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** VidAmerica sets up operations. |
** VidAmerica sets up operations. |
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* '''September''': The Laurel Group announces its exclusive claim as the sole licensor for official releases of public domain feature ''Night of the Living Dead''; except for pre-existing licenses from original U.S. theatrical distributor The Walter Reade Organization and co-producer Image Ten, all releases from this point on are to be considered unofficial unless officially licensed by the Laurel Group, regardless of quality. |
* '''September''': The Laurel Group announces its exclusive claim as the sole licensor for official releases of public domain feature ''Night of the Living Dead''; except for pre-existing licenses from original U.S. theatrical distributor The Walter Reade Organization and co-producer Image Ten, all releases from this point on are to be considered unofficial unless officially licensed by the Laurel Group, regardless of quality. |
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* '''October''': RCA bolsters its SelectaVision catalog with |
* '''October''': RCA bolsters its SelectaVision catalog with licenses for 75 Paramount and 20 Rank features. |
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* '''November''': Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment starts up home video operations, with a deal at Time-Life. |
* '''November''': Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment starts up home video operations, with a deal at Time-Life. |
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* '''December''': RCA inks deals with Disney for 16 theatrical features and 8 cartoon compilations and with Don Kirshner Productions for 12 music programs. |
* '''December''': RCA inks deals with Disney for 16 theatrical features and 8 cartoon compilations and with Don Kirshner Productions for 12 music programs. |
Revision as of 16:32, 7 July 2024
Events
- May: Fotomat begins signing with Paramount to rent and sell 43 feature films on videocassette.
- June:
- Time-Life Video was established to rent videocassettes.
- VidAmerica sets up operations.
- September: The Laurel Group announces its exclusive claim as the sole licensor for official releases of public domain feature Night of the Living Dead; except for pre-existing licenses from original U.S. theatrical distributor The Walter Reade Organization and co-producer Image Ten, all releases from this point on are to be considered unofficial unless officially licensed by the Laurel Group, regardless of quality.
- October: RCA bolsters its SelectaVision catalog with licenses for 75 Paramount and 20 Rank features.
- November: Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment starts up home video operations, with a deal at Time-Life.
- December: RCA inks deals with Disney for 16 theatrical features and 8 cartoon compilations and with Don Kirshner Productions for 12 music programs.
VHS and Beta
January
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
And Then There Were None | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
The Beatles Show | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Bigfoot: Man or Beast? | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
The Big Land | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet Captain Kidd | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
The Bullwinkle Show | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Chariots of the Gods | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Don't Look in the Basement | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
The Family | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Jack and the Beanstalk | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Once Upon a Brothers Grimm | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Overlords of the U.F.O. | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Pinocchio | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Sasquatch | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
Son of Sinbad | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment | January 1979 | |
The Wild Geese | Allied Artists Video | Allied Artists Video | January 12, 1979 |
February
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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The Sound of Music | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | February 1979 |
March
April
May
Title | Label | Marketer | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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American Hot Wax | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | May 1979 | |
Fraternity Row | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | May 1979 | |
The Godfather | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | May 1979 | |
The Godfather Part II | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | May 1979 | |
Saturday Night Fever | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | May 1979 | |
Shane | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | May 1979 | |
Three Days of the Condor | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | May 1979 |
June
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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And God Created Woman | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
Fingers | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 1979 | |
Foreign Correspondent | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
Go Tell the Spartans | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
HBO On Location: An Evening with Redd Foxx | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
HBO On Location: Young Comedians Jamboree | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Allied Artists Video | Allied Artists Video | June 1979 | |
The Long Voyage Home | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
The Making of Star Wars | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 1979 | |
Slightly Honorable | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
Stagecoach | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
Sundown | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
Trade Winds | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 | |
The Woman of the Town | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | June 1979 |
July
August
September
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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The Bad News Bears | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Breakfast at Tiffany's | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 1979 | |
Charlotte's Web | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Chinatown | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Days of Heaven | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Death Wish | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The Duchess and the Dirtwater Fox | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 1979 | |
The Godfather | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The Godfather Part II | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Goin' South | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Harold and Maude | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
In Praise of Older Women | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 1979 | |
Islands in the Stream | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
