MGM/UA Home Video-graphy, 4
The 5100 series for MGM/UA began, in part, with the announcement that MGM was about to awaken UA from a slumber it had been under since the release of Rocky V in 1990. UA then released its first motion picture in a long time: Sleep With Me, the tale of a love triangle complicated by Eric Stoltz and Meg Tilly, and in which, at one point, Quentin Tarantino talks to Todd Field about Top Gun and its homoeroticism. It took in a dismal $200,151, but (debatably) brighter things would be on UA’s horizon, especially under the leadership of John Calley, who was taking his first turn as a movie executive since leaving Warner Bros. in 1981.
MGM itself wrapped up 1994 with two notable films: Stargate, a science fictioner from Roland Emmerich for which it did not have the video rights (those were in the hands of Live Entertainment) and Speechless, a political romantic comedy for which it did have the video rights. Speechless told the story of two political speechwriters (Michael Keaton and Geena Davis), who fall in love until they realize that they write for opposing candidates. Siskel, Ebert and other critics slammed Speechless, which was voted out of theaters within a few months of its run, with MGM spending some $38 million on the picture and only watching it make $25 million. However, Stargate was a hit big enough to launch a franchise.
1995 opened with Tank Girl, with Lori Petty as an anti-hero leading genetically modified supersoldiers on a revolt against the oppressive Water & Power corporation. Despite having a score by the then-popular singer-songwriter Courtney Love, the film really tanked, receiving mixed reviews and only grossing $6 million worldwide against a $25 million budget. Director Rachel Talalay blamed its initial failure on the studio editing the film behind her back; the film has since gotten a cult following. Much more warmly welcomed was Rob Roy, which starred Liam Neeson in the story of an 18th century Scottish highlander fighting with a nobleman. It proved a moderately successful hit.
A bigger hit was to come in the summertime in the form of Species, the Roger Donaldson film about a motley crew of government agents and scientists tracking down seductive extraterrestrial human Natasha Henstridge, who ends up successfully mating with a human male. The hype surrounding Henstridge’s nude scenes in the tabloids and lad mags of the day paid off, as the film, budgeted at $35 million, made $113.3 million worldwide, and spawned a franchise.
United Artists opened the fall by releasing two very different kinds of eventual cult classics. Hackers, opening on September 13, was one of the many computer-centric thrillers made just as the Internet gained ground among the public (its competition included The Net, Virtuosity, and Johnny Mnemonic), and centered on high school hackers becoming involved in an attempted theft. Ironically, the film’s big claim to fame, before it became a cult classic, was that its website had been hacked…by a group called the Internet Liberation Front, who doodled over a photo of the film’s stars, Angelina Jolie and Jonny Lee Miller, and replaced the text “this is going to be an entertaining, fun promotional site for a movie” with “this is going to be a lame, cheesy promotional site for a movie”. MGM liked the results and made that the official website for the picture instead.
A more divisive definition of a cult classic followed on September 22, when Paul Verhoeven and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas trotted out the first (and, to date, last) really big film to get an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, casting Elizabeth Berkley as a woman destined to make it as one of Las Vegas’ Showgirls. It elicited very negative word of mouth and bombed at the box office, only to eventually resurface as a hit on videocassette, garnering in excess of $100 million from rentals alone, and becoming one of MGM’s top twenty all-time best-selling video titles. For rental outlets that didn’t want an NC-17 film on their shelves, Verhoeven trimmed three minutes from the picture in order to generate an R-rated version, which wound up on HBO and pay-per-view. To this day, the film, a cult film with a dedicated fanbase, remains divisive, with some calling it among the worst ever made and others, including director Jim Jarmusch, Quentin Tarantino, Joseph Rosenbaum, J. Hoberman and Jacques Rivette, finding it a serious, praise-worthy satire.
The following month, MGM released a film that was, at the time, regarded as a serious, praise-worthy satire: a black comedy called Get Shorty, based on the Elmore Leonard novel about a mobster who tries to collect a debt in Hollywood, only to find that the film business is just like the mafia. John Travolta, Gene Hackman, Rene Russo and Danny DeVito were in this big critical and commercial hit.
A similar hit would emerge later in October with the independently made super 16mm film Leaving Las Vegas, especially upon expansion in February 1996. Nicolas Cage stars in the film as a suicidal alcoholic fired from his Los Angeles job who decides to drink himself to death in Las Vegas. Roger Ebert said that this was the best film released in 1995.
In November, MGM scored its biggest hit of 1995: the return of James Bond with the film GoldenEye. The film had Bond…James Bond…trying to stop a rogue ex-MI6 agent from causing a global financial meltdown by his use of a satellite weapon against London. A new man stepped in to play 007: Pierce Brosnan, who replaced Timothy Dalton after the latter elected not to renew his contract for the part; the contract was meant to run for three pictures, but this third of them was stuck in development hell due to a series of lawsuits regarding distribution rights that occurred during the Parretti days of MGM/UA — at one point, Parretti intended to sell off the distribution rights to the James Bond films on the cheap, something co-owner Danjaq fumed at — and Dalton felt that the lawsuits considerably decreased his chances of continuing to portray Secret Agent 007 on film. Brosnan filled his shoes for the moviegoer quite well, as an explosive $350 million was made by the film all over the world. He would continue to play James Bond into the early 21st century, quitting after the release of Die Another Day in 2002.
Rounding out 1995 for MGM was its release of less-than-well-to-do films: Walter Hill’s autobiographical western Wild Bill, and the American rights to the acclaimed, modernized treatment of Shakespeare’s Richard III.
