History of HBO Feature Presentation (1976 - 2011)

A Video I Found on CD Called "My Videos Vol. 2" I Made on Aug 2013
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[@phnigra111]

Remember the little HBO guide that you'd get every month with all of the movies? 😁

[@SewardWriter]

I would always borrow my mom's highlighters in order to mark the good stuff.

[@wtxgirl67]

I may have a few guides in storage.

[@JoseMorales-lw5nt]

I remember the first time TALES FROM THE CRYPT premiered during the Summer of 1989. My father used to get the monthly HBO guide. Wouldn't you know it? That damn Cryptkeeper was on the cover! My God, seeing that rotting corpse with the missing nose scared the shit outta me as a kid. Hell, I can even recall sneaking into my parent's bedroom to watch a new episode. They used to have a viewer warning about the series. The whole TV ratings system didn't exist yet. When the announcer got to the VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED part, the camera quick pans to a giggling Cryptkeeper! God, I miss the 80's/90's...😎🇵🇷🇺🇸📽🗽🦂

[@craigdixon4113]

@@JoseMorales-lw5nt Then you would have loved the 60’s and 70’s!

[@schmeltingaccident]

Duuuude I forgot about those! Now I remember there one being with The Addams Family and Mr. Bean as a young ass kid, and I was afraid of Mr. Bean lol. Thanks dude.

[@darthzod7537]

The 1983 version is still the best. Such heart and power! Still makes me excited when I see it.

[@itshiho]

Yeah I agree that's the one that I remember clearly for whatever reason. I was a kid what that one came out.

[@darthzod7537]

Yes, it is so much a part of who I am to this day.

[@vidhead85]

It made me feel like "Oh shucky ducky, this movie's going to be good!"

[@Musicradio77Network]

I remember me and my brother used to mess around over the "HBO in Space" Feature Presentation bumper. I was a kid back in those days when I saw it and me and my brother was fighting around.

[@FlyingWildAZ]

Me too. Growing up we would drive four hours from Maryland to New York to visit my Grandparents. They had HBO and the '83 intro is the one I remember. It definitely brings back a little of that childhood excitement and good times when I see it.

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

Damn I swear times where so much happier when life was simpler and there was just HBO. I miss the 80's and early 90's dearly.

[@howieusmc9214]

I was teenager. No bills, job or my kids to worry about. Yes they were great times.

[@kellymiller1891]

@@howieusmc9214 I would have to agree with you, Because I miss HBO in the 90s, I remember my Husband Adam, our Five Children, Our 4-year-old son named Ben, our 5-year-old Daughter named Ruth, our 7-Year-old Son named Ryan, and our 9-year-old Identical Twins named Keith (Boy, our son) and Lacey (Girl, our daughter), and I would watch Movies on HBO every Saturday Night, we would watch a Family Movie on HBO, sometimes Ben, Ruth, Ryan, Keith, and Lacey would watch an Animated or Anime Movie on HBO, and when they're Asleep, Adam and I would watch our own Movie on HBO, our Top Ten Favorite Movies Are. 10. Mrs., Doubtfire. - 1993. 9. Space Jam. - 1996. (The one that has Michael Jordon on it). 8. FLUBBER. - 1997. 7. Home Alone. - 1990. 6. Dunston Checks In. - 1996. 5. Home Alone 2 Lost in New York. - 1992. 4. THUMBELINA. - 1994. Animated. 3. FERNGULLY the Last RAINFOREST. - 1997. Animated. 2. The Swan Princess. - 1994. Animated. 1. Anastasia. - 1997. Here's my Honorable Mentions. 1. The Prince of Egypt. - 1998. Animated. 2. Quest for Camelot. - 1998. Animated. 3. A Troll in Central Park. - 1994. Animated. 4. The King and I. - 1999. Animated. 5. Rock-a-Doodle. - 1991. Animated. 6. Cat's Don't Dance. - 1997. Animated. 7. The Muppet Christmas Carol. - 1992. 8. Once Upon a Forest. - 1993. Animated. 9. The Pebble and the Penguin. - 1995. Animated. 10. Rover Dangerfield. - 1993. 11. Pooh's Grand Adventure the Search for Christopher Robin. - 1997. Animated. 12. ANTZ. - 1998. 13. A Little Princess. - 1995. 14. Mr. Holland's Opus. - 1995. 15. Little Women. - 1994. 16. Ghost Dad. - 1990. 17. The Adventures of Huck Finn. - 1993. 18. Balto. - 1995. 19. Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken. - 1991. 20. Ruby Bridges. - 1998. 21. A League of Their Own. - 1992. 22. The Amazing Panda Adventure. - 1995. 23. Born to be Wild. - 1995. 24. Radio Flyer. - 1992. Etc. Etc.

