1989 in home video

1989 in home video:

Years in home video:	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992
Centuries:	19th century · 20th century · 21st century
Decades:	1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s
Years:	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

Industry milestones

• August 15 - MGM/UA Home Video announces that The Wizard of Oz (1939) is celebrating its 50th Anniversary in a Special Collector's Edition. The video cassette features a $5.00 mail-in rebate with purchases of Downy Fabric Softeners. The release is backed by an $8.5 million promotional campaign. It features a 32-page fact-filled illustrated booklet and a special supplement with behind-the-scenes footage and deleted songs.
• November 15 - Batman goes on sale less than six months after its theatrical release for a reduced $24.95 suggested retail price leading to a change in the sell-through market.

Movie releases

The following films debuted on home video in 1989 on these dates:

U.S./Canada release date	Title	Studio	Notes
January 4	Mr. North	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	VHS release
	Young Guns	20th Century Fox	VHS release
January 11	The Thin Blue Line	Miramax	VHS release
January 12	The Great Outdoors	Universal	VHS release
	Phantasm II	Universal	VHS release
January 18	Hot to Trot	Warner Bros.	VHS release
January 25	The Dead Pool	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	The Presidio	Paramount	VHS release
January 26	Bull Durham	Orion	VHS release
	Die Hard	20th Century Fox	VHS release
January 31	The Good Mother	Touchstone	VHS release
February 1	Waxwork	Vestron Pictures	VHS release
February 8	Caddyshack II	Warner Bros.	VHS release
February 14	Poltergeist III	MGM	VHS release
February 23	A Fish Called Wanda	MGM	VHS release
	Married to the Mob	Orion	VHS release
	Midnight Run	Universal	VHS release
February 28	Big Business	Touchstone	VHS release
March 1	Spike of Bensonhurst	FilmDallas	VHS release
March 8	Imagine: John Lennon	Warner Bros.	VHS release
March 9	Iron Eagle II	Carolco	VHS release
March 15	Clean and Sober	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Crocodile Dundee II	Paramount	VHS release
March 16	Moon over Parador	Universal	VHS release
	Punchline	Columbia	VHS release
March 21	Betrayed	United Artists	VHS release
March 23	Big	20th Century Fox	VHS release
March 30	Mac and Me	Orion	VHS release
April 5	Bat*21	TriStar	VHS release
	Mystic Pizza	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	VHS release
	Stealing Home	Warner Bros.	VHS release
April 6	Rocket Gibraltar	Columbia	VHS release
April 12	Crossing Delancey	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Dakota	Miramax	VHS release
	Dead Ringers	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Tucker: The Man and His Dream	Paramount	VHS release
April 13	Gorillas in the Mist	Universal	VHS release
	They Live	Universal	VHS release
April 18	Cocktail	Touchstone	VHS release
April 19	Running on Empty	Warner Bros.	VHS release
April 20	Memories of Me	MGM	VHS release
	Star Wars	20th Century Fox	Laserdisc release
April 25	Child's Play	United Artists	VHS release
April 26	Clara's Heart	Warner Bros.	VHS release
April 27	Eight Men Out	Orion	VHS release
	Fresh Horses	Columbia	VHS release
	Things Change	Columbia	VHS release
May 3	The Accused	Paramount	VHS release
	Full Moon in Blue Water	Trans World Entertainment	VHS release
	Miles from Home	Cinecom	VHS release
May 11	Madame Sousatzka	Universal	VHS release
May 17	Coming to America	Paramount	VHS release
May 18	Halloween 4: The Return of Michael Myers	Galaxy International Releasing	VHS release
May 21	Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects	Cannon	VHS release
May 23	Burning Secret	Vestron Pictures	VHS release
	Pumpkinhead	United Artists	VHS release
