1993 in home video
A summary of 1993 in home video:
Industry milestones
Date unknown
- Two high density optical storage formats have been developed: the MultiMedia Compact Disc (MMCD) by Philips and Sony, and the Super Density (SD) disc by Toshiba, Time Warner, Matsushita Electric, Hitachi, Mitsubishi Electric, Pioneer, Thomson, and JVC.[1]
- Video CD (VCD) comes out.[2]
Movie releases
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Format |
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January 6 | Honey, I Blew Up the Kid | Disney | VHS release |
January 7 | Christopher Columbus: The Discovery | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
Stay Tuned | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me | New Line | VHS release, distributed by Columbia/TriStar Home Video | |
January 13 | Live Wire | Columbia | VHS release |
A Stranger Among Us | Hollywood | VHS release | |
Where the Day Takes You | New Line | VHS release | |
January 20 | 3 Ninjas | Touchstone | VHS release |
Man Trouble | 20th Century Fox | VHS release | |
January 27 | Diggstown | MGM | VHS release |
Raising Cain | Universal | VHS release | |
Single White Female | Columbia | VHS release | |
January 29 | The Great Muppet Caper | Jim Henson | VHS re-release; distributed by Buena Vista Home Video |
The Muppet Movie | Jim Henson | VHS re-release; distributed by Buena Vista Home Video | |
February 10 | Death Becomes Her | Universal | VHS release |
Stephen King's It | Warner Bros. | VHS miniseries release | |
The Waterdance | Samuel Goldwyn | VHS release | |
February 17 | Freejack | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
South Central | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
A League of Their Own | Columbia | VHS release | |
February 24 | Cool World | Paramount | VHS release |
Honeymoon in Vegas | Columbia | VHS release | |
Hurricane Smith | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Innocent Blood | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Rapid Fire | 20th Century Fox | VHS release | |
Stepmonster | New Horizons | VHS release | |
February 25 | A Stranger Among Us | Hollywood | Laserdisc release |
February 26 | Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore | Disney | VHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection |
Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day | Disney | VHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection | |
Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree | Disney | VHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection | |
Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too | Disney | VHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Mini-Classics Collection | |
March 3 | FernGully: The Last Rainforest | 20th Century Fox | VHS re-release |
Final Analysis | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Of Mice and Men | MGM | VHS release | |
Singles | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Sneakers | Universal | VHS release | |
March 10 | Bebe's Kids | Paramount | VHS release |
The Last of the Mohicans | Fox | VHS release | |
Wind | TriStar | VHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright | |
March 17 | Candyman | TriStar | VHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright |
The Mambo Kings | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Time Runner | Columbia | VHS release | |
March 24 | Captain Ron | Touchstone | VHS release |
Mr. Baseball | Universal | VHS release | |
Mr. Saturday Night | Columbia | VHS release | |
Pure Country | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
March 26 | Pinocchio | Disney | VHS re-release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
March 31 | The Player | Fine Line | VHS release |
The Power of One | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Under Siege | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
April 7 | Consenting Adults | Hollywood | VHS release |
Husbands and Wives | TriStar | VHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright | |
Leprechaun | Trimark | VHS release | |
April 14 | Hero | Columbia | VHS release; although still uses 1992 Columbia TriStar copyright |
The Mighty Ducks | Disney | VHS release | |
Passenger 57 | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Turtle Beach | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
April 21 | Aspen Extreme | Hollywood | VHS release |
Night and the City | Fox | VHS release | |
Pet Sematary Two | Paramount | VHS release | |
The Public Eye | Universal | VHS release | |
April 28 | Bob Roberts | Paramount | VHS release |
Chaplin | Carolco | VHS release | |
School Ties | Paramount | VHS release | |
April 29 | Aspen Extreme | Hollywood | VHS release |
May 5 | Dr. Giggles | Universal | VHS release |
The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag | Touchstone | VHS release | |
May 6 | The Distinguished Gentleman | Hollywood | VHS release |
May 12 | Trespass | Universal | VHS release |
May 19 | Blade Runner | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
Glengarry Glen Ross | New Line | VHS release | |
A River Runs Through It | Columbia | VHS release | |
May 22 | Untamed Heart | MGM | VHS release |
May 26 | Charlie, the Lonesome Cougar | Disney | VHS re-release |