[@christopherfoland1104]

I remember being 10 in summer of ‘85 and sneaking out of bed to watch HBO at night and the city scape opening before every movie like Porky’s, Revenge of the Nerds, The Last Starfighter, Back to School, and many others. What I would give to be back there now! 🙂

[@epcotman32]

You and me both

[@hshawn00]

Man! It was nothing like sneaking out of bed and watching HBO or Cinemax late at night. They used to have the best movies playing late at night. Just like you, I'd do anything to go back to that time.

[@MikeMaxwell1961]

NOTHING, and I mean NOTHING beats the 1983 intro, a part of which starts at 2.28 and after that @3:05. The orchestral music is phenomenal. You don't have that anymore - it's all canned crap that is meant to be used and reused. As a society, we have just given up on originality and creativity in so many areas. The painstaking process that was used to create the original 1983 set, the miniatures that were hand painted to make sure they accurately represented a small town, to the camera work and angles that probably took many many hours of detailed work. The script, that dictated every second of the scenes, and ultimately a final product that was damn near perfection and awe inspiring. Those times are pretty much gone. I realize the progress is inevitable. It doesn't mean we can forget about everything we have done to get us where we are, and to celebrate those times. The people who contributed deserve it, and we certainly deserve to see from which greatness we have come.

[@hshawn00]

Well said my brother. People just don't have the passion or the creativity to do anything that comes close to that 1983 intro! It is iconic and brings chills to my spine every time I see it. You think creativity is lost now, wait until AI takes over, it will really go to the toilet.

[@st3v3nk3]

The "fly above the twilight city" is the best.. from '83. It still gives goosebumps...

[@vidhead85]

It was the absolute best!

[@InflatableKMH]

totally agree. they need to bring that back in my honest opinion :)

[@shanejones8884]

st3v3nk3 fucking amazing I mean fucking amazing... I call it HBO in space but it's fucking amazing. At 2:39 shit got real

[@shanejones8884]

That should have been 3:03

[@greenmonsterprod]

I remember watching a "making of" feature they did on how they made that intro, including the miniature, the chrome logo and the non-CGI animation. Very much a product of a bygone age.

[@CT-Irodion]

The ones from 1983, 1987 and 1999 are freaking masterful. Please HBO, return us the 80s-90s nostalgia of the HBO intros.

[@luisreyes1963]

Sadly won't happen, as they have rebranded themselves as the streaming service MAX.

[@TheWorldSpinsSlowly]

​@luisreyes1963 HBO is still a brand on cable, satellite, and everywhere except in its streaming service. It rebranded its streaming service. I believe it happened to make room for brands related to HBO, but I could be wrong. Overall, HBO is still a thing, just lesser of a thing nowadays.

[@MikeGilroyMusic]

The one I remember most is the shortened 1983 one where they edited out the inside of the house and just started with the city instead. So many good memories. I’m 42 so I’m sure many of you remember the excitement of watching some classics.

[@bevrosity]

yeah, those ones were the best and what i remember most.

[@seanz1115]

Beyond epic.

[@hshawn00]

It is simply iconic!

[@Grandizer8989]

This ranks right up there with Budweiser Christmas Clydesdale commercial for me. So many fond memories of sitting around our old Zenith TV, no cell phone distractions, and no grown-up problems yet

[@MrJaiden23]

The 1983 version was always so cool right before movie night or on a fight night! We were onlu allowed to stay up for the special occasions when we watched something on HBO!

[@adventureboy7855]

POV: it’s a rainy night and you were making pop corn for your family as ghost busters was about to air on tv. You grab the cokes and Pepsi’s and the pop corn and walk in the living room just in time for the HBO feature presentation intro to play.you sit down with your family all munching on the popcorn.all you know that this night was gonna be the night of your life

[@dr150]

Very well said. 😀

[@Drizzleize]

2:27 is where I hit the scene. Legendary. Thanks, Dad.

