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Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment

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History

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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, who would go on to merge 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

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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 Productions

Anchor Bay Entertainment (1995-199?)

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Video Treasures (1989-199?)

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1989

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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)

1990

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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)

1991

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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)

1995

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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)
SV9812 Mystic Pizza USA 1988 104 min TBD R TBD 1 N/A Color April 11, 1995

Burbank Video (1991-199?)

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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.

1991

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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)
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.

1992

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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)
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 Film 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.

Buena Vista Home Video (199?-199?)

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Hallmark Home Entertainment (1995-1997)

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1995

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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)
75043 The Perez Family USA 1995 135 min Standard version R Academy 1 N/A Color 1995

United American Video Corporation (1989-199?)

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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.

1989

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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)
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.

1990

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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)
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

Virgin Vision (1988-1989)

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1988

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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)

1989

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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)

Duplicators

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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
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