Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Warning Screens/United States of America and Canada (2024)

Contents

  • 1 November 1979–May 29, 2007
  • 2 1979–1982 (Canada)
  • 3 1981
  • 4 1982–present (Canada)/March 26, 1997–present (USA)
  • 5 1997–2004 (PBS eras)
  • 6 March 21, 2000–June 10, 2003 (Morgan Creek eras)
  • 7 July 11, 2000
  • 8 October 3, 2000
  • 9 April 16, 2002-May 18, 2004 (Big Idea eras)
  • 10 July 29, 2003
  • 11 November 11, 2003; February 12, 2008–July 20, 2012
  • 12 November 9, 2004–December 15, 2009; March 9, 2010; January 11, 2011-April 17, 2012
  • 13 December 20, 2005–July 23, 2013; December 23, 2014
  • 14 April 18, 2006–present (HD DVD/BD/4K UHD Only)
  • 15 August 28, 2012–March 26, 2019; May 21, 2019; April 14–September 8, 2020; 2019-present (non-Warner Bros. content only)

November 1979–May 29, 2007[]

WCI Home Video warning screen, 1979

FBI Warning screen

FBI warning screen with whistle sound

Trapped (The Killing Jar) (1994) Previews

Warner Reprise Video-Viewmaster Video-Warner Bros. Records-TAP Logos (With FBI Warning)

"Exercise Can Beat Arthritis" VHS

FBI Warning Screen & Hemdale Home Entertainment Logo (Hemdale Film Corporation Variant)

Opening to Contact 1997 Laserdisc

Opening To Maverick-Shady Deal At Sunny Acres 1992 VHS

Opening-Closing to A Cinderella Story US DVD

Huckleberry Finn (1975 TV Movie) Ron Howard

Embassy Home Entertainment Logo(With FBI Warning Screen)

(FBI Warning)-Feature Films For Families (1997)

Opening To The Rogue Stallion 1992 VHS

Sandstar Family Entertainment (1997)

(skip to 0:09)

FBI Warning (red background, early 90s)

Chronicle Video Libary Warning Screen (1990s)

VHS Companies From the 80's -209 REGAL VIDEO

(skip to 0:10)

Planet Video (w- Warning Screen) (1980's)

Cambridge Career Products (1980s) (With FBI Warning)

"Home Inspection Training Program- Exteriors" VHS

Opening To The Arena 2001 VHS

Opening to Secretary DVD (DVD Redbox)

Opening To The Adventures Of Super Mario Bros. 3-The Complete Series 2007 DVD (Disc 3)

Visuals: Almost the same as the 1978 Pyramid Films warning, except the background is black, "WARNING" is red, the corners are not rounded, and the text is in Univers Condensed font.

Trivia: In a similar occurrence to how the 20th Century Fox warning appeared in Amazon Women on the Moon, this warning makes a cameo during a scene in Mel Brooks' 1987 sci-fi farce Spaceballs, released by MGM. In that scene, while trying to find the location of the movie's protagonists, one of Dark Helmet's (Rick Moranis) officers locates an "instant cassette" (a VHS released to stores while the movie is still in production) of Spaceballs. He pops it in, and when the tape begins, this warning is shown.

Variants:

  • On VHS with previews, the screen's duration is three seconds. It has been debuted as a prototype in Twister, and began its regular usage the following October starting from Batman & Robin.
  • On some releases, a "shadow" effect on the "WARNING" text has been spotted.
  • On some releases from 1981-1986, the background is white and the warning has the same text from the early variant of the 1978 Magnetic Video/20th Century Fox Video/CBS-Fox Video warning.
    • On Pantéra Negra Video releases, the right side is covered up with a red square and the warning text is all in a different font (with "WARNING" looking like the 1980s Ross Sports Productions warning).
  • There is another version in which the FBI seal was slightly larger and the right side of the white box was rounded. The first three DVD volumes of Charlie & Lola from 2006-2007 also use this version (strangely, volume 3 does not contain the Warner Home Video logo, but it still contains this warning screen; the WHV logo is replaced with BBC Video's 1990 warning due to weird international plastering and before going straight to the 1997 BBC Video Logo).
    • On View Video releases, "WARNING" is shifted off further to the right and the "Title 17" info is used.
  • There is a smoother version that faded in and out intact, apparently from a character generator, with a bolder "FBI" lettering and cleaner text, on Hemdale Home Video releases.
    • Kid Rhino Home Video releases also use this variant, except the background is blue.
    • On Laserdiscs released by the company such as Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and The Devil's Advocate as well as the widescreen DVD of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, "FBI" has spaces between the letters.
    • On the 1991 VHS of Sting: The Soul Cages Concert, "FBI" and FBI seal are colored in red.
  • Another version appears to be digitally generated, with the "FBI" text not blocky or spaced properly.
  • There is also a version where the whole thing is on a blue background.
  • On early Warner CEDs and Laserdiscs such as Risky Business, "WARNING" is in a wider font, and all the text is in white against a completely black background.
  • On Feature Films for Families releases, the warning text is a "Title 17" info.
  • On some Continental Video and Cinema Group Home Video releases, the warning has an orangish tint to it. Continental releases "page flip" to it, while Cinema Group uses a checkerboard effect.
  • On a Rock Video Monthly VHS, the warning is placed on a red background.
  • There is a smoother version similar to the 1982 version, except the warning text is bolder and redder. This can be seen on the 2006 DVDs of Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, and The Pickwick Papers.
  • On Chronical Videocassettes releases, as well as a Nighthawk Productions VHS of Sailing in Heavy Weather, "FBI" is bolder and the warning text is in Gill Sans font.
  • On Cambridge Career Products releases, the text is in a different font.
  • On Image Magnetic Associates releases, there is a filmed version in which the right of the white square is rounded.
  • On early releases, the warning text is slightly different, a different font is used, and the right corners are rounded.
    • On the 1980 WCI Home Video release of "10", the first version fades to the Orion Pictures logo.
  • On the 1992 VHS of Batman Returns, it cuts to the still variant of the 1985 Warner Home Video logo.
  • Black-and-white variants of both versions exist. The B&W version of the original variant can be found on the 1990-1992 VHS releases of Days of Wine and Roses and Kisses for My President.
  • On most 1997-2004 DVDs, a screen freeze of the warning fades in and out.
    • A widescreen version of this appears on DVDs (and sides of two-sided DVDs) formatted in widescreen, where the warning is "stretched" into a 1.78:1 and 1.85:1 frame.
  • On the 2003 DVDs of LeapFrog presents: The Letter Factory and The Talking Words Factory (and its Lionsgate reissues), the screen cuts to the Canadian warning scroll.
  • On the 2004 DVDs of LeapFrog presents: Talking Words Factory II - Code Word Caper and Math Circus, the warning fades out at the end.
  • On the 1998 VHS of Dearborn Home Inspection: Exterior, the text is in a different font and it dissolves in and out.
  • On the 2000 DVD reissue of Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers: Playback, the box is wider and the text is in a different font.
  • On PBS DVDs, the text is in a different font and the corners are rounded.
    • On the 2003 DVD of American Experience: Ansel Adams, the screen is zoomed-in.
  • On the Universal Music Group DVD of Primus: Animals Should Not Try to Act Like People, the text is in a Helvetica font.
  • On Classic Media titles released by Genius Products and Vivendi Entertainment, the text is in an Impact font, "W A R N I N G" is larger and the letters are spaced out, and the box has a shadow outline around it.
    • On the 2007 Shout! Factory DVD of The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3: The Complete Series, the shadow outline is removed.

Technique: A digital graphic.

Audio: None, which all these FBI warnings are famous for.

Audio Variants:

  • On the 1982 CED of Enter the Dragon, after a few seconds, an opening theme is heard, plastering over the Warner Home Video's "Big W" logo.
  • On the Kidsongs variant, a whistle melody is heard.
  • On all three Bugs Bunny's Animal Kingdom videos, the soundscape of wind and birds fades in a second after it appears as it leads into the series' promo.
  • On the DVS VHS of The Wizard of Oz, Kria Sakakeeny says "A warning appears" and reads the entire first sentence.
  • On the DVS VHS of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and The Matrix Reloaded, Miles Neff says "An FBI warning appears" and reads the first sentence, except it ends on "...motion pictures or videos."