[@ModulateThis]

+Drizzleize Me too!

[@SammyM00782]

+Drizzleize Ditto!

[@seign]

+Drizzleize Same here man. I remember watching this bump for the first time more than I remember the movie I saw that came after it. I remember exactly where I was, who I was with... hell, I even remember the smell of the room I was in at the time. Such nostalgia. BTW, I too was with my dad at the time in a hotel room with my mom. We were traveling with him on a business trip. Strange how such the oddest things can bring us back to such exact moments in our lives.

[@conairvideoteam8017]

Hahaha, yup.

[@BBKlima]

This is the best one ever.

[@Kylefassbinderful]

HBO for their next anniversary should make a new version of the 1983 intro. It should be an update to the original with stop motion and scaled models of city. All cars, people, etc should be modern.

[@luisreyes1963]

Too bad they rebranded themselves as a streaming service, MAX.

[@ScrappleCheesesteaks]

I remember the debut of the intro 3:03 , It was so big at the time, HBO even aired a special showing how it was done. Tiny model cars, streets, trees, big camera The "HBO" was handmade and it hung on wires. Real high tech stuff at the time.

[@slow-mo_moonbuggy]

yep, I remember that!!

[@sgtpepper1138]

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[@aaronsmith1575]

I remember seeing that special! The first theme I remember was the one just before that.

[@systemshocker2875]

the new hbo feature presentation logo(long version) pays homage to the 1983 logo,even showing some of it at one point

[@totoroiswatching]

ScrappleCheesesteaks See that video link! It tells you how they made it.

[@GooniesNeverSayDie1980]

The first 6 seconds of this video has my hazel eyes earing up already, the power of nostalgia is so very power, especially if you are an authentic 80's baby & 90's teen.

[@UltraMagnus3786]

Awesome video. Families don't sit around and watch movies together anymore. The elaborate intros before movies have become obsolete, sadly. These intros represent an era that's long gone. Thanks for posting this--the nostalgia is strong.

[@jeromecabral7464]

I miss those years as a kid because we would all would sit down as a family and watch a movie together

[@precisionxt]

I make it a point to spend every Friday night watching a movie with my family. We have pizza and snacks too. It’s the one thing that remains consistent in our crazy lives and we all look forward to it every week, as simple as it is.

[@nekad2000]

Never had HBO but on the rare occasions when I was at a friend's house, I remember the amazing high of these intros. As for families watching movies together, I don't really see the point. How about talking to each other instead? Maybe that was obsolete a long time ago too.

[@toucansam3]

@@nekad2000 Can't you do both?

[@asahutchinsonsuckslittledi1056]

No my friend family's now tried to kill each other over of some kind of dispute like that viral video of the Sun going up to his father with his pistol in his hand his dad said get off my property and the son said f*** you and they get into it and shoot a match and none of them don't hit the other damn LOL how can you get into a shooting match with somebody and don't shoot them don't I don't care the world going to end anyway

[@ENYoriginal]

The 1983 Intro was the one I grew up with...my parents got Cablevision in 1994 and it started off like this. Lasted all the way til 1999! DAMN! Gotta bring this one back!

[@robertcarldecker]

Actually that intro started in 1982 and ended around 2001/2002.

[@vintageceilingfans]

It ended around 1998 when they started the new ones.. The HBO movie intro stuck around all that time too and they got rid of that at the same time when HBO did a full upgrade to their programming..

[@videodoe]

The computer-animated next to last intro here that consists of zooming through and over the different U.S. landscapes and cityscapes and then culminating with the super huge HBO logo… LOL! 😆 The 1983 intro with its real miniature buildings, painted sky on a backdrop, and actual chrome HBO logo will ALWAYS be the BEST EVER intro no matter what! It was low-tech that gave off such a hi-tech look and it was and still is so BRILLIANT! 🤩

[@LestatSabastian]

Back as a kid I loved flying over the city one

[@ghettogospelspacedemon3765]

Amazing collection. Especially the openings from the 70s. I grew up on the 1983 version like many others. But most people forget how long HBO has actually been around. It was there at the dawn of cable and decades before streaming.

