1984 in home video
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1984 in home video:
Contents
Industry milestones
January
- 17 January - 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.
July
- 12 July - The Video Recordings Act 1984 is adopted by the UK.[2]
Movie releases
The following movies were released on video:
- Against All Odds - September 4 1984
- All the Right Moves - May 1 1984
- Becket
- The Big Chill - July 3 1984
- Children of the Corn - July 10 1984
- Christine - May 8 1984
- A Christmas Story - November 6 1984
- Conan the Destroyer - November 13 1984
- D.C. Cab - April 1984
- The Dead Zone - April 24 1984
- The Dirty Dozen
- Dreamscape - November 20 198
- The Empire Strikes Back - November 27 1984
- The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic (reissues)
- Firestarter - November 6 1984
- Footloose - September 11 1984
- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (reissue)
- Moscow on the Hudson
- The Keep - May 8 1984
- The Last Starfighter - November 13 1984
- Mickey's Christmas Carol - December 4, 1984
- Mr. Mom - February 6 1984
- National Lampoon's Vacation
- The Natural - November 20 1984
- The NeverEnding Story - December 11 1984
- Octopussy - April 17 1984
- The Omen and its sequels (reissued but not in a box set)
- Police Academy - December 18 1984
- Porky's and its first sequel, Porky's II: The Next Day - February 13 1984
- Purple Rain - November 27 1984
- Repo Man - August 28 1984
- Return from Witch Mountain
- The Right Stuff - June 12 1984
- Robin Hood - December 4, 1984
- Romancing the Stone - August 21 1984
- Scarface - May 15 1984
- Silkwood - May 22 1984
- Sixteen Candles - November 6 1984
- Splash - August 14 1984
- SS Experiment Camp - October 23, 1984
- Star 80 - April 10 1984
- Staying Alive - February 13 1984
- Strange Brew - March 6 1984
- Streets of Fire - December 11 1984
- Sudden Impact - April 3 1984
- Taps
- Terms of Endearment - June 5 1984
- This is Spinal Tap - October 2 1984
- Top Secret! - November 13 1984
- Trading Places - March 20 1984
- Uncommon Valor - April 17 1984
- Under Fire - April 10 1984
- WarGames - March 27 1984
- Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory - December 25 1984
- Yentl
Australia
The following tapes were released in Australia in 1984:
- Basket Case - April 3 1984
- Fire and Ice - April 3 1984
- Hysterical - April 10 1984
- Jaguar Lives! - April 17 1984
- Rolling Thunder - April 24 1984
References
- ↑ History of Media Technology (läst 8 april 2011)
- ↑ http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/39/introduction Video Recordings Act 1984 - Accessed 8 April 2011
External links
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