Warner Bros. Century 2000 Collection
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Background
The Warner Bros. Century Collection was a product line launched as a joint venture between Warner Home Video and New Line Home Video (in the US) in 1999 to celebrate Warner Bros.' and New Line Cinema's greatest films of the 20th Century. Like the 75th Anniversary Collection a year earlier, the Century Collection also consisted of remastered reissues of classic titles as well as budget priced markdowns of catalog titles and was split into 4 categories: Big Stars, Big Comedy, Big Action and Big Box Office. The following year, the Century Collection was renamed Century 2000, to celebrate the beginning of the new millennium.
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Warner Bros. Century Collection
1st Logo (1999)
Visuals: The sequence begins with a giant blue box with a transparent film count down on the same sky background used in the 1996 WHV logo. The box has film clips from various Warner Bros. movies inside it. As it continues, the swipes from the countdown reveal more film clips. As this happens, the box slowly zooms down to reveal the words "CENTURY" and "COLLECTION" (both in ITC Anna) stacked on top of each other. Meanwhile, the Warner Home Video logo, but with the shield being richer in color and the text thinner, slowly fades in as this happens. Once the box fully zooms down, the final swipe reveals a gold background in the top of the box which resembles an old film countdown.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: Jim Cummings saying "Warner Home Video proudly presents: the Century Collection!"
Availability:
- Can be found on most Warner Home Video VHS releases from 1999 such as Solider, Practical Magic and Home Fries.
- This can also be found on reissues of the National Lampoon's Vacation films and the Special Edition VHS releases of Caddyshack and The Outlaw Josey Wales.
- This can also be found on a few New Line Home Video VHS releases such as Pleasantville and The Wedding Singer.
- This replaces the 75th Anniversary promo on several reissues of 1998 Warner Bros. Hits releases such as Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, and Demolition Man
2nd Logo (1999)
Visuals: On a background containing an exploding mushroom cloud, the Century Collection logo zooms in. The logo has a slightly more purple tone to it.
Technique: 2D computer animation.
Audio: Jim Cummings' narration from the previous logo, now accompanied by a rock/techno score.
Availability: Was used on a promo for action movies in the Century Collection, which can be found on the 1999 VHS releases of Lethal Weapon 4, Blade, The Last Boy Scout, Above the Law and The Road Warrior.
Warner Bros. Century 2000
Tag (2000)
Visuals: Same as the Century Collection logo except it zooms out from the center. This time, "CENTURY" is on top of the box, "2000" is at the bottom of the box, and the Warner Home Video logo inside the box is the normal print logo.
Technique: CGI.
Audio: An announcer saying "Warner Home Video and New Line Home Video proudly presents: Century 2000!"
Audio Variant: On Canadian VHS releases the announcer says "Warner Home Video proudly presents: Century 2000!" This was due to New Line’s canadian video distribution deal with Alliance Atlantis.
Availability:
- Can be found on most Warner Home Video and some New Line Home Video releases from 2000 such as Curly Sue, Michael, Rush Hour, Friday and the Special Edition VHS of Diner.
- This replaces the Century Collection promo on the Special Edition VHS of Caddyshack and a Warner Bros. Hits reissue of National Lampoon's Vacation (both of which were originally released in 1999).
- It can also be found on an HBO Home Video VHS reissue of Three Amigos.
