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unusual facts about Home video


Filmmaking

Distribution—The finished film is distributed and screened in cinemas and/or released on Home entertainment.


Canadian Home Video Rating System

The Canadian Home Video Rating System (CHVRS) is a voluntary rating classification system applied to home video products such as VHS and DVDs.

Le Signe du Lion

The film is one of Rohmer's least-seen features in the Anglosphere; it did not screen in the UK until 1966, and didn't show until 1970 in the United States, where it has never been available on home video (an English-subtitled DVD is available in the UK).

Luis Villanueva

Some of his accomplishments include leading Venevision International to become the first distributor of films originally produced in Spanish for the Hispanic Market via theatrical, pay-per-view, home video, cable TV and free TV.

Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1

Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1 is a home video compilation released by Buena Vista Home Entertainment on October 4, 2007.


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3 Women

This was alleged to be due to music rights; reportedly, the distributors of Altman's films Images, California Split, 3 Women, and Health, had not negotiated music rights for home video release of the films, and, due to their relative obscurity, they were never expected to be released.

A Free Soul

A Free Soul was released on DVD by Warner Home Video on March 8, 2008 (along with The Divorcee, also starring Norma Shearer), as one of five Pre-Code films in the "TCM Archives - Forbidden Hollywood Collection, Vol. 2" DVD box set.

Ahead of Their Time

Portions of this performance originally found their way on to the Mystery Disc contained on the second box of "The Old Masters" and the Honker Home Video release of Uncle Meat.

An Evening with Orson Welles

An Evening with Orson Welles is a series of six short films created in 1970 by Orson Welles, for the exclusive use of Sears, Roebuck & Co. Welles produced the recitations of popular stories for Sears's Avco Cartrivision machines, a pioneering home video system.

Assassination of a High School President

This attracted a response in the media urging a theatrical release, and to avoid a direct-to-DVD release by Sony, who own the home video distribution rights.

Barbarellas

Following this, the band embarked on their international "Jump Up Jump Down" tour, which they released a live home video of, following this they released an EP Across America 2000.

Characters in Devo music videos

The Pilgrims are a group of religious zealots led by Reverend Vince Gassale (portrayed by Gerald Casale in the home video game Adventures of the Smart Patrol).

Charlie Brown's Christmas Tales

Warner Home Video released it on its own DVD, with Is This Goodbye, Charlie Brown? as a bonus feature, released on November 3, 2009 as a CVS Pharmacy exclusive and then solicited to the wider market in 2010.

CinéGroupe

In 2002, the company united with Star Records to create a home video distributor called CinéGroupe/Star.

Cy Leslie

MGM Home Video was the first company to enter the home video business, which today has become the home entertainment industry including DVD and other sales.

Drive-In Massacre

A score of two out of four was given by TV Guide, which wrote "Obviously inspired by Peter Bogdanovich's masterful Targets, Drive-In Massacre has none of its predecessor's insight, intelligence, or craft. Instead, it's an ultracheap slice-and-dice effort that even boasts the tired 'They're coming to get you!' ending designed to make drive-in audiences uncomfortable. Needless to say, the effect is greatly diminished on home video".

Elvis in Concert

Footage from this special has appeared in the home video market: "Are You Lonesome Tonight", "Love Me" and "My Way" were used in 1981's This Is Elvis, and "Unchained Melody appeared in the 1990 home video release, The Great Performances, Volume One: Center Stage.

Francis Agu

He also starred as Ichie Million in the first Nigerian Home Video, Living in Bondage, which brought him to national fame.

Guild Home Video

Based in Oundle Road, Peterborough, Guild Home Video were one of the biggest of the early video companies, and responsible for distributing a large and varied catalogue of movies.

Hawkeye and the Last of the Mohicans

Mistake: In the episode "Washington Story", Stan Francis played a young George Washington but in the end credits, he is named as Benjamin Franklin (this might be a mistake limited to the home video edit taking the end credits from a different episode).

I Gotta Get Out of This Town

It was the opening song and in the 1967 TV special: Movin' With Nancy, starring Nancy Sinatra, released to home video in 2000.

I Stay Away

The video is available on the home video release Music Bank: The Videos.

I Was a Teenage Frankenstein

The film was released on VHS/NTSC videocassette in 1991 by RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video under the shortened title "Teenage Frankenstein" which was the alternate title also used when released in the UK by Anglo-Amalgamated.