May 24	Distant Thunder	Paramount	VHS release
	Everybody's All-American	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Far North	Nelson Entertainment	VHS release
	High Spirits	TriStar	VHS release
May 25	Another Woman	Orion	VHS release
June 7	A Cry in the Dark	Warner Bros.	VHS release
June 8	DeepStar Six	TriStar	VHS release
	My Stepmother Is an Alien	Columbia	VHS release
June 14	Parents	Vestron	VHS release
June 15	Alien Nation	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Twins	Universal	VHS release
June 21	Bird	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Buster	MGM	VHS release
June 22	Dirty Rotten Scoundrels	Orion	VHS release
	Torch Song Trilogy	New Line	VHS release
June 27	I'm Gonna Git You Sucka	United Artists	VHS release
June 28	The Accidental Tourist	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	American Ninja 3: Blood Hunt	Cannon	VHS release
	Heartbreak Hotel	Touchstone	VHS release
June 29	The Last Temptation of Christ	Universal	VHS release
July 6	Cocoon: The Return	20th Century Fox	VHS release
July 12	The Boost	Hemdale	VHS release
	Dangerous Liaisons	Warner Bros.	VHS release
July 13	Talk Radio	Universal	VHS release
	True Believer	Columbia	VHS release
	Who's Harry Crumb?	TriStar	VHS release
July 19	Daffy Duck's Quackbusters	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Split Decisions	New Century Entertainment	VHS release
July 25	1969	Atlantic	VHS release
	Heathers	New World	VHS release
July 26	Police Academy 6: City Under Siege	Warner Bros.	VHS release
July 27	Mississippi Burning	Orion	VHS release
August 1	Red Scorpion	SGE	VHS release
August 2	Tequila Sunrise	Warner Bros.	VHS release
August 3	The Fly II	20th Century Fox	VHS release
August 9	Gleaming the Cube	20th Century Fox	VHS release
August 10	The 'Burbs	Universal	VHS release
August 15	Under the Boardwalk	New World	VHS release
	The Wizard of Oz (1939)	MGM	VHS release
August 16	Little Dorrit	Cannon	VHS release
	Patty Hearst	Atlantic	VHS release
August 17	Tap	TriStar	VHS release
August 23	Beaches	Touchstone	VHS release
	Bert Rigby, You're a Fool	Warner Bros	VHS release
	Disorganized Crime	Touchstone	VHS release
	Heathcliff: The Movie	Atlantic	VHS release
	The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!	Paramount	VHS release
August 30	Rain Man	United Artists	VHS release
August 31	Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure	Orion	VHS release
	Boyfriends and Girlfriends	Orion Classics	VHS release
	Devil in the Flesh	Orion Classics	VHS release
	Hey Babu Riba	Orion Classics	VHS release
	Wings of Desire	Orion Classics	VHS release
September 6	Dream a Little Dream	Vestron	VHS release
	Edge of Sanity	Allied Vision	VHS release
	Skin Deep (1989)	20th Century Fox	VHS release
September 7	The January Man	MGM	VHS release
	Under the Sun of Satan	Alive Films	VHS release
	Warm Nights on a Slow Moving Train	Miramax	VHS release
September 13	Her Alibi	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Jacknife	Kings Road	VHS release
September 14	Cousins	Paramount	VHS release
	Fletch Lives	Universal	VHS release
	Rooftops	New Visions	VHS release
	The Land Before Time	Universal	VHS release
	Salaam Bombay!	Cinecom	VHS release
September 20	Cyborg	Cannon	VHS release
	Fast Food	Fries Entertainment	VHS release
	Night of the Demons	Meridian	VHS release
	Out Cold	Hemdale	VHS release
	Powwow Highway	Warner Bros.	VHS release
September 26	Gone with the Wind	MGM	VHS release
	The Horror Show	United Artists	VHS release
	The Terror Within	New Concorde	VHS release
September 27	Lean on Me	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Speed Zone	Orion	VHS release
	A Summer Story	Atlantic	VHS release
September 28	Bambi	Disney	VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
	Farewell to the King	Orion	VHS release
	Sing	TriStar	VHS release
