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===Background===
===Background===
MGM Showcase is/was the banner used for recent syndicated film packages distributed by [[MGM Television]], featuring an assortment of MGM-owned titles.
'''''MGM Showcase''''' is/was the banner used for recent syndicated film packages distributed by [[MGM Television]], featuring an assortment of [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios]]-owned titles. It also uses the banner '''''Showcase Theatre''''' mainly for non-MGM titles.


===Logo (2009?-)===
===Logo (2009?-)===
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'''Visuals:''' Over a maroon background, two sets of three lines (colored red, light blue and beige) come from each side of the screen and begin to rapidly form curved shapes; as the camera zooms through, the marron background splits horizontally to reveal the MGM logo's golden film ribbons forming, a lens-flare briefly visible. As the colorful lines return in the center of the screen to form more curved shapes, the filmstrip in the background disappears and the central ribbon forms, with the rest of the MGM logo rapidly forms; the curved lines vanish again as Leo roars, only for the entire MGM logo to zoom back into the maroon backdrop, which rapidly shrinks into a rectangle; as the outline of the MGM logo disappears, the text "MGM SHOWCASE" in a wide, futuristic font appears (with another lensflare) as the colored lines shift and curve around the rectangle, eventually forming an abstract theater marquee.
'''Visuals:''' Over a {{color|maroon}} background, two sets of three lines (colored {{color|red}}, {{color|lightblue|light blue}} and {{color|beige}}) come from each side of the screen and begin to rapidly form curved shapes; as the camera zooms through, the {{color|maroon}} background splits horizontally to reveal the MGM logo's {{color|gold|golden}} film ribbons forming, a lens-flare briefly visible. As the colorful lines return in the center of the screen to form more curved shapes, the filmstrip in the background disappears and the central ribbon forms, while the rest of the MGM logo rapidly forms; the curved lines vanish again as Leo roars, only for the entire MGM logo to zoom back into the {{color|maroon}} backdrop, which rapidly shrinks into a rectangle; as the outline of the MGM logo disappears, the text "MGM SHOWCASE" in a wide, futuristic font appears (with another lens-flare) as the colored lines shift and curve around the rectangle, eventually forming an abstract theater marquee.


'''Variants:'''
'''Variants:'''
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'''Audio:''' A generic-sounding orchestral bit with beeping noises overlaid.
'''Audio:''' A generic-sounding orchestral bit with beeping noises overlaid.
'''Audio Variants:''' The non-MGM variant has an announcer speaking "This week on ''Showcase Theatre''" over the music.
'''Audio Variants:''' The<u>non-MGM variant</u> has an announcer saying "This week on ''Showcase Theatre''" over the music.


'''Availability:'''
'''Availability:'''
* Seen on syndicated prints of MGM-owned films, including ''Legally Blonde'', ''Overboard'', ''The Terminator'', and other MGM titles.
* Seen on syndicated prints of MGM-owned films, including ''Legally Blonde'', ''Overboard'', ''The Terminator'', and other MGM titles.
* The "SHOWCASE THEATRE" variant was used on some non-MGM films they acquired the syndication rights to, such as ''The Eye'' (a [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]/[[Paramount Vantage]] film) and on some assorted MGM-owned movies, like ''I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka!''
* The "SHOWCASE THEATRE" variant was used on some non-MGM films they acquired the syndication rights to, such as ''The Eye'' (a [[Lionsgate Films|Lionsgate]]/[[Paramount Vantage]] film) and on some assorted MGM-owned movies, like ''I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka!''
* Some prints of films seen on ThisTV and even on YouTube Movies retain this, including ''RoboCop'', ''The Rage: Carrie 2'', and ''The Usual Suspects''.
* Some prints of films seen on ThisTV and even on YouTube Movies retain this. Examples are ''RoboCop'', ''The Rage: Carrie 2'', and ''The Usual Suspects''.


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Revision as of 15:59, 10 December 2023

Background

MGM Showcase is/was the banner used for recent syndicated film packages distributed by MGM Television, featuring an assortment of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios-owned titles. It also uses the banner Showcase Theatre mainly for non-MGM titles.

Logo (2009?-)


Visuals: Over a maroon background, two sets of three lines (colored red, light blue and beige) come from each side of the screen and begin to rapidly form curved shapes; as the camera zooms through, the maroon background splits horizontally to reveal the MGM logo's golden film ribbons forming, a lens-flare briefly visible. As the colorful lines return in the center of the screen to form more curved shapes, the filmstrip in the background disappears and the central ribbon forms, while the rest of the MGM logo rapidly forms; the curved lines vanish again as Leo roars, only for the entire MGM logo to zoom back into the maroon backdrop, which rapidly shrinks into a rectangle; as the outline of the MGM logo disappears, the text "MGM SHOWCASE" in a wide, futuristic font appears (with another lens-flare) as the colored lines shift and curve around the rectangle, eventually forming an abstract theater marquee.

Variants: A version of the animation without any MGM references exists, with the MGM ribbons replaced by the word "SHOWCASE" traveling from right to left behind the curved lines; the end result has the text "SHOWCASE THEATRE" in the maroon box.

Technique: Simple CGI, combined with the live-action Leo for the MGM variant.

Audio: A generic-sounding orchestral bit with beeping noises overlaid.

Audio Variants: Thenon-MGM variant has an announcer saying "This week on Showcase Theatre" over the music.

Availability:

  • Seen on syndicated prints of MGM-owned films, including Legally Blonde, Overboard, The Terminator, and other MGM titles.
  • The "SHOWCASE THEATRE" variant was used on some non-MGM films they acquired the syndication rights to, such as The Eye (a Lionsgate/Paramount Vantage film) and on some assorted MGM-owned movies, like I'm Gonna Get You, Sucka!
  • Some prints of films seen on ThisTV and even on YouTube Movies retain this. Examples are RoboCop, The Rage: Carrie 2, and The Usual Suspects.
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