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1989 in home video

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1989 in home video:

Industry milestones[]

  • August 15 - MGM/UA Home Video announces that The Wizard of Oz 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. Backed by an $8.5 million promotional campaign, the release 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.[1][2]

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 (#1) - 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
  • "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

References[]

  1. ↑ "'Batman' a Potent Weapon in Sell-through Crusade". Variety: p. 31. November 15, 1989. 
  2. ↑ "'Batman' Vids Fly Off Shelves; Stores Face Limited Supploy". Variety: p. 81. November 22, 1989. 
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