Cinema International Corporation Video/Anti-Piracy Notices

1st Bumper (1988)
Bumper: On the same space background as the 1986 CIC Video logo, we see the film's logo zoom in as revealed by a lens flare, and then, the film's logo zooms into a comfortable distance for the text to fade in. The text reads:

CIC Video's cassette of "E.T. - The Extra- Terrestrial" reproduces the high quality of picture and sound insisted upon by the producers of this exceptional film

Afterwards, the text fades out for some more text to fade in. The text on the top space reads:

BEWARE OF ILLEGAL VIDEO CASSETTES OF "E.T. - THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL"

And the text on the bottom space reads:

Check whether the video cassette of "E.T. - The Extra-Terrestrial" provided to you carries the

CIC VIDEO POLAROID STICKER

The text fades out and the film's logo zooms in to cover the whole screen retaining the space background, revealing a shining polarized hologram (with many copies of the CIC Video logo on it), and then, a video cassette fades in behind it and they zoom out, revealing that the hologram is on the front end of the cassette. The text above and below the cassette read:

All legal video cassettes of "E.T. - THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL" have the polaroid sticker attached

(cassette)

VIDEO PIRACY IS A CRIME DO NOT ACCEPT IT DEMAND A GENUINE CIC VIDEO CASSETTE FROM YOUR DEALER

Poor quality, illegal video cassettes reduce your viewing pleasure and jeopardise future film production

FX/SFX: The film's logo zooming in and zooming into a comfortable distance, the reveal of the cassette, the text fading in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Only seen on the rental release of E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial.

Editor's Note: None.

2nd Bumper (1989-1993)
Bumper: On the same space background as the 1986-1992 CIC Video logo, we see the text:

BEWARE OF ILLEGAL VIDEO CASSETTES CHECK WHETHER THIS VIDEO CASSETTE CARRIES THE CIC VIDEO SECURITY STICKER

Then a shining polarized hologram (with many copies of the CIC logo on it) appears. Then a video cassette fades in behind it and both zoom out, revealing that the hologram is on the front end of the cassette. Text above and below the cassette reads:

VIDEO PIRACY IS A CRIME DO NOT ACCEPT IT.

(cassette)

DEMAND A GENUINE CIC VIDEO CASSETTE FROM YOUR DEALER. POOR QUALITY ILLEGAL VIDEO CASSETTES REDUCE YOUR VIEWING PLEASURE AND JEOPARDIZE FUTURE FILM PRODUCTION.

Variant: On later Australian tapes with this bumper, which plays after the 1991-1997 variant of the CIC logo, which is on a black background, with the same text, the same hologram image & the same video zoom out on the blue gradient. The same text appears but in lowercase.

FX/SFX: The shining of the hologram, the reveal of the cassette, the text fading in.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Rare, used on rental releases by CIC Video in the UK. Appears on Crocodile Dundee 2, Internal Affairs, King Ralph, Back to the Future: Part III, Child's Play II, and Black Rain. Also on Australian releases. The variant appears on later Australian CIC Video rental tapes.

Editor's Note: None.