King Kong | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Lady Sings the Blues | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The Little Prince | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The Longest Yard | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Love Story | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Marathon Man | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Murder on the Orient Express | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Nashville | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The Odd Couple | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Paper Moon | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Play It Again, Sam | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Pretty Baby | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Romeo and Juliet | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Saturday Night Fever | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Shane | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The Shootist | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Sunset Boulevard | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The Ten Commandments | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
Three Days of the Condor | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
True Grit | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 | |
The War of the Worlds | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | September 1979 |
October
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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Conversation Piece | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | October 1979 | |
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | October 1979 | |
Drum Beat | Fotomat Video | Fotomat Video | October 1979 | |
The Poseidon Adventure | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | October 1979 | |
Serpico | Paramount Home Video | Fotomat Video | October 1979 | |
The Servant | EMI Videogram | Fotomat Video | October 1979 | |
Sympathy for the Devil | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | October 1979 | |
Watch Your Step: Program I | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | October 1979 | |
Watch Your Step: Program II | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | October 1979 | |
Watch Your Step: Program III | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | October 1979 |
November
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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1980 Preview Tape | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
The Anderson Tapes | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Assault on Precinct 13 | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
The Blue Max | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | November 1979 | |
Born Free | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Born Yesterday | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
A Boy and His Dog | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
Breakout | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Bye Bye Birdie | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Cocaine Cowboys | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
The Day Time Ended | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
The Deep | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
End of the World | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
Fun with Dick and Jane | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Fyre | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
Gilda | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Halloween | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
The Harder They Fall | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Harry and Walter Go to New York | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Laserblast | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
A Man for All Seasons | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Mysterious Island | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
The New Centurions | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Nocturna | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
Planet of the Apes | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | November 1979 | |
Shame of the Jungle | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
Shamus | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Slithis | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
The Taming of the Shrew | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 | |
Tourist Trap | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | November 1979 | |
The Towering Inferno | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | November 1979 | |
You Light Up My Life | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Time-Life Video | November 1979 |
December
TBD
Title | Label | Marketer | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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Baseball: Fun & Games | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | 1979 | |
Casablanca | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | 1979 | |
Dark Star | Video Communications Inc. | Video Communications Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | 1979 | |
Debbie Does Dallas | Video Cassette X-Rated | Video Cassette X-Rated | Video Cassette X-Rated | 1979 | |
The Devil in Miss Jones | Video Cassette X-Rated | Video Cassette X-Rated | Video Cassette X-Rated | 1979 | |
His Girl Friday | Discount Video Tapes | Discount Video Tapes | Discount Video Tapes | 1979 | |
Hitler's Children | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | 1979 | |
Last Tango in Paris | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | 1979 | |
The Outer Space Connection | Video Communications Inc. | Video Communications Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | 1979 | |
Pack Up Your Troubles | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | 1979 | |
Semi-Tough | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | 1979 | |
World Series Highlights | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | 1979 | |
The Year of the Great Comeback | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | 1979 |
Laser videodisc
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
TBD
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
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Kidnapped | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
Kids is Kids | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
Looking for Mr. Goodbar | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
Love Story | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
The Marcus-Nelson Murders | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
National Lampoon's Animal House | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
On Vacation with Mickey Mouse and Friends | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
Saturday Night Fever | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
Three Days of the Condor | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 | |
Tom Sawyer | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1979 |
Operating VHS and Beta duplicators
- Bell & Howell (serving Allied Artists Video, Fotomat Video, and Paramount Home Video)
- Columbia Pictures Videocassette Services
- Magnetic Video Corporation (also serving Paramount Home Video)
- Media Home Entertainment
- The Nostalgia Merchant
- VCA-Teletronics (also serving Time-Life Video)