Cinema Adverts ( ABC & Odeon Titles)

[EmmasChannelUK]

Wow this is old. Notify the manager if the temperature of the auditorium is uncomfortable? Haha only in America, and back in the.. (whenever this was made.) Nowadays there's health and safety and so many people complain for no reason it's barely worth their time going at all if you ask me.

[hj1138]

does anyone know the name of the music for the odeon 1st choice ident???

[mastoiler]

35mm is much better than digital. Anyday.

[RediffusionMusic]

UPDATE: I DO NOT HAVE THE ALBUM ANYMORE.

JUST SEARCH GOOGLE FOR " KPM 1300 Up Front "

[Bignadim]

lol Associated British Cinemas all buildingsI known of gone to demolition even as bingo halls are now redundant

[lyris1]

Wow, the RIGHT side of the auditorium is no smoking!

[megaben99]

if it weren't passover i would be eating hot dogs.

[RediffusionMusic]

Who wants Score (The song used in the ABC policy trailer) because i have it in ear-cuttingly clear quality.

PM me with your email if you want it.

[sianfennton]

who wrote the music at 1:21? It's driving me crazy not knowing. If anyone can help please post here. Is it library music or was it written specifically for the advert?

[thmaga]

@sianfennton its library music KPM musichouse, the exact id number is buried in the comments here if i remember correctly.

[RediffusionMusic]

@thmaga I have it in 320kbps MP3

[RediffusionMusic]

@sianfennton Richard Myhill- Score

on the KPM1300 Up front cd

and i have it just PM me if you want it.

[RediffusionMusic]

1:35 Thorn Logo???????

[antster1983]

@RediffusionMusic EMI (parent company of Thames Television) owned ABC Cinemas, under the business name of Thorn-EMI Screen Entertainment Ltd.

[RediffusionMusic]

@antster1983 thanks for the info.

i saw a huge pole with speakers on the top and it had the same logo and stuff? :S

[megaben99]

the westler hot dogs look like 7-11's quater pound big bite hot dog. oh god now i have a craving for hot dogs, damn it and i just had a craving for a sushi buffet, DAMN YOU WESTLERS!!!!!!!!!!

[RediffusionMusic]

@megaben99 euw...sushi....*bokes*

[MsBeatlesfan100]

Is it possible to buy these adverts on DVD??

[seimion31]

I really enjoyed these adverts.

[thorninmysideis90]

These videos are awesome. Where did you get them? 

[megaben99]

what is the difference between beer and lager? ps i don't drink alcohol, because i don't like the taste.

[antster1983]

@megaben99 It depends on how it's brewed; but as a whole, lagers are lighter and taste crisper than beers.

[antster1983]

@antster1983 So what you see in the Hollywood Bar advert is a pint of lager :o)

[ggeudraco]

I'd like to find the KPM music, so that I can listen to it in its proper entirety. You'll find a more upbeat 30-second version of it on YouTube videocode ZIuwkN3Jc5w .

[antster1983]

@ggeudraco That's another version of Score with strings. That's also on the album KPM 13 - Upfront.

If you want to listen, simply look for the KPM Musichouse website. There should be a box on the main page for PLAY Production Music. Click on option #2 to enter as a guest and you're in :)

[antster1983]

Were the Previewtime and the Hollywood Bar themes library music as well? The Previewtime music sounds like it's a Johnny Pearson or Keith Mansfield composition to me...

[antster1983]

@sygo7g It's on KPM 13 - Upfront, the track is called Score.

[cropsy13]

My Lord

This video brought back memories (The one with the Camera going around the Building).

Nice one

[jemabeans]

These are rare!!!

[rhinestonecowboyUK]

Cool stuff. I love these old gems. Growing up in North East England in the 1980s our local ABC was already derelict but I remember the Odeon first choice titles very well. Could you post a higher resolution version?

[Ampex196]

Michael Aspel would not come cheap, but he was, and still is the best in the business!

Lovely post - thanks!

[EmpireLS56KW]

LMAO 2:43 the voice over sounds perverted! Sounds like someone thats been doing too much deep throating! 3:36 LOL beef on hoof! Poor creatures! 3:39 first few seconds sounds like The Pet Shop Boys west end girls? Its odd Odeon isnt my first or even second choice. Empire Leicester Square is first middle and last choice.

[KentuckyFriedGunman]

Wait....they served scotch at British theatres?

KICKASS!

