Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment was the home video licensing arm of The Samuel Goldwyn Company, originally formed in 1981. Its first licensee was CBS Video Enterprises (which later merged with 20th Century-Fox Video to form The CBS/Fox Company ). Several other home video distributors would follow suit, most notably Embassy Home Entertainment , HBO Video and Vestron Video .
By the beginning of 1995, Hallmark Home Entertainment became the primary marketer of this label's newer releases. The label eventually shut down in 1997 after Goldwyn was acquired by Metromedia when the deal with Hallmark lapsed.
Distributed libraries [ edit ] In addition to licensing its parent company's library, this arm was a licensing agent for a few third-party companies' libraries.
The Rank Organisation
Woodfall Film Productions [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ] [ edit ]
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SV9812
Mystic Pizza USA
1988
104 min
TBD
R
TBD
1
N/A
Color
April 11, 1995
[ edit ] These do not contain any Goldwyn logo on the packaging, nor the notice "Licensed by Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment", but are considered to have been licensed through the arm anyway.
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TG680
Shock Waves USA
1977
86 min
TBD
PG
TBD
1
N/A
Color
Late 1991
Originally distributed by Joseph Brenner Associates.
Previously available from Prism Entertainment and Starmaker Entertainment.
The notice referring to Goldwyn on the back of the sleeve says "A Samuel Goldwin Production". This is particularly despite the fact that Goldwyn never originally co-produced the film and only recently, at the time of this release, acquired the rights to it.
TG1212
Craze USA
1974
96 min
TBD
R
TBD
1
N/A
Color
Late 1991
Originally distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The back of the packaging erroneously claims that the film is 46 minutes and in black-and-white.
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TG1233
Soldier of Orange A Rob Houwer production Netherlands
1977
148 min
Original Dutch version with English subtitles
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
Q1 1992
The warning screens and the 1988 Burbank Video logo are inexplicably absent at the start of this release.
Other than the Rob Houwer logo at the beginning of the opening credits, no logos are present at the very beginning.
The back of the cover erroneously claims that the film is 144 minutes.
Previously available from White Knight Video (as "Survival Run") and Media Home Entertainment.
According to the bottom right corner of the front of the cover, Leonard Maltin gave this film 3 1/2 stars.
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75043
The Perez Family USA
1995
135 min
Standard version
R
Academy
1
N/A
Color
1995
[ edit ] [ edit ] These particular releases were issued under the "Samuel Goldwyn Collection" banner and, unless otherwise noted, contain the notice "Licensed by Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment".
Unless otherwise noted, all of these titles were previously available from Nelson Entertainment.
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5300
Southern Comfort USA
1981
105 min
TBD
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
1989
5301
Lovers and Liars Italy/France
1979
93 min
1980 English-dubbed version
R
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
1989
5302
The Proud Rebel USA
1958
99 min
TBD
NR
Academy
1
N/A
Color
December 4, 1989
5303
Look Back in Anger From Woodfall Film Productions UK
1959
99 min
TBD
NR
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Black-and-white
1989
In honor of the film's 30th anniversary.
5304
They Went That-a-Way and That-a-Way USA
1968
96 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.85
1
N/A
Color
1989
This release does not contain the "Licensed by Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment" notice anywhere on the packaging.
5305
Stevie UK
1978
102 min
TBD
PG
Matted 1.78
1
N/A
Color
1989
5306
Spetters Netherlands
1980
108 min
1981 English-subtitled version
R
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
1989
5307
The Last Word USA
1980
103 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
1989
5308
Where Time Began Spain
1977
87 min
1978 English-dubbed version
G
Matted 1.66
1
N/A
Color
1989
This release does not contain the "Licensed by Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment" notice anywhere on the packaging.
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5309
The Visitor Spain
1978
96 min
TBD
PG
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
March 20, 1990
5310
The Charge of the Model T's USA
1977
90 min
TBD
G
Panavision
1
N/A
Color
January 11, 1990
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The CBS/Fox Company, Farmington Hills, MI
Premiere Video, Livonia, MI
Rank Video Services America, Garden Grove, CA
Rank Video Services America, North Little Rock, AR
Rank Video Services America, Northbrook, IL
Technicolor Home Entertainment Services, Camarillo, CA
Technicolor Home Entertainment Services, Livonia, MI
Technicolor Videocassette, Newbury Park, CA
VCA-Teletronics, Des Plaines, IL
VCA-Teletronics, Leonia, NJ
Video Cassette Duplicating Corp., Hackensack, NJ
Video Cassette Duplicating Corp., Cincinnati, OH
West Coast Video Duplicating, Culver City, CA