	Slaves of New York	TriStar	VHS release
October 1	Bye Bye Baby	Prism Entertainment	VHS release
October 4	Checking Out	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Criminal Law	Hemdale	VHS release
October 5	976-EVIL	New Line	VHS release
	Fright Night Part II	TriStar	VHS release
	Major League	Paramount	VHS release
	Out of the Dark	CineTel	VHS release
	The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	The Return of Swamp Thing	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Suspiria	Magnum	VHS release
	Working Girl	20th Century Fox	VHS release
October 11	Earth Girls Are Easy	Vestron	VHS release
October 12	The Dream Team	Universal	VHS release
	Fist Fighter	International Video Entertainment	VHS release
	Pet Sematary	Paramount	VHS release
	Who Framed Roger Rabbit	Touchstone	VHS release
October 18	Dead Bang	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Dead Calm	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie	The Samuel Goldwyn Company	VHS release
	A World Apart	Atlantic Entertainment Group	VHS release
October 19	Lawrence of Arabia	Columbia	VHS release
	No Holds Barred	New Line	VHS release
October 24	Getting It Right	M.C.E.G.	VHS release
	Leviathan	MGM	VHS release
October 25	Scandal	Palace Pictures	VHS release
	Tango Bar	Castle Hill	VHS release
	The Toxic Avenger Part II	Troma	VHS release
October 26	Lost Angels	Orion	VHS release
	Winter People	Columbia	VHS release
October 27	Singing the Blues in Red	JCI	VHS release
	We the Living	Angelika	VHS release
October 31	The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey	Home Cinema Group	VHS release
November 1	Ernest Saves Christmas	Touchstone	VHS release
	Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills	Cinecom	VHS release
	Three Fugitives	Touchstone	VHS release
	Valentino Returns	Vidmark Entertainment	VHS release
November 2	Chances Are	TriStar	VHS release
	The Rachel Papers	United Artists	VHS release
	Say Anything...	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Troop Beverly Hills	Columbia	VHS release
November 8	Teen Witch	Trans World Entertainment	VHS release
November 9	Loverboy	TriStar	VHS release
	Miss Firecracker	Corsair Pictures	VHS release
	Scrooged	Paramount	VHS release
	She's Out of Control	Columbia	VHS release
November 14	Wicked Stepmother	MGM	VHS release
November 15	Batman	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	The Rainbow	Vestron	VHS release
November 16	K-9	Universal	VHS release
November 21	Lords of the Deep	MGM	VHS release
November 22	Ghostbusters II	Columbia	VHS release
	The Mighty Quinn	MGM	VHS release
	Vampire's Kiss	Hemdale Film Corporation	VHS release
November 29	I, Madman	Trans World Entertainment	VHS release
December 6	How to Get Ahead in Advertising	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Miracle Mile	Columbia	VHS release
December 7	84 Charlie Mopic	The Charlie Mopic Company	VHS release
	Listen to Me	Columbia	VHS release
	See No Evil, Hear No Evil	TriStar	VHS release
December 12	Road House	United Artists	VHS release
December 13	Shag: The Movie	Hemdale	VHS release
December 14	How I Got Into College	20th Century Fox	VHS release
	Renegades	Universal	VHS release
	When Harry Met Sally...	Nelson Entertainment	VHS release
December 20	The Adventures of Baron Munchausen	Columbia	VHS release
	A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child	New Line	VHS release
	Star Trek V: The Final Frontier	Paramount	VHS release
December 21	Great Balls of Fire!	Orion	VHS release
	La Lectrice	Orion Classics	VHS release
	Lock Up	TriStar	VHS release
	Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown	Orion Classics	VHS release
December 28	Weekend at Bernie's	20th Century Fox	VHS release
Unknown	The Empire Strikes Back	20th Century Fox	Laserdisc release
	King of Kings	MGM	VHS release
	Wee Wendy	Toei Animation	VHS release

