1982: Difference between revisions

== Events ==

* MGM and CBS split their home video ties, with CBS Video Enterprises going alone, and MGM forming its own home video division, MGM/UA Home Video.

* '''June''':

** CBS Video Enterprises merges with 20th Century-Fox Video, forming CBS/Fox Video.

** RCA Records joins forces with Columbia Pictures, renames the existing Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment division to RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video, after the prior international joint venture it started a year earlier.

* '''August''': Andre Blay Corporation was sold to Embassy Communications, becoming '''Embassy Home Entertainment'''.

* '''December''': MGM/UA Home Video enters into a trial arrangement with Polygram Records for distribution of its catalog in select territories across the United States late in the month.

 

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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)

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| ''Allegheny Uprising'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || January 13, 1982 ||

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| ''Bugsy Malone'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 13, 1982 ||

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| ''The Cannonball Run'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || January 13, 1982 ||

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| ''Caveman'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || 20th Century-Fox Video || January 20, 1982 ||

| ''Eyewitness'' || 20th Century-Fox Video || 20th Century-Fox Video || January 20, 1982 ||

* For rental only.

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| ''The Fighting Seabees'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || January 13, 1982 ||

| ''Fistful of Dollars'' || 20th Century-Fox Video || 20th Century-Fox Video || January 20, 1982 ||

* For rental only.

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| ''Forced Entry'' || HarmonyVision || HarmonyVision || January 13, 1982 ||

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| ''The Lenny Bruce Performance Film'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || January 13, 1982 ||

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| ''The Lord of the Rings'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || January 6, 1982 ||

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| ''One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'' || Thorn EMI Video || Capitol Records || January 6, 1982 ||

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| ''Paternity'' || Paramount Home Video || Paramount Home Video || January 13, 1982 ||

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| ''The Shaggy Dog'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || January 20, 1982 ||

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| ''Stardust Memories'' || Magnetic Video Corporation || 20th Century-Fox Video || January 20, 1982 ||

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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)

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| ''Baffled'' || 20th Century-Fox Video || 20th Century-Fox Video || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''Birdman of Alcatraz'' || 20th Century-Fox Video || 20th Century-Fox Video || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''Charlie Daniels Band: The Saratoga Concert'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || February 18, 1982 ||

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| ''College Football's Wildest Season'' || 20th Century-Fox Video || 20th Century-Fox Video || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''Continental Divide'' || MCA Videocassette, Inc. || MCA Distributing Corporation || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''Cowboy and the Señorita/Colorado Serenade'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''The Front'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || February 4, 1982 ||

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| ''Great Figures in History: Franklin D. Roosevelt'' || CBS Video Enterprises || CBS Video Enterprises || February 18, 1982 ||

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| ''The Grissom Gang'' || ABC Video Enterprises || 20th Century-Fox Video || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''The Harrad Experiment'' || Wizard Video || Family Home Entertainment || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''In Cold Blood'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || February 4, 1982 ||

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| ''Manhunt of Mystery Island'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''Mildred Pierce'' || 20th Century-Fox Video || 20th Century-Fox Video || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''Nobody's Perfekt'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || February 4, 1982 ||

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| ''Spoilers of the Plains/Lights of Old Santa Fe'' || The Nostalgia Merchant || The Nostalgia Merchant || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''Tarzan the Ape Man'' || MGM/CBS Home Video || CBS Video Enterprises || February 18, 1982 ||

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| ''Terminal Island'' || Wizard Video || Family Home Entertainment || February 17, 1982 ||

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| ''The Three Stooges: Woman Haters'' || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment || February 4, 1982 ||

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| ''Griffin and Phoenix'' || ABC Video Enterprises || 20th Century-Fox Video || April 14, 1982 ||

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| ''Herbie Rides Again'' || Walt Disney Home Video || Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company || April 7, 1982 ||

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! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s)

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| ''Beyond the Fringe'' || Wizard Video || Family Home Entertainment || July 8, 1982 ||

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| ''Master Mind'' || Unicorn Video || Unicorn Video || July 29, 1982 ||

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| ''The Music of Melissa Manchester'' || Warner Home Video || Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation || July 22, 1982 ||

| ''Shoot the Moon'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || July 1, 1982 ||

* For rental only.

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| ''Starvengers'' || Family Home Entertainment || Family Home Entertainment || July 22, 1982 ||

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| ''A Stranger Is Watching'' || MGM/UA Home Video || MGM/UA Home Video || July 1, 1982 ||

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| ''They All Laughed'' || Vestron Video || Vestron Video || July 22, 1982 ||

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| ''Curse of the Headless Horseman'' || Cult Video || Wizard Video || The Video Station Inc. || 1982 ||

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| ''Fiend'' || Force Video || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1982 ||

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| ''The Legend of Spider Forest'' || Cult Video || Wizard Video || The Video Station Inc. || 1982 ||

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| ''Season of the Witch'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || Family Home Entertainment || 1982 ||

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| ''Shadowman'' || Cult Video || Wizard Video || The Video Station Inc. || 1982 ||

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