Judging by the resolution of these clips, they were shot in native 35mm before being transferred to video (probably on a telecine, which does explain all the USF commercials on television at the time). In terms of presenting it in theaters in 35mm, they might’ve used either the video to film transfer method (as mentioned by someone in the comments) or they went back to the original film footage that was made before the video telecine transfer. I think that’s how it works.
@@Naminski1a above you state "it's from 1992", but if you scroll up earlier in the comments you state "I THINK it's from 1992". Please do not guess! That is not helpful. Please only state a date when you are sure it is incorrect and have factual data to back it up. Also don't forget a ride does not have to have already opened publicly in order for the promotion to have begun with staged actors, even though a ride is not finished being built, passed all of its safety requirements and opened to the public yet. Thanks.
Ha, my brother returned from here a few days ago. Seeing clips of it here makes me wish someone could release a full HD scan of the "Back to the Future: The Ride" IMAX footage. The version Universal put on the DVD is cropped trash.
Jim Cummings: Nobody else grabs you, twists you, turns you, shoots you, shakes you, rocks you, slimes you, blasts you, hurls you, hugs you, loves you, thrills you and puts you right in the middle of all the action, adventure and excitement you've seen on the screen! Not anyone! If you wanna go on the greatest rides based on the biggest movies there's only one place you can! You've got to go to Orlando and check out its newest and greatest theme park as well as the largest working motion picture and television studio outside of Hollywood! It's Universal Studios Florida, the number one movie studio and theme park in the world and the only place on Earth where you can see the stars and ride the movies!
Why did you think this was from 1989? This is CLEARLY from 1993! Please change the title! It's not that hard, just go ahead and edit the title of the video, change "1989" to "1993" and we're in business!
TO ALL - There are various comments here correcting the date. While we absolutely DO APPRECIATE corrections on dates and titles, we must insist on citations. The comment above states this is "CLEARLY" from 1993, but offers absolutely no proof nor why he thinks it is a 1993 film. When we list a year in the title it is because of a visual copyright in the image (which is sometimes outside of the cinema-cropped 1.85 area), or because it is printed into the leader's information. In instances like this one we had to go off of the film's date code, which was 1989. The only drawback from going off of the film's date code is that if this was indeed a 1993 film, that means the filmstock it was printed on sat around in the back of some lab for 4 years before being used, and while that is POSSIBLE, that is not likely to have happened. If everyone here was saying this was a 1990 film, that would certainly be believable since having a film printed on filmstock that was only "last year" is entirely possible, whereas 2, 3 or 4 years later is not likely to have happened at all. So the moral of the story is, if you feel the date is wrong, please explain in detail WHY you think it is wrong and provide backup when you make your comment, otherwise the odds are we won't change the title because we can't find any evidence to the claim. Thanks.
@@FTDepot Well let me make this clear; Back to the Future The Ride didn't open at the park until May 2 1991 and it is shown in the video. Also note that Stimpy has a cameo in the crowd of characters and Ren and Stimpy didn't debut until August 11 1991 and of course the big factor is that if it WAS from 1989 it would just feature the commercial with the scrolling letters that spell "Universal Studios" and features footage of movies inside the letters. Now that I have the proof, can you please change it to 1993? Besides, somebody said that they saw this trailer in front of Jurassic Park which was released in theaters on June 11 1993, almost 28 years ago. I am sorry but you made a little mistake.
@@hamursh We always welcome corrections! Definitely thank you for those dates. There are however further factors that must be considered. Someone else emailed in today with extensive research and citation links for this, but there is still no proof as to the EXACT year. From all documentation we have seen THUS FAR the earliest date was 1991, so based upon the other gentleman's backup he provided, that proves that the lab who printed the commercial was using 2 year old film stock. That's very much not something that happened very often, but it did happen on rare occasion. We don't update dates based upon what movie someone thought they saw the commercial in front of. There have been far more than enough examples where their memory was proven to be wrong. The fact is that people's memories in general aren't always as accurate as they think they are. So at this point we now absolutely agree 1991 (or later). However, using 2 year old film stock is very uncommon, BUT using 3 year old film stock is a super rare occurrence. To date this at 1993...that means the lab used 4 year old film stock! That's essentially unheard of. We aren't saying that this isn't from 1993, but do you now see our dilemma with changing the date to 1993? The facts just aren't totally there...yet. That being said at least for the time being we are updating this to (1991-1993) until further backup surfaces.
I distinctly remember seeing this ad before “Jurassic Park” in theaters back in 1993. Thanks for finding this.
This is 1993, Matthew Gauer.
I saw your scan of this on the Defunctland video “Kid Cities”.
Don’t worry, you were credited :)
Seeing how this contains clips from Back to the Future: The Ride, which didn't open until 1991, I'd say this ad was from that year at the earliest.
I think it's from 1992.
@@Naminski1a Maybe 1993!
1993 I’m pretty sure.
Man, they really liked that one clip of The Fly at 0:28, it’s in basically all of the old Universal ads.
Judging by the resolution of these clips, they were shot in native 35mm before being transferred to video (probably on a telecine, which does explain all the USF commercials on television at the time). In terms of presenting it in theaters in 35mm, they might’ve used either the video to film transfer method (as mentioned by someone in the comments) or they went back to the original film footage that was made before the video telecine transfer. I think that’s how it works.
Interesting.
God Bless You! This is amazing! Glad you scanned this in its original format!
Great upload! I remember seeing a print of this during the opening night of Miami's Nite Owl Theater.
