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History
TBD
Library
1979
For this first batch, their video titles came in large gatefold packaging akin to early Warner and MGM/UA releases, albeit thinner in width.
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)
1113
Saturday Night Fever
USA
1977
118 min
Theatrical version
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
Same master as the MCA DiscoVision release, complete with the warning screen at the end.
Original MPAA "R" rating screen intact at the end.
1133
Goin' South
USA
1978
109 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
1307
Saturday Night Fever
USA
1977
112 min
Edited reissue version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
4927
Sunset Boulevard
USA
1950
110 min
Standard version
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
5303
The War of the Worlds
USA
1953
85 min
1977 reissue version
G
Academy
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
Original MPAA "G" rating screen intact at the end.
6218
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
USA
1957
122 min
TBD
NR
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
6505
Breakfast at Tiffany's
USA
1961
114 min
TBD
NR
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
6522
Shane
USA
1953
117 min
Standard version
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
6524
The Ten Commandments
USA
1956
219 min
TBD
NR
VistaVision
2
TBD
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
6809
Romeo and Juliet
UK/Italy
1968
138 min
US theatrical version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
6812
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy
France/Italy
1968
98 min
English language theatrical version
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
Original MPAA "PG" rating screen intact at the end.
6833
True Grit
USA
1969
128 min
TBD
G
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8006
Love Story
USA
1970
100 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
Original MPAA "GP" rating card intact at the end.
8017
The Little Prince
UK/USA
1974
88 min
TBD
G
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8026
The Odd Couple
USA
1968
106 min
Standard version
G
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
8042
Harold and Maude
USA
1971
91 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8049
The Godfather
USA
1972
171 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
2
TBD
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
8099
Charlotte's Web A Hanna-Barbera/Sagittarius production
USA
1973
94 min
Standard version
G
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
The original 1979 pressing ended with the film's original MPAA "G" rating card. This is also intact on the Canadian Astral Video VHS release.
8112
Play It Again, Sam
USA
1972
85 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8374
Lady Sings the Blues
USA
1972
144 min
TBD
R
Panavision
2
TBD
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
Original MPAA "R" rating card intact at the start.
8459
The Godfather Part II
USA
1974
200 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
2
TBD
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
8465
Paper Moon
USA
1973
102 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Black and white
September 1979
TBD
8674
Chinatown
USA
1974
131 min
Standard version
R
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
8708
The Longest Yard
USA
1974
121 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
8722
King Kong
USA/Italy
1976
135 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8774
Death Wish
USA
1974
93 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8782
Islands in the Stream
USA
1977
110 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8789
Marathon Man
USA
1976
125 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8790
Murder on the Orient Express
UK
1974
128 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8803
Three Days of the Condor
USA
1975
118 min
TBD
R
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8850
Race for Your Life, Charlie Brown
USA
1977
76 min
Standard version
G
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
8863
The Bad News Bears
USA
1976
102 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
8874
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
USA
1977
136 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
2
TBD
Color
September 1979
TBD
8904
The Shootist
USA
1976
100 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
8921
Nashville
USA
1975
159 min
TBD
R
Panavision
2
TBD
Color
September 1979
TBD
8940
Pretty Baby
USA
1978
109 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
8942
Days of Heaven
USA
1978
95 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
TBD
1980
Beginning this year, the gatefold packaging was shrunk down so as to fit the cassette inside more snugly.
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)
1108
Grease
USA
1978
110 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
January 1980
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
1116
Foul Play
USA
1978
116 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
January 1980
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
1122
The Warriors
USA
1979
99 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
January 1980
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
1256
Escape from Alcatraz
USA
1979
112 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1980
TBD
1318
Sunburn
UK/USA
1979
110 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
January 1980
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
6910
Downhill Racer
USA
1969
101 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
November 1980
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
8771
Mandingo
USA
1975
127 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1980
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
1158
Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!)
USA
1980
76 min
Standard version
G
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
November 1980
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
Original Bell & Howell pressings ended with a white screen test pattern with a 1133 Hz tone.
Original MPAA "G" rating card intact at the end.
8858
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
USA
1979
132 min
Roadshow version
G
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
November 1980
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
Original Bell & Howell pressings ended with a white screen test pattern with a 1133 Hz tone.
Overture intact at the start.
8989
American Gigolo
USA
1980
117 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
November 1980
Duplicated at Bell & Howell/Paramount Pictures Video Services.
Original Bell & Howell pressings ended with a black screen test pattern with a 1000 Hz tone.
1981
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)
1171
Popeye Co-produced with Walt Disney Productions
USA
1980
114 min
Standard version
PG
Technovision
1
N/A
Color
June 1981
TBD
1395
Friday the 13th
USA
1980
95 min
Standard version
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
January 1981
Original copies ended with a rare teaser for Friday the 13th Part 2 that never again appeared on home video.
