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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Touchstone+Home+Entertainment&amp;version=168&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FTouchstone%2BHome%2BEntertainment&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><i><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Matt Williams, Kris Starring, and V of Doom<br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> Eric S., V of Doom, Wisp2007, and snelfu</font></i><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Background</u>: </font><font color="#333333">Touchstone Home Entertainment (formerly</font><font color="#333333"> "Touchstone Home Video") was the home entertainment arm of [[Touchstone Pictures]], established in 1985 to distribute all Touchstone releases on video.<br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333">1st Logo<br/>(19</font><font color="#333333">84-1986)<br/></font></font><font face="inherit" size="1"><font size="3"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "Still Thunderball", "Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball"<br/></font></font><br/><font face="inherit" size="1"><img align="right" alt="Touchstone Home Video (1986)" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/PZO15tUhG3REk-hGPr8Hkg22147/GW233H175" title="Touchstone Home Video (1986)" width="233"/></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: On a white background, we see the Touchstone thunderball logo. Below it is "<font color="#0000FF" face="Garamond" size="4">TOUCHSTONE</font>", with "<font color="#0000FF" face="Garamond">HOME VIDEO</font>"</font><font color="#333333"> underneath. </font><font>The logo fades out after 15 seconds.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333">: None.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. Seen only on early video releases of the first Touchstone movies, such as </font><font color="#333333"><i>Splash</i> and <i>My Science Project</i>, among others. Strangely, <i>Country</i> does not have this logo.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: A very simple effort, produced just before Touchstone introduced their famed "Snake" logo.</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/>(1986-<font face="Arial">E</font>arly 1990s)<br/></font></font></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video (1986)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/wKwGanga5ZCBqIRqMFuHew8179/GW169H127" title="Touchstone Home Video (1986)" width="169"/><img align="bottom" alt='Touchstone Home Video (1986) with the "CSF" text' height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/862d0413f8d8292b27be4315966927a1/GW169H127" title='Touchstone Home Video (1986) with the "CSF" text' width="169"/><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video ( UK )" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/2UNCWFmU2Xe7U2nXCz9whg12450/GW169H127" title="Touchstone Home Video ( UK )" width="169"/></font></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video (Australia)" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/aUxIwgfneeS0KX8Rdvn5VQ81518/GW169H127" title="Touchstone Home Video (Australia)" width="169"/><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video (Australia) Closing" height="127" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/ZLWIBqiKyzQ2-knlrhOmRw87213/GW169H127" title="Touchstone Home Video (Australia) Closing" width="169"/></font><br/><font size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/e4a759edf1466bb0b2c1f9e7fa4f11600678bb7f" width="220"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><br/><u>Nicknames</u></font><font face="Arial">: "Flashing Thunderball", </font>"Thunderball II", "Metallic Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball II"<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: At the bottom of the black screen is a circle beside the words "<font color="#0044ff" face="Garamond"><i><b>TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO</b></i></font>", all made out in '80s computer effects. The text lights up section by section, like a flashlight, and when the</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> "light" reaches the</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> circle, the ci</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">rcle flashes and the gold stone appears on top.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Variants</u>:</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font></font><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">On a few videos, this logo was seen with the words "<font color="#0044ff" face="Times"><b>COMING SOON FROM</b></font>" in blue above the main logo. In addition, the music was slightly sped-up and louder.</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">On  Australian releases, the logo is positioned in the middle of the  screen. For the closing variant, the logo is in the same position with  the words "<b>DISTRIBUTED BY</b>" in white underneath. The [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow Home Video]] logo follows.</font></font></font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The '80s computer effects, a<font face="Arial">nd</font> the "light" effects.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: Same as the theatrical logo, albeit slightly distorted. Also, the music begins late and cuts off early.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Rare. Only seen on 1986-87 Touchstone videos. Some videos that include this logo are <i>Down and Out In Beverly Hills, Tin Men, </i>and <i>Ruthless People. </i>This was used up to the early <font face="Arial">19</font>90's on UK releases such as <i>The Hand That Rocks the Cradle</i>.