MGM Modified Screens

1st screen

(????-)

Bumper: On a black background the text in the same font as the Sony and Starz (Trifecta) modified screens reads "The following film has been modified from its original version. It has been..."

"formatted to fit your screen."

"formatted to fit your screen and edited for content."

"formatted to fit your screen, to run in the time allotted, and edited for content."

"formatted to fit your screen and edited to run in the time allotted and for content."

"edited for content."

FX/SFX: The fade-in and fade-out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Fairly common nowadays, like on some Trifecta-owned Starz movies, a few Paramount titles (e.g. USA's print of Mission: Impossible), and Sony movies. More common on older prints of MGM movies.

Scare Factor: None.

2nd screen

(200?-)

Bumper: On a black background the text in Arial font reads "The following film has been modified from its original version. It has been..."

"formatted to fit this screen and edited for content."

"formatted to fit this screen and made to run in the time allotted."

"The following film has been modified from it's original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen, to run in the time allotted and edited for content."

Variant: On some films like the 2013 syndicated print of I'm Gonna Get You Sucka the screen is 10 seconds long rather than 5 seconds.

FX/SFX: The fade-in and fade-out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Common on syndicated and network prints of MGM movies including newly syndicated prints of Lionsgate and Miramax films.

Scare Factor: None.

3rd screen

(2000?-)

Bumper: On a black background the text in the same font as the current Debmar-Mercury modified screen reads "The following film has been modified from its original version. It has been formatted to fit this screen, edited to run in the time allotted and for content."

FX/SFX: The fade-in and fade-out.

Music/Sounds: None.

Availability: Can be seen on some current prints of MGM movies.

Scare Factor: None.