1996 for MGM opened with Bio-Dome, an ecological comedy with Pauly Shore that proved to be a total disaster upon its release, ultimately being considered one of the worst films ever made. This was followed by John Dahl’s follow-up to The Last Seduction: a film called Unforgettable, which was quickly forgotten about.
What wasn’t forgotten about came around on March 8, 1996, with the release of UA’s toss in the ring of a then-current Hollywood trend: making new American films out of French ones. Mike Nichols, in his case, took the classic LGBTQIA+ romp La Cage Aux Folles, cast Robin Williams, Nathan Lane, Gene Hackman and Dianne Wiest in its crucial roles, moved the whole thing from Paris to Miami, and voila! He came up with The Birdcage, which was viewed as a groundbreaking project due to its central focus on LGBTQIA+ characters, a rarity for a major studio film of the day. That focus paid off handsomely, as the movie made $185.3 million all over the world and received a GLAAD Media Award nomination.
MGM got through 1996 with no other full-blown box office hits, although many of the films it released that year were in this particular portion of its numbering sequence, and some of them were noteworthy, including:
• It’s My Party, a drama based on director Randal Kleiser’s ex-lover, architect Harry Stein, who was an AIDS victim.
• The racial reconciliation drama A Family Thing, with Robert Duvall and James Earl Jones, with a script co-written by actor Billy Bob Thornton.
• All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, a long-delayed followup to the 1989 picture, without Don Bluth’s hand and definitely without Burt Reynolds, who was replaced as the voice of Charlie by someone by the name of Charlie…Sheen. This didn’t do well at the box office, but did lead to the production of a television show and a direct-to-video Christmas film.
• Fled, a prison-buddy comedy starring Lawrence Fishburne and Stephen Baldwin; it fled theaters after a few weeks
• Larger Than Life, with Bill Murray as a motivational speaker living with an elephant he got as an inheritance from his father when he left the world.
• A number of films from the theatrical arm of television company Rysher Entertainment. MGM only released one of them on video, the Farrelly Brothers’ Kingpin, starring Woody Harrelson as a drunk ex-pro bowler who manages a promising Amish guy, played by Randy Quaid. It was only a moderate box office success and received mixed reviews, though Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert reacted to it with such a happy dose of energy that Gene became the only critic in the world to put it on his top ten list for 1996.
There was a notable development for MGM/UA Home Video in 1996, as it launched five new product lines — Vintage Classics, Contemporary Classics, Screen Epics, Movie Time and Family Entertainment — and its own website, mgmua.com/video, which, in and of itself, redirected to mgmhomevideo.com. It also began to release many more older films on video, with Fitzwilly and Mayerling being examples of older movies making their video debut during this time; admittedly, this writer has never heard of most of the other older films that made their video debuts in this part of the sequence. Other significant developments for MGM/UA in the 1995–96 timeline included its decision to get in on the success of such television shows as Scooby-Doo, Animaniacs, Gargoyles, Rugrats and Sesame Street on the kidvid market by releasing tapes of…Pee-Wee’s Playhouse…a mere five years after the show had been forced off the air and largely after Pee-Wee Herman became irrelevant, particularly in the eyes of Paul Reubens, who was exploring other acting modes by then. Ironically, MGM/UA, across seventeen tapes, released more episodes of the show after Pee-Wee’s glory days than Media Home Entertainment subsidiary Hi-Tops Video had during Pee-Wee’s glory days; MGM’s tapes measured a total of 33 episodes (counting the Christmas special) compared to the 23 issued by Hi-Tops.
On October 10, 1996, Time Warner bought all the properties of Ted Turner, which included the pre-1986 MGM library and the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library, both of which MGM/UA distributed on video. In the same month, Kirk Kerkorian bought MGM again, this time for $1.3 billion in his third term as owner of the company, with involvement from MGM studio head Frank Mancuso and Australia’s Seven Network. John Calley left UA for Sony afterwards, citing low payment and his belief that the buyout was done behind his back. Although MGM/UA was allowed to continue releasing titles from both the pre- and post-1986 libraries during that time, this marked the beginning of the end for MGM’s dealings with Warner on the video distribution front.
Titles from this series used various prefixes before the last four digits. Internationally, releases used a Warner Bros.-customized “5XXXX” series. The 5100 series was MGM’s most consistent since 1993, with relatively few breakups compared to the rather messy road into it, although it wasn’t without its quirks, as MGM’s software division shared a barcode sequence with MGM/UA in this era, due to it being managed under the same division as the home video arm. Titles from MGM Interactive are duly noted within this part of the videography.
MGM/UA labels for this series were the vertical sticker ones from before, with silvery tops and bottoms and a white center with text relevant to the tape.
5102: Speechless (1994) Original U.S. rental VHS opened with previews for Rob Roy and Tank Girl. Original U.K. rental VHS opened with previews for Rob Roy, Outbreak, Richie Rich, Maverick, Black Beauty, Tank Girl and Batman Forever and an ad for Diet Coke; the same tape closed with the music video for Luis Miguel’s “No Se Tu”.
5103: Wild Bill (1995) From United Artists. Original U.S. rental VHS opened with a promo for the MGM/UA website, a PSA for the End Hunger Network, and trailers for GoldenEye, Leaving Las Vegas, Richard III and Heat. Original U.K. rental VHS opened with previews for Get Shorty, Fair Game, Bio-Dome, Stolen Hearts, The Birdcage and Hackers.
5104: That’s Entertainment III (1994) Retail VHS?
5105
5106
5107: Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas/Dr. Seuss’ Horton Hears a Who! (1966/1970) Double-feature laserdisc.