<br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: An odd computer-generated rendition of the "Snake" logo.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">3rd Logo<br/></font><font face="Arial">(1987-2003, 2005)<br/></font></font></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video (1987)" height="150" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/5Pzqz3oIGe6x7DZhzZ0H_Q90283/GW200H150" title="Touchstone Home Video (1987)" width="200"/><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video (1987)" height="150" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/-B3s6RG0a3y2twzLsBSa2w87780/GW200H150" title="Touchstone Home Video (1987)" width="200"/></font></font></font><font face="Arial" size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video" height="150" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/xT2PNrrCm9GttG62ENsJKw17401/GW200H150" title="Touchstone Home Video" width="200"/></font><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Video (DVD)" height="150" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/3/Uz9ZFVRtStEZ1yGdzZWMCg131880/GW267H150" title="Touchstone Home Video (DVD)" width="267"/></font><br/><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Entertainment (1998)" height="150" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/KjQfXpJ45bhWG4ZmljSDGA39335/GW267H150" title="Touchstone Home Entertainment (1998)" width="267"/></font></font></font></font><br/><iframe frameborder="0" height="191" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/8efad58b2194f39fe5a8964238bde0335ebbbbbd" width="253"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="191" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/5a41e3234ed595e92d97ec7c28b65e34ac015b98" width="240"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="190" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/403ff74a6c3b44bbd8f69b463055b9427c39b428" width="242"></iframe></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Snake", "Thunderball III", "Touchstone Thunderball III", "Thunderball Snake"<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: Same as the movie logo, only "<font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>HOME VIDEO</b></font>" replaces "<font color="#0000ff"><b><font face="Garamond">PICTURES</font></b></font>".<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Variants</u>:</font></font><br/><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3">The "HOME VIDEO" version has two variants; the VHS version has a video-generated fade-out, the LaserDisc and DVD version  has a film-generated fadeout.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3">  The positioning of the logo varies.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Starting  in the early 2000's, a new variant was made to coincide with the  release of DVDs. The picture quality was improved over the ear<font face="Arial">l<font face="Arial">ier</font></font> variant, and the words "</font><font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>HO</b></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>ME VIDEO</b></font><font face="Arial">" were replaced with "</font><font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>HOME ENTERTAINMENT</b></font><font face="Arial">". Oddly, a</font></font> small majority of DVDs feature this variant as most use the earlier  "HOME VIDEO" version; though later VHS releases used this towards the  end of 2003.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3">A rare version of the "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" logo has a smoother frame rate and the trailing animation is slightly sped-up. Presumably a prototype, its only known appearance was on the demo VHS of <i>Crazy/Beautiful</i>, though the actual VHS and DVD used the "HOME VIDEO" variant instead.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">"</font></font><font color="#f5d105"><font face="Times"><b><font color="#f2b705">NOW YOU CAN OWN YOUR FAVORITE HIT MOVIES</font>...</b></font></font><font color="#333333">" appears over the logo on various 1990-1992 VHS releases.</font></font></font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Same as the movie logo.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333"><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: Same as the movie logo. Up until the early 2000's, the same</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">distorted</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">audio  mix from the second logo was used; on LaserDiscs and DVDs featuring the  "HOME VIDEO" variant, as well as the original VHS of</font></font></font></font><i>Dick Tracy,</i><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">the music abruptly stops before the logo actually  ends.<br/><br/></font></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants</u>:</font></font></font><br/><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Occasionally, the "HOME VIDEO" version will have an  announcer, Brian Cummings, speak over the logo, "Now you can own these  hit titles from Touchstone Home Video!", and bring forth previews of  other titles.</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">On the 1991 VHS of<i>Taking Care of Business</i>, Brian Cummings says "Coming from Touchstone Home Video."</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">On some DVDs, such as the 2000 DVDs of <i>Shanghai Noon</i>and <i>High Fidelity</i>, and the 2002 DVD of <i>Captain Ron</i>, the home video version of this logo uses the audio track from the movie logo.