[@evog35viii]

2:27 The Game Changer and The BEST ONE.

[@SamGuthrie1977]

All of these are good, but the HBO space station over the city is untouchable. It's so epic, it still gives me chills and makes me excited even to this day.

[@jodyneal4969]

2:27 The anticipation was something magical

[@russrtspooling7702]

2:27 my childhood in a nut shell.. wow this takes me way back to Tales From the Crypt. God I feel old now.

[@kenyaholloway-reliford8213]

I find the 1999 logo to be underrated. I wish they had showed the long version more often. It's like a rollercoaster ride.

[@SpunchBop721]

I Know!

[@fitzgivesfits1]

4:18 had a Save by the bell feel.

[@Tinyoak2]

starting at 2:27 :) I remember turning the volume up a little because that way we could be in the kitchen with that huge popcorn popper (shooting the popcorn into either a big plastic bowl or a paper bag) and kind of time when we needed to hurry because the movie was about to start :P Loong before being able to pause it for a second.

[@Dark_Jaguar]

We could pause it for a second, but that's because we usually recorded it on VCR and played it the next day. Ahem, I mean we DIDN'T do that! Don't hurt me HBO!

[@92alphagal]

The 1983 version was by far the best

[@tiffanyparker2205]

I remember the 1983 version very well. I was 8 yrs old & my childhood in the 1980s was the best yrs of my life!!!!!

[@vibeofthee80s_]

As a kid we were not allowed to watch the HBO channel but I always found a way to watch movies lol, especially late 80s early 90s feature presentation intros are classic and nostalgic thank you for uploading

[@tsntana]

From beginning to end looks like the HBO Movie has gone full circle. It started plain vanilla and so far it has ended plain vanilla. :)

[@illuminatioracle]

0:08 "I've got a large pizza with EXTRA SAUSAGE" "I'm sorry, mister, I don't have any money to pay you with."

[@issabeganovic8822]

3:02 - 4:16 HBO, you gotta bring this back NOOOWWWW!!!

[@jnadle1]

By the way, I think their drummer for the 1982 feature presentation intro was studio regular John "J.R." Robinson for that intro. Remember the song, "Workin' Day and Night?"

[@eetchit6034]

Issa Beganovic kill your television now,, look up how tv is used to brainwash us,, think im lying? look it up

[@taydrabrookshire347]

+Eet Chit With awesome intros like these sure to leave shimmery footprints in many of our minds for years to come?

[@invision96]

I remember the opening with the family and watching it with my brothers because my Dad just knew a good movie was coming on because he bought the TV guide. And we just sat there with our favorite action figures with the biggest smiles knowing we were in for a good movie.

[@johnny_tapia]

Lol, I love how the beginning of the video has unnecessary audio distortion. Totally 80s.

[@rockabillycat1954]

It's a tape from 1976, it's amazing that it plays at all

[@greenmonsterprod]

Does anyone else remember when HBO was only on for part of the day? On weekdays, they went on around 5PM, signed off in the early morning, and ran a program guide roller caption during the day.

[@JetseTurner]

Yes

[@marceloromero9244]

1976 HBO ID Says: "This Is The Home Box Office Television Network".

[@MLFreese]

The 80's and 90's versions are the ones from my youth (born 1984). The "HBO in Space" version makes me want to put on some platform shoes and stomp to the disco beat XD

[@TheArkchild]

BORN IN 1990 ALWAYS REMEMBER SEEING THIS IN 1994-1999 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@patolalo11]

The BEST Movie Presentation of ALL THE TIMES!!! I MISSED A LOT - AMAZING - PURE GENIUS!!!

[@droman3634]

dam reminds me of being a kid watching movies with my whole family every sunday

[@MinhNguyen-cx2gz]

Love the HBO intro at 2:28. In the early 1980s when I was a kid, when this part came on, we all knew there was a 20% chance HBO was gonna show some R-rated boobies in a movie like "Porky's" or "Private School." Ahhh, sweet memories.

[@trollingisasport]

Yeah, I loved that feeling as a kid.

[@Jonsey-lm5sv]

Wow, I remember every single one of these. Got HBO in 1977. Back then we referred to it very formally as "Home Box Office".

