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In the early 1980s, Disney received complaints from their fans about the adult themes from the most recent films that were given a PG rating. Because of this, Ron W. Miller, the CEO of the Walt Disney Company, created the Touchstone Pictures label, allowing Disney to release adult-oriented movies.

Touchstone Films/Pictures[]

March 1984[]

On March 9, 1984, the first Touchstone movie was released -- Splash. In fact, that was the only film to use this logo, which can be found on this movie's VHS and DVD prints and television broadcasts. The logo made its TV debut on November 9, 1986 on ABC.

1984-1985[]

The second logo appeared on only two films -- Country (1984) and Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985). It can still be found on DVD and VHS releases of both movies. More interestingly, these two films' initial VHS releases, along with the next film (My Science Project), contained the Walt Disney and You promo at the end.

1985-2003[]

For its first year, this logo used the studio's old name, "Touchstone Films", beginning with My Science Project (1985) and ending with The Color of Money (1986). Around the release date of the 1986 Walt Disney Home Video logo, the studio's name was changed to Touchstone Pictures, first seen on Tough Guys (1986). The "Films" variant is rare, while the "Pictures" variant is much more common to find on late 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s films, such as Good Morning, Vietnam (1987), Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988), Dead Poets Society (1989), Dick Tracy (1990), Father of the Bride (1991), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), and more. Within these films, the 1991 VHS of Three Men and a Little Lady was the first to contain a trailer of a Walt Disney Pictures film. Since then, more Touchstone movies (those rated PG) gradually got more trailers from Walt Disney Home Video titles. For example:

