canada

Main article: 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment Warning Screens/United States of America and Canada

Europe and Oceania

United Kingdom

1978–1980

Warning: On a red background, we see white warning text like this:

THE COPYRIGHT PROPRIETOR HAS LICENSED THIS FILM FOR PRIVATE HOME USE ONLY AND ANY OTHER USE INCLUDING MAKING COPIES OF THE FILM, CAUSING IT TO BE SEEN OR HEARD IN PUBLIC OR BROADCASTING IT OR CAUSING IT TO BE TRANSMITTED TO SUBSCRIBERS TO A DIFFUSION SERVICE OR SELLING, LETTING ON HIRE OR OTHERWISE DEALING WITH IT IN WHOLE OR IN PART, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Only found on early Magnetic Video pre-cert releases, like 100 Rifles.

1980–1982

Warning: On a black background, we see warning text that goes like this:

Magnetic Video The copyright proprietor has licensed this film for private home use only and any other use including making copies of the film, causing it to be seen or heard in public or broadcasting it, or causing it to be transmitted to subscribers to a diffusion service or service, letting on hire or otherwise dealing with it in whole or in part is strictly prohibited.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: It can be found on the Magnetic Video pre-cert release of Alien.

1982–1993

Warning: On a black background, we see the following warning text in a white Helvetica font:

The copyright proprietor has licensed the picture contained in this videocassette for private home use only and prohibits any other use, copying, reproduction or performance in public, in whole or in part.

Variant: Laserdiscs had the words "contained in this videocassette" replaced with "recorded on this video disc."

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A stoic man (which is also the same man that provides the 20th Century Fox Video UK voiceover) reads the warning text out loud. Sometimes, it is silent.

Availability: Extremely rare. It can be seen at the end of 20th Century Fox Video UK pre-certs, such as The St. Valentine's Day Massacre, The Desert Fox, Star Wars, The Janitor (known as Eyewitness in the US/Canada), and Chariots of Fire. Also on most tapes from other independent home video companies, whose releases were distributed by (CBS/)Fox, such as Entertainment in Prime Time, Minstrel Entertainments, Nickelodeon Pictures, Avatar Communications, Odyssey Video, Psycho Video, Curzon Video and (only at the end of) VCL/Merlin Video. Alternatively, it is also seen on releases by Carlton Video, New Age Entertainment, Manga Video, and, most notably, High Fliers Video Distribution. The Laserdisc variant appeared on the original CBS/Fox Video UK Laserdisc of Star Wars.

Editor's Note: Even though this warning screen was dropped by 20th Century Fox Video by the start of 1983, several of the aforementioned home video companies, their releases distributed by CBS/Fox Video, would continue to use this as their warning screen.

Autumn 1983–1984

Warning: On a black background, the name of the film or TV series/episode title (which varies based on the tape) types in. Afterwards the warning text types in like this:

The copyright proprietor has licensed the picture contained in this videocassette for private home use only and prohibits any other use, copying, reproduction or performance in public in whole or in part. --- This product is manufactured, distributed and marketed solely by CBS/FOX VIDEO LIMITED.

Everything is blue with a white outline.

Variant: At the end of tapes, the completed warning screen just fades in and out.

FX/SFX: The warning text typing in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen on old pre-cert VHS releases, like Table for Five and Judas Priest Live. It also appears on very early pre-cert VHS releases from Odyssey Video, such as The Red Baron, and later Minstrel Entertainments releases, such as She's in the Army Now!

1984

Warning: On a black background, we see the name of the film or TV series/episode title (which varies based on the tape) typing in in black with a white outline. Then a red line appears, and we see a teal warning text, which appears to be in a longer script than before reading:

The copyright proprietor has licensed this picture and all other material featured in this videocassette for private home use only and prohibits any other use, copying, reproduction or performance in public in whole or in part.

Then it fades out to make room for the next screen:

This product is manufactured, distributed and marketed solely by CBS/FOX VIDEO LIMITED

Closing Variant: At the end of the film, the completed first warning screen simply fades in and out.

FX/SFX: Same as before, only for the opening variant.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This was also very short-lived. Seen on the UK VHS releases of The Empire Strikes Back, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and Porky's II: The Next Day.

