Buena Vista/Walt Disney Modified Screens

Logo descriptions by rjsmith09

Photos by rjsmith09 and X-menthemovieguy95

Editions by XthebiglogofanX

1st Bumper

(March 23, 1994-2000, 2002)

Bumper: On a grass green background (the same as the FBI Warning screens of the era) are the words (in all caps) "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV".

Bumper Variants: There are several variations of this logo:


 * The text reads (in an Arial Narrow font) "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been reformatted to fit your TV and is a colorized version of the original black-and-white film."
 * The text reads (in a Futura Condensed Font) "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV screen and edited for content."
 * The 1995 VHS of The Santa Clause has the text (in a Futura Condensed font) "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV screen." The text is larger and the space in-between the text has been compressed.
 * A longer version of the variant above exists, with "and edited for content" added to the end after "screen".
 * On a 1997 VHS & PPV airing of Evita, it reads "This film as been recomposed from the original version in order to fill; the television screen." in an Arial Narrow font.
 * The text reads (in the same font as the original) "This film has been modified from its original version, and has been edited for content." The background is darker as a result of the LaserDisc quality, and it's reminiscent of the original unlike the one used onThe Santa Clause.

FX/SFX: Just the screen fading in and out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common. Seen on Disney/Touchstone/Miramax/Hollywood/Buena Vista/Dimension releases of the era starting in 1994, such as What's Love Got to Do with It? (the first cassette to use this bumper), Hocus Pocus, and D2: The Mighty Ducks. The first animated features to use this were the first Masterpiece Collection releases like Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Robin Hood. Also seen on the short film compilations The Best of Roger Rabbit and Tiny Toy Stories, as well as the Jim Henson Video release of The Dark Crystal. You can know where this logo will be if you see the words on the back of the videocassette case. The "colorized" version is seen on 1997 VHS releases of The Shaggy Dog, The Absent-Minded Professor and Son of Flubber. The "edited" version can be seen on the 2000 Gold Classic Collection releases of Saludos Amigos, Make Mine Musicand Melody Time.It is also seen on PPV & VOD prints of Disney/Touchstone/Miramax/Dimension movies of the era. It is preserved on several post-2000 reprints, such as Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas, Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Gordy andTombstone. It also appeared on later prints of the 2000 VHS of The Sixth Sense (despite having the navy blue warnings; these prints have no previews, and a different "Stay Tuned" bumper, compared to copies from earlier in 2000, which had previews and the green warnings). The "edited for content" variant that is reminiscent of standard version is only known to have appeared the `1997 LaserDisc ofThe 6th Man. Only very recently has this been discovered, though evidence of this might have existed in the past. Weirdly, this appears on the letterboxed VHS release of Rudyard Kipling'sThe Jungle Book.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper

1st Bumper (March 23, 1994-2000, 2002)

(July 11, 2000-)

Bumper: On a blue background (the same as the FBI Warning screens of the era) are the words (in all caps) "This film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit your TV".

Bumper Variants:


 * On the 2002 "bonus edition" VHS of The Others, the the word "screen" is added to the end of the text.
 * On the 2002 VHS of Signs, the text reads "This film has been modified from its original version, and has been edited for content."

FX/SFX: Just the screen fading in and out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Current. Seen on Disney/Miramax/Touchstone/Dimension/Buena Vista releases of the era such as Pearl Harbor, Freaky Friday, The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl, Bridget Jones' Diary, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, The Lion King (Platinum Edition release), and variousPokemon films (such asPokemon Heroes, Jirachi: Wish Maker, and Destiny Deoxys). Among the earliest tapes to use this logo were the 2000 Winnie the Pooh: Storybook Classics tapes,High Fidelity, and Toy Story 2. It also appeared on Disney films when aired on Disney Channel or Disney XD, and at the start of post-2006 Disney films when shown as in-flight movies. Strangely, this isn't seen on the VHS release of Finding Nemo. It also followed the Alliance logo on a TV airing of Spy Kids in Canada. Even more strange, however, is that this appeared on some copies of The Book of Pooh: Fun With Words, which is from TV show.

Editor's Note: None.