1984 in home video:
Industry milestones[]
January[]
- 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[]
- May - MCA Home Video releases Scarface. Listed at $79.95, it becomes the first videocassette movie to sell 100,000 copies.[2]
July[]
Film releases[]
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 | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| F E B R U A R Y |
1 | Beyond the Limit | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| The Court Jester | |||||
| We're No Angels | |||||
| 7 | Mr. Mom | Vestron Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| Porky's | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Porky's II: The Next Day | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Lucky Luke: The Ballad of Daltons | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Staying Alive | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| M A R C H |
2 | Strange Brew | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| Trading Places | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| WarGames | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| April–June | |||||
| A P R I L |
10 | D.C. Cab | MCA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| The Dead Zone | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Octopussy | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Space Raiders | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Big Red | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Star 80 | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Sudden Impact | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Uncommon Valor | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Under Fire | Vestron Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Unknown | Thief of Hearts | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| M A Y |
4 | All the Right Moves | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| Christine | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| The Keep | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Scarface | MCA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Silkwood | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| J U N E |
9 | The Right Stuff | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| Son of Flubber | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Terms of Endearment | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| July–September | |||||
| J U L Y |
3 | The Dirty Dozen | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| 6 | The Big Chill | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| Children of the Corn | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| The Seven Samurai | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| A U G U S T |
10 | The Incredible Journey | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| Repo Man | Thorn/EMI Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Romancing the Stone | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Splash | Touchstone Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| S E P T E M B E R |
23 | Against All Odds | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| Footloose | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| October–December | |||||
| O C T O B E R |
22 | SS Experiment Camp | T-Z Video/Video City Wizard Video |
Betamax/VHS release | |
| 25 | Never Cry Wolf | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| 29 | This is Spinal Tap | Embassy Home Entertainment | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| Yentl | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| N O V E M B E R |
7 | Top Secret! | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| 13 | Star Wars : Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| 28 | A Christmas Story | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| Conan the Destroyer | MCA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Dreamscape | Thorn/EMI Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Firestarter | MCA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| The Last Starfighter | MCA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| The Natural | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Purple Rain | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Sixteen Candles | MCA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| D E C E M B E R |
6 | DTV: Rock, Rhythm & Blues | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |
| DTV: Pop & Rock | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| DTV: Golden Oldies | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Mickey's Christmas Carol | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| The Muppet Movie | CBS/FOX Home Video | Betamax/Laserdisc/VHS release | |||
| Robin Hood | Walt Disney Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| 8 | The NeverEnding Story | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| Police Academy | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Streets of Fire | MCA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| 23 | Becket | Paramount Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | ||
| Damien: Omen II | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release (reissue) | |||
| The Exorcist | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Exorcist II: The Heretic | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release (reissue) | |||
| The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Hurray for Betty Boop | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Moscow on the Hudson | RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| Misunderstood | MGM/UA Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| National Lampoon's Vacation | Warner Home Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
| The Omen | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Omen III: The Final Conflict | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release (reissue) | |||
| Taps | CBS/FOX Video | Betamax/VHS release | |||
Australia[]
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 | 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[]
- ↑ History of Media Technology (läst 8 april 2011)
- ↑ Bierbaum, Tom (February 6, 1990). "Mixed Reviews". Daily Variety: 78.
- ↑ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/39/introduction Video Recordings Act 1984 - Accessed 8 April 2011
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