0:29 - 0:31 Same globe as Universal Studios Hollywood!
Wow, looks like universal gets a 35mm ad like we've never seen before
Also, it's from 1993.
@@Naminski1a above you state "it's from 1992", but if you scroll up earlier in the comments you state "I THINK it's from 1992".
Please do not guess! That is not helpful. Please only state a date when you are sure it is incorrect and have factual data to back it up. Also don't forget a ride does not have to have already opened publicly in order for the promotion to have begun with staged actors, even though a ride is not finished being built, passed all of its safety requirements and opened to the public yet. Thanks.
Ha, my brother returned from here a few days ago.
Seeing clips of it here makes me wish someone could release a full HD scan of the "Back to the Future: The Ride" IMAX footage. The version Universal put on the DVD is cropped trash.
These are so good. Keep up the good work!
I believe it would’ve been ‘92, because that’s when both the Beetlejuice Graveyard Revue opened and the Rocky and Bullwinkle live show closed
The former home of Nickelodeon
i think the appearance of rocky and bullwinkle mascots is enough to excuse the crime of video-to-film transfer
Jim Cummings: Nobody else grabs you, twists you, turns you, shoots you, shakes you, rocks you, slimes you, blasts you, hurls you, hugs you, loves you, thrills you and puts you right in the middle of all the action, adventure and excitement you've seen on the screen! Not anyone! If you wanna go on the greatest rides based on the biggest movies there's only one place you can! You've got to go to Orlando and check out its newest and greatest theme park as well as the largest working motion picture and television studio outside of Hollywood! It's Universal Studios Florida, the number one movie studio and theme park in the world and the only place on Earth where you can see the stars and ride the movies!
Actually, it was Chuck Riley.
The only place on Earth where you can ride the movies!
Nickelodeon Studios in HD format didn't exist: 0:15-0:16
ah yes the home of nickelodeon studios
I was about to say hahaha, this looks like a print made from an SDTV source
This is 🌎 universal
What a 35mm Movie Released in 1993?
0:29 BLUES BROTHERS!
I don't think its 1989, it feels like 1992
Was there ever actually a Harry and the Hendersons character in the park?
The name of the theme song in the commercial
Back to the Future theme music.
Oh my god look at the theme park😍
This Ad Actually 1993
Hey! Can you please upload this in the original 35mm version?
What’s the name of the song in the commercial
Back to the Future theme music.
Why did you think this was from 1989? This is CLEARLY from 1993! Please change the title! It's not that hard, just go ahead and edit the title of the video, change "1989" to "1993" and we're in business!
TO ALL - There are various comments here correcting the date. While we absolutely DO APPRECIATE corrections on dates and titles, we must insist on citations. The comment above states this is "CLEARLY" from 1993, but offers absolutely no proof nor why he thinks it is a 1993 film.
When we list a year in the title it is because of a visual copyright in the image (which is sometimes outside of the cinema-cropped 1.85 area), or because it is printed into the leader's information. In instances like this one we had to go off of the film's date code, which was 1989. The only drawback from going off of the film's date code is that if this was indeed a 1993 film, that means the filmstock it was printed on sat around in the back of some lab for 4 years before being used, and while that is POSSIBLE, that is not likely to have happened. If everyone here was saying this was a 1990 film, that would certainly be believable since having a film printed on filmstock that was only "last year" is entirely possible, whereas 2, 3 or 4 years later is not likely to have happened at all. So the moral of the story is, if you feel the date is wrong, please explain in detail WHY you think it is wrong and provide backup when you make your comment, otherwise the odds are we won't change the title because we can't find any evidence to the claim. Thanks.
@@FTDepot Well let me make this clear; Back to the Future The Ride didn't open at the park until May 2 1991 and it is shown in the video. Also note that Stimpy has a cameo in the crowd of characters and Ren and Stimpy didn't debut until August 11 1991 and of course the big factor is that if it WAS from 1989 it would just feature the commercial with the scrolling letters that spell "Universal Studios" and features footage of movies inside the letters. Now that I have the proof, can you please change it to 1993? Besides, somebody said that they saw this trailer in front of Jurassic Park which was released in theaters on June 11 1993, almost 28 years ago. I am sorry but you made a little mistake.
@@hamursh We always welcome corrections! Definitely thank you for those dates. There are however further factors that must be considered.
Someone else emailed in today with extensive research and citation links for this, but there is still no proof as to the EXACT year. From all documentation we have seen THUS FAR the earliest date was 1991, so based upon the other gentleman's backup he provided, that proves that the lab who printed the commercial was using 2 year old film stock. That's very much not something that happened very often, but it did happen on rare occasion.
We don't update dates based upon what movie someone thought they saw the commercial in front of. There have been far more than enough examples where their memory was proven to be wrong. The fact is that people's memories in general aren't always as accurate as they think they are.
So at this point we now absolutely agree 1991 (or later). However, using 2 year old film stock is very uncommon, BUT using 3 year old film stock is a super rare occurrence. To date this at 1993...that means the lab used 4 year old film stock! That's essentially unheard of. We aren't saying that this isn't from 1993, but do you now see our dilemma with changing the date to 1993? The facts just aren't totally there...yet.
That being said at least for the time being we are updating this to (1991-1993) until further backup surfaces.
I don’t think this is 1989...
It's from 1993.
Pre-covid stuff.💲🎫😎
And when Halloween Horror Nights was affordable and didn't need to rely on IP houses
This is from 1993. Fix it, please.
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