</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">On the 2000 DVD of <i>Adventures In Babysitting</i>, this logo is silent.</font></font></font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Common. Appears on most Touchstone DVD and VHS releases from the era. Strangely, this also appears on the 2005 UMD release of <i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i>.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">4th Logo<br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">(2003-2016)</font></font></font><font size="3"><font size="1"><br/></font></font><div align="center"><font size="3"><font size="1"><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Entertainment (2003-2011) Reuploaded" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/IEkuLSSXKTJcIU0LbjMn1g35363/GW311H175" title="Touchstone Home Entertainment (2003-2011) Reuploaded" width="311"/><img align="bottom" alt="Touchstone Home Entertainment - CLG Wiki" height="175" src="http://image.wikifoundry.com/image/1/S0BYb3JOSnZt2zgOMmuVXA38618/GW311H175" title="Touchstone Home Entertainment - CLG Wiki" width="311"/></font></font><br/><font size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/da4c92dce88156846694f4cf08a1ec93af0170c5" width="287"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/b3a5214d1e0fb3c9f3b798fe6546a8c774ba8d20" width="287"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>:</font></font><font color="#333333"> </font><font color="#333333">"Thunderball IV", "CGI Golden-Light Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball IV", "CGI Touchstone Thunderball"<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>:</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> Same as the 2002 movie logo</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, only "<font face="Garamond"><b>HOME ENTERTAINMENT</b></font>"</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> replaces "<font face="Garamond"><b>PICTURES</b></font>".<br/><br/></font><u>Variant</u>:  In 2011, the logo changed to just a still variant with the thunderball  shining. This was only seen as a screensaver on Blu-rays from 2011 to  the present, similar to the [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Entertainment]] screensaver variant.<br/><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Same as the 2002 movie logo, or the thunderball shining for the Blu-ray variant.</font></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">: Same as the last logo.</font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Common. Appears on all recent Touchstone releases. Also appeared on 2004 and 2005 VHS releases, including <i>Open Range</i>, <i>Under the Tuscan Sun</i>, <i>The Village</i>, <i>Mr. 3000</i>, <i>The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou</i>, and <i>A Lot Like Love</i>, the latter being the last VHS ever released from the company.<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.</font></font></div><br/></div>
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<div class="WPC-editableContent" id="WPC-area?cellId=Touchstone+Home+Entertainment&amp;version=168&amp;savePath=%2Fpage%2FTouchstone%2BHome%2BEntertainment&amp;saveType=page"><font size="3"><i><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font color="#ffa500">Logo descriptions by</font> Matt Williams, Kris Starring, and V of Doom<br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font color="#ffa500">Logo captures by</font> Eric S., V of Doom, Wisp2007, and snelfu</font></i><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Background</u>: </font><font color="#333333">Touchstone Home Entertainment (formerly</font><font color="#333333"> "Touchstone Home Video") was the home entertainment arm of [[Touchstone Pictures]], established in 1985 to distribute all Touchstone releases on video.<br/><br/><br/></font><font color="#333333">1st Logo<br/>(19</font><font color="#333333">84-1986)<br/></font></font><font face="inherit" size="1"><font size="3"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "Still Thunderball", "Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball"<br/></font></font><br/><font face="inherit" size="1">[[File:PZO15tUhG3REk-hGPr8Hkg22147.jpeg|233px|Touchstone Home Video (1986)]]</font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Logo</u>: On a white background, we see the Touchstone thunderball logo. Below it is "<font color="#0000FF" face="Garamond" size="4">TOUCHSTONE</font>", with "<font color="#0000FF" face="Garamond">HOME VIDEO</font>"</font><font color="#333333"> underneath. </font><font>The logo fades out after 15 seconds.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>FX/SFX</u>: None.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333">: None.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Extremely rare. Seen only on early video releases of the first Touchstone movies, such as </font><font color="#333333"><i>Splash</i> and <i>My Science Project</i>, among others. Strangely, <i>Country</i> does not have this logo.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: A very simple effort, produced just before Touchstone introduced their famed "Snake" logo.