1981: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
IlCattivo25 (talk | contribs) |
|||
Line 721: | Line 721: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s) |
! Title !! Label !! Distributor !! Released !! class="unsortable" | Note(s) |
||
|- |
|||
| ''The Art of Photography'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|||
| ''The Art of Self-Defense'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|||
| ''The Art of Speed Reading'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''Artur Rubinstein'' || Kultur International Films || Electric Video, Inc. || 1981 || |
| ''Artur Rubinstein'' || Kultur International Films || Electric Video, Inc. || 1981 || |
||
Line 743: | Line 749: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''Equinox'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
| ''Equinox'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|||
| ''Exercise Now!'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''The First Aid Video Book'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
| ''The First Aid Video Book'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''Fist of Fear Touch of Death'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
| ''Fist of Fear Touch of Death'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|||
| ''Graham Kerr: Desserts and Beverages'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|||
| ''Graham Kerr: The Fine Art of Baking Bread'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|||
| ''Graham Kerr: Soups and Salads'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''The Harrad Experiment'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
| ''The Harrad Experiment'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''The Hills Have Eyes'' || HarmonyVision || HarmonyVision || 1981 || |
| ''The Hills Have Eyes'' || HarmonyVision || HarmonyVision || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|||
| ''The Home Repair Book'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|||
| ''How to Stop Smoking'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''I Spit on Your Grave'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
| ''I Spit on Your Grave'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
||
Line 758: | Line 776: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''John Lennon: Interview with a Legend'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
| ''John Lennon: Interview with a Legend'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|||
| ''The John McEnroe Story'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''Marilyn Monroe'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
| ''Marilyn Monroe'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''Max Fleischer's Superman Cartoons'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
| ''Max Fleischer's Superman Cartoons'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|||
| ''The Motorcycle Experience'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''My Sister, My Love'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
| ''My Sister, My Love'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
||
Line 772: | Line 794: | ||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''The Prowler'' || VCII || Video Cassette X-Rated || 1981 || |
| ''The Prowler'' || VCII || Video Cassette X-Rated || 1981 || |
||
|- |
|||
| ''The Roots of Happiness'' || Karl Video Corporation || Karl Video Corporation || 1981 || |
|||
|- |
|- |
||
| ''Schlock'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
| ''Schlock'' || Wizard Video || Wizard Video || 1981 || |
Revision as of 02:59, 11 March 2024
Events
- March 22: The RCA Capacitance Electronic Disc was released.
- October: Vestron Video was formed from the assets of Time-Life Video.
VHS and Beta
January
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Airplane! | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Amarcord | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
The Amazing World of Psychic Phenomena | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | January 26, 1981 | |
Barefoot in the Park | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Being There | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | January 12, 1981 | |
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Black Marble | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Breaking Glass | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Brief Encounter | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Caddyshack | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
Can I Do It... Till I Need Glasses? | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | January 1981 | |
Coast to Coast | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Cries and Whispers | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
Farewell My Lovely | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Flying Leathernecks | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | January 26, 1981 | |
Friday the 13th | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Honeysuckle Rose | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
The Hunter | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Jesus of Nazareth | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
The Killing of Sister George | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Kotch | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Lovers and Other Strangers | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Magnum Force | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
Mary Poppins | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | January 19, 1981 | |
Myra Breckinridge | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
NFL SymFunny/Super Bowl III | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | January 26, 1981 | |
Night Games | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
"Oh, God!" Book II | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
One Trick Pony | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
Pelé: The Master and His Method | Magnetic Video Sports | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Prom Night | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
Roller Boogie | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | January 1981 | |
Rough Cut | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Shogun | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
Small Change | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
Smokey and the Bandit | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
The Space Movie | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
Sugar Cookies | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | January 26, 1981 | |
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | January 12, 1981 | |
The Thing | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | January 26, 1981 | |
Tom Horn | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | January 26, 1981 | |
Urban Cowboy | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | January 12, 1981 | |
The Wicker Man | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | January 1981 | |
Xanadu | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | January 12, 1981 |
February
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Fleetwood Mac: Documentary and Live Concert | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | February 2, 1981 | |
Gary Numan: The Touring Principle | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | February 2, 1981 | |
Rod Stewart: Live at the Los Angeles Forum | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | February 2, 1981 |
March
April
May
June
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
42nd Street | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
...And Justice for All | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
Apache | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
The Big Red One | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
Black Orpheus | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 |
|
The Black Stallion | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Bottoms Up '81 | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
La cage aux folles | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Carrie | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Cousin, Cousine | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
