1979
For the first two years, their video titles came in large gatefold packaging akin to early Warner and MGM/UA releases.
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)
5303
The War of the Worlds
USA
1953
85 min
1977 reissue version
G
Academy
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
Original MPAA "G" rating screen intact at the end.
6812
Barbarella: Queen of the Galaxy
France/Italy
1968
?? min
English language theatrical version
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
Original MPAA "PG" rating screen intact at the end.
8099
Charlotte's Web
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 rating card. This is also intact on the Canadian Astral Video VHS release.
8374
Lady Sings the Blues
USA
1972
144 min
TBD
R
Panavision
2
TBD
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
Original MPAA "R" rating card intact at the start.
8674
Chinatown
USA
1974
131 min
Standard version
R
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
8708
The Longest Yard
USA
1974
?? min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
September 1979
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
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.
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.
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.
1980
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)
8771
Mandingo
USA
1975
127 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1980
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
8858
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 Magnetic Video Corporation.
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 Magnetic Video Corporation.
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 Magnetic Video Corporation.
1108
Grease
USA
1978
110 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
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.
1318
Sunburn
UK/USA
1979
?? min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
January 1980
Duplicated at Magnetic Video Corporation.
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)
6826
Goodbye, Columbus
USA
1969
?? min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1981
TBD
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
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)
8791
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz
Canada
1974
?? min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
June 1982
TBD
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
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)
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.
1376
Raiders of the Lost Ark
USA
1981
115 min
Standard version
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
December 3, 1983
1984
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
?? min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
June 1985
TBD