1980 in home video
1980 in home video:
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Industry milestones
May
- MCA establishes MCA Videocassette, Inc. for VHS and Betamax releases of Universal Studios titles, with the first release being the Marx Brothers film Animal Crackers (1930).
June
- The Paramount Pictures studio forms its home entertainment division.
December
- December - By the end of the year, the DiscoVision format is available all across the United States.[1]
- December 2 - Swedish current affairs programme Studio S discusses video nasty.[2]
March 4
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment enters the home video market.
Movie releases
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | The Muppet Movie | Magnetic Video | Laserdisc release[3] VHS release Betamax release |
| February | Buck and the Preacher | Columbia | VHS release Betamax release |
| Emmanuelle | Columbia | VHS release Betamax release | |
| The Odessa File | Columbia | VHS release Betamax release | |
| The Professionals | Columbia | VHS release Betamax release | |
| White Line Fever | Columbia | VHS release Betamax release | |
| March 4 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| The Black Hole | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| Escape to Witch Mountain | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| The Love Bug | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| Pete's Dragon | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release | |
| June | Alien | Magnetic Video | VHS release Betamax release |
| October 25 | Jaws | Universal Pictures | VHS release Betamax release |
| The Wizard of Oz | MGM/CBS Home Video | VHS release Betamax release | |
| November 26 | Cheech & Chong's Next Movie | Universal Pictures | Laserdisc release [4] |
| December 30 | Mary Poppins | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | VHS release Betamax release |
| Unknown | The Electric Horseman | Universal Pictures | VHS release Betamax release |
| Jaws 2 | Universal Pictures | VHS release LaserDisc release[5] | |
| The Jerk | Universal Pictures | VHS release Betamax release | |
| Magnum Force | Warner Bros. | VHS release Betamax release | |
| Midnight Express | Columbia | VHS release Betamax release | |
| The Sting | Universal Pictures | VHS release Betamax release |
References
- ↑ History of Media Technology (accessed 8 April 2011)
- ↑ Horisont 1980, Bertmarks förlag, page 276 - Videovåld avslöjades
- ↑ "The Muppet Movie". Amazon. 1 January 1980. Archived from the original on c. 1980. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ↑ "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie". Amazon. 26 November 1980. Archived from the original on c. 1980. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- ↑ "Jaws 2". LaserDisc Database. c. 1980. Archived from the original on c. 1980. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
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