Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary Collection

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Background

The Warner Bros 75th Anniversary Collection was a product line launched by Warner Home Video in 1997 to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of Warner Bros. Pictures. The collection consisted of remastered reissues of classic titles as well as budget priced markdowns of catalog titles and was split into 3 categories: Award Winners, Action and Family Fun/Comedy and Superstars.

(1997-1999)

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Logo: On a black background, we see an unknown amount of Warner Bros VHS covers floating at a left diagonal angle. They keep floating back until a bright flash reveals the number "75". It floats down slowly revealing the word "YEARS" underneath. Then, the Warner Bros shield, but with the text just having "WARNER BROS." in a compressed way, zooms out along with a gold box. Once the gold box zooms out, the background inside the box changes from black to blue and the words "ENTERTAINING THE WORLD" fades in underneath.

Trivia: If you look closely, you can also see some titles from MGM/UA Home Video floating as well. This was due to Warner Bros' distribution deal with MGM/UA at the time.

Variants:

• There is a later variant where the background is switched from black to the same cloud background used for the 1996 Warner Home Video logo. Also in this variant lacks the gold box with the blue background.
• There is a variant where it takes place on a blue background. This can be found on a TV commercial for the 75th Anniversary Collection.

Technique: CGI.

Music/Sounds: An orchestral part of The Conqueror by Non-Stop Music (also used for the promo it's on). The VHS covers also make swishing noises when zooming out. Then an announcer says "In the biggest event in Hollywood history: the Warner Bros 75th Anniversary celebration!".

Music/Sounds Variants:

• Sometimes what the announcer says varies. Here's some examples:
  • "The Warner Bros 75th Anniversary Video Collection: Celebrating 75 years of movie magic!"
  • "In the biggest family event in Hollywood history: Warner Bros. 75th Anniversary Collection! Commemorating 75 Years Of Movie Magic, for the entire family!”
• On the TV commercial for the 75th Anniversary Collection, the Superman theme by John Williams is used.

Availability: Uncommon.

• This can be found on a promo featured in the trailer reels of most 1997-1998 Warner Bros. VHS releases.
• The black background variant can be found on reissues of Contact, Fire Down Below, and Vegas Vacation. It can also be found on tapes from the Warner Bros Hits series such as Private Benjamin, Vision Quest and The Outsiders.
• The sky background variant is more easier to find and can be found on several Warner Bros. Hits releases such as Little Shop of Horrors, Stephen King's IT, Memphis Belle, and The World According to Garp, as well as the original VHS releases of Batman & Mr. Freeze: Subzero, Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!, Fallen, and reissues of the first three Lethal Weapon films (the theatrical cuts).