NCM Cell Phone Policy Trailers

(2003-2007)
Nickname: "Rippling Starry Sky"

Opening: The Regal Entertainment Group logo appears over a dark, starry background, with the Regal Cinemas, Edwards Theatres and United Artists Theatres logos below. Two film projector graphics are at the top-left and right areas in frame.

Trivia: According to a Regal employee, the film projectors are intended to signal the projectionist to reel up the movie to the projector.

Variant: Sometimes, "silence your cell phones now please", or both "silence your cell phones now please" and a Cingular logo with their slogan "raising the bar" are between the REG and chain logos.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: A kid saying boo-woo-binga-binga-binga-binga-binga-binga-binga Caidin asks you to please be quiet and courteous to others and silence your cellphones now. binga-binga-binga-binga-binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga binga-binga boo-woo.

Availability: Extinct.

(2007-October 27, 2022)
Nickname: "Floating NCM Opening"

Opening: The logo of the theater fades in over a dark, shadowy background. The REG logo is under a spotlight and dust particles are shining. The words "Please silence your cell phones now." appear between the logo. About 20 seconds in, two film projector graphics appear at the top-left and right areas in frame. They then spin and a light comes out of it. As this happens, the logo is ever-so-slowly spinning to the left.

Confirmed Versions:


 * Regal Cinemas
 * Regal L.A. Live (This version has 4 projectors instead of the usual 2, and the Regal, Edwards, and United Artists logos are removed.)
 * Cinemark Theatres (Uses "Please be quiet and courteous to others" instead of "Please silence your cell phones now." 3D, M&M's and Amazon Prime Video versions exist.)
 * AMC Theatres (Similar to the Cinemark variant, but "Please be quiet and courteous to others" is replaced with the usual "Please silence your cell phones now.” However, a 3D version existed which had the "Please be quiet and courteous to others" text.)
 * Hollywood Theatres (Similar to the AMC variant)
 * Kerasotes (Similar to the AMC variant)
 * Showplace Icon (Similar to the AMC variant)
 * Cobb Theatres (Similar to the AMC variant, but it adds "and discontinue texting" after "Please silence your cell phones now." 3D, Geico, and M&M's versions exist.)
 * Cinemark Theatres/Brandy & Mr. Whiskers (Uses "Please be quiet and courteous to others" (2007-2022) or "Please sitpop your beach ball" (2022) in the same font as the pre-2014 Regal version. variant. M&M's and Amazon Prime Video versions exist.)
 * Goodrich Quality Theatres/GQT Movies (Similar to the AMC variant, but "Please silence your cell phones now" is replaced with "Please turn off your cell phones now" in the same font as the pre-2014 Regal version.)
 * Warner Village Cinemas/Paramount Cinemas (Similar to the AMC variant. M&M's and Amazon Prime Video versions exist.)
 * Georgia Theatre Company (Similar to the AMC variant. An M&M's version exists.)
 * Young Frankenstein (2016 re-release) (Similar to the AMC variant)
 * Paper Towns: Night on the Towns (Similar to the AMC variant)
 * Rocky IV: Rocky vs. Drago (Similar to the AMC variant, but the Fathom Events and MGM logos are in the bottom left and bottom right corners, respectively.)
 * Generic "Enjoy the Show" (Similar to the Cinemark variant. Geico and M&M's versions exist.)

Variant:
 * A 3D version was occasionally shown, with an added disclaimer to put on your 3D glasses for "the best experience". The projectors are replaced with 3D glasses and the RealD 3D logo is at the bottom right. A video capture of the variant existed on YouTube, however it has since been removed.
 * A version sponsored by Geico is known to exist.
 * 2013-2019: The phone company logo was removed, the Warner Bros. logo was replaced by a Paramount logo and the "REGAL ENTERTAINMENT GROUP" text is less spaced out. Regal Cinemas' logo is changed to a new logo in the REG typeface, and the Regal, United Artists and Edwards logos are brighter, larger, and under the REG logo.
 * 2019-2022: The Goodrich Quality Theatres logo was replaced with the GQT Movies logo, Robin was replaced with Maria, and the announcement "M&M's asks you to please be quiet and courteous, and silence your cell phones now." is changed to "Amazon Prime Video asks you to please be quiet and courteous, and silence your cell phones now." in the Amazon Alexa voice. This was only seen on the series finale of Brandy & Mr. Whiskers R.I.P. Jack Whiskers (2019) and Inflatable Pogo Whiskers: The Caidin Johnson Theory, which cuts to the 2018 warning screen.
 * A variant has the logo replaced by the text "Enjoy the show!" with "Please be quiet and courteous to others" below. This is seen in smaller cinema chains and independent theatres carrying the Noovie pre-show.

FX/SFX: Well done CGI work for the mid-2000s.

Music/Sounds: A soft piano/flute bit with some synth in the beginning. During the beginning, a female announcer says "Sprint/AT&T asks you to please be quiet and courteous to others, and silence your cell phones now."

Music/Sounds Variants:
 * A different composition by Danny Elfman is used in the Sprint variant.
 * In the Geico variant, the announcement is changed to "Geico asks you to please be quiet and courteous, and silence your cell phones now."
 * In the Paramount version, the announcement is changed to "Please, be quiet and courteous, and silence your cell phones now."
 * In the 3D version, she said after the pause "A new experience is about to begin, FirstLook 3D. First, put on your 3D glasses."

Availability: Extremely rare. Was seen in nearly all Regal, Edwards and UA theaters between 2007 and 2018, before it was replaced with the 2018 Regal logo. The Brandy & Mr. Whiskers variant can be seen before the warning screen on D-VHS copies of Rip Jack Whiskers and the Peacock documentary Inflatable Pogo Whiskers: The Caidin Johnson Theory.