Playboy Home Entertainment
History[edit]
In 1982, Playboy Enterprises made its home video beginnings when it partnered with The CBS/Fox Company to launch its own home video line, starting with Playboy Magazine. In 1983, the line expanded, when Playboy partnered with MGM/UA Home Video to form the Playboy Cinema line. The following year, Playboy teamed up with RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video for jazz titles.
In 1985, Playboy quit CBS/Fox and joined Karl/Lorimar Home Video. In the meantime, Playboy launched the Video Centerfold and Video Playmate Calendar lines. Three years later, Playboy shifted to HBO Video, while setting up the Wet & Wild and Sexy Lingerie lines.
In 1991, Playboy quit HBO when A*Vision Entertainment started distributing videos from arch-rival Penthouse Video. By this point, the label shifted to Uni Distribution Corporation, while also securing deals with Image Entertainment for videodisc distribution and Video Treasures for distribution of titles previously available from CBS/Fox, and set up the Best of... line.
In 1992, Playboy launched the Inside Out rental series, and that year, it launched After Dark Video for softcore videos not associated with the Playboy brand. In 1993, the company launched the Eden franchise and began marketing titles from Peach Entertainment, only for that company to cease relations with Playboy toward the end of the mid-1990s.
In 1995, Playboy partnered with Paramount Home Video to launch the Playboy Films label, only to shift to Orion Home Video in 1996. Soon after Orion was sold to MGM, Playboy shifted its film distribution to Universal Music & Video Distribution, to launch the EROS Collection series.
In 2001, Playboy's distribution deal with Universal lapsed, and shifted to Image Entertainment full-time. Playboy soon began dropping the EROS Collection name, and started marketing films from Indigo Entertainment. In 2003, the label changed its name to Playboy Home Entertainment.
In 2008, Playboy ceased mass market distribution of its DVDs.
Releases[edit]
1999[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) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PBF 8323 | Life of a Gigolo | USA | 1998 | 91 min | TBD | R | TBD | 1 | N/A | Color | April 20, 1999 | TBD |