1991 in home video

A summary of 1991 in home video:

Industry milestones

July

• July 11 - Fox Video is formed.

Date unknown

• In Sweden the development of satellite television has become a tough competitor to the home video market and through oustings and mergings the number of videogram disbursers has reduced from circa 60 to circa 20.

Releases

The following films were released on home video on the following dates:

U.S./Canada release date	Title	Studio	Notes
January 3	The Adventures of Ford Fairlane	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
	The Transformers: The Movie	Family Home Entertainment	VHS release
January 9	Circuitry Man	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release
January 17	Mo' Better Blues	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
	Young Guns II	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
January 23	The Freshman	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release; copyrighted 1990
January 31	Die Hard 2	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
	Navy SEALs	Orion Home Video	VHS release
	Problem Child	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
February 6	Taking Care of Business	Hollywood Pictures Home Video	VHS release
February 7	Days of Thunder	Paramount Home Video	VHS release; copyrighted 1990
February 13	Flatliners	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release; copyrighted 1990
February 14	Darkman	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
February 20	Pocket Money	Warner Home Video	VHS release
	Quick Change		VHS release
February 21	Air America	Live Home Video	VHS release
	Frankenstein Unbound	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
February 28	Death Warrant	MGM/UA Home Video	VHS release
	State of Grace	Orion Home Video	VHS release
	The Two Jakes	Paramount Home Video	VHS release; copyrighted 1990
March 6	Arachnophobia	Hollywood	VHS release
March 7	After Dark, My Sweet	Live Home Video	VHS release
	The Exorcist III	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
	King of New York	Carolco	VHS release
March 13	Pump Up the Volume	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release
	White Hunter Black Heart	Warner Home Video	VHS release
March 15	Alice in Wonderland	Disney	VHS re-release; part of Walt Disney Classics
	DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp		VHS release
March 20	Desperate Hours	MGM/UA Home Video	VHS release
March 21	Ghost	Paramount Home Video	VHS release
	Pacific Heights	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
March 27	Presumed Innocent	Warner Bros.	VHS release
March 28	Funny About Love	Paramount	VHS release
	Henry & June	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
	The Hot Spot	Orion	VHS release
	White Palace	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
April 3	The Last Picture Show	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release
April 4	Al Capone	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release; part of The Gangster Collection
	Dillinger
	The Gangster
	Gun Crazy
	Johnny Apollo
	King of the Roaring 20s
	Memphis Belle	Warner Home Video	VHS release
	Miller's Crossing	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
	Pickup on South Street		VHS release; part of The Gangster Collection
	Road House
	The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
	Show Them No Mercy!
	The Street with No Name
	The Underworld Story
	Wild at Heart	Media Home Entertainment	VHS release
April 11	Child's Play 2	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
	Sibling Rivalry	Columbia	VHS release
April 18	Marked for Death	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
April 24	The Bonfire of the Vanities	Warner Home Video	VHS release
	Graffiti Bridge		VHS release
	Rocky V	MGM	VHS release
April 25	Texasville	Nelson Entertainment	VHS release
May 1	The Sheltering Sky	Warner Bros.	VHS release
May 3	The Jungle Book	Walt Disney Home Video	VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
	Pete's Dragon		VHS release
May 8	Mr. Destiny	Touchstone	VHS release
	Three Men and a Little Lady	Touchstone	VHS release
	Quigley Down Under	MGM	VHS release
May 9	Havana	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
May 17	Avalon	TriStar	VHS release
May 18	Predator 2	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
May 22	The Rookie	Warner Home Video	VHS release
	Warlock	Vidmark Entertainment	VHS release
May 23	Jacob's Ladder	Live Home Video	VHS release
	Mermaids	Orion	VHS release
May 29	The NeverEnding Story II: The Next Chapter	Warner Bros.	VHS release
	Popcorn	Columbia	VHS release
June 5	The Grifters	HBO Video	VHS release
	Postcards from the Edge	Columbia	VHS release
June 6	Kindergarten Cop	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
June 12	Green Card	Touchstone	VHS release
	Mr. and Mrs. Bridge	HBO Video	VHS release
	White Fang	Disney	VHS release
June 13	Come See the Paradise	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
June 19	GoodFellas	Warner Home Video	VHS release
June 21	Ernest Goes to Camp	Touchstone	VHS release
June 25	Roger & Me	Warner Bros.	VHS release
June 26	Men of Respect	Columbia	VHS release
	Not Without My Daughter	MGM	VHS release
	Reversal of Fortune	Warner Bros.	VHS release
June 27	Almost an Angel	Paramount	VHS release
	Edward Scissorhands	CBS/Fox Video	VHS release
July 3	Look Who's Talking Too	Columbia	VHS release
July 12	Misery	MGM	VHS release
	Once Around	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
July 17	The Russia House	MGM	VHS release
	Shipwrecked	Disney	VHS release
	Run	Hollywood	VHS release
July 18	Flight of the Intruder	Paramount	VHS release
	L.A. Story	Live Home Video	VHS release
July 19	The Brave Little Toaster	Disney	VHS release
July 24	Hamlet	Warner Bros.	VHS release
July 25	Alice	Orion	VHS release
	Lionheart	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
	The Muppets Take Manhattan	FoxVideo	VHS release
	Sleeping with the Enemy	FoxVideo	VHS release
July 31	Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release
August 8	King Ralph	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
August 14	Scenes from a Mall	Touchstone	VHS release
	Robin Hood Alice in Wonderland Dumbo The Sword in the Stone	Disney	VHS re-releases; Walt Disney Classics
August 22	Dracula	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
	Paris Trout	Palace	VHS release
	True Colors	Paramount	VHS release
August 23	Home Alone	Fox Video	VHS release
	Felix the Cat: The Movie	Buena Vista Home Video	VHS release
August 28	Dances with Wolves	Orion	VHS release
	Robot Jox	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release
September 4	La Femme Nikita	Vidmark Entertainment	VHS release
September 11	Oscar	Touchstone	VHS release
September 12	Closet Land	Media Home Entertainment	VHS release
	The Five Heartbeats	FoxVideo	VHS release
	The Hard Way	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
September 20	An American Tail	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS re-release
	The Land Before Time
	The Rescuers Down Under	Disney	VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
September 26	A Boy Named Charlie Brown	Fox Video	VHS re-release
	The Doors	Live Home Video	VHS release
October 2	The Marrying Man	Hollywood	VHS release
October 3	Career Opportunities	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
	A Kiss Before Dying	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
October 4	Gremlins 2: The New Batch	Warner Bros.	VHS release
October 9	Madonna: Truth or Dare	Live Home Video	VHS release
October 10	The Godfather Part III	Paramount	VHS release; 2-Videocassette set
	One Good Cop	Hollywood	VHS release
October 14	Talent for the Game	Paramount	VHS release
October 17	Race with the Devil	FoxVideo	VHS re-release
October 18	The Rescuers Down Under	Walt Disney Classics	Laserdisc release
October 24	Class Action	FoxVideo	VHS release
	The Silence of the Lambs	Orion	VHS release
October 30	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	Warner Bros.	VHS release
November 1	Fantasia	Disney	VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics
November 6	Mortal Thoughts	Columbia	VHS release
	What About Bob?	Touchstone	VHS release
November 7	Backdraft	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
November 13	V.I. Warshawski	Hollywood	VHS release
November 20	Hudson Hawk	RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video	VHS release
	Out for Justice	Warner Bros.	VHS release
November 21	F/X2	Orion	VHS release
November 22	The Little Engine That Could	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
November 26	Toy Soldiers	TriStar	VHS release
November 27	Only the Lonely	FoxVideo	VHS release
	Soapdish	Paramount	VHS release
December 4	City Slickers	Columbia	VHS release
December 5	Problem Child 2	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
December 11	Terminator 2: Judgment Day	Live Home Video	VHS release
December 18	Delirious	MGM	VHS release
	Doc Hollywood	Warner Bros.	VHS release
December 19	Cool as Ice	MCA/Universal Home Video	VHS release
	Dutch	Fox Video	VHS release
	The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear	Paramount	VHS release