5108: United Artists Sci-Fi Matinee #1 (1995) Four-disc laserdisc set. The Man From Planet X/Red Planet Mars/The Monster That Challenged the World/It! The Terror From Beyond Space
5109: The Black Stallion (1979) From United Artists. Widescreen laserdisc.
5110: Pocketful of Miracles (1961) From United Artists. Widescreen laserdisc.
5111
5112
5113: WarGames (1983) From United Artists. Widescreen laserdisc.
5114: Thief: Special Director’s Edition (1981) From United Artists. Widescreen laserdisc.
5115: Year of the Dragon (1985) Widescreen laserdisc.
5116: The Long Riders (1980) From United Artists. Widescreen laserdisc.
5117: Lifeforce (1985) From Cannon Films. Widescreen laserdisc.
5118: Tank Girl (1995) From United Artists. Number used for laserdisc and international releases. Original U.K. rental VHS contained trailers for Species, Wild Bill, Fluke, Under Siege 2 and GoldenEye, a promo for the Tank Girl Comic Book Collection, a promo for MGM/UA Classic Titles, and an ad for TA Army.
5119: All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) 1995 MGM Family Treasures tape.
5120: The Secret of N.I.M.H. (1982) From United Artists. 1995 MGM Family Treasures tape.
5121: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) From United Artists. 1995 MGM Family Treasures tape.
5122: The Black Stallion (1979) From United Artists. 1995 MGM Family Treasures tape.
5123: Meet Me in St. Louis: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) CD tie-in to VHS.
5124: Ziegfeld Follies: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1994) CD tie-in to VHS.
5125
5126
5127: Blown Away (1994) Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5128
5129: Blown Away (1994) Widescreen laserdisc.
5130
5131
5132
5133: United Artists Sci-Fi Matinee #2 (1995) 4-disc Laserdisc set.
5134: Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) From United Artists. Widescreen laserdisc.
5135: The Golden Age of Looney Tunes, Vol. 5, 1932–1949 (1997) Laserdisc.
5136: Doctor Zhivago (1965) Widescreen laserdisc.
5137: Doctor Zhivago: 30th Anniversary Edition (1965/1995) VHS version, with an introduction by Omar Sharif.
5138: Doctor Zhivago: 30th Anniversary Edition (1965/1995) Laserdisc version.
5139
5140: Cavalcade of MGM Shorts #1 (1995) 4-disc Laserdisc set.
5141
5142
5143: The Outer Limits, Vol. 4 (1995) 3-disc Laserdisc set.
5144: The Gene Kelly Collection (1995) 4-disc Laserdisc set. On The Town/Brigadoon/It’s Always Fair Weather
5145: Persona (1966) From United Artists. Laserdisc
5146
5147
5148
5149
5150
5151
5152
5153: The Satan Bug (1965) From United Artists.
5154: The Best of Bogart (cancelled) Laserdisc set.
5155: MGM Composers’ Collection (1996) 10-disc Laserdisc set.
5156: The Pope of Greenwich Village (1984) From United Artists. Movie Time tape.
5157
5158
5159: Sleep With Me (1994) From United Artists.
5160
5161
5162: Speechless (1994) Retail VHS?
5163
5164: The Landlord (1970) From United Artists. First video release of this title was in 1995.
5165
5166: Fluke (1995) Family Treasures tape.
5167
5168
5169
5170
5171
5172
5173
5174
5175
5176
5177
5178
5179
5180
5181
5182
5183
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5185
5186
5187
5188
5189
5190: Hackers (1995) From United Artists. Original U.S. rental VHS opens with previews for Lord of Illusions, Something to Talk About and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory. Original U.K. rental VHS opens with the “Pirate Videos — Daylight Robbery” PSA, trailers for Space Jam, Joe’s Apartment, Bio-Dome and Twister, along with an ad for Uncle Ben’s Salsa Dip. Original Australian rental VHS contains trailers for Eraser (not named due to it being MA15+ rated whilst the tape of Hackers is only M15+), Tin Cup, Fled (not named due to it being MA15+ rated whilst the tape of Hackers is only M15+), and A Family Thing.
5191
5192
5193: Lord Love a Duck (1966) From United Artists. First video release was in 1996.
5194
5195
5196
5197: The Forbidden Hollywood Collection 2 (1996) 10-laserdisc set. Illicit/Big Business Girl/Beauty and the Boss/The Strange Love of Molly Louvain/They Call It Sin/Havana Widows/I’ve Got Your Number
5198: Goldfinger: Deluxe Collector’s Edition (1964/1996) From United Artists. Laserdisc.
5199: Thunderball: Deluxe Collector’s Edition (1965/1996) From United Artists. Laserdisc.
5200: Lord of Illusions (1995) From United Artists.
5201: Lord of Illusions (1995) From United Artists. Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5202
5203
5204: The Wizard of Oz (1939) 1996 MGM/UA Family tape.
5205
5206
5207
5208: Species (1995) Original U.S. rental VHS contains previews for The James Bond Collection, Lord of Illusions and Under Siege 2: Dark Territory as well as an ad for the video game Darkseed II. Original U.K. rental VHS opens with previews for Wild Bill, Lord of Illusions, The Outer Limits, Assassins, Under Siege 2 and GoldenEye as well as ads for Darkseed II, Species Design, and Bacardi, and a PIF for the Territorial Army.
5209: Species (1995) Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5210
5211: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) From United Artists. Widescreen laserdisc.
5212: A Cavalcade of MGM Shorts #2 (1996) Laserdisc.