</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/><br/><br/><br/>2nd Logo</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/>(1986-<font face="Arial">E</font>arly 1990s)<br/></font></font></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333"><font size="1">[[File:WKwGanga5ZCBqIRqMFuHew8179.jpeg|169px|Touchstone Home Video (1986)]][[File:862d0413f8d8292b27be4315966927a1.jpeg|169px|Touchstone Home Video (1986) with the "CSF" text]][[File:2UNCWFmU2Xe7U2nXCz9whg12450.jpeg|169px|Touchstone Home Video ( UK )]]</font></font><font size="1">[[File:AUxIwgfneeS0KX8Rdvn5VQ81518.png|169px|Touchstone Home Video (Australia)]][[File:ZLWIBqiKyzQ2-knlrhOmRw87213.png|169px|Touchstone Home Video (Australia) Closing]]</font><br/><font size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/e4a759edf1466bb0b2c1f9e7fa4f11600678bb7f" width="220"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font face="Arial"><br/><u>Nicknames</u></font><font face="Arial">: "Flashing Thunderball", </font>"Thunderball II", "Metallic Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball II"<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: At the bottom of the black screen is a circle beside the words "<font color="#0044ff" face="Garamond"><i><b>TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO</b></i></font>", all made out in '80s computer effects. The text lights up section by section, like a flashlight, and when the</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> "light" reaches the</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> circle, the ci</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">rcle flashes and the gold stone appears on top.<br/><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Variants</u>:</font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font></font><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">On a few videos, this logo was seen with the words "<font color="#0044ff" face="Times"><b>COMING SOON FROM</b></font>" in blue above the main logo. In addition, the music was slightly sped-up and louder.</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial">On  Australian releases, the logo is positioned in the middle of the  screen. For the closing variant, the logo is in the same position with  the words "<b>DISTRIBUTED BY</b>" in white underneath. The [[Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)|Roadshow Home Video]] logo follows.</font></font></font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: The '80s computer effects, a<font face="Arial">nd</font> the "light" effects.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">: Same as the theatrical logo, albeit slightly distorted. Also, the music begins late and cuts off early.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Availability</u>: Rare. Only seen on 1986-87 Touchstone videos. Some videos that include this logo are <i>Down and Out In Beverly Hills, Tin Men, </i>and <i>Ruthless People. </i>This was used up to the early <font face="Arial">19</font>90's on UK releases such as <i>The Hand That Rocks the Cradle</i>.<br/><br/><font color="#333333"><u>Editor's Note</u>: An odd computer-generated rendition of the "Snake" logo.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">3rd Logo<br/></font><font face="Arial">(1987-2003, 2005)<br/></font></font></font><div align="center"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="1">[[File:5Pzqz3oIGe6x7DZhzZ0H Q90283.png|200px|Touchstone Home Video (1987)]][[File:-B3s6RG0a3y2twzLsBSa2w87780.png|200px|Touchstone Home Video  (1987)]]</font></font></font><font face="Arial" size="1">[[File:XT2PNrrCm9GttG62ENsJKw17401.jpeg|200px|Touchstone Home Video]]</font><font size="1">[[File:Uz9ZFVRtStEZ1yGdzZWMCg131880.png|267px|Touchstone Home Video (DVD)]]</font><br/><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="1">[[File:KjQfXpJ45bhWG4ZmljSDGA39335.jpeg|267px|Touchstone Home Entertainment (1998)]]</font></font></font></font><br/><iframe frameborder="0" height="191" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/8efad58b2194f39fe5a8964238bde0335ebbbbbd" width="253"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="191" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/5a41e3234ed595e92d97ec7c28b65e34ac015b98" width="240"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="190" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/unknown/403ff74a6c3b44bbd8f69b463055b9427c39b428" width="242"></iframe></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>: "The Snake", "Thunderball III", "Touchstone Thunderball III", "Thunderball Snake"<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>: Same as the movie logo, only "<font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>HOME VIDEO</b></font>" replaces "<font color="#0000ff"><b><font face="Garamond">PICTURES</font></b></font>".<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Variants</u>:</font></font><br/><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3">The "HOME VIDEO" version has two variants; the VHS  version has a video-generated fade-out, the LaserDisc and DVD version has a film-generated fadeout.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3">  The positioning of the logo varies.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> <font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font face="Arial">Starting  in the early 2000's, a new variant was made to coincide with the  release of DVDs. The picture quality was improved over the ear<font face="Arial">l<font face="Arial">ier</font></font> variant, and the words "</font><font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>HO</b></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>ME VIDEO</b></font><font face="Arial">" were replaced with "</font><font color="#0000ff" face="Garamond"><b>HOME ENTERTAINMENT</b></font><font face="Arial">". Oddly, a</font></font>  small majority of DVDs feature this variant as most use the earlier  "HOME VIDEO" version; though later VHS releases used this towards the  end of 2003.