Devo: The Men Who Make the Music | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Dire Straits: Making Movies | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Easy Rider | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
The Elephant Man | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Get Fit and Stay Fit | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
The Getting of Wisdom | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
Gigi | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
Gloria | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
Goodbye, Columbus | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Hearts and Minds | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
High Anxiety | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Hopscotch | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
It's My Turn | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
The Jazz Singer | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Last Tango in Paris | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Let It Be | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
My Bloody Valentine | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Ordinary People | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
The Pink Panther | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
A Place in the Sun | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Popeye | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Rehabilitation and Injury Prevention | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
Ring of Bright Water | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Rosemary's Baby | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Samson and Delilah | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Serial | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Sherlock Holmes Double Feature | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 |
|
The Shout | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
Silk Stockings | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
South Pacific | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
Sports Conditioning | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
Super Exercises | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
Tess | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
The Thomas Crown Affair | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
The Three Stooges Vol. 3 | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 |
|
Tom Jones | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
The Vietnam War | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | June 2, 1981 | |
When a Stranger Calls | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | June 2, 1981 | |
When Worlds Collide | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | June 2, 1981 | |
Willie Mosconi's World of Pocket Billiards | Magnetic Video Sports | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 | |
Yankee Doodle Dandy | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | June 2, 1981 |
July
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
All Quiet on the Western Front | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
The Awakening | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
Bilitis | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | July 7, 1981 | |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Change of Habit | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Clones of Bruce Lee | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | July 7, 1981 | |
Die Laughing | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
Galaxina | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
The Great Santini | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
The Happy Hooker Goes Hollywood | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Heartbeat | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
The House That Vanished | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | July 7, 1981 | |
If You Don't Stop It... You'll Go Blind!!! | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | July 7, 1981 | |
The Incredible Shrinking Woman | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Melvin and Howard | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Over the Edge | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
Play Misty for Me | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Promises in the Dark | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
Return of the Tiger | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | July 7, 1981 | |
Schizo | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | July 7, 1981 | |
Schizoid | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Shogun Assassin | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 | |
Simon | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
The Wanderers | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
|
Yum-Yum Girls | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | July 7, 1981 |
August
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Captains Courageous | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | August 25, 1981 | |
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | August 25, 1981 | |
Coming Home | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 |
|
The Dynasty Renewed: Boston Bounces Back | NBA Entertainment | CBS Video Enterprises | August 25, 1981 | |
Fiddler on the Roof | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 |
|
F.I.S.T. | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 |
|
Gentleman Jim | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 |
|
Guys and Dolls | Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment | CBS Video Enterprises | August 25, 1981 | |
King of Hearts | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 |
|
The Last Valley | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 | |
The Night Visitor | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | August 18, 1981 | |
On the Town | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | August 25, 1981 | |
The Philadelphia Story | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | August 25, 1981 | |
Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | August 18, 1981 | |
REO Speedwagon: Live Infidelity | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | August 25, 1981 | |
Semi-Tough | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 |
|
Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came? | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | August 18, 1981 |
September
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Albino | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | September 1, 1981 | |
Alice in Wonderland | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | September 22, 1981 |
|
The Amityville Horror | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Amy | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | September 22, 1981 |
|
Back Roads | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Becket | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | September 8, 1981 | |
The Bees | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Bells Are Ringing | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
The Bird with the Crystal Plumage | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | September 8, 1981 | |
The Bohemian Girl | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | September 15, 1981 | |
A Bridge Too Far | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 22, 1981 | |
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Hollywood | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Bye Bye Brazil | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Cartoon Parade No. 4 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | September 15, 1981 | |
A Chump at Oxford | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | September 15, 1981 | |
The Creation of a Ballet | ABC Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Darby O'Gill and the Little People | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | September 22, 1981 |
|
A Day at the Races | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
The Devils | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Dona Flor and Her Two Husbands | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
A Dream Called Walt Disney World | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | September 22, 1981 |
|
Dressed to Kill | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Dumbo | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | September 22, 1981 |