Availability: Extremely common.

  • It appears on all WCI/Warner Home Video releases from the unit's formation in 1979 all the way until December 2004, but was retained on some BBC releases until May 2007.
  • Also seen on some tapes released by Strand/VCI, The Video Collection, Deutsche Grammophon Video, Arena Home Video, Starlight Home Entertainment, Sunland Studios, Atlantic Home Video, Small Fry Productions, and United Learning, as well as certain Orion Home Video, Diamond Entertainment, later Magnum Entertainment releases, the Crystal Cathedral's 1991 VHS of The Glory of Christmas at the Crystal Cathedral, the 1990 PolyGram Music Video VHS of Roger Waters: The Wall, the 1993 TSR VHS of Dragon Strike Video, the 2002 Republic Pictures/Artisan Entertainment Collector's Edition DVD of High Noon, an Archive Film VHS of Creepy Classics with Vincent Price, a 1995 Blockbuster Video release of Halloween, the MLB Home Video VHS of 1997 World Series Video, the 1996 Squirrelly Productions VHS of Squirrelly Adventures with Gregg Bassett and His Furry Friends, the 1994 JTC Home Video VHS of Field Dressing Your Deer, the 2001 Platinum Disc DVD of Dangerous Game, the 2006 Echo Bridge DVD of Deadly Target, the PolyGram Music Video VHS of The Moody Blues: Legend of a Band, the BMG Video VHS of Twilight of the Golds, and the 1999 Seventh Dream Pictures VHS of Bill Phillips' Body for Life Success Stories.
  • The "shadow" version was exclusive to York Home Video and Rhino Home Video releases.
  • The early version can be found on Blazing Saddles (Warner's first video release), Dirty Harry, and All the President's Men, as well as other VHS and Betamax releases from WCI/Warner Home Video from 1979-1981, and 1985-1986 MPI Home Video releases. The version with the white background can be found on Mean Streets, Superman II, The Enforcer, and Death Wish II, as well as other 1981-1986 WHV releases, a few Embassy Home Entertainment releases (including the 1983 release of Carbon Copy), and RKO Home Video releases.
  • The white background variation can also be seen on some VHS re-releases such as the 1986-1988 releases of The Road Warrior and The Searchers.
  • The rounded right side version was used on certain Orion Home Video releases and several Warner Reprise Video/Warner Music Vision releases, as well as Shapiro Glickenhaus Home Video releases by Southgate Entertainment, EKA Productions tapes, the 1995 Camcon VHS of Angel Stories Pt 1, and the 2005 DVD of Live 8.
  • The smoother version that faded in and out was sighted on Hemdale Home Video releases and the 1996 Realtree Outdoors VHS of Monster Bucks IV.
  • The digitally generated variant is extremely rare, as the 2004 warning was debuted concurrently, but can be found on A Cinderella Story and disc 6 of The Ultimate Matrix Collection (The Matrix Revolutions Revisited; the other discs use the regular version).
  • The screen freeze version usually appeared at the end of discs, but on the 2001 DVD of JFK, disc 2 moves it (and the fade-in version of the Canadian warning) to the front as well as some other special features discs, while on the 2000 DVD of Any Given Sunday, it appears after the deleted/extended scenes.
  • The blue background version can be found on New Horizons/Concorde, Virgin Vision, MCEG/Virgin, J2 Communications, Madacy Entertainment, Cloud Ten Pictures, Blockbuster, MPI Home Video, MTM Home Video, Oxxo (Mexico), View Video, a few Random House Home Video releases, Embassy Home Entertainment releases like Labyrinth, early UAV Corporation tapes, the 1993 Strong-Landers Productions VHS of The Women's Golf Guide, and tapes from other companies.
  • This warning is also seen on some bootleg releases, such as the infamous fake "screener VHS" of Tugs: Munitions & Pirates, which was concocted by a fan as Tugs was never officially released in North America (other than as a heavily edited segment on Salty's Lighthouse).
  • This also made surprise appearances on a 1990 MGM/UA Home Video Laserdisc Sampler and the 1982 CBS/FOX Video CED release of Alien.
  • Among the last DVDs to use the screen freeze version were Matchstick Men and Chasing Liberty. The last new movies to feature this warning in general are A Home at the End of the World and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and the final overall releases to use it were Gone with the Wind: Four-Disc Collector's Edition and LeapFrog presents: Talking Words Factory II - Code Word Caper and Math Circus. However, it was retained on the 2014 DVD reissue of Enter the Dragon, whose first disc replicates that of its 2004 reissue. In addition, a few WHV/BBC releases continued to use this until 2007, such as Middlemarch, Dombey and Son, David Copperfield, The Pickwick Papers, and the first three DVD volumes of Charlie and Lola. It was also retained at the beginning and end of the Lionsgate DVD reissues of LeapFrog presents: The Letter Factory and The Talking Words Factory. The last Cartoon Network DVD to use this warning was Codename: Kids Next Door: Sooper Hugest Missions: File One.
  • The original VHS issues of the colorized episodes of Gilligan's Island instead uses the 1984 variant of the 1978 CBS-FOX Video/Fox Video/20th Century Fox Home Entertainment warning.

