Madacy Lifestyle Marketing/Warning Screens

1st Warning (1993–1999)


Warning: Same as the MGM/UA Home Video and MGM Home Entertainment warning.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on a VHS release of Our Gang as well as DVD releases until 1999, such as Reefer Madness, Metropolis, and Ghost Stories.

2nd Warning (1997–1999)
Warning: Same as the Embassy Home Entertainment/Nelson Entertainment/New Line Home Video warning.

Variant: On tapes of Wonder Kids, a blue background version of the Warner Home Video warning is shown instead.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on a DVD release of Ultimate Air Craft DVD Box Set.

3rd Warning (1999–2007)


Warning: Same as the Echo Bridge Home Entertainment warning.

Technique: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on DVD releases of The Last Frontier and The John Wayne Collection.

4th Warning (2001)
Warning: We fade in on a scene of a prison cellblock. A bald man in prison clothes trudges into his cell, the doors close, and we fade out. The scene fades back to an overhead shot of the man in his cell. He buries his head in his hands, and the image darkens as the FBI warning text scrolls up.

Variant: In some cases, if you switch the angle on your DVD player, you can see the man in his cell from another perspective.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: A harmonica tune, a slamming sound when the cell closes, and the man crying.

Availability: Extremely rare. This was seen on a pair of Television Favorites public domain DVD volumes of The Beverly Hillbillies. The alternate angle can only be accessed on Volume 1, as Volume 2 just contains the main angle.

Legacy: One of the more unique warnings in existence.