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Learn about the history and evolution of the home video arm of Touchstone Pictures, from 1984 to 2017. See the different logos, variants, techniques, and audio of Touchstone Home Entertainment.
Touchstone Pictures was an American film production label of Walt Disney Studios, founded and owned by The Walt Disney Company. Feature films released under the Touchstone label were produced and financed by Walt Disney Studios, and featured more mature themes targeted at adult audiences than typical Walt Disney Pictures films. [3][4] As such ...
- Overview
- 1st Logo (1984-86)
- 2nd Logo (1986-1987 [US]; 1986-Early 1990s [UK])
- 3rd Logo (April 18, 1989-May 4, 2004; 2005; March 14, 2006; January 23, 2007)
- 4th Logo (January 20, 2004-January 24, 2017; September 21, 2021)
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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. Although the brand was retired in 2017, some Touchstone titles were later licensed to Kino Lorber Studio Classics for Blu-ray release, some of which we...
Nicknames: "Still Thunderball"
Logo: On a white background, we see the Touchstone thunderball from the first movie logo. Below it is "TOUCHSTONE", with "HOME VIDEO" underneath. The logo fades out after fifteen seconds.
FX/SFX: None.
Music/Sounds: None.
Nicknames: "Flashing Thunderball"
Logo: At the bottom of the 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 below it. After the music ended, it cuts out, so the Australian video distributor, Roadshow Home Video logo plays as normal.
•On 1986-87 Japanese releases under Bandai Video Network, the standard WDHV/BVN variant is shown, but Touchstone's logo replaces the second appearance of the WDHV logo. Strangely, this variant is used on Mr. Boogedy and Night Crossing (both Disney films) rather than Disney's.
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 different types of fadeouts: video-style on VHS, film-style on Laserdisc and DVD.
•The positioning of the logo varies.
•Starting in 2002, a new variant was made to coincide with the introduction of the DVD format. 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 it appeared on VHS towards the end of 2003, as well as on a 2002 reissue of Nothing to Lose.
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 is only seen as a screensaver on Blu-rays from 2011-17, similar to the Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment screensaver variant.
FX/SFX:
•2004-17 (DVD: 2004-17; Blu-rays: 2006-11; VHS: 2004-05): Same as the current movie logo.
•2011-17 (Blu-rays): Just the thunderball shining.
Learn about the evolution of the Touchstone Home Entertainment logo from 1984 to 2017, and its variations for different formats and regions. See the different designs, effects, music, and voiceovers of the logo featuring the famous thunderball.
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Watch how the logo of Touchstone Home Entertainment, the home video division of Touchstone Pictures, has changed over the years. The video shows the logos from 1984 to present and explains the changes and variations.
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Jan 7, 2018 · Current Touchstone Home Entertainment logo used from 2003 with synth jingle.
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