TV show releases

The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:

• "The Flintstones" videos - January 26
  • "The Man Called Flintstone"
  • "The Jetsons Meet the Flintstones"
  • "The Flintstones: The First Episodes" ("The Flintstone Flyer" / "Hot Lips Hannigan" / "The Swimming Pool" / "No Help Wanted")
• "Barney and the Backyard Gang" video (#1) - January
  • "Three Wishes" (wide release)
• "Barney and the Backyard Gang" video (#2) - February
  • "A Day at the Beach"
• "Foofur" video - February 7
  • "More Amazing Tails"
• "The Flintstones" videos - February 20
  • "The Flintstone Comedy Show", Volume 1
  • "The Flintstone Kids: Just Say No"
• "Richard Scarry's Best Video Ever" video (#1) - March 15
  • "Best ABC Video Ever!"
• "The Berenstain Bears" videos - April 8
  • "In the Dark"
  • "Trouble with Friends"
  • "Too Much Birthday"
• "Foofur" video - May 2
  • "He Ain't Nothing But a Hound Dog!"
• "Ovide and the Gang" video - May 2
  • "Comic Adventures in the South Seas"
• "DuckTales" videos (#3) - May 9
  • "Duck to the Future" (contains "Duck to the Future" and "Sir Gyro de Gearloose")
  • "Lost World Wanderers" (contains "Dinosaur Ducks" and "The Curse of Castle McDuck")
• "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" videos - May 10
  • "The Shredder is Splintered"
  • "Case of the Killer Pizzas"
• "Wee Sing" video (#4) - May 16
  • "Wee Sing in Sillyville"
• "I Love Lucy" - The Video Collection (#1) - June 22
  • Volume 1 ("Lucy Does a TV commercial" / "Lucy's Italian Movie")
  • Volume 2 ("Job Switching" / "Fashion Show")
  • Volume 3 ("L.A. at Last!" / "Lucy and Harpo Marx")
  • Volume 4 ("Lucy is Enciente (Pregnant)" / "Lucy Goes to the Hospital")
• "Foofur" video - July 25
  • "Furry Tails Can Come True"
• "Ovide and the Gang" video - July 25
  • "Trouble in Paradise"
• "Janosch" video - August 12
  • "Stories from the Big Fat Fabulous Bear"
• "The Berenstain Bears" videos - August 19
  • "No Girls Allowed"
  • "Get Stage Fright"
  • "Forget Their Manners"
• "Richard Scarry's Best Video Ever" video (#1) - August 31
  • "Best Counting Video Ever!"
• "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" videos - September 8
  • "The Great Honey Pot Robbery" (Includes "The Great Honey Pot Robbery" / "Stripes" / "Monkey See, Monkey Do Better")
  • "The Wishing Bear" (Includes "The Wishing Bear" / "The Piglet Who Would Be King")
  • "Newfound Friends" (Includes "Find Her, Keep Her" / "Donkey for a Day" / "Friend, In Deed")
• "Dr. Seuss" videos - September 17
  • "The Cat in the Hat Comes Back"
  • "One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish"
  • "Dr. Seuss's ABC"
  • "Hop on Pop""
• "Richard Scarry's Best Videos Ever!" videos - September 17
  • "Richard Scarry's Best Counting Video Ever!"
  • "Richard Scarry's Best ABC Video Ever!"
• "DuckTales" videos (#4) - September 28
  • "Accidental Adventurers" (contains "Maid of the Myth" and "Jungle Duck")
  • "Seafaring Sailors" (contains "Sphinx for the Memories" and "All Ducks on Deck")
• "Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers" videos (#3)- September 28
  • "Double Trouble"
  • "Undercover Critters"
  • "Crimebusters"
• "A Jetson Christmas Carol" - November 9
• "How The Flintstones Saved Christmas" - November 9
• "Yogi Bear's All Star Comedy Christmas Caper" - November 9
• "A Christmas Story" - November 9
• "Janosch" video - November 18
  • "Bear Tales"

Documentary Home Video releases

• Michael Jordan: Come Fly With Me - January 26
• Jewels of the Triple Crown - February 23
• New York's Game: History of The Knicks - November 9

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