5213: Spaceballs: Special Edition (1987) Laserdisc.
5214: Tank Girl (1995) From United Artists. Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5215
5216: That’s Entertainment: The Ultimate Musical Treasury (1974/1976/1994)
5217
5218
5219
5220: A Cavalcade of Vitaphone Shorts: 70th Anniversary Celebration (1926)
5221
5222: The Lon Chaney Collection (1996) 2-disc Laserdisc set. He Who Gets Slapped/The Unholy Three/The Unknown
5223
5224
5225: Kismet (1953) 1996 VHS issue.
5226: The Best of Bette Davis (1996) 4-laserdisc set. Jezebel/Dark Victory/Skeffington
5227: Carrie: Special Edition (1976) From United Artists. Laserdisc issue planned for 1996, but eventually cancelled.
5228: Rob Roy (1995) From United Artists. Original U.S. rental VHS opened with a trailer for GoldenEye, and promos for the James Bond Collection, the CD-ROM Rob Roy: Legend of the Mist, and the soundtrack album. Original U.K. rental VHS opened with trailers for Tank Girl, Batman Forever, Silent Fall, Six Degrees of Separation, GoldenEye and Species, along with adverts for Scotland, the CD-ROM Rob Roy: Legend of the Mist (which oddly used the same number within MGM/UA’s barcoding), the Sega Saturn and Wrigley’s Spearmint Gum.
5229: Rob Roy (1995) From United Artists. Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5230
5231: The Woman in the Window (1944) RKO film.
5232
5233: Topkapi (1964) From United Artists.
5234
5235
5236
5237
5238
5239
5240
5241
5242: Rio Rita/Lost in a Harem (1942/1944) Double-feature laserdisc
5243: United Artists Triple Feature Disc: Charles Bronson in Chato’s Land, Breakheart Pass and The White Buffalo (1972/1975/1977) Laserdisc.
5244: Blown Away (1994) Pan-and-scan laserdisc.
5245
5246
5247: The Pebble and The Penguin (1995) U.S./Canada only. Original U.S. VHS contains a promo for the MGM/UA Family Entertainment line, a sneak preview of All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, a promo for SeaWorld, and trailers for A Little Princess and Born to Be Wild, and also ends with a soundtrack promo.
5248
5249
5250
5251
5252
5253
5254
5255
5256
5257
5258
5259
5260
5261
5262
5263
5264
5265
5266
5267
5268
5269
5270
5271
5272
5273: Singin’ in the Rain (1952) 1998 MGM Musicals issue.
5274: Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) 1998 MGM Musicals issue.
5275: Easter Parade (1948) 1998 MGM Musicals issue.
5276: On the Town (1949) 1998 MGM Musicals issue.
5277: Kiss Me Kate (1953) 1998 MGM Musicals laserdisc.
5278
5279
5280
5281
5282
5283
5284
5285
5286: The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) 1996 Screen Epics issue.
5287
5288
5289
5290
5291: United Artists Goes to War (1997) 3-laserdisc set. The Devil’s Brigade/633 Squadron/The Battle at Remargen
5292
5293
5294: Lord of Illusions (1995) From United Artists. Retail VHS and laserdisc.
5295: West Side Story (1961) From United Artists. 1998 MGM Musicals issue. Widescreen VHS.
5296: West Side Story (1961) From United Artists. 1998 MGM Musicals issue.
5297
5298
5299
5300
5301: Thief (1981) From United Artists. 1996 Contemporary Classics issue.
5302: Getting Even With Dad (1994) 1996 Movie Time issue.
5303: Tom & Jerry, Vol 6: Much Ado About Mousing (1995) UK Retail VHS.
5304
5305
5306: Sleep With Me (1994) 1996 Movie Time issue.
5307: Radio Inside (1994) 1996 Movie Time issue.
5308: Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995) Made-for-television film.
5309
5310
5311
5312
5313
5314
5315
5316
5317
5318
5319
5320
5321: All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989) 1996 Family Entertainment issue.
5322
5323
5324
5325
5326
5327
5328
5329: Swing, Swing, Swing, Vol. 2 (1994) Desi Arnaz and His Orchestra/Larry Clinton and His Orchestra in “The Dipsy Doodler”/Vincent Lopez and His Orchestra with Betty Hutton/Woody Herman and His Orchestra/Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra with The Three Brown Jacks and Myra Johnson/Cliff Edwards and His Buckaroos/Don Redman and His Orchestra with Red and Struggle/Stan Kenton and His Orchestra/Cab Calloway and His Orchestra in “Hi-De-Ho”
5330
5331
5332
5333
5334
5335
5336
5337
5338
5339: Sketch Artist II: Hands That See (1995) Made-for-television film. Unrated version.
5340
5341
5342: Little Women (1949) 1996 MGM Family Entertainment issue.
5343
5344
5345
5346
5347
5348
5349
5350
5351
5352
5353
5354
5355
5356: Convict Cowboy (1995) Made-for-television film.
5357
5358
5359
5360
5361
5362
5363
5364
5365
5366
5367: The Outer Limits: Sandkings (1995) Made-for-television film.
5368
5369
5370
5371: The Set-Up (1995) Made-for-television film.
5372
5373
5374
5375
5376
5377
5378
5379
5380
5381: My Summer Story (1994) Retail VHS?
5382
5383: The Pebble and the Penguin (1995) Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5384
5385
5386
5387
5388
5389
5390
5391
5392
5393
5394
5395: The Alamo (1960) From United Artists.
5396: How the West Was Won (1962) 1996 Screen Epics issue. Widescreen VHS.
5397: How the West Was Won (1962) 1996 Screen Epics issue.