December 1984–2006

Warning: We see the Warning text scrolling up. On a black background, like the previous warning, the name of the film or TV program/episode title appearing on the tape appears in yellow. Below it is teal warning text reading:

THE COPYRIGHT PROPRIETOR HAS LICENSED
THIS PICTURE AND ALSO OTHER MATERIAL
FEATURED IN THIS VIDEO-CASSETTE FOR
PRIVATE HOME USE ONLY AND PROHIBITS
ANY OTHER USE, COPYING, REPRODUCTION
OR PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC, IN WHOLE OR
IN PART.

Variants:

• This notice at the bottom of the text was changed various times: "THIS PRODUCT IS MANUFACTURED, DISTRIBUTED AND MARKETED SOLELY BY..."
  • 1984–1991: "...CBS/FOX Video Limited." (here, the text isn't entirely capitalised)
  • 1991–1995: "...FOX VIDEO LIMITED."
  • 1994–1997: "...FOX GUILD HOME ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED."
  • 1995–2006: "...TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED."
  • 1997–2003: "...FOX PATHÉ HOME ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED."
• In the CBS/FOX era, the title faded in and remained at the top (sometimes very top) throughout the warning. On earlier titles, the warning scroll was in a bluer font, and scrolled up at a choppier rate; in this version of the bumper, "PROPRIETOR" is misspelled as "PROPRIETER".
• The font varies. From 1984 to 1994, the font was in Helvetica. From 1992 to 2001, the font was in Futura. From 1998 to 2005 a condensed Futura-ish font was used. Sometimes two fonts are used at once (the title using one and the scroll using another).
• Some releases of black and white material have the entire warning text in white.
• In some cases, the title isn't in italics.
• In some rare cases (such as the VHSs of The Simpsons Against the World and Anastasia), no italics are used.
• MGM Home Entertainment releases from 1999-2005 used this warning, though the manufacturing notice at the bottom is omitted.
• On releases from Summer-Autumn and December of 2005-2006, the title and warning text, which are now darker in colour, are in a different font and less condensed.
• Releases throughout the majority of Autumn 2005 have massively oversized title text, in an Arial font (which is also used for the warning scroll).

FX/SFX: The warning text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: Almost all the time, none.

Music/Sounds Variants:

• On Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Home Alone and the 1991 reissue of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the screen is pasted over the black screen at the end of the film, with the end music still playing.
• On Subway, the start of the trailer for Bad Medicine plays over the very end of the screen.

Availability: By far, more common than any of the previous warning screens. It is found on practically every 20th Century Fox VHS release in the UK at both the start and the end, and later appeared on MGM Home Entertainment and Pathé VHS releases as well. Use the film titles as shown in the above pictures as some examples of where you can find it.

Editor's Note: On rare occasions, the titles would suffer from typos. On the British VHS issue of Myra Breckinridge, the title appears as Myra Breckenridge at the start of the tape, whereas the end of the tape instead reads Myra Breckenbridge. Releases of the first The Simpsons Collection VHSs also suffered incorrect phrasings of the episodes. One such example is instead of "Life on the Fast Lane", the episode's working title, "Bjorn to be Wild", was used at the end of the tape, despite the actual title appearing at the start. Also see the Aliens: Special Edition image above.

1999–2010

TCFHE (1999-2005)

TCFHE (2005-2010)

TCFHE (Blu-ray)

MGM (2000-2001)

MGM (2006-2010)

Digimon: The Movie variant

Warning: On a black background, we see white warning text in Helvetica, with "UK & IRELAND" in red above it.

Variants:

• Starting in 2005, "UK & IRELAND" is replaced with "WARNING".
• On 20th Century Fox releases, the company name is listed as "Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc."
• On MGM releases from 2000-01, the company name is "MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) Ltd.", but from 2006-10, the company name is "Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc."
• On Blu-rays from 2006-10, the text is rearranged, and "WARNING" is replaced with "ENGLISH"'.
• On the UK DVD of Digimon: The Movie, the fonts are different, the text is center-aligned, "UK" is expanded to "UNITED KINGDOM," "Warning" is in all-caps, and there is an extra gap before "Sales and/or rental rights for this DVD are specified on the original packaging of this DVD."

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and MGM Home Entertainment DVDs.