[@xyj1313]

We called it "Home Box" in my house for years; my mom still does

[@gerardmcmillan8591]

When I was a kid, I loved the HBO intros!!!!

[@bgva82]

The 1983 intro will always be iconic and sum up my childhood, but I love how they tried to replicate the feel for the early-2000s intro.

[@KevinPiland]

Those intros are awesome.

[@elguapo7298]

I had HBO starting at the 2:30 mark. I loved that intro

[@tha1n0nly76]

My childhood.... 5:46 just like it was yesterday at my grandmas house.

[@motorman8198]

its amazing how something like this brings back memories of home and old friends i remember the fly over the most

[@TheArkchild]

2:27 MAN HBO HAD ONE OF THE BEST DAMN LOGOS AND MUSIC TO FIT 💯💯🔥🔥🔥 IT WAS LIKE YOU KNEW WHAT TIME IT WAS WHEN IT CAME ON TV AS A CHILD . THE MOVIE WAS JUST COMING OUT ON TV FOR THE FIRST TIME , AND IT WAS TIME FOR THAT POPCORN TO GET POPPED 🗣🗣🔥🔥 I MISS THE 90’s 💯💯

[@PhntmStudios]

everything after @2:28 was my area, classic intro comes in then Breakin 2 Electric Boogaloo comes on...memories

[@ryanmcminn1981]

ahhh 2:27 that brings me back

[@labeld]

Dat 1983 intro... Year I was born and grew up with it in my house. Such nostalgia!

[@joshuav875]

The 1999 my favorite they should bring that logo back. Please HBO bring back the 1999 logo for Countless HBO fans

[@lesliemiros6743]

It's similar to what the movie theatre chains do.

[@LastExile1989]

83 going through that little scale city. Is my fave.

[@SuperGaleford]

Thank you for finding all of these and uploading them.

[@jenna2026]

The 1983 version is the one everyone thinks of yet it only lasted until 2000, the 2000 intro was also around for 17 years, I feel as though it did not catch on as much as the 1983 intro though. The 2000 intro but was replaced in 2017 with the current intro that pays homage to the 1983 intro.

[@jackschissler255]

From 2:28 thru 4:38 those were the best ones. They sent chills down my spine.

[@CrystalDominique]

HBO just popped into my head. The intro that starts @ 5:47 is the one I grew up on. The 90's was dope. Awesome upload!

[@skullkrusher4078]

There is a documentary on here in which they show you how they did the transition from a live-action actor to a miniature set, and how they created the metallic logo with the Star Trek-esque warp lights for the infamous 1983 intro.

[@joestewart8914]

2:27 Love the wild horns and the awesome harp.

[@flaviantropy]

5:46... time to turn the lights down

[@haro82]

Ha classic! Back then as kids, all we cared about was whether or not there was nudity!

[@Truthteller0001]

a little glimpse of a tit was such a treat 😂🤣😂

[@esmooth919]

And then sometimes, we got to see the whole thing

[@jeffreese8694]

My parents couldn’t have cared less about what my sister and I watched except for that, and sometimes I could walk in on my dad and he didn’t care about my watching with him lol.

[@howardbeale661]

I was 15 when we got HBO (1983) and I FULLY concur, haha!

[@christopherfoland1104]

YES!!! I loved Porky’s and Revenge of the Nerds! I would check the HBO program guide to see when they were gonna be on and sneak out of bed to watch them!! 😈

[@chrisjohnson4738]

2:27 No more fucking around.

[@knf4451]

Lololol yes! can't believe I remember that one wow!

[@tsntana]

Chris Johnson 4:17 Back to fucking around.

[@larrysmith9076]

+Chris Johnson YES SIRRR!!

[@kitkatpoetess]

The intros with the flying logo used to scare the crap outta me when I was a kid for some reason LOL and it still gives me anxiety looking at it.

[@christinnablackson8831]

OMG! I thought I was the only one!

[@thompson1277]

1983 and 1987 is my favorite.

[@itsthepegasus]

Ah 4:17 reminds me of my dad when he'd make sure our black box worked like a charm.

[@Arthezius]

After the HBO space station, the rest were irrelevant.

