HBO Video Warning Screens

These are the warning screens from **Thorn EMI**, **Thorn EMI/HBO Video**, **HBO/Cannon Video**, **HBO Video**, **HBO Home Video** and **HBO Home Entertainment**.

## 1981

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This warning screen is the same as the **MCA/Universal** warning, but in black and white, "WARNING" is lighter and different, smaller text below.

As seen on *The Tubes Video*, *April Wine Live in London*, *I Am a Dancer*, *Can't Stop the Music*, *Times Square*, *Death on the Nile*, *The Cruel Sea*, *The Day the Earth Caught Fire*, *The Mirror Crack'd*, *The Best of Benny Hill*, *Scars of Dracula*, *Sophia Loren: Her Own Story*, and *S.O.S. Titanic*.

## 1982-1985

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This warning screen is the same as the **Sony** warning, but with different text and extra line on the second line. "LEGAL WARNING" is shown in place of "WARNING".

As seen on *Queen's Greatest Flix*, *One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest*, *Ready, Steady, Go*, *The Lord of the Rings*, *Rockshow*, *The Burning*, *Heartland*, *The Evil Dead*, *First Blood*, *Fat Albert*, *The Best of Benny Hill* (subsequent volumes), *The Osterman Weekend*, *The Dark Crystal*, *Body Rock*, *Angel*, *Xtro*, *The Terminator*, *The Being* and *Powaqqatsi: Life in Transformation*.

## 1985-1988

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This warning screen is the same as the **Aries Video Corporation** warning from 1984.

As seen on *The Sleeping Beauty*, *Manon Lescaut*, *Ready, Steady, Go*, *Rambo: First Blood Part II*, *Fat Albert* (subsequent volumes), *Manchurian Avenger*, *Code of Silence*, *Act of Vengeance*, *Fraggle Rock*, *Reno Williams: The Adventure Begins*, *Black Sabbath*, *Maxie*, *Plenty*, *Alakazam the Great*, *Night of the Creeps*, *Head Office*, *Back to School*, *Something Wild* (1986), *Touch n Go* (1986), *F/X* (1986), *Absolute Beginners: The Movie*, *The Manhattan Project*, *Nothing in Common* (1986), *Mona Lisa*, *Highlander*, *Three Amigos* (1986), *Platoon* (1986), *Hoosiers*, *Making Mr. Right*, *Creator* (1986).

## 1988-1993

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This warning screen is a dodger-blue gradient with the same text as above.

As seen on *Dreamscape* (1984), *Cross Creek* (1983), *Carly Simon: Live from Martha's Vineyard*, *Hiding Out*, *Kickboxer*, *Mr. and Mrs. Bridge*, *Ricochet*, *Don't Tell Mom the Babysitter's Dead* (1991) and *Mom and Dad Save the World* (1992).

## 1988-1993

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This warning screen has still shots of the HBO Video logo on a gray background with the same generic text as above, but with "LEGAL WARNING" in a Helvetica typeface and in red.

As seen on *Hot Child in the City* (1986), *Shoot to Kill* (1988), *Rock-a-Doodle* (1992) and *Godzilla vs. Biollante*.

## 1993-2003

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This warning screen is a curtain background with copies of HBO logo on it with the same text as above.

As seen on *A Bronx Tale*, *Against the Wall*, *And the Band Played On*, *Shadowlands*, *The Last Outlaw*, *Serial Mom*, *The Apostate*, *The Cannonball Run*, *Gepiti*, *Zeus and Roxanne* (1997), etc.

## 1997

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This warning screen is the same as the Columbia TriStar (now Sony) FBI and Interpol warnings.

As seen on a lot of early HBO DVDs.

## 1997-present

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This warning screen is the same as the **PBS** warning.

As seen on DVD, such as *Flashpoint*, etc.

## 1998-present

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The warning is the same as the **MGM** warning.

As seen on DVD, such as *Everybody Loves Raymond*, *The Sopranos: Complete Season One*, *Dawg*, *My Big Fat Greek Wedding*, etc.

## 1998-present

The warning is the same as the **Universal** warning.

As seen on DVD.

## 2013-present

The warning screen is the same as **Sony Pictures Home Entertainment** warning screen.

As seen on DVD.

This was seen on *The Brave Little Toaster* (1987).