|
The Fall of the House of Usher | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
For Love of Ivy | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 22, 1981 | |
Futureworld | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
The Ghoul | Electric Video, Inc. | Electric Video, Inc. | September 22, 1981 | |
Go West | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Greased Lightning | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
The Great Caruso | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
The Great Train Robbery | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 22, 1981 | |
Helter Skelter | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
The Horse That Played Center Field | ABC Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Hot Stuff | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | September 15, 1981 | |
The Hound of the Baskervilles | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 22, 1981 | |
The Image of Bruce Lee | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | September 1, 1981 | |
The Island of Dr. Moreau | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 22, 1981 | |
Kingdom of the Spiders | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | September 8, 1981 | |
Laurel and Hardy Comedy Classics Vol. 7 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | September 15, 1981 |
|
Legend of the Werewolf | Electric Video, Inc. | Electric Video, Inc. | September 22, 1981 | |
Let's Do It Again | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Lisztomania | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Little Women | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Logan's Run | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Lolita | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Love at First Bite | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Man on the Moon | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Meteor | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
The Mountain Men | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | September 15, 1981 | |
The NFL's Best Ever Coaches | NFL Films Video | NFL Films Video | September 15, 1981 | |
The NFL's Best Ever Professionals | NFL Films Video | NFL Films Video | September 15, 1981 | |
The NFL's Best Ever Quarterbacks | NFL Films Video | NFL Films Video | September 15, 1981 | |
The NFL's Best Ever Runners | NFL Films Video | NFL Films Video | September 15, 1981 | |
The NFL's Best Ever Teams | NFL Films Video | NFL Films Video | September 15, 1981 | |
Night of the Iguana | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Night of the Living Dead | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | September 15, 1981 | |
No Nukes: The Muse Concerts for a Non-Nuclear Future | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Old Yeller | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | September 22, 1981 |
|
Persecution | Electric Video, Inc. | Electric Video, Inc. | September 22, 1981 | |
The Pit and the Pendulum | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
The Postman Always Rings Twice | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Purlie | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Rabid | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Romeo and Juliet | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Sanctuary of Fear | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 22, 1981 | |
The Sea Wolves | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Seems Like Old Times | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | September 15, 1981 | |
Sisters | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Soylent Green | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Super Fly | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Super Memories of the Super Bowl | NFL Films Video | NFL Films Video | September 15, 1981 | |
The Swarm | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
A Tale of Two Cities | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
Tales of Terror | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
That's Entertainment! Part II | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | September 15, 1981 | |
The Third Man | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | September 15, 1981 | |
The Toolbox Murders | Video Communications, Inc. | United Entertainment, Inc. | September 8, 1981 | |
Uptown Saturday Night | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
Used Cars | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | September 15, 1981 | |
The Wackiest Wagon Train in the West | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | September 1, 1981 | |
A Walt Disney Christmas | Walt Disney Home Video | Walt Disney Telecommunications and Non-Theatrical Company | September 22, 1981 |
|
Watership Down | Warner Home Video | Warner-Elektra-Atlantic Corporation | September 1, 1981 | |
What Ever Happened to Aunt Alice? | ABC Video Enterprises | Magnetic Video Corporation | September 22, 1981 | |
Wholly Moses! | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | Columbia Pictures Home Entertainment | September 15, 1981 |
October
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Atlantic City | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
The Bodyguard | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | October 1981 | |
The Fan | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
Friday the 13th Part 2 | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
Going Ape | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
The Great Gatsby | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
The Inheritance | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | October 6, 1981 | |
It's a Wonderful Life | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | October 1981 | |
The Jazz Singer | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
Life with Father | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | October 1981 | |
Maniac | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | October 1981 | |
Meatballs | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
One-Eyed Jacks | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
Orca: The Killer Whale | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
Pippin | Family Home Entertainment | Caballero Control Corporation | October 6, 1981 | |
Serpico | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
SS Girls | Media Home Entertainment | Media Home Entertainment | October 1981 | |
The Story of O | Independent United Distributors | Independent United Distributors | October 6, 1981 | |
To Catch a Thief | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | October 13, 1981 | |
The Unseen | Video Corporation of America | Video Corporation of America | October 6, 1981 |
November
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
An American Werewolf in London | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | November 24, 1981 | |
Apocalypse Now | Zoetrope Studios | Paramount Home Video | November 10, 1981 | |
April Wine: Live in London | EMI Music Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Benny Hill's Video Revue | Thames Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Can't Stop the Music | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
The Conversation | Zoetrope Studios | Paramount Home Video | November 10, 1981 | |
The Crawling Eye | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
The Cruel Sea | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
The Day the Earth Caught Fire | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Death on the Nile | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Destination Moon | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
An Evening with Quentin Crisp | Family Home Entertainment | Caballero Control Corporation | November 10, 1981 | |
An Evening with Ray Charles | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | November 24, 1981 | |
Flight to Mars | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
The Four Seasons | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | November 24, 1981 | |
The Godfather: The Complete Epic | Zoetrope Studios | Paramount Home Video | November 10, 1981 | |
The Hideous Sun Demon | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
How to Watch Pro Football | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | November 24, 1981 | |
I Am a Dancer | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