  • Sister Act (1992 VHS) - If My Sister's in Trouble music video, Sister Act soundtrack, Father of the Bride
  • 3 Ninjas (1993 VHS)- Captain Ron, The Mighty Ducks, The Muppet Movie
  • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1994 VHS)- The Nightmare Before Christmas, Angie, Like Water for Chocolate
  • Into the West (1994 VHS) (Version 1)- The Air Up There, Blank Check, The Return of Jafar
  • Into the West (1994 VHS) (Version 2)- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, D2: The Mighty Ducks
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (1994 VHS)- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, D2: The Mighty Ducks, Gargoyles: The Movie
  • A Simple Twist of Fate (1995 VHS)- Angels in the Outfield, It's Pat: The Movie, Camp Nowhere, Terminal Velocity, Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit, The Air Up There, Aladdin and the King of Thieves
  • Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit (1995 VHS)- Angels in the Outfield, The Air Up There
  • Father of the Bride Part II (1996 VHS) (Version 1)- Nixon, Mr. Holland's Opus, Oliver & Company
  • Father of the Bride Part II (1996 VHS) (Version 2)- Father of the Bride Part II soundtrack, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves, Mr. Holland's Opus
  • Mr. Wrong (1996 VHS)- Celtic Pride, Beautiful Girls, Up Close & Personal, Spy Hard, Mr. Wrong soundtrack
  • Up Close & Personal (1996 VHS)- Evita, The Preacher's Wife, Last Dance, Beautiful Girls, Jane Eyre, The Pallbearer, Up Close & Personal soundtrack
  • Two Much (1996 VHS)- Evita, Spy Hard, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Beautiful Girls
  • Last Dance (1996 VHS)- Captives, Of Love and Shadows, The Horseman on the Roof, Last Dance soundtrack
  • Kazaam (1996 VHS)- Jack, Eddie, First Kid, Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
  • Phenomenon (1997 VHS) (Version 1)- Emma, Jack, Il Postino (The Postman), Phenomenon soundtrack, John Travolta message, The National Arbor Day Foundation
  • Phenomenon (1997 VHS) (Version 2)- Ransom, The Preacher's Wife, Flirting with Disaster, Hit Movies, Hot Prices, John Travolta, The National Arbor Day Foundation
  • Mr. Wrong (1997 VHS)- Up Close & Personal, Muriel's Wedding
  • Up Close & Personal (1997 VHS)- Nixon, Dangerous Minds
  • The Preacher's Wife (1997 VHS) (Version 1)- The English Patient, Marvin's Room, The Preacher's Wife soundtrack
  • The Preacher's Wife (1997 VHS) (Version 2)- Ransom, The Associate, Hit Movies, Hot Prices
  • Ransom (1997 VHS) (Version 1)- Con Air, Sling Blade, Evita, Metro, Random soundtrack, The Drew Carey Show, Just Drew It
  • Ransom (1997 VHS) (Version 2)- Playing God, Scream, The Preacher's Wife, The Buena Vista Video Collection, The Drew Carey Show
  • Metro (1997 VHS)- Mimic, Nothing to Lose, The 6th Man, The Buena Vista Action Thriller Collection, RoadRacers, Silent Trigger, Shadow Conspiracy, Grosse Pointe Blank
  • Kazaam (1997 VHS)- Old Yeller, Walt Disney Film Classics: The Love Bug Collection, Microcosmos, First Kid
  • The War at Home (1997 VHS)- Prefontaine, Silent Trigger, Hawk's Vengeance, Roadracers, Shades of Fear
  • The 6th Man (1997 VHS)- Deep Rising, Con Air, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Grosse Pointe Blanke, Gone Fishin', Rhyme and Reason, The Keenan Ivory Wayans Show, The 6th Man soundtrack
  • Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997 VHS)- Scream 2, Playing God, The 6th Man, Gone Fishin', Cosi, Chasing Amy, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion soundtrack, General Hospital
  • Con Air (1997 VHS)- Jackie Brown, Armageddon, Nothing to Lose, Operation Condor, G.I. Jane, The Prophecy II, Bounty Hunters, Con Air soundtrack, The Practice
  • Metro (1998 VHS)- Sling Blade, Supercop, The Buena Vista Action Thriller Collection
  • Nothing to Lose (1998 VHS) (Version 1)- Senseless, Mighty Joe Young, Con Air, The Prophecy II, Chasing Amy, Brassed Off, Cosi, Children of the Revolution, G.I. Jane, She's So Lovely, Nothing to Lose soundtrack
  • Nothing to Lose (1998 VHS) (Version 2)- Swingers, Gone Fishin', Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
  • Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1998 VHS)- Swingers, Nothing to Lose, Gone Fishin', The Buena Vista Video Collection, General Hospital
  • Con Air (1998 VHS)- Armageddon, Now You Can Own All This Action, Grosse Pointe Blank, Shadow Conspiracy, Metro
  • A Thousand Acres (1998 VHS) (Version 1)- G.I. Jane/Mimic/She's So Lovely, Love Serenade, Shall We Dance, The Night and the Moment, Cop Land, Her Majesty, Mrs. Brown
  • A Thousand Acres (1998 VHS) (Version 2)- Cop Land, Playing God, Good Will Hunting
  • The 6th Man (1998 VHS)- Shadow Conspiracy, Grosse Pointe Blank, The War at Home, ESPN X Games: 1997 Summer Highlights, Con Air
  • Playing God (1998 VHS)- Cop Land/The Rage/Blackjack/An American Werewolf in Paris, Mimic, G.I. Jane, She's So Lovely, The House of Yes, Moon Dance, Rocketman, Playing God soundtrack
  • Little Indian, Big City (1998 VHS)- Rocketman, Mr. Magoo, The Black Cauldron, Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, The Lion King II: Simba's Pride, Kiki's Delivery Service
  • Kundun (1998 VHS)- Four Days in September, Good Will Hunting, Welcome to Sarajevo, The Wings of the Dove, Mouth to Mouth, A Price Above Rubies, Wide Awake, Kundun soundtrack
  • Krippendorf's Tribe (1998 VHS)- Good Will Hunting, Mr. Magoo, Little Indian, Big City, Senseless, Burn Hollywood Burn, Summer Fling
  • He Got Game (1998 VHS)- Jackie Brown, Senseless, Phantoms, Ride, Nightwatch, Girls in Prison, Sports Night, He Got Game soundtrack, He Got Game Music Video: "Public Enemy"
  • Armageddon (1998 VHS)- Enemy of the State, The Faculty, The Horse Whisperer, Six Days, Seven Nights, The Practice, Armageddon soundtrack
  • Six Days, Seven Nights (1998 VHS)- The Horse Whisperer, He Got Game, Halloween H20 Twenty Years Later, Since You're Been Gone, Armageddon, Good Will Hunting, Dharma & Greg
