Columbia TriStar-Home Video via Its' 007th Logo

**Columbia TriStar-Home Video** is .

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Nicknames: "CT Boxes VII", "Part VII: Back To Normal? Not!", "The Filmstrip", "The C-T Filmstrip", "Revenge of the Boxes", "Columbia Tristar VII"

**Logo**: On an ethereal blue background, we see filmstrips crisscrossing the screen, with each frame in each filmstrip featuring the C-T box logo. We see a filmstrip in the center of the screen and then pan towards it, seeing the boxes in each frame and the endings of their respective movie animations playing out within them. As the final frame reaches the screen, the background turns white with several blue or light blue areas in each corner as the boxes (with the footage of the Torch Lady from the 1993 Columbia Pictures logo on the left and the footage of the Pegasus from the 1993 TriStar Pictures logo on the right) go into position. Then the words "COLUMBIA TRISTAR" and HOME VIDEO" fade in above and below the boxes, respectively.

**Variants**:

* A widescreen variant exists.
* On 2000s reprints of late 1990s-2000 VHS releases, "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" replaces "HOME VIDEO".
* On demo tapes featuring this logo, such as *Midnight Express* and *In God's Hands*, the logo fades in partway through and fades out about a second after the logo finishes forming. This appears twice on the tape, bookending the opening previews.
* On a promo for the 1999 Collector's Edition VHS of *Silverado* (which can be seen on fellow 1999 CE tape, *Taxi Driver*), the already-formed logo zooms in.

Trailer Variants: Many times, the boxes would then slide away, the CTHV text would fade out, and one of the following phrases, in script, would zoom in from the center of the logo:

* Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
* Now Playing in Theaters... Coming Soon to Home Video
* Coming Soon to Home Video
* Now Available on Home Video
* Now Available (this clip-on used for soundtrack album promos)

Afterwards, a trailer with one of the following features would be played.

**FX/SFX**: Great CGI. And if you thought this one was good, the next one is even more mind-blowing.

**Music/Sounds**: None, but on international releases, a generic hip hop-like jingle was used.

**Music/Sounds Variant**: On *The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo* and a home video trailer for *Annie (1982)*, the choir from the 5th logo is used.

**Availability**: During the beginning of its existence, it was pretty easy to spot. However, around 1998, this logo was no longer used as their standard logo, only being used for clip-ons and trailers, with the 1993 logo serving as their primary logo.

* Tapes with this logo include *The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo*, *Booty Call*, *The Devil's Own*, the Broadway Tribute Edition VHS release of *Annie*, *To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday*, *Anaconda*, *Double Team*, *The Fifth Element*, *Men in Black*, *My Best Friend's Wedding*, *Buddy*, *Excess Baggage*, *Air Force One*, *The Assignment*, *I Know What You Did Last Summer*, *Slappy and the Stinkers*, *Seven Years in Tibet*, *Gattaca*, the infamous *3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain*, and *Baby Geniuses*. The trailer variants were last seen on *Charlie's Angels*, *The 6th Day*, and *Circus*.
* It has also been seen on early UK DVD releases such as *Das Boot*, *Muppets from Space*, *Taxi Driver*, *Midnight Express*, *Total Recall,* and *The China Syndrome*.
* It also surprisingly appeared on a mid-2000s UK DVD of *Ghostbusters*, which must have been a reprint of an earlier DVD.
* The "HOME ENTERTAINMENT" version is rare and seen on post-2001 reprints of VHS tapes originally released in the late 90s-2000 such as *Grey Owl*.
* Also spotted on the 2000 region 4 DVD release of *Blue Streak* (with the jingle).

Editor's Note: An impressive turnaround from the previous logo, and a worthy direct successor to the 5th. Things only get better from here...