The Incredible Hulk | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | November 24, 1981 | |
Invaders from Mars | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Kronos | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Plan 9 from Outer Space | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Queen: Greatest Flix | EMI Music Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Rocketship X-M | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
The Royal Wedding | Thames Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Scars of Dracula | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
S.O.S. Titanic | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Space Patrol Vol. 1 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Space Patrol Vol. 2 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Stranger from Venus | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Tales of Tomorrow Vol. 1 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Tales of Tomorrow Vol. 2 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Times Square | Thorn EMI Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 | |
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Vol. 1 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
Tom Corbett, Space Cadet Vol. 2 | The Nostalgia Merchant | The Nostalgia Merchant | November 10, 1981 | |
The Tubes Video | EMI Music Video | Capitol Records | November 10, 1981 |
December
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Adventures of Robin Hood | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Aerobicise: The Beautiful Workout | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | December 1, 1981 | |
Apocalypse Now | Zoetrope Studios | Paramount Home Video | December 1, 1981 | |
The Billion Dollar Hobo | Samuel Goldwyn Home Entertainment | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
Clash of the Titans | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
Dot and the Kangaroo | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Going My Way | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Holiday Inn | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
In Search of Skiing | Magnetic Video Sports | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Irma la Douce | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Ivanhoe | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
The Jazz Singer | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | December 1, 1981 | |
MacArthur | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
The Magnificent Seven | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Man of La Mancha | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
March or Die | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Now, Voyager | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Piaf | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
Return of the Street Fighter | CBS Video Enterprises | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
Rooster Cogburn and the Lady | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
Sudden Terror | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Take This Job and Shove It | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
A Thousand Clowns | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Till the Clouds Roll By | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
The Wiz | MCA Videocassette, Inc. | MCA Distributing Corporation | December 1, 1981 | |
Woman of the Year | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | December 8, 1981 | |
Women in Love | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | December 1, 1981 |
TBD
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
The Art of Photography | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
The Art of Self-Defense | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
The Art of Speed Reading | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Artur Rubinstein | Kultur International Films | Electric Video, Inc. | 1981 | |
Astro Zombies | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Auditions | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 |
|
The Best of Sex and Violence | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
The Boogey Man | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
The Changeling | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | 1981 | |
The Child | Family Home Entertainment | Caballero Control Corporation | 1981 |
|
Dixie Dynamite | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Emanuelle Around the World | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Equinox | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Exercise Now! | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
The First Aid Video Book | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Fist of Fear Touch of Death | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Graham Kerr: Desserts and Beverages | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Graham Kerr: The Fine Art of Baking Bread | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Graham Kerr: Soups and Salads | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
The Harrad Experiment | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
The Hills Have Eyes | HarmonyVision | HarmonyVision | 1981 | |
The Home Repair Book | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
How to Stop Smoking | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
I Spit on Your Grave | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Journey Into the Beyond | Family Home Entertainment | Caballero Control Corporation | 1981 |
|
John Lennon: Interview with a Legend | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
The John McEnroe Story | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Marilyn Monroe | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Max Fleischer's Superman Cartoons | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
The Motorcycle Experience | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
My Sister, My Love | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Penitentiary | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Pink Flamingos | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
The Private Eyes | Time-Life Video | Time-Life Video | 1981 | |
The Prowler | VCII | Video Cassette X-Rated | 1981 | |
The Roots of Happiness | Karl Video Corporation | Karl Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Schlock | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Season of the Witch | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 | |
Zombie | Wizard Video | Wizard Video | 1981 |
Laser videodisc
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
TBD
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alien | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | 1981 | |
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1981 | |
Grease | Paramount Home Video | Paramount Home Video | 1981 | |
Heaven Can Wait | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1981 | |
The Incredible Shrinking Woman | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1981 | |
Melvin and Howard | MCA DiscoVision | MCA Distributing Corporation | 1981 | |
Patton | Magnetic Video Corporation | Magnetic Video Corporation | 1981 |
CED
January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
TBD
Title | Label | Distributor | Released | Note(s) |
---|---|---|---|---|
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs | RCA Records | 1981 | |
The African Queen | RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs | RCA Records | 1981 | |
Dr. No | RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs | RCA Records | 1981 | |
Fame | MGM/CBS Home Video | CBS Video Enterprises | 1981 | |
From Russia with Love | RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs | RCA Records | 1981 | |
The War of the Worlds | RCA SelectaVision VideoDiscs | RCA Records | 1981 |
Operating VHS and Beta duplicators
- Bell & Howell (serving Fotomat Video, MCA Videocassette Inc., Paramount Home Video, and Thorn EMI Video)
- Columbia Pictures Videocassette Services
- Creative Video Services
- Magnetic Video Corporation
- Media Home Entertainment
- The Nostalgia Merchant
- VCA-Teletronics (also serving CBS Video Enterprises, MCA Videocassette Inc., NFL Films Video, Time-Life Video, and Walt Disney Home Video)
- VCI Home Video
- The Vidtronics Company (serving Walt Disney Home Video and Warner Home Video)