1979–1982 (Canada)[]

Opening and Closing to Hooper 1982 VHS (Canadian Copy)

Visuals: On a blue background, white warning text scrolls upward in Helvetica font:

ANY DUPLICATION, SALE, RENTAL OR
EXHIBITION OR PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC
(FOR A FEE OR FREE) IS STRICTLY
PROHIBITED AND VIOLATES THE COPY
RIGHT LAWS OF CANADA. FAILURE TO
COMPLY WITH THESE RESTRICTIONS
EXPOSES YOU TO LIABILITY BY WAY
OF FINE, DAMAGES, CONFISCATION OF
INFRINGING COPIES, AND IN THE CASE
OF A REPEATED OFFENSE,
IMPRISONMENT.

Technique: A digital graphic with scrolling effects.

Audio: None.

Audio Variant: The first half of the "Turning UA" theme can be heard over this warning on the Canadian Warner VHS of Casablanca.

Availability: Seen on early Canadian cassettes from Warner Home Video, including Casablanca and Hooper.

1981[]

Warner Home Video Rental Warning Screen (1981)

Visuals: On a blue background, we see the white word "WARNING." It fades to white rental warning text scrolling upward.

Technique: A digital graphic with scrolling effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Pretty tough to come across. This was only used for a year on "For-Rental-Only" prints, such as Superman II, The Enforcer, Excalibur, Dirty Harry, Prince of the City, and Arthur. Tapes released through the rental program in 1982, such as Sharky's Machine, use the previous warning instead.

1982–present (Canada)/March 26, 1997–present (USA)[]

FBI Interpol (OIPC) Warning Screen (Warner Home Video version) -English & Français-

Warner Home Video 1983 Warning (French Canadian)

Visuals: On a sky blue background, white text, surrounded by a black shadow, scrolls upward. The text is in English and then French.

Trivia:

  • This appears on the Canadian VHS of Teletubbies: Naughty Noo-Noo, in a similar situation to the 20th Century Fox modified screen being used by Paramount and Buena Vista and the 1997 MGM/UA modified screen being used by 20th Century Fox.
  • Depending on whether or not a DVD has special features, after the warning screen ends, it would take the user to either the main menu or the special features menu.

Variants:

  • On 1997-2004 DVDs such as Deathtrap, The First Deadly Sin, Hooper, The Pelican Brief, Made in America, Ocean's 11 (1960), and Wildcats, it fades in on the word "WARNING" scrolling up and fades out on the last line of the French text.
  • Stretched widescreen versions of both variants exist. The early DVD variant can be seen on early widescreen DVDs and the widescreen sides of double-sided DVDs (with the entire film on both sides, in different formats) such as Singles, The Clan of the Cave Bear, and Sommersby, while the regular variant first appeared on Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.! and Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light and has been used on numerous releases ever since.
  • In some cases, the text appears to scroll at a faster rate.
  • On the 2000 Canadian VHS of Pokémon: The First Movie, as that film never had a French-Canadian dub, only the English portion of the scroll is shown. The U.S. warning follows it.
  • On French Canadian tapes of the era, the background is lilac blue, and the text is centered, outlined, and scrolls at a slower rate.
  • On some earlier VHS tapes, the warning begins with the sky blue background for a second longer before the text begins to scroll.
  • An extended version exists where it fades in a few seconds before the text begins to scroll. Once the text is finished scrolling, it fades to black after a few seconds. This long version appeared after the BBC Video tracking reminder.

