1980 in home video
1980 in home video:
Industry milestones
March 4
- Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment enters the home video market.
May
- MCA establishes MCA Videocassette, Inc. for VHS and Betamax releases of Universal Studios titles, with the first release being the Marx Brothers film Animal Crackers (1930).
June
- The Paramount Pictures studio forms its home entertainment division.
December
- December - By the end of the year, the DiscoVision format is available all across the United States.[1]
- December 2 - Swedish current affairs programme Studio S discusses video nasty.[2]
Film releases
The following films were released on video on the following dates:
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January–March | |||||
| J A N U A R Y | 1 | The Muppet Movie | Magnetic Video | Betamax release Laserdisc release[3] VHS release | |
| M A R C H | 4 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Apple Dumpling Gang | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Black Hole | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Escape to Witch Mountain | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Hot Lead and Cold Feet | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The Love Bug | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| The North Avenue Irregulars | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| Pete's Dragon (1977) | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| June | |||||
| J U N E | 21 | Alien | Magnetic Video | Betamax release VHS release | |
| October–December | |||||
| O C T O B E R | 25 | Jaws | Universal Pictures | Betamax release VHS release | |
| The Wizard of Oz (1939) | MGM/CBS Home Video | Betamax release VHS release | |||
| N O V E M B E R | 26 | Cheech & Chong's Next Movie | Universal Pictures | Betamax release Laserdisc release [4] VHS release | |
| D E C E M B E R | 30 | Mary Poppins | Walt Disney Home Entertainment | Betamax release VHS release | |
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References
- History of Media Technology (accessed 8 April 2011)
- Horisont 1980, Bertmarks förlag, page 276 - Videovåld avslöjades
- "The Muppet Movie". Amazon. 1 January 1980. Archived from the original on c. 1980. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
- "Cheech & Chong's Next Movie". Amazon. 26 November 1980. Archived from the original on c. 1980. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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