AMC Theatres

'Logo captures by RedheadXilamGuy'

Background: AMC Theates is an American movie theater chain, founded in 1920 in Missouri, United States. Since 2016, they are the largest global film exhibitor. AMC and competitor Regal Cinemas co-founded and previously owned the movie studio Open Road Films.

1st Opening (1979-1989)
Nicknames: "Hollywood Triumphance"

Logo: On a black background, a blue/yellow flash appears. 10 saturated black and white photographs of celebrities, popular in the New Hollywood era, zoom in on a blue circle outline while a white shine is revolving around the circle. After the last one (Charlie Chaplin) appears, the circle turns sideways revealing an outline of a projector. The shine starts to eliminate the outline and creates a red A in it's signature design. A filmstrip comes from the bottom and goes next to the A forming the outline of the M. the filmstrip gets removed and makes the M red. The same happens for the C except it comes from the top of the screen. Several white curved-edged rectangles zoom in around AMC and centers the logo. Stars appear on the bottom forming THEATRES. A bright light appears on the A and C. "Our Feature Presentation" fades in one by one with the music. That text is also blue. A bright light fades on the A and shines along with the M and C. The logo fades to black.

Variants:
 * Previews: A bright blue light appears with the text "Now Showing or Coming Soon to an AMC Theatre". This would show before the film, to advertise 3-4 trailers in the theater.
 * Silence is golden (This would show before the FP logo to remind people to be quiet in a movie theatre): The logo starts with the camera zooming in on a woman at her lips in black and white while her lips are red. She raises a finger to her lips and makes a shushing sound. She then brings it down. The logo cuts to the text "Shh!" on a black background in a red rectangle. "Silence" fades in on top of the rectangle while "Is Golden" fades in at the same time below the rectangle. The logo fades to AMC on a black background in it's font. "There Is A Difference!" is underneath the logo in yellow and a marquee font. The logo then fades out.

FX/SFX: Light flashes, photographs zoom in and a projector rotates, sparks form the AMC logo.

Music/Sounds: An abridged excerpt of the orchestral tune "Olympic Champion 1" by Keith Mansfield, 1978.

Availability: Extinct. Seen at numerous AMC cinemas from the time period. A few 35mm filmstrips have been found containing this logo.

Editor's Note: TBA

2nd Opening (1986-1990)
Nicknames: "A Night Out at the Movies"

Logo: We start off with live footage of an '80s AMC theater with a sign saying "AMC 6 theaters", with cars pulling in the parking lot and people walking in. The camera zooms into the logo. The camera cuts to AMC in its font from the last logo on a gold sign. It then cuts to a girl in the lobby, wearing a uniform and speaking into the microphone. Next we see a couple across from the girl working, then a movie ticket printing out and a hand grabbing it. The person hands it over to an usher letting them in. Next we see them buying some popcorn at a stand inside the theater with another worker talking to them, then it cuts back to the two who grab the popcorn bucket. Then we see a close-up of popcorn popping and popcorn in its bucket. The couple then walk away with the popcorn and go inside the cinema. Inside, other people of various ages are sitting in their seats. The couple put down their drink and we see another couple kissing and a family with a little girl smiling. It then cuts to the screen where the letters A, M, and C fade in time with the music, along with the (R) symbol on the side, all in chrome. The logo shines while the slogan "There is a difference" in cursive is written below. The logo fades to black and the text "Feature Presentation" fades in, written in cursive, then fades out.

Variant: A previews variant exists: On a black background, the words "There is a difference", in cursive, fade in one by one. Afterwards, the camera starts zooming out from the back of the A in AMC. The logo turns 180 degrees and shines. The text "PREVIEWS" zooms in under the logo and fades to black.

FX/SFX: The live action footage of the cinema and the text fading in, shining, and writing itself in. The previews variant has the "There is a difference" text zooming out, the AMC logo turning, and previews zooming in fast.

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA

3rd Opening (1990-1991)
Nicknames: "Celebration"

Logo: We see 10 filmreels, 5 on each side rotating. Text flies by the top of the reels. The camera cuts to the top view of the reels: 2 on the top, 3 on the bottom and the other 5 are flipped on the other side. The text "There is a difference" goes in between the reels from right to left. As the text disappears, the reels start separating as the AMC logo in a glass outline appears. The camera turns to face the front of the text while a laser draws the outline in red. When the camera stops turning, the text "Feature Presentation" flies in from the right while a yellow circle with a trail flies in from the right, going through the text. Other yellow dots, circles, and squiggly lines all fly in. The logo shines for a bit while the star at the bottom right corner spins. The logo fades out.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA.