Technique: A digital graphic with scrolling effects.

Audio: None.

Audio Variant: At the end of LeapFrog Presents: Talking Words Factory II: Code Word Caper, the echo of the closing theme ends when the screen fades in.

Availability: Very common. At the end of all DVD releases from Warner Home Video (with the exception of the 2005 reissue of Heat and some of the Morgan Creek DVDs), debuting with the 1997 DVD of Twister (the very first DVD release in the United States). Initially, this was on Canadian VHS releases from WHV, including the 1983 release of THX-1138. However, this can also be seen on the 2000 US VHS of CNN: Millennium 2000, just before the Warner Home Video logo, and the 2004 North American VHS of LeapFrog presents: Talking Words Factory II: Code Word Caper (twice for the Canadian printing). It was also seen on some early 1990s demo tapes, and at the end of LeapFrog presents: Talking Words Factory II: Code Word Caper, right after the end credits, due to an editing mistake on Warner's part.

Editor's Note: Considering that HD DVDs and Blu-rays end on an entirely new warning screen, it's quite weird how this forty-year-old warning is still used on DVDs even into the 2020s and the 21st century.

1997–2004 (PBS eras)[]

Opening-Closing To Hercules In New York 2000 DVD

Visuals: Same as the 1998 PBS Distribution warning.

Technique: A digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Used on all PBS DVD releases distributed by Warner Home Video.

March 21, 2000–June 10, 2003 (Morgan Creek eras)[]

Opening To Sonic The Hedgehog 1999 DVD

Opening to Chill Factor 2000 DVD

(skip to 0:07)

MGM-UA Home Video Warning Screen (1995)

Visuals: Same as the Morgan Creek DVD warnings of the given period.

Technique: A digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Only seen on Morgan Creek DVDs distributed by Warner Home Video.

July 11, 2000[]

(Superman and Daffy Duck) "FBI Warning Screen" and "Coming Soon From Warner Home Video" (2000)

Nickname: "Superman"

Visuals: The bumper starts with a scene from Superman: The Animated Series, in which Superman flies above the city of Metropolis. After Superman flies into the camera, the scene cuts to a black screen with a red, fuzzy version of Superman's trademark "S"-shield slowly zooming in. Superimposed over the screen is the standard warning text in an OCR-A font, which appears as if a computer screen was being turned on.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: An excerpt from the theme of Superman: The Animated Series.

Availability: Only known to appear on a VHS of My Dog Skip.

October 3, 2000[]

Batman FBI Copyright Warning (VHS Capture)

Nickname: "Batman"

Visuals: The bumper starts with a montage of scenes from Batman: The Animated Series, featuring Batman looking over Gotham City and springing into action. As Batman leaps down toward the viewer, his cape covers the screen and reveals a warning screen. On the left is a silhouette of Batman in front of a red moon (from the show's closing credits), while on the right is the warning text (with "FBI" in a Times font and the rest in an Arial font) situated between the open gates of Wayne Manor.

Technique: 2D animation.

Audio: An excerpt from the theme of Batman: The Animated Series.

Availability: Seen on a few Warner Bros. Family Entertainment VHS titles issued during a 2000 Halloween promotion, including Scooby-Doo and the Alien Invaders and Scooby-Doo's Creepiest Capers, as well as reprints of The Goonies and Scooby-Doo's Greatest Mysteries.

April 16, 2002-May 18, 2004 (Big Idea eras)[]

Lyrick Studios-HiT Entertainment Warning Screen (1997-2003)

Big Idea Warning Screen (2001-2003)

Big Idea Warning Screen (2001-2004, 2006, 2008)

Visuals: Same as the Big Idea warnings of the given period.

Technique: A digital graphic with fading effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on VeggieTales, 3-2-1 Penguins!, and LarryBoy: The Cartoon Adventures VHS tapes and DVDs from the era.

July 29, 2003[]

Warning: Same as the later variant of the 1984 Buena Vista/Walt Disney Home Video/Entertainment warning.