• Originally, it appeared at the start of DVDs, but starting in 2004, it was moved to the end.
• Pathé DVDs do not feature this warning, instead just using their own warning screen.
• From 2009-10, it was used in tandem with the 2009 warning, with one of its last appearances being on the 2010 UK DVD of Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel.

Editor's Note: When this warning screen retired, the 2009 warning screen took its place at the end of releases, while the FACT penalties warnings remained at the start until the 2013 warning screen debuted. Also like the HBO Video warnings, it says "editing."

2012-2020

Warning: On a black background, we see this text in white:

THIS IS COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL. RIPPING/COPYING, DISTRIBUTING OR PUBLICLY
EXHIBITING IT WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION MAY SUBJECT YOU TO CRIMINAL
PUNISHMENT AND OTHER PENALTIES.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common. This was seen on UK DVDs and Blu-rays of 2010s Fox films and TV shows, as well as 2013-2017 DreamWorks Animation films, after pressing "PLAY" from the menu.

Australia and New Zealand

1978–1982

Warning: Same as the UK warning.

Variant: In later years, the text was arranged differently.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on all Australian Magnetic Video titles from 1978 to 1982, including Hello Dolly!, Girls Girls Girls and The Eagle Has Landed.

1982–Autumn 1983

Warning: On a blue background is a large yellow "WARNING" with black drop shadow. Below it, white generic warning text, also with black drop shadow, scrolls up. When the text fully disappears, it cuts to either black or the 20th Century Fox Video logo.

FX/SFX: The text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: Relaxing bright elevator music plays in the background. An announcer reads the text out loud, except for "(RESOLUTION ADOPTED AT INTERPOL GENERAL ASSEMBLY, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, SEPTEMBER 8, 1977)".

Availability: Found on Magnetic Video, 20th Century Fox-Video, and early CBS/Fox Video releases in Australia. On Magnetic titles, it appeared at the end rather than the beginning.

Autumn 1983–1987

Warnings:

• Autumn 1983-1984: On a light blue background is a large yellow "WARNING" with black outline. Below it, yellow INTERPOL warning text, also with black outline, scrolls up. When the text fully disappears, it fades to black.
• 1984-1987: On the same background as the 1984 CBS/Fox Video logo, a large light blue "WARNING" fades in at the top. Underneath it, light blue INTERPOL warning text scrolls up. After the scrolling is done, "WARNING" fades out.

Variant: There is an alternate variant in a ITC Lubalin Graph font with rephrased wording. In some cases, this is used on the same tape as the standard version.

FX/SFX: The fading of "WARNING", the text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None, although the releases from Autumn 1983 to 1984 has the same audio from the previous warning, only slightly shortened, since the warning fades out earlier.

Availability: Found on Australian CBS/Fox Video releases from the era, such as Author! Author!, Being There, Borderline, Breaker! Breaker!, The Choirboys, The Empire Strikes Back, The Grapes of Wrath, I Ought to be in Pictures, Joysticks, Julia (1977), Monsignor, My Bodyguard, Peeper, Porky's, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Saturn 3, The Star Chamber, Table for Five, Torchlight, and Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?.

1986–1995

Warning: This is basically a generic warning screen that was used since 1986.

Variant: In New Zealand, the text and font are different.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Found on later CBS/Fox Video releases such as Enemy Mine, The Buddy System, Savage Streets, Cocoon: The Return, The Jewel of the Nile, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Aliens, Alien Nation (the New Zealand variant having been found on its NZ release), Act of Piracy, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Broadcast News, Worth Winning, Jack's Back, The 13th Floor, Crimes of the Heart, The Lamp, License to Drive, Mob Boss, Ultraman II, Weeds, Wall Street, The War of the Roses, Lucas, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, King Kong Lives, Predator 2, Nadine, Renegades, Bride of Re-Animator, Basket Case II, Warning Sign, Downtown, Death Flash, The Bedroom Window, Stormquest, Can-Can (1960), Circleman, Aloha Summer, The Lilac Bus, Turtle Diary, Hangmen, Neon Maniacs, Nightbreed, Legend of the White Horse, Million Dollar Infield, Mio In The Land Of Faraway, Nightwish, Silk, Separate Vacations, Moon 44, and Commando (re-release) as well as most Fox Video releases, such as Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Lost in Space: Volume 1, The Good Son, Edward Scissorhands, Sleeping with the Enemy, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secrets of the Ooze, Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992), Terror in the Night, Royce, Dead Silence, Bob Roberts, Scanners III: The Takeover, Scanner Cop, Hot Shots!, Hot Shots! 2, Distant Cousins, Mississippi Masala, Martial Outlaw, Rising Sun, Bounty Tracker, Prelude to a Kiss, Sometimes They Come Back, Grand Canyon, Mrs. Doubtfire, The Counterfeit Contessa, The Super, Hardware, Joshua Tree, The Beverly Hillbillies, Rookie of the Year, The Waterdance, Once Upon A Forest, Frankenstein: The College Years, Jump (1991), Marked for Death, Miller's Crossing, For the Boys, and NBA Jam Session.