  • Mafia (1999 VHS)- Six Days, Seven Nights, Halloween H20 Twenty Years Later, HavPlenty, Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods, The Big One, I Got the Hook Up, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, The Waterboy
  • He Got Game (1999 VHS)- The Waterboy, Senseless, Ride, I Got the Hook-Up!, Rounders, 54
  • The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1999 VHS)- The Waterboy, Strike, Mafia, Simon Birch, A Bug's Life
  • Little Indian, Big City (1999 VHS)- Doug's 1st Movie, Mighty Joe Young, Meet the Deedles, Krippendorf's Tribe, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Mafia
  • Krippendorf's Tribe (1999 VHS)- Doug's 1st Movie, Mighty Joe Young, Meet the Deedles, Little Indian, Big City, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, Mafia
  • Six Days, Seven Nights (1999 VHS)- Mighty Joe Young, The Horse Whisperer, Swingers, Flirting with Disaster
  • The Waterboy (1999 VHS) (Version 1)- Inspector Gadget, Mighty Joe Young, Mafia, Simon Birch, The Waterboy soundtrack
  • The Waterboy (1999 VHS) (Version 2)- Mystery, Alaska, Rush More, I'll Be Home for Christmas, Home Improvement: The Series Finale, Wasteland, Superbowl Champion Series, The Waterboy soundtrack, The Making of The Waterboy
  • Holy Man (1999 VHS) (Version 1)- Inspector Gadget, The Waterboy, Simon Birch, Mafia, The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
  • Holy Man (1999 VHS) (Version 2)- The Waterboy, Mafia, Simon Birch, The Mighty, Home Improvement: The Series Finale
  • Beloved (1999 VHS)- Simon Birch/Beloved/Beyond Silence/Smoke Signals/Next Stop Wonderland
  • The Patriot (1999 VHS)- Enemy of the State/The Faculty/No Code of Conduct/The Patriot/Mercenary 2: Thick and Thin, Mountment Avenue, From Dusk 'Til Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money, Detroit 9000
  • Rushmore (1999 VHS)- Celebrity, Enemy of the State, The Faculty, Velvet Goldmine, Wishful Thinking, She's All That, Rushmore soundtrack
  • A Civil Action (1999 VHS)- The Sixth Sense, The 13th Warrior, Talk About Movies, Enemy of the State/The Faculty/The Patriot/Mercenary 2: Thick and Thin, Holy Man, The Practice, Miramax Talk
  • The Other Sister (1999 VHS)- Mumford, A Civil Action, Down in the Delta, Shakespeare in Love/Little Voice/The Mighty/Playing by Heart, General Hospital, The Other Sister soundtrack
  • Home Improvement: The Series Finale (1999 VHS)- I'll Be Home for Christmas, The Waterboy, The Hughleys
  • Summer of Sam (1999 VHS)- Play It to the Bone, Instinct/Rogue Trader/Existenz/Break Up/Heaven, 10 Things I Hate About You, The Practice, Summer of Sam
  • Instinct (1999 VHS)- The Insider, The Other Sister, 10 Things I Hate About You, Instinct/Rogue Trader/Existenz/Break Up/Heaven, Enemy of the State
  • 10 Things I Hate About You (1999 VHS)- Mystery, Alaska, She's All That, Shakespeare in Love, The Other Sister, Learn to Ski Better 2, Wasterland, 10 Things I Hate About You soundtrack
  • The Other Sister (2000 VHS)- A Civil Action, Playing by Heart, God Said Ha, Down in the Delta, Once and Again, Miramax Talk
  • Woman Wanted (2000 VHS)- The Very Thought of You, In Too Deep, The 13th Warrior, Entropy, Get Bruce
  • Entropy (2000 VHS)- The Very Thought of You, In Too Deep, The 13th Warrior, Get Bruce, Warren Miller's Fifty
  • Swing (2000 VHS)- Gone in 60 Seconds, Impostor, The Sixth Sense, Guinevere, Outside Providence, Entropy, Breakfast of Champions, Get Bruce!
  • The Sixth Sense (2000 VHS)- Gone in 60 Seconds, Impostor, The 13th Warrior, From Dusk 'Til Dawn 3: The Hangman's Daughter/In Too Deep/Jet Li: Fist of Legend/Total Recall 2070: Machine Dreams, The Prophecy 3: The Ascent, Arabian Nights, The Sixth Sense: Rules and Clues Featurette
  • The Insider (2000 VHS)- Gone in 60 Seconds, The Sixth Sense, Mumford, Music of the Heart, Guinevere, The Insider soundtrack
  • Mumford (2000 VHS)- Gone in 60 Seconds, Outside Providence, Happy, Texas, Break, Breakfast of Champions, Swing, Get Bruce
  • Cradle Will Rock (2000 VHS)- Gone in 60 Seconds, Music of the Heart, Tuesdays with Morrie, Swing, Iris Blond
  • Tuesdays with Morrie (2000 VHS)- Gone in 60 Seconds, Bicentennial Man, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Music of the Heart, The Straight Story, Cradle Will Rock, Swing, Iris Blond, The ALS Association
  • Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (2000 VHS) (Version 1)- Scary Movie, Play It to the Bone, Mystery, Alaska
  • Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo (2000 VHS) (Version 2)- Down to You, Outside Providence
  • Bicentennial Man (2000 VHS)- Music of the Heart, The Straight Story, All I Wanna Do, Down to You, Bicentennial Man soundtrack
  • Play It to the Bone (2000 VHS)- Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo, Mystery, Alaska, Gun Shy, The Insider, Project A
  • The Minion (2000 VHS)- Jackie Chan's Project A, Kiss of Fire, Twin Dragons, Scream 3, Video.com
  • The Nightmare Before Christmas (2000 VHS)- The Emperor's New Groove, The Black Cauldron and The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, James and the Giant Peach: Special Edition, The Making of The Nightmare Before Christmas
  • Shanghai Noon (2000 VHS)- Unbreakable, The Emperor's New Groove, Shanghai Noon: Special Edition, High Fidelity, Mission to Mars, Video.com
  • Shanghai Noon (2001 VHS)- Keeping the Faith, Boys and Girls
  • Coyote Ugly (2001 VHS)- Pearl Harbor, Gone in 60 Seconds, Shanghai Noon, The Kid, Coyote Ugly soundtrack, Video.com, BBMak - "Still On Your Side" music video
  • Tuesdays with Morrie (2001 VHS)- Pearl Harbor, The Crew, Sweet Revenge, The ALS Association
  • The Crew (2001 VHS)- The Kid, Sweet Revenge, Tuesdays with Morrie
  • Playing Mona Lisa (2001 VHS)- Bounce, Tuesdays with Morrie
  • Unbreakable (2001 VHS) (Version 1)- Corky Romano, Unbreakable DVD, Bounce, Remember the Titans, Gone in 60 Seconds
  • Unbreakable (2001 VHS) (Version 2)- O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Unbreakable Deleted Scenes with Special Introductions by M. Night Shyamalan
  • Nothing to Lose (2002 VHS)- Double Take, Shanghai Noon, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo
  • Six Days, Seven Nights (2002 VHS)- Holy Man, While You Were Sleeping