Hoffa | Fox | VHS release | |
Toys | Fox | VHS release | |
Used People | Fox | VHS release | |
June 2 | Grave of the Fireflies (Subbed) | Central Park Media | VHS release |
Howards End | Sony Pictures Classics | VHS release | |
June 9 | Forever Young | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
June 16 | Body of Evidence | MGM | VHS release |
The Cemetery Club | Touchstone | VHS release | |
June 23 | Empire of the Sun | Warner Bros. | VHS re-release |
Good Morning, Vietnam | Touchstone | VHS re-release | |
The Last Emperor | Columbia | VHS re-release | |
Dracula | VHS release | ||
June 30 | A Few Good Men | Columbia | VHS release |
Hexed | Columbia | VHS release | |
July 7 | The Crying Game | Palace | VHS release |
Matinee | Universal | VHS release | |
Unforgiven | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
The Bodyguard | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Malcolm X | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
July 13 | Encino Man | Hollywood | VHS release |
July 14 | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III | New Line | VHS release |
July 21 | Amos & Andrew | Columbia | VHS release |
July 27 | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York | Fox | VHS release |
August 4 | Scent of a Woman | Universal | VHS release |
Sniper | TriStar | VHS release | |
Sommersby | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
Swing Kids | Hollywood | VHS release | |
August 11 | Army of Darkness | Universal | VHS release |
Benny & Joon | MGM | VHS release | |
Falling Down | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
August 13 | Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey | Disney | VHS release |
August 18 | Where Angels Go, Trouble Follows | Columbia | VHS release |
August 24 | Willy the Sparrow | Feature Films for Families | VHS release |
August 25 | Boiling Point | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
Groundhog Day | Columbia | VHS release | |
Mad Dog and Glory | Universal | VHS release | |
September 1 | Bruce Lee: The Curse of the Dragon | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
Point of No Return | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
This Boy's Life | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
September 8 | CB4 | Universal | VHS release |
Fathers & Sons | Columbia | VHS release | |
El Mariachi | |||
The Crush | Warner Bros. | VHS release | |
September 21 | Once Upon a Forest | Fox | VHS release |
September 22 | Indian Summer | Touchstone | VHS release |
September 28 | Ernest Saves Christmas | Touchstone | VHS release |
Frenchman's Creek | Paramount | Special Edition VHS release | |
September 29 | Beauty and the Beast | Disney | Laserdisc release |
October 1 | Aladdin (1992; Disney) | Disney | VHS release; part of Walt Disney Classics |
October 6 | The Pickle | Columbia | VHS release |
October 13 | Indecent Proposal | Paramount | VHS release |
October 20 | The Sandlot | Fox | VHS release |
Three of Hearts | New Line | VHS release | |
A Far Off Place | Disney | VHS release | |
Johnny Stecchino | New Line | VHS release | |
October 26 | Dennis the Menace | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
October 27 | Born Yesterday | Hollywood | VHS release |
Cop and a Half | Universal | VHS release | |
November 3 | Happily Ever After | Worldvision | VHS release |
Who's the Man? | New Line | VHS release | |
November 5 | The Muppet Christmas Carol | Disney | VHS release |
November 10 | Sliver | Paramount | VHS release |
November 16 | Free Willy | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
November 23 | Made in America | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
November 24 | The Adventures of Huck Finn | Disney | VHS release |
Life with Mikey | Touchstone | VHS release | |
Terminator 2: Judgment Day | TriStar | Special Edition VHS release | |
Cliffhanger | VHS release | ||
December 1 | Splitting Heirs | Universal | VHS release |
December 8 | Guilty as Sin | Hollywood | VHS release |
Sleepless in Seattle | TriStar | VHS release | |
Super Mario Bros. | Hollywood | VHS release | |
December 15 | Bodies, Rest & Motion | New Line | VHS release |
Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story | Universal | VHS release | |
December 16 | The Firm | Paramount | VHS release |
Thumbelina: A Magical Story | Enoki | VHS release | |
December 22 | Dave | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
December 29 | Surf Ninjas | New Line | VHS release |
December 30 | The Black Scorpion | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
The Valley of Gwangi | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
TV show releases
The following television shows were released on the following dates:
- "Adventures in Odyssey" video - January 12
- "Shadow of a Doubt"
- "Barney & Friends" video - January 27
- "Barney's Magical Musical Adventure" (wide release)
- "Muppet Babies" videos - January 29
- "Time to Play" (Includes "Muppet Babies: The Next Generation" and "Beauty and the Schnoz")
- "Explore with Us" (Includes "The New Adventures of Kermo Polo" and "The Transcontinental Whoo-Whoo")
- "Let's Build" (Includes "Six to Eight Weeks" and "Eight Flags Over the Nursery")
- "It's the Muppets!" videos - January 29
- "Meet the Muppets!"
