GoodTimes Entertainment

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History[edit]

GoodTimes Entertainment was originally formed in 1984 by the Cayres brothers 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, 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 combined to form Goodtimes-Kids Klassics Distributing 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)
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
05-04046 Breaker! Breaker!
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1977 85 min Standard version PG Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Embassy Home Entertainment
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
  • Previously released by Embassy Home Entertainment
05-04050 Easy Money
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1983 96 min Standard version R Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
05-04054 Beach Party
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1963 98 min Standard version PG Panavision 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
05-04060 Futureworld
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1976 104 min Standard version PG Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
05-04061 Meteor
From Orion Pictures and Warner Bros.		 USA 1979 105 min International version PG Panavision 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
05-04064 Grayeagle
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1977 104 min Standard version PG Panavision 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
05-04066 Rolling Thunder
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1977 100 min Standard version R Academy 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
05-74069 Under Fire
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1983 128 min Standard version R Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color September 22, 1993
  • Previously released by Vestron Video

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1995[edit]

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)
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
  • Includes Breaker! Breaker!, Code of Silence, and Lone Wolf McQuade
05-04041 Class
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1983 98 min Standard version R Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color April 27, 1995
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
05-04044 The Raven
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1963 85 min Standard version G Panavision 1 N/A Color April 27, 1995
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
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
  • Previously released by Thorn EMI/HBO Video
05-04048 Gorky Park
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1983 123 min Standard version R Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color April 27, 1995
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by HBO/Cannon Video
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
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
05-04053 Beach Blanket Bingo
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1965 98 min Standard version PG Panavision 1 N/A Color April 27, 1995
  • Previously released by HBO/Cannon Video
05-04055 Bikini Beach
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1964 100 min Standard version PG Panavision 1 N/A Color April 27, 1995
  • Previously released by Embassy Home Entertainment
05-04056 Muscle Beach Party
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1964 94 min Standard version G Panavision 1 N/A Color April 27, 1995
  • Previously released by HBO/Cannon Video
05-04059 Something Wild
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1986 113 min Standard version R Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color August 2, 1995
  • Previously released by HBO/Cannon Video
05-04063 Blow Out
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1981 108 min Standard version R Panavision 1 N/A Color April 27, 1995
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
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
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
05-04072 Dillinger
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1973 107 min Standard version R Matted 1.85 1 N/A Color November 6, 1995
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
05-04073 Five Guns West
From Orion Pictures		 USA 1955 78 min Standard version G SuperScope 1 N/A Color August 2, 1995
  • Never before available on video, though it was part of the HBO video holdings of Orion's catalog
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
  • Previously released by HBO Video
05-04075 The Earthling
From Orion Pictures		 Australia/USA 1980 97 min Standard version PG Panavision 1 N/A Color May 10, 1995
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by Vestron Video
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
  • Previously released by Embassy Home Entertainment
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
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
  • Previously released by Warner Home Video
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
  • Previously released by Vestron Video

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