4th Opening (1991-1994)
Nickname: "Clip"

Logo: We start by fading into a shot of a filmreel in a silver case with AMC with a red outline on top. A label below reads "Feature Pres." while a spotlight shines on it. The camera zooms out while the case spins and shakes. The case pops open while AMC's filmstrip mascot, Clip, flies out. He flips and lands while shaking his head. He waves his film hand at the case as a filmreel pops out and bounces with him while he walks on the purple floor. While they are walking, a film reel is shown sideways behind them with the text saying "There is a difference". Clip jumps and when he lands, his waves his film hand around him leaving a trail of blue light. The camera cuts to the floor turning sideways as he jumps on the filmreel and flies away. While that is happening, the AMC logo begins to draw itself in from left to right. A few more circles of yellow and red appear on the bottom right of the screen. A gold rectangle flies in from the bottom with the text "Feature Presentation" on it. The copyright mark appears at the end of the C. Clip flies past the logo and through the screen leaving a trail of stars behind. The logo fades out.

Variants:
 * Previews: TBA
 * Silence is Golden: We start off on a black background. A spotlight, shining on the top of the screen, moves in all directions. When it gets to the middle, the spotlight falls down and the lights turn on to reveal Clip, who wakes up confused and has fallen into a pile of filmreels on a red floor and background. "Silence is golden" fades in on the top in gold with the same star effect from the 1st logo. He then gives a sigh expression. The logo slowly fades out where you can barely see Clip as the text reads "We appreciate your cooperation in supporting a quiet moviegoing environment". The logo then fades out.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA

5th Opening (1994-1996)
Nickname: "Clip II"

Logo: We see Clip, who is much shinier than usual, flying around on the filmreel. The building is made up of golden filmreels with filmstrips moving from many film cameras on the sides. There are also filmreels moving on the ceiling. In the far distance, the AMC logo is shown under spotlights while the text "There is a difference" is shown underneath while filmstrips pass over it. Clip stops in front of the camera and starts flexing his film arms. He leans on the right side and falls off the filmreel as it races to catch him. The camera cuts to a hole where filmstrips circle around and lights are shown. Clip is still falling and the filmreel races to catch him. The camera cuts again to the same room in the beginning but zoomed in. The filmreel positions itself as Clip falls onto it. He gets up with a sigh of relief while the outline of the AMC logo, in gold, is drawn in from the bottom behind him. A red outline drops in behind the text and the logo is drawn a thicker red outline. Clip then flies from right to left while the text "Feature Presentation" is added in one by one. The (C) symbol appears again beside the C. Like the last logo, Clip flies past the logo and through the screen. The logo fades out.

Variant: A Previews variant exists: We start off by fading into a purple gradient background. A cup of Coca-Cola is shown as the camera pans up, revealing the straw and the cup is full of the drink. The drink is getting sucked in the straw as the camera pans up to see Clip sitting on the filmreel, drinking from the straw. He looks up in shock and the camera starts to pan up as Clip stands up and flies away, leaving a star trail behind. While that happens, the logo is drawn in like the last logo but it is sped up. Silver lines fill up the logo. Clip flies by the logo from right to left leaving the text "Previews" behind him. The logo fades out.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA

6th Opening (1996-2002)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZNp0wACRJQ

Nicknames: "The Orchestra", "Film Man III", "Clip III"

Logo: We start by fading in into a theatre with pillars and stars on the side. A ledge extends out showing a music stand with AMC in its signature font on the back, music book, conductor's baton, and Clip wearing a black bow tie. A spotlight shines on him as he takes a bow. He opens up the book and turns the pages to a song called: "There is a difference". He stretches out his bow tie and taps the baton on the stand. As soon as he starts to conduct the piece, he finds 4 8th notes hanging and then all the notes fall down to the bottom of the stand. He scratches his head and blows off the papers of the book. He then waves his baton around, shining a blue light and shoots it at the front. The light goes out of the theatre and into the sky. Other colors (purple, orange, and green) are there as well. A big explosion appears forming the AMC logo in its signature font with the letters outlined and the inside in silver. The text "FEATURE PRESENTATION" appears under the logo while the logo is zooming in with a stars all around, a la the Star Cinema 4th logo. The logo then fades to black.

Variants: A variant exists with the text

AFI's

100

YEARS

100

Movies

with a red star on the left side of "AFI", tilted.

Another set of text fades in on top saying: "Celebrating A Century Of American Cinema". It cuts to a clip (unknown film) where (unknown character) says: "Let's all go to the movies!" It then fades to footage of Radio City Music Hall in New York. It cuts to an AMC theatres sign transfering form daytime to nighttime where the outline of AMC glows yellow. Next we see updated footage of the 2nd logo without the popcorn popping. It cuts to a movie theatre timelapse of people filling up the seats. We then see a group of people, a couple with the husband feeding popcorn to the wife, another couple kissing, and the audience clapping. Then a film starts to play and the audience reacts to it. In order, the films are:


 * Raiders of the Lost Ark: A young girl has a shocked look on her face.
 * Independence Day: The audience reacts like they are in a earthquake.
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope: A boy covers his eyes on his father's arm.
 * Jurassic Park: The audience gets scared.
 * E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial: A young boy smiles.
 * Mrs. Doubtfire: The audience laughs.
 * (Unknown film): A woman cries.
 * (Unknown film): A woman cries and blows her nose with a tissue.
 * (Unknown film): A man with a shocked face.
 * Rocky: The audience claps and cheers.