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3">A rare version of the "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" logo has a smoother frame rate and the trailing animation is slightly sped-up. Presumably a prototype, its only known appearance was on the demo VHS of <i>Crazy/Beautiful</i>, though the actual VHS and DVD used the "HOME VIDEO" variant instead.</font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><font size="3"><font color="#000000"><font color="#333333">"</font></font><font color="#f5d105"><font face="Times"><b><font color="#f2b705">NOW YOU CAN OWN YOUR FAVORITE HIT MOVIES</font>...</b></font></font><font color="#333333">" appears over the logo on various 1990-1992 VHS releases.</font></font></font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Same as the movie logo.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333"><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">: Same as the movie logo. Up until the early 2000's, the same</font><font face="Arial, sans-serif">distorted</font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">audio  mix from the second logo was used; on LaserDiscs and DVDs featuring the  "HOME VIDEO" variant, as well as the original VHS of</font></font></font></font><i>Dick Tracy,</i><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font><font face="Arial, Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">the music abruptly stops before the logo actually  ends.<br/><br/></font></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><u>Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants</u>:</font></font></font><br/><ul><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">Occasionally, the "HOME VIDEO" version will have an  announcer, Brian Cummings, speak over the logo, "Now you can own these  hit titles from Touchstone Home Video!", and bring forth previews of  other titles.</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">On the 1991 VHS of<i>Taking Care of Business</i>, Brian Cummings says "Coming from Touchstone Home Video."</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">On some DVDs, such as the 2000 DVDs of <i>Shanghai Noon</i>and <i>High Fidelity</i>, and the 2002 DVD of <i>Captain Ron</i>, the home video version of this logo uses the audio track from the movie logo.</font></font></font></font></li><li><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><font size="3">On the 2000 DVD of <i>Adventures In Babysitting</i>, this logo is silent.</font></font></font></font></li></ul><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Availability</u>: Common. Appears on most Touchstone DVD and VHS releases from the era. Strangely, this also appears on the 2005 UMD release of <i>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</i>.<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.<br/><br/><br/><br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">4th Logo<br/></font></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">(2003-2016)</font></font></font><font size="3"><font size="1"><br/></font></font><div align="center"><font size="3"><font size="1">[[File:IEkuLSSXKTJcIU0LbjMn1g35363.jpeg|311px|Touchstone Home Entertainment (2003-2011) Reuploaded]][[File:S0BYb3JOSnZt2zgOMmuVXA38618.jpeg|311px|Touchstone Home Entertainment - CLG Wiki]]</font></font><br/><font size="1"><iframe frameborder="0" height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/da4c92dce88156846694f4cf08a1ec93af0170c5" width="287"></iframe><iframe frameborder="0" height="175" src="http://wikifoundrytools.com/wiki/closinglogos/widget/youtubevideo/b3a5214d1e0fb3c9f3b798fe6546a8c774ba8d20" width="287"></iframe></font></div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/><u>Nicknames</u>:</font></font><font color="#333333"> </font><font color="#333333">"Thunderball IV", "CGI Golden-Light Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball IV", "CGI Touchstone Thunderball"<br/><br/></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Logo</u>:</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> Same as the 2002 movie logo</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial">, only "<font face="Garamond"><b>HOME ENTERTAINMENT</b></font>"</font><font color="#333333" face="Arial"> replaces "<font face="Garamond"><b>PICTURES</b></font>".<br/><br/></font><u>Variant</u>:  In 2011, the logo changed to just a still variant with the thunderball  shining. This was only seen as a screensaver on Blu-rays from 2011 to  the present, similar to the [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|Walt Disney Home Entertainment]] screensaver variant.<br/><br/><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>FX/SFX</u>: Same as the 2002 movie logo, or the thunderball shining for the Blu-ray variant.</font></font><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><br/></font></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><u>Music/Sounds</u></font><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial">: Same as the last logo.</font></font></font></div><div><font size="3"><font color="#333333"><font face="Arial"><br/></font></font></font><font color="#333333" face="Arial" size="3"><u>Availability</u>: Common. Appears on all recent Touchstone releases. Also appeared on 2004 and 2005 VHS releases, including <i>Open Range</i>, <i>Under the Tuscan Sun</i>, <i>The Village</i>, <i>Mr. 3000</i>, <i>The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou</i>, and <i>A Lot Like Love</i>, the latter being the last VHS ever released from the company.<br/><br/></font><font size="3"><font color="#333333" face="Arial"><u>Editor's Note</u>: TBA.</font></font></div><br/></div>