5398: It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963) From United Artists. 1996 Screen Epics issue. Tape uses the 1991 attempted restoration.
5399: Exodus (1960) From United Artists. 1996 Screen Epics issue.
5400
5401: Tank Girl (1995) U.S. rental VHS.
5402
5403: The Pebble and The Penguin (1995) 1997 DVD.
5404: National Velvet (1944) 1996 Family Entertainment issue.
5405: The Pebble and The Penguin (1995) Cardboard slipcase.
5406: Dr. No (1962) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5407: From Russia With Love (1963) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5408: Goldfinger (1964) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5409: Thunderball (1965) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5410: Rob Roy (1995) Letterboxed laserdisc.
5411
5412
5413
5414
5415
5416
5417
5418
5419
5420
5421
5422
5423
5424
5425: Convict Cowboy (1995) Made-for-television film. Spanish subtitled VHS.
5426: The Set-Up (1995) Made-for-television film. Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5427: A Christmas Story (1983) 1995 Family Entertainment issue.
5428: The Burt Lancaster Collection (1995) 3-VHS set.
5429: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) From United Artists. 1995 issue.
5430: Elmer Gantry (1960) From United Artists. 1995 issue.
5431
5432: The Sidney Poitier Collection (1995) 3-VHS set.
5433
5434: In the Heat of the Night (1967) From United Artists. 1995 issue.
5435
5436
5437: That’s Entertainment (1974) 1995 issue.
5438
5439
5440
5441
5442
5443: Sweet Smell of Success (1957) From United Artists. 1995 issue.
5444: “They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!” (1970) From United Artists. 1995 issue.
5445: The Organization (1971) From United Artists. 1995 issue.
5446
5447
5448
5449
5450: Bond 007 Gift Set, Vol. 1 (1995) From United Artists. 4-VHS set.
5451: Bond 007 Gift Set, Vol. 2 (1995) From United Artists. 4-VHS set.
5452: Bond 007 Gift Set, Deluxe Edition (1995) From United Artists. 7-tape set.
5453: Bond 007 Gift Set, Deluxe Edition (1995) From United Artists. 7-tape set. Widescreen VHS tapes.
5454: Behind-the-Scenes with Goldfinger (1995) From United Artists.
5455: Behind-the-Scenes with Thunderball (1995) From United Artists.
5456: Behind-the-Scenes with Goldfinger and Thunderball (1995) From United Artists.
5457: Dr. No (1962) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5458: From Russia With Love (1963) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5459: Goldfinger (1964) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5460: Thunderball (1965) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5461: You Only Live Twice (1967) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5462: Diamonds Are Forever (1965) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue.
5463: Dr. No (1962) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue. Widescreen VHS.
5464: From Russia With Love (1963) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue. Widescreen VHS.
5465: Goldfinger (1964) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue. Widescreen VHS.
5466: Thunderball (1965) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue. Widescreen VHS.
5467: You Only Live Twice (1967) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue. Widescreen VHS.
5468: Diamonds Are Forever (1965) From United Artists. 1995 James Bond Collection issue. Widescreen VHS.
5469
5470
5471
5472
5473
5474
5475: Darkseed II (1995) PC CD-ROM using number in MGM/UA sequence
5476: I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (1995) PC CD-ROM using number in MGM/UA sequence.
5477
5478
5479: The Great Escape (1963) From United Artists. Screen Epics.
5480: The Great Escape (1963) From United Artists. Screen Epics. Widescreen VHS.
5481: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) From United Artists. Screen Epics.
5482: A Bridge Too Far (1977) From United Artists. Screen Epics.
5483: A Bridge Too Far (1977) From United Artists. Screen Epics. Widescreen VHS.
5484: HR Giger Screensaver (1995) From CyberDreams; PC CD-ROM in MGM/UA sequence
5485: Species (1995) Laserdisc.
5486: Mayerling (1968) First video issue was in 1996.
5487: The Male Animal (1942) First video issue was in 1996.
5488
5489
5490: Fluke (1995) MGM Family Entertainment issue.
5491: All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) MGM Family Entertainment. Laserdisc and international VHS releases. Known in the U.K. as All Dogs Go to Heaven 2: Charlie’s New Adventure. U.K. retail VHS tapes open with previews for Space Jam and The Wizard of Oz.
5492: Larger Than Life (1996) From United Artists. MGM Family Entertainment tape. Original U.S. VHS contains promos for the MGM Family Treasures line and for the MGM Sing Alongs series. Original U.K. rental VHS was on Guild.
5493: Get Shorty (1995) Original U.S. rental VHS contains an MGM/UA website promo, and trailers for GoldenEye, Twister, Heat, and Grumpier Old Men. Original U.K. rental VHS contains trailers for It’s My Party, A Family Thing, Big Bully, Grumpier Old Men, Hackers, Executive Decision and The Birdcage along with ads for Uncle Ben’s Salsa Dip, HSBC Midlands and Levi’s.
5494
5495: GoldenEye (1995) Original U.S. rental VHS contains an MGM/UA website promo, and promos for the James Bond 007 Collection and the GoldenEye soundtrack, as well as previews for Kingpin, Wild Bill, Richard III, Heat and Get Shorty. Original U.K. rental VHS contains a promo for the James Bond collection, trailers for The Outer Limits, Hackers, The Bridges of Madison County, The Birdcage and Get Shorty, along with ads for Kodak Fun Gold, Parker Pens, Rover 2000 and Galaxy Minstrels.