1995–1999

Warning: On a black-blue gradient background, we see the yellow text "WARNING" appears. Different Australian script from before scrolling up below warning.

FX/SFX: The scrolling up.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Found on all Fox Video and 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment releases with the 1st international logo such as (In alphabetical order) Alien Resurrection, Anastasia, Baby's Day Out, Miracle on the 34th Street, The Anniversary (1968), Baby's Day Out, Braveheart, Bushwhacked, Bye Bye Love, Carousel, Casper: A Spirited Beginning, Casper Meets Wendy, Conan the Barbarian (1982), Courage Under Fire, Crazy Hong Kong, Digital Man, Down Periscope, Dr. Dolittle, Dunston Checks In, The Edge, Far From Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog, Ferngully: The Last Rainforest, The Full Monty, Gargantua, Goosebumps: Night of the Living Dummy III, Guyver: Dark Hero, Home Alone 3, In the Shadow of Evil, The King and I, The Lipstick Camera, Lost in Space Volume 17, Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: The Movie, Miracle on the 34th Street, Murder in the First, The Night Flier, Nine Months, Oscar and Lucinda, Picture Perfect, Plughead Rewired: Circuitry Man II, Polish Wedding, Power Rangers in Space, Power Rangers in Space: Mission to the Secret City, Rusty: The Great Rescue, She's the One, The Simpsons, Smilla's Feeling of Snow, Soul Food, Speed 2: Cruise Control, Star Wars: A New Hope, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, Stealing Beauty, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Tomorrow Man, Top Dog, Trapped in Paradise, The Truth About Cats & Dogs, Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie, The Van, Volcano, Wagons East, Waiting to Exhale, A Walk in the Clouds, Warriors, The Wiggles Movie, The X-Files: The Movie and Young Frankenstein.

Editor's Note: Like the HBO Video warnings, it says "EDITING."

1999–2005

Warning: On a black background, we see the words "WARNING" in white. The same warning text from before appears scrolling up.

FX/SFX: Same as above.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Fox tapes in Australia with the 2nd international logo.

Editor's Note: Same as the last warning.

1999–2009

Warning: Same as the UK warning, but "UK & IRELAND" is replaced by "AUSTRALIA", "All other rights are reserved." is shortened to "All other rights reserved.", and "Warning:" and "outside the EU" are removed.

Variant: Sometimes, the company may vary on the DVD, as either "Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc." or as "MGM Home Entertainment, Inc.".

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Found at the end of Australian DVDs. Also appeared on some UK DVDs, like Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith and X-Men.

Editor's Note: Same as the 4th warning.

2009–2020

Warning: Same as the 2009 American Blu-ray warning.

Variants:

• Sometimes, the company may vary on the DVD, as either "Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment LLC" or as "Metro-Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Inc.".
• An early variant is the same as the UK variant, but the word "ENGLISH" is replaced by "AUSTRALIA", and "outside the European Union" and the comma between the words "Entertainment" and "LLC" are both removed.

FX/SFX: Same as the 2009 American Blu-ray warning.

Music/Sounds: Same as the 2009 American Blu-ray warning.

Availability: Seen at the end of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-ray discs. The early variant appears on at least one early Blu-ray release.

Editor's Note: Same as the 4th warning.

France

1989

Warning: On a blue background, we see "ATTENTION" enclosed in a white box, with French warning text below.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This was found on a European French VHS of Say Anything.