[@Bariwon1]

Arthezius FACTS

[@christopherfoland1104]

Yes that was absolutely perfection!!

[@HoosierGarage]

hard act to follow.

[@Arthezius]

When you heard this intro from another room, you came running because it usually meant an "A" movie.

[@rodimus371]

The memories ……… thanks for posting

[@msdixieblues]

Thank you so much for the memories and putting this together

[@RepoManFan4Lyfe]

Awesome trip down memory lane. I have very fond memories of my childhood and these intros are a part of it. Thanks for the upload 🤘🏻😎

[@edsoliz]

3:02 Got you so hyped up for the movie. I always loved the music with the gradual buildup then BOOM GET IN YOUR SEAT BECAUSE IT'S MOVIE TIME

[@bmasters1981]

And another opening that Ferdinand Jay Smith was behind the music for, the Star Tunnel movie broadcast titles for ABC in the 80s, had music that seemed to send the same message way back when, no matter when ABC had a broadcast then.

[@nine_tails137]

These older HBO intros got NOTHIN' on the 80s version!

[@ilmamartinez522]

1:40 this takes my mother back. She had her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

[@coquijean]

...my brother and i were outside majority of the time, we didnt get cable until we were about 15...when HBO came around...the movie: ALIEN was having its debut, HUGE mindblower at the time for us, lol

[@Lynn17]

I grew up with the "fly above the city" and "colored dots make the logo to jazzy music" versions.

[@armagreggen6681]

I used to come RUNNING to the tv when I was little to watch the colored dots! 😂 I’m so easily amused!

[@geemepeese3506]

4:16 my fav intro, early 90's, featuring titles like: "Robocop 2" - "Blind fury" - "Predator 2" - "Blood and sand" - "Bonfire of vanities" - "Miami blues"... bring back that times !!!

[@Nickywhispersasmr]

3:43 So majestic! 4:17 Rockin’ tune!!

[@kalmac6255]

Lotta memories attached to all of those. Thank you.

[@jazzyfayy1983]

I miss the 1983 and 87 HBO intro.

[@cckiller0053]

5:48 This is the intro I'm familiar with.

[@KameWeeb]

Same here. That's the intro I grew up on. Scared the crap out of me as a kid for some reason.

[@lynnymachermann4620]

Thank you for posting this awesome theme of hbo’s!

[@mizzbee1477]

Omgggg I miss these days so much could cry

[@49612tyler]

1987 one is the best, brings back lots of great memories.

[@quintus5th]

Wow. The flying HBO logo. That took me back. I'm over here humming along lol

[@Ray-hq8pl]

I remember being scared too on that 1983 intro. probably cause I was staying up late (5yrs.old) bout to watch something I wasn't supposed to on HBO LOL!!

[@ramtha9]

Wow! Brings back memories..Thanks, gree443, for posting..

[@KameWeeb]

5:47 is where I came onto the scene. I loved the 90s and early 2000s.

[@RudeCustoms]

It seems like I'm going to the MCP from TRON.

[@NeutralGravity]

Enjoyable flashbacks, thank you!

[@TomM2727]

I love the HBO Movie Intro at 4:17. I remember watching that on my parents BUD (Big Ugly Dish - Ten Footer), back when most of the stuff on C-Band was free/in the clear, or you through a pirated satellite system. Those were the days

[@ArthurHammerr]

2:28 my childhood,

[@ionBlue1031]

3:20 What whimsical whimsy of wonderment is this?

[@MikeYoung1983]

I was raised in the 80s and 90s and this brings back memories.

[@fahhhque2255]

Seems like most of us started on 2:27 ... 3:03 was awesome too. Always reminded me of Beetlejuice with the model town. Ahhh... childhood.

[@RakeshKumar26026]

5.46 My Gold Time HBO simply the best 🙏

[@user-cw9ol3dw3q]

The best memories of my childhood r watching the intros of HBO.... Love this video

[@Liggie55821]

The 1983 / 2:27 intro music is as iconic as the 20th. Century Fox fanfare, in my mind.

[@reynagutierrez7934]

The fly over is awesome, all it needed to say was Beastmaster was the feature presentation.

[@InflatableKMH]

Maybe its just me, but that second one reminds me of Tron.

[@sallydelacruz884]

5:47 Best presentation Ever...