FX/SFX: None.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Seen on a 2003 VHS/DVD of Framed, co-distributed by Touchstone Home Entertainment.

November 11, 2003; February 12, 2008–July 20, 2012[]

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment FBI Warning (1982, No Cut Transitions, 5 Seconds, DVD Version)

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment INTERPOL Warning (1979, 5 Seconds, DVD Version)

Visuals: Same as the Columbia TriStar Home Video/Entertainment warnings.

Technique: A digital graphic.

Audio: None.

Availability: Extremely rare. Seen only at the end of the DVD of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The Canadian warning screens also appeared at the end of the Cartoon Network DVD releases of Adventure Time: The Complete First Season, The Amazing World of Gumball: The Mystery, Regular Show: The Best DVD in the World (at this moment in time), and the final two volumes of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien. These Canadian warning screens even appears on Warner Home Video/Vivendi Entertainment DVDs of Bakugan Battle Brawlers as you hit play on the menu.

Editor's Note: A fairly common assumption as to why these appeared was because of Sony handling the international distribution of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, though the reason for its appearances on the aforementioned Cartoon Network DVDs remains a mystery.

November 9, 2004–December 15, 2009; March 9, 2010; January 11, 2011-April 17, 2012[]

FBI Warning Screen (Warner Home Video version 4-3)

Visuals: On a blue gradient background, we see a color FBI logo with "FBI ANTI-PIRACY WARNING" in a white box in front of it. The warning text in white appears below.

Variants:

  • On Appleseed Ex Machina, the text is aligned to the left.
  • A widescreen variant exists.
  • On the first three volumes of Animaniacs, the warning screen cuts to black on every disc except for discs 1 and 3 of Volume 1. However, when rewinding to the exact point before the warning ends, or when the discs are played on a computer, it fades out as normal.
  • On a screener DVD of The Polar Express and Ace Ventura Deluxe Double Feature, the warning cuts in and out.

Technique: A digital graphic with fading effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Very common.

  • Seen on all WHV releases from late 2004 to 2009. It debuted on Before Sunset, and some other early releases that used this were Yu-Gi-Oh! The Movie: Pyramid of Light, Kangaroo Jack: G'Day, U.S.A.!, and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (VHS only; the DVD versions use the first warning instead). Rather interestingly, it can also be found plastering the first warning on the Seven Brides for Seven Brothers disc/side included in TCM Greatest Classic Movies Collection: Broadway Musicals, as the set uses a modified version of disc 1 of the 2004 Two-Disc Special Edition.
  • Also seen on releases by a few other companies (often unrelated), including later releases by Bandai Entertainment, Time Warner-owned New Line Home Entertainment, Olive Films and 2 Entertain, as well as the 2006 CBS Home Entertainment DVD of Criminal Minds: The First Season.
  • This also appears on the earliest Blu-ray releases from WHV like The Departed, The Wicker Man, Under Siege, and A Christmas Story. Among the last DVDs to use this warning were Observe and Report and Trick 'r Treat.
  • Oddly, this makes surprise appearances on the 2007 Word Entertainment and Warner Home Video DVDs of VeggieTales: The Wonderful Wizard of Ha's, all four seasons of Ben 10, the first two seasons of Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi: Let's Go! and Rock Forever, all nine volumes of Ben 10: Alien Force, the 2009 Blu-rays of 17 Again and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone: Ultimate Edition, the 2009 DVD of Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales, the 2010 DVD of NFL New Orleans Saints: Road to Super Bowl XLIV, the 2009 DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Hangover, Four Christmases, Terminator Salvation, and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, the 2012 DVDs of Adventure Time: It Came from the Nightosphere and Regular Show: Slack Pack, all five volumes of Ben 10: Ultimate Alien, and awards consideration DVDs.
  • Strangely, the full-screen variant appears on the 2006 double feature DVD of The Cheyenne Social Club and Firecreek, despite the movies being presented in widescreen.
  • It was also seen on the 2009 MPI Home Video DVD of The Escapist and the 2013 Un'Corked Entertainment DVD of The Returned.
  • It (along with the Spanish warnings) was also seen at the end of LeapFrog presents: Learn to Read at the Storybook Factory, due to a editing mistake on Warner's part.

