Syme Home Video

Syme Home Video was the video arm of David Syme and Company, publishers of a newspaper called The Age. This newspaper and the video company were both headquartered in Melbourne, Victoria. It began releasing titles in the fall of 1982, and released special interest, comedy, drama, music, and cartoon videos, as well as the catalogue of Walt Disney Home Video until 1985. The company ceased operations in the summer of 1986, a year after its corporate parent was acquired by Fairfax Media, a move that made The Age a sister publication to The Sydney Morning Herald. As of this writing, it is known that the company released a total of 266 tapes from 1982 to 1986. The exact number is unknown.

Catalog number	Title	Country of origin	Original year	Length	Version	ACB rating	Film format	Tape count	Tape break placement (if applicable)	Colour	Released	Note(s)
4003	Frankenstein	USA	1973	127 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4004	Turn of the Screw	USA	1974	98 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4005	The Picture of Dorian Gray	USA	1973	111 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4009	The Boogey Man	USA	1980	85 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4011	Doctors & Nurses	Australia	1981	88 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4019	Fedora	France/West Germany	1980	109 min	TBD	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4012	Fatty Finn	Australia	1980	101 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4023	Dark Eyes	USA	1982	89 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: Demon Rage.
4026	Human Experiments	USA	1978	79 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4027	The One Man Jury	USA	1978	98 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4034	Despair	West Germany/France	1978	119 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.66:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4035	Double Jeopardy	West Germany/USA	1983	91 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: Olivia.
4042	H.O.T.S.	USA	1979	94 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4045	Flush	USA	1982	90 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4047	10 to Midnight	USA	1983	101 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4048	The Last American Virgin	USA	1982	92 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4050	The Twelve Chairs	USA	1970	94 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4053	The Wicked Lady	UK/USA	1983	98 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4057	Lady, Stay Dead	Australia	1981	92 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4058	The Bat People	USA	1974	89 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4061	Duet for Four	Australia	1982	97 min	TBD	TBD	Panavision	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4067	Treasure of the Four Crowns	Spain/Italy/USA	1983	97 min	TBD	TBD	Marks 3-Depix	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4070	Northeast of Seoul	South Korea/USA	1974	98 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4080	Hercules	Italy/USA	1983	102 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4084	Billy Connolly: Billy Bites Yer Bum Live	UK	1981	105 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4085	Boogeyman II	USA	1981	82 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4096	The Shillingbury Blowers	UK	1979	78 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4097	This Time, Forever	Canada	1981	95 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: Yesterday.
4100	The Evil	USA	1978	89 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4101	Up the Sandbox	USA	1972	97 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4108	The Scarlet and the Black	Italy-USA	1983	143 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4114	The Horror Star	USA	1983	95 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4115	Starcrash	Italy/USA	1978	94 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4120	The Plains of Heaven	Australia	1982	80 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4122	The Glitterball	UK	1977	74 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4125	The Seven Magnificent Gladiators	Italy	1983	100 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4131	The Corrupt Ones	France/Italy/West Germany	1967	92 min	TBD	TBD	2.35:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: Die Hölle von Macao. (The Hell of Macau)
4134	Rodeo Girl	USA	1980	96 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4136	Ruby & Oswald	USA	1978	102 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4141	Hand-Picked by Billy	UK	1982	58 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4143	Invitation to Hell	USA	1984	95 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4149	Sky Pirates	UK	1980	77 min	TBD	TBD	1.33:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Also includes Alice Goes Pop as a bonus film.
4152	The Coming	USA	1982	86 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: Burned at the Stake.
4155	Young Warriors	USA	1983	105 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4161	Over the Brooklyn Bridge	USA	1984	90 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4162	The Hard Way	UK/Ireland	1980	85 min	TBD	TBD	1.33:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4167	Sword of the Valiant	UK	1984	102 min	TBD	TBD	JDC Scope	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4168	Ants	USA	1977	91 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: It Happened at Lakewood Manor.
4171	Red Flag: The Ultimate Game	USA	1981	100 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4173	Bolero	USA	1984	105 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4175	Adam	USA	1983	100 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4179	House of the Long Shadows	UK	1983	101 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4180	City Killer	USA	1984	96 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4185	Shattered Vows	USA	1984	94 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4188	Tuxedo Warrior	UK	1984	93 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4190	Love at First Sight	Canada	1977	85 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4191	Killer Force	South Africa/Switzerland/USA/UK/Ireland/Netherlands	1976	102 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.66:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4197	Family Secrets	USA	1977	91 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4201	Not My Kid	USA	1985	100 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4202	Concorde Affaire '79	Italy	1979	96 min	TBD	TBD	Techniscope	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4204	Sword of Heaven	USA	1985	85 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4205	Sexpionage	USA/UK	1985	93 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: Secret Weapons.
4206	Risking...	Italy	1976	96 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Original title: Ready to Kill.
4229	Once Upon a Scoundrel	Mexico/USA	1973	99 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4230	A Long Way Home	USA	1981	TBD	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4238	Terror Out of the Sky	USA	1978	97 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4240	The Amazing Adventures of Joe 90	UK	1981	TBD	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Compilation film of the 1968-1969 TV Series Joe 90.
4242	Bomb at 10:10	Yugoslavia	1967	88 min	TBD	TBD	TBD	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4246	Going for the Gold: The Bill Johnson Story	UK/Yugoslavia/USA	1985	104 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4247	Bloody Kids	UK	1979	91 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4249	The Avenging	USA	1982	87 min	TBD	TBD	2.35:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4251	The Secret of the Black Dragon	West Germany/Netherlands/Finland/Yugoslavia/USA	1985	230 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	6-episode minisries. Original title: Jenseits der Morgenröte. (Beyond the Dawn)
4252	Mata Hari	USA	1985	108 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4255	The Ordeal of Bill Carney	USA	1981	96 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4259	Tag: The Assassination Game	USA	1982	90 min	TBD	TBD	Matted 1.85:1	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4261	Baby Comes Home	USA	1980	100 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	TBD
4266	Hammer House of Horror Double Feature	UK	1980	104 min	TBD	TBD	Academy	1	N/A	Colour	TBD	Features two installments of this 13-episode UK horror anthology series: "The Two Faces of Evil" and "Rude Awakening".

Trivia

• Films that were actually produced by an Australian film studio were typically labeled by this distributor under the "Australian Film Classics" or "The Australian Film Institute" banners. Despite being based in Australia, Syme released only a handful of domestic films on video.