1990-93

Warning: On a blue background, we see "EDV 18" for a second or two before it cuts to warning text.

Variant: Later tapes feature rearranged warning text, and have the "EDV 18" screen run for longer.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on European-French CBS/Fox videocassettes from the era, such as The Empire Strikes Back and The Running Man.

1993–97

Warning: On a purple gradient background, we see "ATTENTION" with French warning text below. It fades out, and "EDV 18" later fades in on the same background.

FX/SFX: The fading.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on European-French Fox videocassettes, such as Destins Brisés.

1997–2003

Warning: On a black-dark grey-black background, we see the following text:

L'OEUVRE FIXÉE SUR CE SUPPORT
EST EXCLUSIVEMENT DESTINÉE
Á L'USAGE PRIVÉ DANS LE CADRE
DU CERCLE FAMILIAL.
TOUTE AUTRE UTILISATION
(REPRODUCTION, PRÊT, ÉCHANGE,
DIFFUSION EN PUBLIC AVEC OU SANS
PERCEPTION DE DROIT D'ENTRÉE,
TÉLÉDIFFUSION, EN PARTIE
OU EN TOTALITÉ, EXPORTATION
SANS AUTORISATION)
EST STRICTEMENT INTERDITE,
SOUS PEINE DE POURSUITES JUDICIAIRES.

It fades out, and "EDV 18 - DIV 297" later fades in on the same background.

Variant: On a 2001 promotional tape of Titan A.E., a timecode is in the upper right corner.

FX/SFX: The fading.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on European-French TCFHE/MGM VHS releases, such as She's the One.

1999–2010, 2011

VHS variant, 1

VHS variant, 2

Début de VHS Crimes et Pouvoir (2002-2003)-2

(skip to 8:39)

Warning: Same as the British DVD warning, but the text is replaced by the following:

FRANCE

ATTENTION: Le détenteur des droits a concédé une licence sur ce DVD (y compris sa bande sonore) pour une utilisation privée dans un cadre strictement familial. Tous autres droits sont réservés. L'utilisation privée dans un cadre strictement familial exclut tous usages de ce DVD dans des lieux tels que les clubs, les autobus, les hôpitaux, les hôtel, les plates-formes pétrolières, les prisons et les établissements scolaires. Tout montage, reproduction, location, échange, prêt, représentation publique et/ou diffusion de ce DVD, en partie ou en totalité, sans autorisation, sont strictement interdits et toute violation pourra donner lieu à une action en responsabilité civile et à des poursuites pénales. Ce DVD ne peut être exporté, commercialisé ou distribué en dehors de l'Union Européenne sans une licence adéquate de Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. La possibilité de vendre et/ou de louer ce DVD est spécifiée sur l'emballage d'origine de ce DVD. EDV 18

Variants:

• A rare DVD variant has the following changes:
  • The word "les" is added after "Tous".
  • "tous usages" is singularized to "tout usage".
  • "EDV 18" is changed to "EVD 18/DIV 297"
  • Text saying that the DVD is not for rental and contact information for ALPA is below it.
• Both the normal and alternate variants have VHS versions that remove the "FRANCE" header, replace all instances of the word "DVD" with "vidéogramme" and feature the same changes as the alternate variant. The alternate variant also replaces "DVD INTERDIT A LA LOCATION" with "CASSETTE INTERDITE À LA LOCATION".
• On 2003 Fox DVDs that include the French language such as "28 Days Later", the EDV/DIV codes were added under both sentences, and different ALPA contact text is used.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on most European/Australian Fox DVDs that include the French language, as well as later French VHS releases such as Solaris and Robots. This can be seen on the PAL French-Benelux/Dutch DVD (if language is set to French) (which was released by TCFHE) of Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World right after the BAF Brein warning and the Kijkwijzer rating bumper. In France, Master and Commander was released by Universal Pictures.

Spain

1991-1995

Warning: Same as the Spanish RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video warning.

Variant: On Alien, Home Alone, and the original Star Wars trilogy, the text is in gray.

FX/SFX: The scrolling.

Music/Sounds: A male voiceover reading the scrolling text.

Availability: Seen on European Spanish tapes with the 1991 and 1993 Fox Video logos, such as The Desert Rats, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, and Speed.

