Fox/Pathé (Not For Rental Screen)
From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum
< Fox
Bumper (2003-200?)
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Visuals: On a black background, there are the white words "NOT FOR RENTAL" inside a red and rounded rectangular border. Below it is the warning text, with a white rectangle on the lower centre containing a telephone number and an e-mail address:
If you have rented, rather than purchased this product,
the store that rented it to you is unauthorised
to do so. You should contact the distributor on
(Tel: 020 7314 7000
or e-mail: [email protected])
and provide details of the rental storeor e-mail: [email protected])
that supplied it to you. All communication
will be treated with strict confidence.
Variants:
- Some MGM Home Entertainment releases have the text in a Helvetica font, and it is altered in some places.
- A variant on some releases from 2005 has two e-mail addresses (one for the general public, and one for dealers) inside the white rectangle. The text on this variant is also in a Helvetica font.
Technique: A still, digital graphic.
Audio: A British male announcer saying the warning text. The variants are silent.
Availability:
- It appears on British Fox/Pathé/MGM DVD releases, such as X-Men 2, Home Alone 4, Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, 28 Days Later, and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.
- It also appears on some VHS releases, such as Just Married, Good Boy!, Robots, 5 Children and It, and The Magic Roundabout.