5496: Silver Strand (1995) Made-for-television film. Original U.K. rental VHS opened with trailers for Wild Bill, Heat, Stolen Hearts, Bio-Dome, Lord of Illusions, Get Shorty and The Birdcage.
5497
5498
5499
5500
5501
5502
5503
5504
5505
5506
5507
5508
5509
5510
5511
5512: Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) From United Artists. Screen Epics. Widescreen release.
5513
5514
5515
5516
5517
5518
5519: Darkseed II (1995) Macintosh CD-ROM in MGM numbering sequence.
5520
5521
5522
5523: The Outer Limits: Sandkings (1995) Made-for-television film
5524: Leaving Las Vegas (1995) From United Artists. Original U.S. rental VHS opens with a promo for the MGM/UA website, and trailers for Moll Flanders, Wild Bill, Richard III, Bio-Dome, Grumpier Old Men and the 1995 version of Les Miserables.
5525: Showgirls (1995) From United Artists. NC-17 version. Original U.S. rental VHS opens with a trailer for Leaving Las Vegas.
5526: Marshal Law (1996) Made-for-television film.
5527: It’s My Party (1996) From United Artists. Original U.K. rental VHS opens with previews for Bio-Dome, A Family Thing, Twister and Fled.
5528: Richard III (1995) From United Artists.
5529: Moll Flanders (1996) Original U.S. rental VHS opened with promos for the MGM/UA website and for the soundtrack, plus trailers for A Family Thing, Fled, Kingpin, Twister, Tin Cup, Eraser and A Time to Kill.
5530: Unforgettable (1996) Original U.S. rental VHS opened with a promo for the MGM/UA website, as well as trailers for Fled, Mulholland Falls and It’s My Party.
5531: A Family Thing (1996) From United Artists. Original U.S. rental VHS opened with a promo for the MGM/UA website, and trailers for Kingpin, Fled, Escape Clause, Moll Flanders, A Time to Kill, Tin Cup, Joe’s Apartment and Twister.
5532: The Limbic Region (1996) Made-for-television film. Original U.S. rental VHS contains a promo for the MGM/UA website and previews for Poltergeist: The Legacy, Escape Clause, Hidden in America, Trigger Happy and Touch. Original U.K. rental VHS contains trailers for Tin Cup, Fled, The Glimmer Man, Marshal Law and Michael Collins.
5533: Bio-Dome (1996) Original U.S. rental VHS contains a promo for the MGM/UA website and previews for GoldenEye, Get Shorty, Two if By Sea and Grumpier Old Men. Original U.K. rental VHS contains trailers for Space Jam, Twister, Joe’s Apartment and Babylon 5.
5534: Mulholland Falls (1996) Original U.S. rental VHS contains a promo for the MGM/UA website, and trailers for Unforgettable, A Family Thing, The Birdcage, and Larger Than Life.
5535: A Family Thing (1996) From United Artists. Laserdisc.
5536: The Birdcage (1996) From United Artists. Original U.S. rental VHS contained promos for the MGM/UA website and the film’s soundtrack, as well as trailers for The Wizard of Oz, Mulholland Falls, It’s My Party and Larger Than Life. Original U.K. rental VHS opened with previews for Fled, Hackers, It’s My Party, A Family Thing, Executive Decision, Bio-Dome and Twister.
5537: Julie (1956) First video issue was in 1996.
5538
5539: Invisible Invaders (1959) From United Artists. First video issue was in 1996.
5540: The Escape (1995) Made-for-television film.
5541: All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) MGM Family Entertainment tape. Original U.S. rental VHS contains promos for the MGM Family Entertainment line and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Adventures in Tinkertown on CD-ROM, as well as a Fast Forward to End Hunger PSA.
5542
5543
5544: GoldenEye (1995) From United Artists. Widescreen issue.
5545
5546
5547: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) From United Artists. Spanish dubbed VHS.
5548
5549
5550
5551
5552: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) From United Artists. Spanish subtitled VHS.
5553
5554
5555
5556
5557
5558
5559
5560
5561
5562: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) From United Artists. 1996 laserdisc.
5563
5564: Leaving Las Vegas (1995) From United Artists. Spanish subtitled VHS.
5565
5566
5567: Get Shorty (1995) Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5568
5569: GoldenEye (1995) From United Artists. Spanish subtitled VHS.
5570
5571: It’s My Party (1996) From United Artists. Spanish subtitled VHS.
5572
5573
5574
5575
5576
5577: Unforgettable (1996) Spanish subtitled VHS.
5578
5579: A Family Thing (1996) From United Artists. Spanish subtitled VHS.
5580
5581
5582
5583
5584
5585
5586
5587: The Birdcage (1996) From United Artists. Spanish subtitled VHS.
5588
5589: All Dogs Go to Heaven 2 (1996) Spanish subtitled VHS.
5590
5591
5592: Five Miles to Midnight (1962) From United Artists. First video issue was in 1996.
5593
5594
5595
5596
5597
5598
5599
5600
5601
5602
5603
5604
5605
5606
5607: Species: Special Collectors Edition (1995) Letterboxed title.
5608
5609
5610
5611
5612: Showgirls (1995) From United Artists. Paul Verhoeven prepared this R-rated version for video stores that did not want to stock NC-17 films.
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5617
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5629
5630
5631: James Bond 007 Gift Set, Volume 3 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5632: James Bond 007 Gift Set, Volume 4 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5633: James Bond 007 Gift Set, Volume 5 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5634: James Bond 007 Gift Set, Volume 6 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5635: James Bond 007 Collector’s Set, Volume 1 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5636: James Bond 007 Collector’s Set, Volume 2 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5637
5638: James Bond 007 Collector’s Set, Volume 1 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5639: James Bond 007 Collector’s Set, Volume 2 (1996) 3-VHS set.