1995-2006

Braveheart (1ªParte) (VHS)-2

Warning: We fade in on a white background, with blue warning text scrolling up.

FX/SFX: The scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on European Spanish tapes with the 1995 and 1999 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logos, such as Braveheart, Titanic, Home Alone 2, and X-Men.

1999-2010

Warning: Same as the UK DVD warning, but the warning text is in Castilian-Spanish.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on European Spanish DVDs from the era, such as Big and Home Alone 3.

2010-2020

Warning: Same as the American Blu-ray warning, but the warning text is translated to Castilian-Spanish.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen at the end of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Italy

1980s–1995

Warning: Over the Fox Video logo of the period, we see the white warning typing in, with an additional block (featuring a small FoxVideo logo) scrolling in underneath.

Variant: CBS/Fox releases instead used their own logo, and featured the text in a different font and in yellow.

FX/SFX: The warning text animating.

Music/Sounds: Typewriter clicks when the warning types in, and an electronic whoosh sound when it scrolls. Some releases like Star Wars have it silent.

Availability: Seen on (CBS/)Fox Video releases in Italy.

1990s

Warning: On a black-blue gradient background, we see white warning text in Italian. It quickly fades out, and then more text fades in, staying on-screen longer than the earlier text.

FX/SFX: The fading.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This was found on an Italian VHS of One Fine Day.

1995–1999

Warning: On the background of the TCFHE logo from the era, twelve small copies of it are shown on screen. The middle row fades out, and yellow warning text begins to scroll.

FX/SFX: The middle row fading, the text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: This was found on Italian tapes of Strange Days and Anastasia.

1999–2006

Warning: Over a still of the international TCFHE logo, white warning text scrolls up. Then, a while later, "VIETATO IL NOLEGGIO" scrolls up and stops at the very bottom.

FX/SFX: The fading and scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Italian Fox tapes from the era, such as The Transporter, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, and Ice Age: The Meltdown.

Germany

1982

Warning: On a black background is the following text:

Der film auf dieser Bildplatte wurde vom Urheberrechtinhaber ausschliesslich zum privaten Gebrauch zu Hause freigegeben. Jede andere Verwendung, Vervielfältigung, Reproduktion oder öffentliche Vorführung als Ganzes oder teilweise ist verboten.

Technique: A still, computerized graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Only known to have appeared on a German LaserDisc of Alien.

Early 1990s-2000s?

Warning: On a black background, white German warning text is shown.

Variant:

• An early variant features the following differences:
  • The text is in a different font and arranged differently.
  • The words "ausschliesslich" and "verstösst" are spelled as "ausschließlich" and "verstößt".
  • "Jede andere Benutzung wie" is followed by a comma.
  • The words "zum Beispiel" are abbreviated to "z.B.".
  • The phrase "jeglicher Art" follows the word "Vorführung" and is replaced by "jeder Art".
• Later tapes using this warning have the warning text fade out to make room for "Kaufcassette ohne Vermietrecht!".

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

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on German Fox tapes from the era, such as Rising Sun.

1999-2010

Warning: Basically a German translation of the current UK warning.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on German DVDs, such as Thumbelina, and on Spanish DVDs before the Spanish variant.

2009-2020

Warning: Basically a German translation of the American Blu-ray warning.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen at the end of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

2001-2006

Warning: Superimposed over a still version of the international TCFHE logo with the clouds still moving and the half-circle moving, we see the white word "WARNUNG" with the warning text below. Soon after, the text fades out and "KAUFKASSETTE KEIN VERMIETRECHT" fades in, with the background still in place.

Variant: A later variant that appears in later releases has the following differences:

• The background, while mostly being the same, is styled differently.
• All of the text is in a different, bolder font, and arranged differently.
• The word "WARNUNG" is now red and aligned to the left, and the colon following it is removed.
• The word "nichtgewerbliche" is separated into "nicht gewerbliche".
• The word "Lizensgeber" is spelled "Lizenzgeber".
• The phrase "außerhalb der Europäischen Gemeinschaft" is replaced by "außerhalb der EU".

FX/SFX: The fading, the clouds moving.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare. Seen on German TCFHE tapes of the era, such as The Whole Nine Yards and Ice Age.

Greece

1980s

Warning: On a black background, we see warning text aligned to the left.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on most CBS/Fox Video VHS releases in Greece.