December 20, 2005–July 23, 2013; December 23, 2014[]

New FBI Warning Screen (100 video upload special)

FBI Anti-Piracy Warning Warner Home Video Logo

Visuals: On a black background is a blue/black gradient box with rounded edges, which has whitish-blue lines inside it. In the box is the following: on top is the no symbol (a red circle with a diagonal line) which has "SUPPORT ANTI-PIRACY" in very small white letters on the circle. Inside it is "PIRACY" in white. Below that is "5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON," in gold with a line below, and at the bottom, also in gold, is "FINES OF $250,000" with a line above it. Each is sandwiching a big red "WARNING." On the "WARNING" is the text in white.

Trivia: On the 2010 DVD of Nip/Tuck: The Sixth and Final Season, the later variant only appears on disc 1, while the other discs use the early variant.

Variants:

  • A widescreen variant exists.
  • On later releases starting with Sherlock Holmes, there is more text in a different paragraph on the red "WARNING" and the words "5 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON" and "FINES OF $250,000" are removed.
  • On the 2007 Blu-rays of Blade Runner (discs 1, 3, and 5 only) and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, the warning cuts in and out.

Technique: A digital graphic with fading effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Common.

  • It debuted on UMDs, such as Constantine and Batman. Its first non-UMD appearance was on the HD DVD and Blu-ray releases of 300, and was exclusively used on subsequent WHV HD releases from 2007-09. However, it wasn't used on DVDs until Orphan.
  • The later variant is also seen on some 2011 UK DVDs from WHV, while the earlier variant appears on WHV releases of old New Line Cinema films, such as The Mask and The Wedding Singer.
  • Although it no longer appears on movie releases (except for the second disc of the 2014 DVD reissue of Enter the Dragon), it continued to be used on releases of television shows such as Adventure Time, Ben 10: Omniverse, Growing Pains, and Supernatural.
  • The first version was still used on Warner Archive Collection DVDs well into the 2010s, such as A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later, Mitchell, and The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show: The Complete Series.

Editor's Note: While it might surprise people on their first viewing, it's actually a cool-looking screen.

April 18, 2006–present (HD DVD/BD/4K UHD Only)[]

Warner Home Video "HD INTERPOL" warning (2014) (1080p HD)

Visuals: On a red background, white warning text fades in and out.

Variant: On earlier 4K Ultra HD Blu-rays from WBHE, the warning cuts in and out from black with the warning text already there.

Technique: A digital graphic with fading effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen at the end of all WHV/WBHE HD DVDs and most of their Blu-rays, such as The Last Samurai, North by Northwest, A Christmas Story, and 2001: A Space Odyssey. Strangely, no warning of any kind appears at the end of the Blu-rays of Inception, Due Date, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - Part 2, New Year's Eve, and Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. On DVD, it was seen on awards consideration discs of Argo and Her.

August 28, 2012–March 26, 2019; May 21, 2019; April 14–September 8, 2020; 2019-present (non-Warner Bros. content only)[]

FBI Anti-Piracy Warning Screens

Universal FBI Anti-Piracy Warning Screen (2013-2018) (1080p HD)

Visuals: Same as any other generic FBI Anti-Piracy warning screens, on a black background, with FBI Anti-Piracy Warning seal and Homeland Security Investigation badge on the first screen and Intellectual Property Rights on the second screen.

Variants:

  • On Warner Archive Collection Blu-rays such as Murder, My Sweet, The World According to Garp, Wait Until Dark, and Gun Crazy, as well as a 2018 DVD reissue of Secondhand Lions, both screens fade in and out.
  • On the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Just Mercy, the Universal warning is used along with the Spanish translation.

Technique: A digital graphic with cutting effects.

Audio: None.

Availability: Seen on all Warner releases from The Lucky One until Aquaman, although it made surprise appearances on Isn't it Romantic, Just Mercy, and We Bare Bears: The Movie. It also appears on some 2012-2019 UK DVDs released by WHV/WBHE (most releases uses their own warning). It continues to appear today on non-Warner Bros. content released by WBHE.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Warning Screens/United States of America and Canada (2024)

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