5640
5641
5642
5643
5644: Thunderball (1965) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5645: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5646: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5647: Octopussy (1983) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5648: For Your Eyes Only (1981) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5649: Moonraker (1979) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5650: A View to a Kill (1985) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5651: Live and Let Die (1973) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5652: Dr. No (1962) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5653: From Russia With Love (1963) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5654: Goldfinger (1964) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5655: Thunderball (1965) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5656: You Only Live Twice (1967) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5657: On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5658: Diamonds Are Forever (1971) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5659: Live and Let Die (1973) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5660: The Man With the Golden Gun (1974) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5661: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5662: Moonraker (1979) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5663: For Your Eyes Only (1981) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5664: Octopussy (1983) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5665: A View to a Kill (1985) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5666: The Living Daylights (1987) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5667: Licence to Kill (1989) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5668: Namu, My Best Friend (1966) From United Artists. MGM Family Entertainment.
5669
5670
5671
5672
5673
5674
5675
5676
5677
5678
5679
5680: Brother Rat (1938) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. First video release was in 1996.
5681: Fitzwilly (1967) From United Artists. First video release was in 1996.
5682: Inspector Clouseau (1968) From United Artists. Alan Arkin’s take on the famous Peter Sellers role was such a success at the time (NOT!) that it took as much as 28 years to see the light of day on videocassette.
5683: Belle of the Yukon (1944) RKO film.
5684: The Caretakers (1963) From United Artists.
5685
5686
5687
5688: Ben Hur (1959) Screen Epics.
5689
5690
5691
5692: Saratoga Trunk (1945) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. First video issue was in 1996.
5693
5694
5695
5696
5697
5698
5699
5700
5701
5702
5703
5704
5705
5706
5707
5708
5709
5710
5711
5712: Rocky (1976) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5713: Rocky II (1979) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5714: Rocky III (1982) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5715: Rocky IV (1985) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5716: Rocky V (1990) From United Artists. 1996 issue.
5717: Rocky Gift Set (1996) 5-tape set.
5718
5719
5720
5721
5722
5723
5724
5725: MGM Horror Classics (1996) 3-disc Laserdisc set. The Mask of Fu Manchu/Mark of the Vampire/Mad Love/The Devil Doll
5726: Nancy Goes to Rio/Luxury Liner (1950/1948) Double-feature laserdisc.
5727: Atlantis, the Lost Continent/The Power (1960/1967) Double-feature laserdisc.
5728: The Garbo Silents (1998) 3-laserdisc set. A collection of silent films all having in common that they starred Greta Garbo. Torrent/Love/Wild Orchids/The Divine Woman (Excerpt)
5729: Lawman/Valdez is Coming (1971) From United Artists. Double feature laserdisc.
5730: Zabriskie Point (1970) Widescreen release.
5731
5732
5733
5734
5735
5736
5737
5738
5739
5740
5741
5742
5743
5744
5745: Licence to Kill (1989) From United Artists. Spanish subtitled VHS?
5746
5747
5748
5749
5750
5751
5752
5753
5754
5755
5756
5757: Babes in Toyland (1997) Original U.S. VHS has trailers for itself, Warriors of Virtue, The Pink Panther Cartoon Collection, the All Dogs Go to Heaven Activity Center on CD-ROM, and Babes in Toyland on CD-ROM.
5758
5759
5760: Species (1995) Special Edition.
5761
5762
5763: Fled (1996) Original U.S. rental VHS has a promo for the MGM/UA website, and trailers for Escape Clause, Poltergeist: The Legacy, The Limbic Region, Kingpin, A Time to Kill, Moll Flanders, Joe’s Apartment, Twister and Eraser. Original U.K. rental VHS has adverts for Bounty chocolate bars, Therma-Med Liquid and Dr Pepper, as well as trailers for the MGM Modern Classics Collection, Sunchaser, Mars Attacks! and Friends.
5764: The Outrage (1964) First video release was in 1996.
5765
5766
5767
5768
5769: Kingpin (1996) Produced by Rysher Entertainment. Original U.S. rental VHS opened with a promo for the MGM/UA website and previews for Escape Clause, Poltergeist: The Legacy, The Limbic Region, Fled, A Family Thing, Moll Flanders, Joe’s Apartment, Carpool and Twister.
5770
5771
5772: Attack! (1956) From United Artists. First video issue was in 1996.
5773: Von Richthoven and Brown (1971) From United Artists. First video issue was in 1996.
5774: Zebra in the Kitchen (1965) MGM Family Entertainment. First video issue was in 1996.
5775: The Black Stallion Returns (1983) From United Artists. MGM Family Entertainment.
5776: Flipper (1964) MGM Family Entertainment. It’s likely that this was reissued on tape to capitalize on the release of a remake of this that starred Paul Hogan.
5777: The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946) Vintage Classics.
5778: The Barefoot Contessa (1954) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5779: The Misfits (1961) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5780: The Women (1939) Vintage Classics.
5781
5782
5783
5784
5785
5786
5787
5788
5789
5790
5791
5792
5793
5794
5795
5796
5797
5798
5799
5800
5801
5802
5803
5804
5805
5806
5807
5808
5809
5810; Hawaii (1966) From United Artists. Screen Epics.
5811: Heaven’s Gate (1980) From United Artists. Screen Epics.
5812: The Year of Living Dangerously (1982) Contemporary Classics.
5813: Runaway Train (1985) From Cannon Films. Contemporary Classics.
