Broadway (THX)

If you've experienced THX in your life, you probably know the **Broadway** trailer, which is the most popular trailer.

## Overview

### English

This classic trailer, released in the fall of 1983, was named after "Broadway Melody" (1930 Academy Award® winner for Best Picture). The famous sound from the trailer which has become synonymous with the THX name is known as "Deep Note" Broadway, was originally recorded in Dolby™ A, then was remixed in 1995 for the Dolby™ Digital, DTS™ and SDDS® sound formats. It is still available in 70mm for special presentations.

### Français

Ce "classique" du trailer THX fit sa première apparition sur les écrans de cinéma durant l'automne 1983, cette date coïncidant par ailleurs avec la création du département THX au sein d'empire Lucasfilm.

Il porte le nom de "Broadway" en hommage au long métrage "THE BROADWAY MELODY", film vainqueur d'un Academy Award en 1928-1929 dans la catégorie "Best Picture".

Une version antérieure de ce même trailer appelée "WINGS" (élu meilleur film de l'année 1929) fut par ailleurs mise à profit lors de la projection du "Retour du Jedi" dans les premières salles certifiées THX de Dallas et de Los Angeles.

L'impressionnante montée en octaves devenue depuis la "griffe" sonore de THX est connue sous le nom de "Deep Note" (littéralement : Note profonde).

Broadway fut à l'origine enregistré en Dolby A avant d'être remixé en 1995 pour les formats audio numériques Dolby Digital, DTS et SDDS.

Il reste disponible aujourd'hui encore sur film 70 mm...

et ici même...

## Description

On a black background, we see the blue frame and the slogan "The Audience is Listening," followed by a shining silver THX logo.

## Variants

* Contrary to popular belief, the logo did *not* debut on *Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom*, but debuted on an unknown film in late 1983 according to The THX Ultimate Demo Disc.
* For the Dell PC's THX Sound & Picture Optimizer disc, "The Audience is Listening" is replaced with "Your Dell PC is THX Certified".
* On DVD, "The Audience is Listening" is replaced with "Digitally mastered for optimal video and audio performance", and a -1.5 pitched Deep Note from the Tex logo is used.
* On LaserDisc, "The Audience is Listening" is replaced with "Mastered and duplicated for optimal video and audio performance", where on VHS, it is replaced with "Digitally mastered for optimal video and audio performance". Most VHS releases use a +2 (E) Deep Note, though a few international releases use a +3 (F) note. Most notably, this pitch is used on the Indonesian VCD release of Temple of Doom. LaserDisc releases vary with audio as detailed below.
* Some releases use other pitches, such as international releases of Alien and Aliens on DVD (the Japanese version in particular included the +2 pitch as well as the PAL C# note).
* LaserDisc releases sometimes contain multiple pitches on discs, depending on the audio channel and equipment used:
	+ Most analog mono (or stereo) and digital stereo tracks feature the +2 pitch VHS variation of the Deep Note.
	+ Dolby Digital AC-3 tracks, meanwhile, contain one of two different variations: they either contain the C#/-1.5 pitch DVD/Tex version, or a truncated theatrical Deep Note variation in D#.
	+ Some copies of *Stargate* and *Species* contain the theatrical Deep Note even on the analog tracks, though others use the +2 pitch version instead. However, the Japanese LaserDisc "Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-oh-ki" Box Set has the C#/-1.5 pitch on all tracks.
	+ DTS-encoded THX-certified LaserDiscs normally default to the +2 pitch version on the analog tracks as well, though the DTS tracks instead use the -1.5 pitch DVD/Tex version.
* In 2010, an HD remaster of the original trailer was created for Blu-ray releases. The "The Audience Is Listening" variant was only featured on the THX Calibrator Blu-ray, while the movie releases that used this trailer (Titanic, Star Wars: The Original Trilogy and the Indiana Jones The Complete Adventures set) used the text that was widespread across DVD and VHS releases.

## Trivia

* On many early DVDs, this played at the start of the disc or before the menu played.
* The 1983 theatrical version is also featured on the THX WOW! LaserDisc and THX Ultimate Demo Disc DVD.
* The last release with this trailer on LaserDisc was the Japanese Star Wars Trilogy set, though the last new release was The Phantom Menace, as the Trilogy set was a reprint.
* The last confirmed release with this trailer on VHS was the 2004 VHS of Aladdin.
* The last confirmed DVD release with this trailer was the 2006 French DVD of Underworld 2: Evolution, while the last certified release with this trailer in Japan was Suite Dreams, or sometimes called "The Uchoten Hotel". The last known US release was the Uncut version of The Boondock Saints.
* The remastered version was designed and created by Van Ling (designer of the Cavalcade logo) and Johnathan Banta.