GoodTimes Entertainment
History[edit]
GoodTimes Entertainment was originally formed in 1984 by the Cayre brothers as GoodTimes Home Entertainment, or also known as GoodTimes Home Video. Initially releasing public domain titles, they soon expanded in 1985 with the launch of the children's home video label, Kids Klassics Home Video, or simply known as Kids Klassics, as well as workout titles. Its first product was Storer Broadcasting's Mel-O-Toons.
This was soon expanded by licensing agreements with MCA/Universal, Worldvision, Hanna-Barbera, Columbia Pictures, NBC, and Orion Pictures, among others. In 1987, GoodTimes and Kids Klassics merged their distribution arms to form GoodTimes/Kids Klassics Distribution Corporation. This was soon expanded by the launch of a line, GoodTimes Home Video Platinum Series in 1990, as well as a series of animated mockbusters.
In 1993, the company expanded with the formation of GT Interactive Software, specializing in distribution of video games, from Williams Entertainment, ID Software and later on, 3D Realms, with the FormGen acquisition. The company was sold to Infogrames in 1999. In the mid-1990s, the company briefly distributed titles by Coliseum Video for retail.
In 2001, the company bought out fitness organization The Firm. On February 10, 2003, Quadrangle Capital Partners purchased GoodTimes Entertainment for $90 million plus $160 million in debt, and rebranded the company as GT Brands.
On July 11, 2005, GT Brands Holdings filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. A day later, Gaiam announced to acquire all of GoodTimes' assets for $40 million. The deal was closed in September 2005 and GT Brands Holdings LLC was renamed as GT Media, Inc., becoming Gaiam's general-interest label that released films and animation from DIC Entertainment and mockbusters from The Asylum.
By the end of the 2000s, the GT Media brand was no longer used by Gaiam, with the company solely distributing fitness and yoga media under the latter label.
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Catalog number | Title | Country of origin | Original year | Length | Version | MPAA rating | Film format | Tape count | Tape break placement (if applicable) | Color | Released | Note(s) |
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05-04040 | Dressed to Kill From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1980 | 105 min | Uncensored international version | NC-17 | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04042 | The Fall of the House of Usher From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1960 | 85 min | Standard version | PG | CinemaScope | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04046 | Breaker! Breaker! From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1977 | 85 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04047 | Empire of the Ants From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1977 | 89 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04050 | Easy Money From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1983 | 96 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04051 | Mad Max From Orion Pictures |
Australia | 1979 | 96 min | International dubbed version | R | Todd-AO 35 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04054 | Beach Party From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1963 | 98 min | Standard version | PG | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04058 | The Amityville Horror From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1979 | 118 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04060 | Futureworld From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1976 | 104 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04061 | Meteor From Orion Pictures and Warner Bros. |
USA | 1979 | 105 min | International version | PG | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04062 | The Island of Dr. Moreau From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1977 | 104 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04064 | Grayeagle From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1977 | 104 min | Standard version | PG | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-04066 | Rolling Thunder From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1977 | 100 min | Standard version | R | Academy | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-74067 | Lone Wolf McQuade From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1983 | 108 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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05-74069 | Under Fire From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1983 | 128 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | September 22, 1993 |
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Catalog number | Title | Country of origin | Original year | Length | Version | MPAA rating | Film format | Tape count | Tape break placement (if applicable) | Color | Released | Note(s) |
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05-03762 | Chuck Norris From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1977-1985 | 294 min | Standard version | PG/R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04041 | Class From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1983 | 98 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04043 | The Pit and the Pendulum From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1961 | 85 min | Standard version | R | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04044 | The Raven From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1963 | 85 min | Standard version | G | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04045 | Code of Silence From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1985 | 101 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04048 | Gorky Park From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1983 | 123 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04049 | Back to School From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1986 | 96 min | Standard version | PG-13 | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04052 | The Bounty From Orion Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis |
UK | 1984 | 132 min | Standard version | PG | J-D-C Scope | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04053 | Beach Blanket Bingo From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1965 | 98 min | Standard version | PG | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04055 | Bikini Beach From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1964 | 100 min | Standard version | PG | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04056 | Muscle Beach Party From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1964 | 94 min | Standard version | G | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04059 | Something Wild From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1986 | 113 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | August 2, 1995 |
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05-04063 | Blow Out From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1981 | 108 min | Standard version | R | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04065 | Return to Macon County From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1975 | 90 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-74068 | Killer Force From Orion Pictures |
Ireland/Switzerland/USA/UK | 1976 | 102 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.66 | 1 | N/A | Color | April 27, 1995 |
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05-04071 | Death Wish II From Orion Pictures and Cannon Films |
USA | 1982 | 88 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | November 6, 1995 |
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05-04072 | Dillinger From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1973 | 107 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | November 6, 1995 |
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05-04073 | Five Guns West From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1955 | 78 min | Standard version | G | SuperScope | 1 | N/A | Color | August 2, 1995 |
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05-04074 | House of Games From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1987 | 102 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | August 2, 1995 |
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05-04075 | The Earthling From Orion Pictures |
Australia/USA | 1980 | 97 min | Standard version | PG | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | May 10, 1995 |
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05-04076 | Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1976 | 89 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | November 6, 1995 |
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05-04077 | Amityville II: The Possession From Orion Pictures and Dino De Laurentiis |
Mexico/USA | 1982 | 104 min | Standard version | R | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | November 6, 1995 |
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05-04078 | The Town That Dreaded Sundown From Orion Pictures |
USA | 1976 | 90 min | Standard version | R | Panavision | 1 | N/A | Color | November 6, 1995 |
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05-04079 | At the Earth's Core From Orion Pictures and EMI Films |
UK/USA | 1976 | 89 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | November 6, 1995 |
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05-04080 | The Land That Time Forgot From Orion Pictures and EMI Films |
UK/USA | 1974 | 91 min | Standard version | PG | Matted 1.85 | 1 | N/A | Color | May 10, 1995 |
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Locations[edit]
- New York City, New York
- Ajax, Ontario (1989-2000) [Canadian operations through HGV Video Productions]
Duplicators[edit]
- Creative Video Services, Canoga Park, CA
- GTK Duplicating Co., Bayonne, NJ