5814: The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974) From United Artists. Contemporary Classics.
5815
5816
5817
5818
5819
5820: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 1 (1996) Open House/Pee Wee Catches a Cold
5821: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 2 (1996) I Remember Curtis/Conky’s Breakdown
5822: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 3 (1996) Store/Playhouse in Outer Space
5823: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 4 (1996) Pajama Party/To Tell the Tooth
5824: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 5 (1996) The Gang’s All Here/Party
5825: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 6 (1996) Luau for Two/Now You See Me, Now You Don’t
5826: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 7 (1996) Fire in the Playhouse/Love That Story
5827: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse, Vol. 8 (1996) Sick? Did Somebody Say Sick?Miss Yvonne’s Visit
5828: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Christmas Special (1988)
5829: Pee-Wee’s Playhouse Gift Set (1996)
5830: Baby Boom (1987) From United Artists. Movie Time.
5831: Clean Slate (1994) Movie Time.
5832: Cyborg (1989) From Cannon Films. Movie Time.
5833: Frankie & Johnny (1965) From United Artists. Movie Time.
5834: CrissCross (1992) Movie Time.
5835: WarGames (1983) From United Artists. Movie Time.
5836: Babes in Toyland: An Interactive Adventure (1997) Macintosh and Windows CD-ROM in MGM/UA numbering sequence.
5837
5838
5839
5840: Machine Hunter (1996) Windows CD-ROM in the MGM/UA numbering sequence.
5841: Fiddler on the Roof (1971) From United Artists. Screen Epics. Laserdisc version has artwork closely approximating that of the original poster; it also features audio restored from the original six-track master, commentary from director Norman Jewison and star Topol, a National Film Board of Canada documentary called Norman Jewison, Film Maker, historical photos, excerpts from the original stories by Sholom Aleichem, storyboards by production designer Robert Boyle, production diary, and original and reissue trailers.
5842: Fluke (1995) MGM Family Entertainment. Edited for family viewing.
5843: Fluke (1995) MGM Family Entertainment. Spanish-subtitled VHS.
5844: The Ultimate James Bond 007: An Interactive Dossier (1996) PC CD-ROM in MGM/UA numbering sequence.
5845: Clash of the Titans (1981) Family Treasures.
5846: The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. Family Treasures.
5847: Odds Against Tomorrow (1959) From United Artists. Vintage Classics. First video issue was in 1996.
5848: Bad Day at Black Rock (1955) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5849: Birdman of Alcatraz (1962) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5850: The Manchurian Candidate (1962) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5851: On the Beach (1959) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5852: White Heat (1949) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. Vintage Classics.
5853
5854
5855: Bananas (1971) From United Artists. Contemporary Classics.
5856
5857
5858: Sleeper (1973) From United Artists. Contemporary Classics.
5859: Courage of Lassie (1946) MGM Family Entertainment.
5860: Flipper’s New Adventure (1964) MGM Family Entertainment.
5861: Lassie Come Home (1943) MGM Family Entertainment.
5862: The Yearling (1946) MGM Family Entertainment.
5863
5864
5865
5866: Hawaii (1966) From United Artists. Screen Epics.
5867
5868
5869
5870
5871
5872
5873
5874
5875
5876
5877: Hallelujah, I’m a Bum! (1933) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. First video issue was in 1996.
5878
5879: Heaven’s Gate (1980) From United Artists. Widescreen VHS.
5880
5881
5882
5883
5884
5885
5886
5887: Dr. Erlich’s Magic Bullet (1940) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. First video issue was in 1996
5888
5889: Mask of Dimitrios (1944) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. First video issue was in 1996.
5890: The Whisperers (1967) From United Artists. First video issue was in 1996.
5891: The Bachelor Party (1957) From United Artists. First video issue was in 1996.
5892: A Bullet for Joey (1955) From United Artists. First video issue was in 1996.
5893
5894: Machine Hunter (1996) PlayStation game in the MGM/UA numbering sequence.
5895: A Fish Called Wanda (1988) Contemporary Classics.
5896
5897
5898: Victor/Victoria (1982) Contemporary Classics.
5899
5900
5901
5902
5903
5904
5905
5906
5907
5908
5909
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5911
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5937
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5939
5940
5941
5942
5943: The Wizard of Oz (1939) Cardboard slipcover version of 1996 reissue.
5944: Tom & Jerry’s Special Bumper Collection (1996) Two-tape retail VHS from the UK.
5945
5946
5947
5948
5949
5950: The Ultimate James Bond: An Interactive Dossier (1996) Windows CD-ROM in MGM/UA numbering sequence.
5951: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang: Adventures in Tinkertown (1996) Windows/Macintosh game in MGM/UA numbering sequence.
5952
5953
5954
5955
5956
5957
5958
5959
5960
5961
5962
5963: The Blackboard Jungle (1955) Vintage Classics.
5964: Dark Passage (1947) Pre-1950 Warner Bros. film. Vintage Classics.
5965: The Defiant Ones (1958) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5966: Moby Dick (1956) Vintage Classics.
5967: North by Northwest (1959) Vintage Classics.
5968: Run Silent, Run Deep (1959) From United Artists. Vintage Classics.
5969
5970
5971
5972
5973
5974
5975
5976
5977
5978
5979
5980
5981
5982
5983
5984
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5986
5987: GoldenEye (1995) Special Edition Laserdisc. Side 4 has “The GoldenEye Dossier”, thirteen different TV spots and trailers, a Tina Turner music video, and samples of dubs in German, French and Italian.
5988
5989
5990
5991
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