After this, it cuts to the last 3 seconds of the FP logo.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA.

7th Opening (2002-2009)
Nicknames: "The Last of Clip", "Clip IV", "Please Don't Spoil the Movie"

Logo: We start off by seeing a light turn on inside a purple wall hollowed in a yellow wall. The camera starts to turn left as we see more of the wall, which is yellow and covered with lights. It turns and stops at a bag of AMC popcorn and 2 AMC drinks, all with pictures of Clip on them. A yellow light shines and heads towards the drink in the middle. Suddenly, Clip jumps out of the drink and lands on the left side. Just like the 5th logo, he is much shinier. He shakes himself to get rid of the water on him. He looks at the cup and bangs his film hand on it. Suddenly, a yellow/purple flash appears. The text "AMC" in red and "Theaters" in yellow appears on a purple background. "Experience the difference" is written below from left to right in cursive. Circles are drawn in along the logo and shines. The logo then disappears via a yellow flash disintegrating through the screen as the text "Feature Presentation" appears on that same background in yellow over a darker, purple, cursive F on the background close to the left. The logo then fades out.

Variants:
 * Previews: We start off on a purple gradient background as we see Clip holding a bubble, levitating on a set of purple, blue, and yellow rings. He turns around facing the camera. He is now making the bubble levitate along with the rings. He walks away as the rings rise up out of the screen and the bubble levitating. The AMC logo is drawn in along with its decorations. The bubble zooms in and "Coming soon" fades in on top of the text. The logo then fades out.
 * Silence is Golden: We see a blue wavelength that starts moving. A green wavelength joins in and starts moving as the sounds start to get loud. It gets even louder when a red wavelength is added. Then, they stop and turn into a white line. Above the line, the text "Please, don't spoil the movie" fades in, then the text "by adding your own soundtrack." fades in below the line. A big flash appears as we see the text "Silence is golden (R)" on a purple gradient background. The text moves to the top as the AMC logo is drawn in with the same with the last few seconds of the FP and previews logo. The "Silence is golden" text shines. The logo fades out.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: This was the last logo to use Clip as the mascot. AMC didn't have a mascot for 5 years after this. They did the five years right...

8th Opening (2009-2013)
Nicknames: "AMC beyond", "AMC nature"

Logo: We start off with people gathered inside at an AMC theater. The camera focuses on 3 people: On the right is a girl with long blonde hair wearing a light blue shirt, a brown coat, brown pants, and holding an AMC branded drink. In the middle is a dark colored girl with black puffy hair wearing a pink t-shirt, a white shirt, gray pants, and holding an AMC branded bag of popcorn. On the right, is a slightly dark boy with black short hair wearing a blue t-shirt, a white hoodie, black pants, and holding a drink and a bag of popcorn, both AMC branded. The camera zooms in on the girl on the left taking a zip from the drink. Vines start growing from behind the seat. The camera cuts to an angle from the girl where the people behind them disappear and trees grow in the back. The ground starts growing grass as vines grow along the seats and grass grows out of them while a firefly flies around her. The screen fades away as the roof unfolds to starry night sky. The camera cuts to the ground where the seats in front of them fold into the ground and grass grows on top. The camera cuts to the front view of the people as flowers of all colors start blooming in front of them. The three people start getting lifted from the ground in their seats by wood. The camera cuts to the girl on the left smiling while fireflies fly around her as she is getting lifted. The camera cuts to the boy on the right smiling and taking a drink while fireflies fly around him. The camera zooms out far to reveal them risen in the air watching over the hills as AMC in white appears in the sky over a city with the sun setting. More flowers appear on the bottom right hand corner and move like filmstrips. The logo cuts to black.

Variants:


 * Previews: We start off with a view of a starry night sky. The camera pans down to reveal the three people from before entering the theatre with AMC on top of the marquee, letters spaced out and "Coming soon" written on the marquee. The logo fades out.
 * Silence is golden: There is no personal logo for this but has an animation featuring characters from upcoming films of the time (The Muppets, Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, The Lorax, etc.): We start off by seeing "Resist the urge" comes in as "Don't talk or text during the movie" appears underneath with a speech bubble appearing in talk and text being typed in. A cell phone provider (Sprint or AT&T) with their logo and slogan appears on the bottom. Then, we see the AMC logo fly in with the text white on a red circle and stamps on the left side and the black outline spins for a couple of seconds. This would happen on a black or white background.

FX/SFX: TBA

Music/Sounds: TBA

Availability: Extinct.

Editor's Note: TBA