Later copies retained the film's original MPAA "R" rating card at the end.
1423
Shōgun
USA
1980
124 min
European theatrical version
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color
January 1981
TBD
1457
Friday the 13th Part 2
USA
1981
87 min
Standard version
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
1981
TBD
1460
Atlantic City
Canada/France
1980
104 min
Standard version
R
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
1981
TBD
6826
Goodbye, Columbus
USA
1969
105 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1981
1982
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)
1180
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
USA
1982
113 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
November 1982
TBD
1193
Grease 2
USA
1982
115 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
November 1982
TBD
1331
Reds
USA
1981
195 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
2
TBD
Color
December 1982
One of the last releases to use the gatefold packaging.
1367
Dragonslayer Co-produced with Walt Disney Productions
USA/UK
1981
110 min
Standard version
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
May 1982
TBD
2310
Time Bandits From HandMade Films
UK
1981
117 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
April 1982
TBD
2316
Vic Braden's Tennis for the Future, Vol. 1
USA
1982
?? min
TBD
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color
November 1982
TBD
8094
Last of the Red Hot Lovers
USA
1972
98 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
May 1982
TBD
8678
The Gambler
USA
1974
111 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
May 1982
TBD
8791
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Canada
1974
121 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
June 1982
TBD
????
Aerobicise - The Beginning Workout
USA
1982
?? min
TBD
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color
November 1982
TBD
1983
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)
1376
Raiders of the Lost Ark
USA
1981
115 min
Standard version
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
December 3, 1983
1539
Friday the 13th Part 3
USA
1982
96 min
Standard version
R
3-Depix
1
N/A
Color
1983
Originally released to theaters in 3-D.
1302
Staying Alive
USA
1983
96 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
1983
TBD
6907
Medium Cool
USA
1969
110 min
Original version
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1983
A Paramount/Gateway release.
The only home release confirmed to have "Merry-Go-Round" by Wild Man Fischer intact, as Paramount was sued by the copyright holders for copyright infringement over this release and so had to replace it with a whistled rendition of "Sweet Georgia Brown" for all future releases.
1984
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)
1589
Footloose
USA
1984
107 min
Standard version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
1984
TBD
1985
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)
1235
French Postcards
France/West Germany/USA
1979
95 min
Home video version
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1985
Some music has been changed for this issue.
1986
1987
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)
1692
Top Gun
USA
1986
109 min
Standard version
PG
Super 35
1
N/A
Color
1987
TBD
1988
1989
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)
12678
Great Performances Live from Lincoln Center: Swan Lake From WNET New York and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
USA
1976
122 min
TBD
NR
NTSC-M
1
N/A
Color
August 23, 1989
Original broadcast funded by Exxon Corporation, Charles A. Dana Foundation, Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and National Endowment for the Arts.
12705
Great Performances Live from Lincoln Center: New York Philharmonic with Zubin Mehta and Leontyne Price From WNET New York and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
USA
1982
94 min
TBD
NR
NTSC-M
1
N/A
Color
August 23, 1989
Original broadcast funded by Exxon Corporation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts.
12708
Great Performances Live from Lincoln Center: Andre Watts in Concert From WNET New York and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
USA
1985
90 min
TBD
NR
NTSC-M
1
N/A
Color
August 23, 1989
Original broadcast funded by Exxon Corporation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Robert Wood Johnson Jr. Charitable Trust, and National Endowment for the Arts.
32157
Coming to America
USA
1988
117 min
TBD
R
TBD
1
N/A
Color
May 17, 1989
1990
1991
1992
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)
32706
Wayne's World
USA
1992
95 min
TBD
PG-13
TBD
1
N/A
Color
August 12, 1992
TBD
1993
1994
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)
32845
Wayne's World 2
USA
1993
95 min
TBD
PG-13
TBD
1
N/A
Color
June 8, 1994
TBD
1995
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)
32853
Forrest Gump
USA
1994
142 min
TBD
PG-13
TBD
1
N/A
Color
April 27, 1995
TBD
1996
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)
318993
Mission: Impossible
USA
1996
110 min
TBD
PG-13
TBD
1
N/A
Color
November 12, 1996
TBD
1997
1998
1999
2000
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)
334873
Mission: Impossible 2
USA
2000
124 min
TBD
PG-13
TBD
1
N/A
Color
November 7, 2000
TBD
2001
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)
156273
Mission: Impossible 2
USA
2000
124 min
TBD
PG-13
TBD
1
N/A
Color
May 1, 2001
2002
2003
2004
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)
336893
The Manchurian Candidate
USA
2004
130 min
TBD
R
TBD
1
N/A
Color
December 21, 2004
TBD
2005
2006
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)
343363
Elizabethtown
USA
2005
119 min
TBD
PG-13
TBD
1
N/A
Color
February 7, 2006
TBD
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