Latest revision as of 16:24, 3 November 2020

Logo descriptions by Matt Williams, Kris Starring, and V of Doom
Logo captures by Eric S., V of Doom, Wisp2007, and snelfu


Background: Touchstone Home Entertainment (formerly "Touchstone Home Video") was the home entertainment arm of Touchstone Pictures, established in 1985 to distribute all Touchstone releases on video.


1st Logo
(1984-1986)

Nicknames: "Still Thunderball", "Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball"

Touchstone Home Video (1986)Logo: On a white background, we see the Touchstone thunderball logo. Below it is "TOUCHSTONE", with "HOME VIDEO" underneath. The logo fades out after 15 seconds.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only on early video releases of the first Touchstone movies, such as Splash and My Science Project, among others. Strangely, Country does not have this logo.

Editor's Note: A very simple effort, produced just before Touchstone introduced their famed "Snake" logo.



2nd Logo
(1986-Early 1990s)

Nicknames: "Flashing Thunderball", "Thunderball II", "Metallic Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball II"

Logo: At the bottom of the black screen is a circle beside the words "TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO", all made out in '80s computer effects. The text lights up section by section, like a flashlight, and when the "light" reaches the circle, the circle flashes and the gold stone appears on top.

Variants:
  • On a few videos, this logo was seen with the words "COMING SOON FROM" in blue above the main logo. In addition, the music was slightly sped-up and louder.
  • On Australian releases, the logo is positioned in the middle of the screen. For the closing variant, the logo is in the same position with the words "DISTRIBUTED BY" in white underneath. The Roadshow Home Video logo follows.

FX/SFX: The '80s computer effects, and the "light" effects.

Music/Sounds: Same as the theatrical logo, albeit slightly distorted. Also, the music begins late and cuts off early.

Availability: Rare. Only seen on 1986-87 Touchstone videos. Some videos that include this logo are Down and Out In Beverly Hills, Tin Men, and Ruthless People. This was used up to the early 1990's on UK releases such as The Hand That Rocks the Cradle.

Editor's Note: An odd computer-generated rendition of the "Snake" logo.



3rd Logo
(1987-2003, 2005)

Nicknames: "The Snake", "Thunderball III", "Touchstone Thunderball III", "Thunderball Snake"

Logo: Same as the movie logo, only "HOME VIDEO" replaces "PICTURES".

Variants:
  • The "HOME VIDEO" version has two variants; the VHS version has a video-generated fade-out, the LaserDisc and DVD version has a film-generated fadeout.
  • The positioning of the logo varies.
  • Starting in the early 2000's, a new variant was made to coincide with the release of DVDs. The picture quality was improved over the earlier variant, and the words "HOME VIDEO" were replaced with "HOME ENTERTAINMENT". Oddly, a small majority of DVDs feature this variant as most use the earlier "HOME VIDEO" version; though later VHS releases used this towards the end of 2003.
  • A rare version of the "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" logo has a smoother frame rate and the trailing animation is slightly sped-up. Presumably a prototype, its only known appearance was on the demo VHS of Crazy/Beautiful, though the actual VHS and DVD used the "HOME VIDEO" variant instead.
  • "NOW YOU CAN OWN YOUR FAVORITE HIT MOVIES..." appears over the logo on various 1990-1992 VHS releases.

FX/SFX: Same as the movie logo.

Music/Sounds: Same as the movie logo. Up until the early 2000's, the samedistortedaudio mix from the second logo was used; on LaserDiscs and DVDs featuring the "HOME VIDEO" variant, as well as the original VHS ofDick Tracy,the music abruptly stops before the logo actually ends.

Music/Sounds/Voice-over Variants:
  • Occasionally, the "HOME VIDEO" version will have an announcer, Brian Cummings, speak over the logo, "Now you can own these hit titles from Touchstone Home Video!", and bring forth previews of other titles.
  • On the 1991 VHS ofTaking Care of Business, Brian Cummings says "Coming from Touchstone Home Video."
  • On some DVDs, such as the 2000 DVDs of Shanghai Noonand High Fidelity, and the 2002 DVD of Captain Ron, the home video version of this logo uses the audio track from the movie logo.
  • On the 2000 DVD of Adventures In Babysitting, this logo is silent.

Availability: Common. Appears on most Touchstone DVD and VHS releases from the era. Strangely, this also appears on the 2005 UMD release of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

Editor's Note: TBA.



4th Logo
(2003-2016)

Nicknames: "Thunderball IV", "CGI Golden-Light Thunderball", "Touchstone Thunderball IV", "CGI Touchstone Thunderball"

Logo: Same as the 2002 movie logo, only "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "PICTURES".

Variant: In 2011, the logo changed to just a still variant with the thunderball shining. This was only seen as a screensaver on Blu-rays from 2011 to the present, similar to the Walt Disney Home Entertainment screensaver variant.

FX/SFX: Same as the 2002 movie logo, or the thunderball shining for the Blu-ray variant.

Music/Sounds: Same as the last logo.

Availability: Common. Appears on all recent Touchstone releases. Also appeared on 2004 and 2005 VHS releases, including Open Range, Under the Tuscan Sun, The Village, Mr. 3000, The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, and A Lot Like Love, the latter being the last VHS ever released from the company.

Editor's Note: TBA.

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