Roadshow Entertainment (Home Video Bumpers)

From the Audiovisual Identity Database, the motion graphics museum




1st Bumper (1982-1985)

Visuals: There are four screens, each containing scenes from a film released by Roadshow Home Video. Here's what films are seen.

Version 1:

  • Mad Max (Top left) - There is a car doing a stunt and crashing straight thru a caravan. Then we see Max's car doing a drift around obstacles.
  • Far East (Top right) - There is a women in-front of people dancing is her turn towards a man that's looking at her. The screen then cuts back to the women.
  • Gallipoli (Bottom left) - Unknown
  • Puberty Blues (Bottom right) - Unknown

Version 2:

  • Young Doctors In Love (Top left) - Unknown
  • First Blood (Top right) - Unknown
  • High Road To China (Bottom left) - Unknown
  • Lone Wolf McQuade (Bottom right) - Unknown

Trivia: In version 1, every film seen there is an Australian film.

Technique: Live action footage.

Audio: Just a male voice-over saying "For More Movie Previews, Keep Watching after the end of the film."

Availability: Seen on Roadshow releases that have previews after the film. [Examples?]

2nd Bumper (1985-1992)

Visuals: The sequence starts with the Roadshow Home Video logo (without the text below the logo), it then transitions via a page turning effect to a scene from a movie. After a few seconds, it transtions to another film using the same effect as before, we then see it transtion to two more films, using the same transition effect. Each film seen in the bumper's two versions are a title released on Roadshow Home Video (or one of its sub-labels). The films seen in each version is listed below...

Version 1:

  • The Woman In Red - Unknown
  • The Terminator - Unknown
  • The Flamingo Kid - Unknown
  • The Neverending Story- Unknown

Version 2:

  • The Mission - Unknown
  • Angel Heart - Unknown
  • Flight of the Navagtior -Unknown
  • Wanted: Dead or Alive - Unknown

Technique: Live action film footage and computer animation.

Audio: Unknown

Availability: Seen on releases from the era that have previews after the movie. [Examples?]

  • Not all releases from the era had previews after the film.
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