Tex (Trailer)

## Overview

### English (from Lucasfilm THX Theatrical Trailers: The Audience is Listening on DVD)

Released in the summer of 1996 in time for the film *Independence Day*, this trailer uniquely demonstrates the benefits of THX and the discrete qualities of digital sound. The trailer and its title character, TEX, quickly became a favorite of moviegoers, garnering plenty of applause as well as plenty of press coverage, including an article in *The New York Times*. The trailer was created collaboratively with John Lasseter and his Pixar animation team (*Toy Story*) with sound design by Academy Award winning Gary Rydstrom. TEX is available as a single inventory print in all three digital sound formats.

### English (from The THX Ultimate Demo Disc)

Released in the summer of 1996 in time for the film "Independence Day," this trailer humorously demonstrates the discrete qualities of digital sound. The trailer and its title character, TEX, which quickly became a favorite of moviegoers, was created collaboratively with John Lasseter and his Pixar animation team ("Toy Story"), with sound design by Academy Award® winner Gary Rydstrom. TEX is available as a single inventory print in all three digital sound formats.

### Français

Apparu pour la première fois durant l'été 1996 à l'occasion de la sortie en salles du film "Independence Day", ce trailer a pour vocation de démontrer les bénéfices du procédé THX appliqué aux formats multicanaux audio numériques.

Le personnage de TEX devint rapidement une icône très appréciée des aficionados cinéma qui rivalisaient d'applaudissements à chacune de ses apparitions. Le brave robot atteint une telle cote de popularité qu'il fut par ailleurs le sujet de nombreux articles dans la presse américaine, dont un publié dans le New York Times.

Derrière sa conception infographique se cache John Lasseter et les studios d'animation PIXAR à qui l'on doit entre autre les célèbres Toy Story 1 et 2, de même que Bugs Life (1001 Pattes). Le mixage de la bande sonore fut pour sa part confié aux soins de Gary Rydstrom, ingénieur du son prodige détenteur de nombreux Oscars.

Le trailer TEX est disponible dans les formats Dolby Digital, DTS et SDDS.

Notez que la version ici présentée est une variante parue en 1999 qui possède la particularité d'être encodée au format Dolby Surround EX.

## Description

The THX logo appears on screen as normal with the Deep Note from the THX Broadway DVD (Digitally Mastered) trailer, but the THX logo spontaneously breaks and falls down. The blue light turns on and Tex walks to the THX logo. Tex opens the door on the X, finds a jetpack, and flies towards the front of the camera, muttering "Oh George". Tex finds the tools, flies in between T and H, pushes the H, opens the door, and resumes the THX logo. Tex kicks the underscore of the THX logo and the door on the X closes. The slogan "The Audience is Listening" is seen.

## Trivia

* The website "www.thx.com" replaces "The Audience is Listening" on the North American version of the 2005 Toy Story 2 Special Edition DVD and international versions of the 2005 Toy Story 10th Anniversary Edition DVD.
* In the extended version of the logo (produced in 1999 for THX's Surround EX system, also known as *Dolby Digital Surround EX*), there are the sounds of the saw, the hard object falling on the head, and an "Ow!". This version can be found on *Finding Nemo* Disc 2, *Fox Demo Disc #1*, the *Lucasfilm THX Surround EX DVD*, and the France-only *THX Trailers DVD*.
* This trailer also appears on all three of the DVDs that come with all three editions of the book *DVD Demystified* by Jim Taylor, respectively.
* Tex references George Lucas when he says "Oh George".
* This trailer was last used on the 2006 Cars DVD.
* This is the first THX trailer to use the -1.5 pitched Deep Note. This would later be used in the Broadway trailer for use as the AC-3/DTS track on LaserDiscs, and eventually DVDs.
* No official version of this trailer contains the "Digitally Mastered" text, this has been found to be an elaborate hoax.