Johnny Dangerously

The VHS home video version of the film featured a version of the Cole Porter song "Let's Misbehave".

Kittie

Their debut album and supporting tour earned Kittie coverage in Metal Edge, whose readers voted Morgan Lander for "Female Performer of the Year" and Spit in Your Eye for "Home Video of the Year" in the magazine's 2000 Readers' Choice Awards.

Learning Hebrew

It was released in 2012 by The Weird World of Wibbell, the home video distribution division of Wibbell Productions Ltd, an independent film company based in the UK, run by actor Allin Kempthorne and best known for its previous film The Vampires of Bloody Island.

Little Toot

It featured Samuel Vincent as the voice of the title character and was released on home video in 1992 by Strand Home Video.

Liz Benson

Her journey to stardom began when she appeared on the set of the popular television soap opera, Fortunes in 1993. Liz Benson played the part of Mrs. Agnes Johnson in the soap, which ran for about two years on the Nigerian Television Authority network.In 1994, her role in Glamour Girls, a very successful home video film that focused on the theme of prostitution, literally changed her fortune after Fortunes.

Love 101

Produced by Poya Pictures, the film was released to American theaters in 2000, Showtime Cable Network in 2001 and home video in 2002 through the New Concorde distribution company.

Moore Theatre

Alice in Chains' Live Facelift home video release was filmed at the Moore Theatre in 1990.

National Captioning Institute

Created in 1979 and headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, the organization was the first to caption live TV and home video, and holds the trademark on the display icon featuring a simple geometric rendering of a television set merged with a speech balloon to indicate that a program is NCI-captioned.

Nobody's Watching

The show is about two friends from Union, Ohio, named Derrick (Taran Killam) and Will (Paul Campbell), who send a home video to every network, claiming they can produce a better sitcom than the ones currently being broadcast.

Over Now

The performance from MTV Unplugged can also be found on the box set Music Bank, the home video release Music Bank: The Videos, and the compilation album The Essential Alice in Chains.

Paul Khanna

Going against the advice of industry professionals he recorded a home video clip and took it to the offices of casting director Fiona Weir.

Plus One: The Home Video

Plus One: The Home Video is a VHS released in 2001 by Word Entertainment and Atlantic Records that shows behind the scenes of what the boys of Plus One do everyday on stage and off.

Rockshow

In 2007, a shortened cut with only seven songs was released as part of the The McCartney Years DVD set — one of which, a version of The Beatles' "Lady Madonna", was originally left out of the Rockshow home video release.

Room a Thousand Years Wide

A performance of "Room a Thousand Years Wide" can be found on the Motorvision home video release.

Sea of Sorrow

The video is available on the home video releases Live Facelift and Music Bank: The Videos.

A performance of "Sea of Sorrow" is included on the home video release Live Facelift.

STS-72

The result was a 90 minute documentary narrated by Bill Nye titled 'Astronauts' which first aired on PBS on 17 July 1997 and was later released on VHS home video.

The Karate Dog

The Karate Dog (simply Karate Dog on home video) is a 2004 television film directed by Bob Clark and produced by Frank Hübner.

The Love Bone Earth Affair

The Love Bone Earth Affair is a home video by the American rock band Mother Love Bone.

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen

The Muppet Musicians of Bremen (released on home video as Tales from MuppetLand: The Muppet Musicians of Bremen) is a 1972 television special that is an adaptation of Town Musicians of Bremen, featuring The Muppets.

The Return of Godzilla

In addition, the theatrical release (and most home video versions) was accompanied by Marv Newland's short cartoon, Bambi Meets Godzilla.

The first release was by New World in the mid '80s, another by Starmaker video (who had acquired some of New World's library) in the 1992, and again by Anchor Bay in 1997 All home video releases include the Bambi Meets Godzilla animated short with the exception of the Starmaker release.

The Town That Dreaded Sundown

Shout! Factory released The Town That Dreaded Sundown on Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack along with The Evictors on May 21, 2013, the first time the film made an appearance on any home video format since the VHS release.

WHV

Warner Home Video, the home video distribution division of Warner Bros.

Worldvision Enterprises

For example, Strapless is distributed by Anchor Bay Entertainment, while Warner Home Video (distributing for Turner Entertainment) owns the DVD rights to A Touch of Class.