Poland

1995–2006

See Imperial Entertainment Warning Screens.

Bulgaria

1990s–2006

Same as the May Star Film Warning Screens at the time.

Latin America

Mexico

1997–1999

Warning: On a silvery outline of the international TCFHE logo, three separate blocks of warning text fade in and out.

FX/SFX: The fading.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Appears on Mexican TCFHE videotapes from the era, such as Banjo the Woodpile Cat and The Simpsons: Bart Wars.

1999–2006

Warning: After a white screen, yellow and purple semicircles slide away to reveal a color-changing (blue, then green, and so on) misty background with searchlights shining across. "ADVERTENCIA" slowly zooms in. Then these words quickly zoom towards the screen: "Producción," "Reproducción," "Almacenamiento," "Transportación," "Distribución," "Venta," and "Renta." We then fade to a full-fledged warning screen, with a bar scrolling down behind it showing the 1994 TCF logo playing forwards, then in reverse. The first scene plays again, except the text "No a la piratería" zooms in. The scene plays once more, except the semicircles don't disappear and the text zooming in reads "Asociación Mexicana de Video." Finally, the semicircles close.

FX/SFX: The semicircles, the text, the searchlights, the background, and the TCF logo.

Music/Sounds: A mysterious tune with a male announcer reading most of the text.

Availability: Appears on Mexican TCFHE videotapes from the era, such as The Abyss, Ice Age, The Devil's Backbone, and Robots.

2000-2020

Warning: On a black background, we see a red "ADVERTENCIA," with white warning text underneath.

Variant: On later releases, the warning is the same as the American warning, but the warning text is translated to Latin American-Spanish.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Latin American DVDs of the era, such as Die Hard, and at the end of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Brazil

2000-2006

Warning: On a faded background of the international 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment logo, which is frozen in place, we see the word "ADVERTÊNCIA" underlined in yellow and below it is the warning text.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. So far, seen on a 2002 Brazilian VHS release of Ice Age (A Era Do Gelo).

2000-2020

Warning: On a black background, we see a red "ADVERTENCIA," with white warning text underneath.

Variant: On later releases, the warning is the same as the American warning, but the warning text is translated to Brazilian-Portuguese.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Brazilian DVDs of the era, such as Die Hard, and at the end of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-ray discs.

Asia

Japan

Mid-1980s–1995

Warning: On a light blue background, the INTERPOL warning scrolls up in Japanese.

FX/SFX: The warning text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Japanese tapes from (CBS/)Fox Video.

1995–2007

Warning: On a lilac blue background, we see the white text in Japanese. Everything is in white color and in black outline.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Japanese retail and rental tapes from 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment.

2000–2020

Warning: On a blue gradient background, we see the white text in Japanese. Everything is in white color and in black outline.

FX/SFX: The text fading.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on Japanese Fox DVDs and Blu-ray Discs of the era.

Hong Kong, the Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand

2010-2020

Warning: Same as the American Blu-ray warning, where the text is in English, Chinese or Thai.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen at the end of 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVDs and Blu-ray discs. In Hong Kong, it includes the Cantonese language. In the Philippines, it also features the Philippine English language. In Singapore, it also features the Singaporean English language. In Taiwan, it includes the Traditional Chinese language. In Thailand, it includes the Thai language.

Editor's Note: Like the HBO Video warnings, it says "editing."

South Korea

1994–1999

Opening to Seven 1996 South Korean VHS

Warning: We quickly fade in to a blue background, with Korean text on the top and bottom. In the middle, more warning text scrolls up.

FX/SFX: The text scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Found on South Korean VHS releases, such as Seven.

Early 2000's–2004

Warning: TBA

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Found on South Korean VHS releases of X-Men, The Simpsons: Too Hot for TV and Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

2004–2011

Warning: Same as the latest Korean generic warning from post-2004.

Variant: Same as the latest Korean generic warning from post-2004.

FX/SFX: The zooming and scrolling.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Found on South Korean VHS releases, such as Horton Hears a Who!, Knight and Day, Night at the Museum 1 and 2, X-Men: 2, 3 and 4, Avatar, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem, Hitman, The A-Team, Sunshine and Alvin and the Chipmunks.

2011-2020

TBA.