TV show releases

The following television shows were released on the following dates:

• "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" video - January 23
  • "Better Late Than Never and Other Stories"
• "Rocky & Bullwinkle" videos (#1) - February 8
  • "Mona Moose"
  • "Birth of Bullwinkle"
  • "Blue Moose"
  • "Vincent Van Moose"
  • "La Grande Moose"
  • "Canadian Gothic"
• "Dr. Seuss" videos - March 20
  • "I Am Not Going to Get Up Today!"
  • "Are You My Mother?"
• "Wee Sing" video - May 14
  • "The Big Rock Candy Mountains"
• "I Love Lucy": The Video Collection (#3) - May 16
  • Volume 9 ("The Moustache" / "Lucy and the Loving Cup")
  • Volume 10 ("Lucy Tells the Truth" / "The Kleptomaniac")
  • Volume 11 ("Bonus Bucks" / "The Fur Coat")
  • Volume 12 ("Lucy Cries Wolf" / "Lucy is Envious")
• "The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" video - June 28
  • "All's Well That Ends Well" (Includes "All's Well That Ends Wishing Well" / "Bubble Trouble" / "Where Oh Where Has My Piglet Gone?")
• "Bugs Bunny's Howl-oween Special" - July 24
• "Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet" - July 24
• "Barney & the Backyard Gang" videos
  • "Barney in Concert" - July 29
  • "Rock with Barney" (Neiman Marcus exclusive) - August
• "TaleSpin" videos (#1) - August 9
  • "True Baloo" (contains "From Here to Machinery" and "The Balooest of the Bluebloods")
  • "That's Show Biz!" (contains "Stormy Weather" and "Mommy for a Day")
  • "Jackpots & Crackpots" (contains "A Touch of Glass" and "Her Chance to Dream")
  • "Fearless Flyers" (contains "Jumping the Guns" and "Match One for Gipper")
• "Adventures in Odyssey" video - September 24
  • "The Knight Travellers"
• "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Sewer Heroes" series - September 25
  • "Leonardo Lightens Up" (Bonus episode: "Leonardo Versus Tempestra")
  • "Donatello's Degree" (Bonus episode: "Donatello Makes Time")
  • "Raphael Meets His Match" (Bonus episode: "Raphael Knocks 'Em Dead")
  • "Michelangelo Meets Bugman" (Bonus episode: "What's Michelangelo Good For?")
• "Simply Mad About the Mouse" - September 27
• "A Garfield Christmas" - October 17
• "The Simpsons" video - October 23
  • "The Simpsons Christmas Special"
• "Rocky and Bullwinkle" videos - November 15
  • "Whistler's Moose"
  • "Norman Moosewell"
• "Sebastian's Caribbean Jamboree" - November 22
• "Adventures in Odyssey" video - November 26
  • "A Flight to the Finish"

Documentary Home Video releases

The following documentary home videos were released on the following dates:

• Rodney King - March 3, 1991

International Home Video releases

The following VHS were released on home video on the following dates:

Latina (Video.com)

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