1984 in home video
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1984 in home video:
| Years in home video: | 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 |
| Centuries: | 19th century · 20th century · 21st century |
| Decades: | 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s |
| Years: | 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 |
Industry milestones[edit]
January[edit]
- January - JVC introduces the VHD in the UK.[1]
- January 17 - In Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., popularly known as the "Betamax case", the Supreme Court of the United States rules that the practice of "time shifting" constitutes fair use and that the manufacturers of home video recording devices cannot be held liable for copyright infringement by consumers.
May[edit]
- May - MCA Home Video release Scarface which becomes the first film to sell 100,000 copies at a retail price of $79.95.[2]
July[edit]
- July 12 - The Video Recordings Act 1984 is adopted by the UK.[3]
Film releases[edit]
The following films were released on video:
| U.S./Canada Release Date |
Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January–March | |||||
| J A N U A R Y |
1 | Twelve Months (1980) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| F E B R U A R Y |
7 | Mr. Mom | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Porky's | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Porky's II: The Next Day | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Lucky Luke The Ballad of Daltons | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Staying Alive (1983) | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| M A R C H |
2 | Strange Brew | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Trading Places | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| WarGames | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| April–June | |||||
| A P R I L |
10 | D.C. Cab | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Dead Zone | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Octopussy | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Space Raiders | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Big Red (film) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Star 80 | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Sudden Impact | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Uncommon Valor | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Under Fire (1983) | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| M A Y |
4 | All the Right Moves | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Christine (1983) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Keep | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Scarface (1983) | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Silkwood | Vestron Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| J U N E |
9 | The Right Stuff | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Son of Flubber | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Terms of Endearment | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| July–September | |||||
| J U L Y |
3 | The Dirty Dozen | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 6 | The Big Chill | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Children of the Corn (1984) | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Seven Samurai | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| A U G U S T |
10 | The Incredible Journey | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Repo Man | Thorn/EMI Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Romancing the Stone | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Splash | Touchstone Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| S E P T E M B E R |
23 | Against All Odds | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Footloose (1984) | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| October–December | |||||
| O C T O B E R |
22 | SS Experiment Camp | T-Z Video/Video City Wizard Video |
Betamax release VHS release | |
| 25 | Never Cry Wolf | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 29 | This is Spinal Tap | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Yentl | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| N O V E M B E R |
7 | Top Secret! | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| 13 | Star Wars : Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| 28 | A Christmas Story | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Conan the Destroyer | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Dreamscape | Thorn/EMI Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Firestarter | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Last Starfighter | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Natural | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Purple Rain | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Sixteen Candles | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| D E C E M B E R |
6 | DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| DTV: Pop & Rock | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| DTV: Golden Oldies | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Muppet Movie | Walt Disney/CBS/FOX Home Video | VHS release Laserdisc releases Betamax release | |||
| Robin Hood (1973) | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 8 | The NeverEnding Story | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Police Academy | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Streets of Fire | MCA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| 23 | Becket (1964) | Paramount Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | ||
| Damien: Omen II | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissued but not in a box set) | |||
| The Exorcist | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Exorcist II: The Heretic | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissue) | |||
| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Hurray for Betty Boop | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Moscow on the Hudson | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Misunderstood | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| National Lampoon's Vacation | Warner Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Omen | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissued but not in a box set) | |||
| Omen III: The Final Conflict | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release (reissued but not in a box set) | |||
| Taps | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
Australia[edit]
The following tapes were released in Australia in 1984:
| Australia Release Date |
Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | |||||
| A P R I L |
Unknown | Basket Case | Rugged Films | Betamax release VHS release | |
| Fire and Ice (1983) | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Hysterical | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Jaguar Lives! | Roadshow Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Rolling Thunder | American International Pictures | Betamax release VHS release | |||
References[edit]
- ↑ History of Media Technology (läst 8 april 2011)
- ↑ Bierbaum, Tom (February 6, 1990). "Mixed Reviews". Daily Variety. p. 78.
- ↑ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/39/introduction Video Recordings Act 1984 - Accessed 8 April 2011
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