[dminalba]

@KentuckyFriedGunman Yeh some Odeon cinemas had a bar, The Cineworld cinema in Glasgow city centre (The world's tallest cinema) has a bar as well.

[faenor]

Arrrrrhhh the good old days when you could hit a person to being to loud in the cinema XD

[kstarpictures]

Who animated the ABC Cinemas policy snipe? It looks very similar in wording and design to the United Artists Theatres policy trailer of the 70's and 80's over here in the US. "Escape To The Cinema" is in the same font and layout as UA Theatres' slogan at the time "Escape To The Movies!"

[chaoreturnsforgood76]

Did the Rank ODEON "PREVIEWTIME" ident lasted until 1977/1978?

[rantum]

Am I right in thinking that the voiceover from 0:48 to 0:53 and from 2:50 to 3:07 is Anthony Hopkins?

And from 4:18 to 4:34 is Michael Aspel?

[chaoreturnsforgood76]

That's Rupert Ackroyd (voiceover from the NO SMOKING snipe) He was the promotons manager for the Rank ODEON Cinemas.

And Hollywood BAR is not part of ODEON it's part of the ABC Cinemas. There was an ODEON Bar but it's not there anymore

[chaoreturnsforgood76]

woods2121 I think the "Hollywood BAR" and "Silence Please!" promos were used at ABC Cinemas?

There was an "ODEON Bar" at the old ODEON Cinemas there was Bimbi's Resturant at the ODEON Newcastle (former Paramount) which are now closed.

[053bss]

The Hollywood Bar voiceover sounds almost like Alan Whicker. Confirmation, anyone?

[antster1983]

@053bss He sounds like he's been propping up the Hollywood Bar long before the cinema opened!

[alcockell]

Was it still the First Choice Odeon period when the Star Wars Special Editions came out?

Or maybe when Sidwell St reopened and they had the two Michael Douglas/Kathleen Turner films back to back..

[chaoreturnsforgood76]

The "First Choice ODEON" set was started in 1986 (Gen 1 set) and stopped in 1990 and replaced with the Gen 2 set cut down to 4 titles with new soundtrack and no voiceover that was scrapped later in 1996 when the "The First Choice" slogan was dropped and replaced with "ODEON Cinemas" Idents and lasted until October 1998 with the "ODEON Fanatical About Film" titles which their slogan is still around today.

[chaoreturnsforgood76]

Did the "No Smoking" snipe lasted until 1986 when the Rank Organisation stopped their cinema industry and the "Rank ODEON" idents changed over to "First Choice ODEON"?

The narrator for this "No Smoking" snipe is Rupert Ackroyd (Promotions manager for the Rank Organisation a.k.a. ODEON)

[woutch]

There was still smoking at our local ODEON as late as 1992.

[The6thSimpson]

can anyone upload the abc logo from the mid late nineties with their most recent logo? That would seriously bring back a lot of memories

[llewela1]

Thanks very much especially the ABC "Escape to the Cinema" promo. It ran from 1982 to 1987 and I've been waiting a long time to see it again. Music is KPM 1300 by Richard Myhill. Roger Cherrill Ltd made the promo.

[tonymontana1974]

Wow those old odeon cinema idents took me back we used to have a old odean cinema in preston town centre ( next to tokyo jo,s) i used to love going there. I dont go to the cinema much now its too commercial theres no individuality there any more too american.

[LH270677]

How did you get hold of the old Odeon Idents? and how did you transfer them to Youtube?

[woods2121]

Hi

I spent 18 years toiling over a hot projector at Odeon Manchester plus used a friends 35mm projector to transfer

[LH270677]

Okay. I remember that Odeon ident as kid. Do you still have those idents?

[woods2121]

Oh yes still have those titles on a forty min reel

[TheLizardmonkey]

@woods2121 This is all absolute gold, but we need more... more!!!

[DazrahT]

Great video, I remember the ident at 3:40 when I did my work experience at Coventry Odeon on Jordan Well in 1996 I must have seen it 30 times in two week!

[RichieA70]

Great stuff and Michael Aspel on the 'Preview Time' voice overs I believe."If the temperature of this auditorium is uncomfortable, please notify the manager"...those were the days!

[agfagaevart]

ABC cinemas??? I remember going to see First Blood in one of them years ago.

[GVB1939]

This is one for my Cinemas Old and new Playlist.

Cinemas Old and new past and present

GVB1939 Gerald Victor Broad. . :o)

[Nutterworth]

Cheers, genius.