2002-2016[]

First seen with the film Signs (2002) in theaters, this is the current logo for films released by Touchstone Pictures and Touchstone Home Entertainment. Unfortunately, it has become rare as of 2007, with only two films released that year, due to industry costs. As a result, no R-rated movies were released from this brand name until September 2008. The last R-rated movie released by Touchstone Pictures was The Fifth Estate, which was released on October 18, 2013.

The music for this logo is the same as the previous one.

Touchstone Home Video/Entertainment[]

1984-1986[]

It's an extremely rare Touchstone Home Video logo; as though it was only seen the initial VHS releases of three of the first four Touchstone Films, from Splash to My Science Project (Country didn't have it, as it skips right to the Touchstone Films logo instead). The Walt Disney and You promo can also be seen at the end of all four movies, and the last one is the first to have a trailer for a coming attraction (for the next film, Down and Out in Beverely Hills).

1986-1987[]

Only used for one year, it can only be seen the first video releases of Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Off Beat, Ruthless People, The Color of Money, and Outrageous Fortune. Unless you're lucky, the 1987 Touchstone Home Video logo (see below) will appear instead of this one.

1987-2003, 2005[]

If you're a fan of Touchstone Pictures films, especially ones from the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, this logo should be very easy to find. The 2002 variant is kinda rare, though, as it has the words "Home Entertainment" instead. This variant first appeared on the Corky Romano VHS on May 14, 2002.

2004-2017, 2021[]

Although current, it pretty rarely appears on new movies as of 2007.

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