- "More Muppets, Please!"
- "The Tale of the Bunny Picnic" - January 29
- "Barney & Friends" video - February 4
- "Barney's Best Manners"
- "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Bodaciously Big Adventures" series videos - February 10
- "The Big Rip Off" (Bonus episode: "The Big Break In")
- "The Big Blow Out" (Bonus episode: "Peking Turtles")
- "The Big Zipp Attack" (Bonus episode: "Farewell, Lotus Blossom")
- "The Big Cufflink Caper" (Bonus episode: "The Grybyx")
- "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" video - February 18
- "Thomas, Percy, and the Dragon and Other Stories"
- "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventures" series videos - February 26
- "A Whale of a Tale" (Bonus episode: "Urchin")
- "Stormy the Wild Seahorse" (Bonus episode: "The Great Sebastian")
- "Double Bubble" (Bonus episode: "Message in a Bottle")
- "Goof Troop" videos - February 26
- "Banding Together" (contains "Shake, Rattle & Goof" / "Close Encounters of the Weird Mime")
- "Goin' Fishin'" (contains "Slightly Dinghy" / "Wrecks, Lies & Videotape")
- "The Race is On!" (contains "Meanwhile, Back at the Ramp" / "Tub Be or Not Tub Be")
- "Dinosaurs" videos - February 26
- "I'm the Baby!" (Includes "Switched at Birth" and "Nature Calls")
- "Don't Cross the Boss!" (Includes "And the Winner Is" and "WESAYSO Knows Best")
- "The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special" - March 10
- "Bugs Bunny's Mad World of Television" - March 10
- "How Bugs Bunny Won the West" - March 10
- "Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster" - March 10
- "Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes" - March 10
- "Garfield: His 9 Lives" - March 23
- "Garfield's Feline Fantasies" - March 23
- "Tiny Toon Adventures" videos - March 24
- "The Best of Buster and Babs"
- "Tiny Toon Music Television"
- "Tiny Toons in Two-Tone Town"
- "Darkwing Duck: His Favorite Adventures" series videos - March 26
- "Darkly Dawns the Duck"
- "Justice Ducks Unite!"
- "Comic Book Capers" (Bonus episode: "A Brush with Oblivion")
- "Birth of Negaduck!" (Bonus episode: "Tiff of the Titans")
- "Wish Kid" video - March 26
- "Glove of Dreams"
- "Adventures in Wonderland" videos - March 26
- "Hare-Raising Magic" (contains "Off The Cuffs" / "For Better or Verse")
- "Helping Hands" (contains "Pop Goes The Easel" / "Techno Bunny")
- "The Missing Ring Mystery" (contains "Pretzelmania" / "Noses Off")
- "X-Men" videos - April 20
- "Shining Time Station" videos - April 21
- "The Original Classic, Vol. 1: Stacy Cleans Up"
- "The Original Classic, Vol. 2: Schemer Alone"
- "The Jukebox Puppet Band: A Day in the Life"
- "Alvin and the Chipmunks: Sing Alongs" video - April 30
- "Ragtime Cowboy Joe"
- "Kidsongs" video - May 25
- "Play Along Songs"
- "Barney & Friends" video - May 26
- "Barney Rhymes with Mother Goose"
- "Predators of the Wild" videos - June 22
- "Shark"
- "Grizzly Bear"
- "Killer Whale"
- "Lion"
- "Cheetah and Leopard"
- "Hunters and the Hunted"
- "The Donut Man" video - July 13
- "At the Zoo"
- "Adventures in Odyssey" video - August 10
- "Star Quest"
- "Richard Scarry's Best Videos Ever!" videos - August 17
- "Richard Scarry's Best Learning Songs Video Ever!"
- "Richard Scarry's Best Busy People Video Ever!"
- "Barney & Friends" video - August 25
- "Barney's Home Sweet Homes"
- "Doug" videos - August 31
- "How Did I Get Into This Mess?"
- "Patti, You're the Mayonnaise for Me"
- "Rugrats" videos - August 31
- "Tales from the Crib"
- "A Baby's Gotta Do What a Baby's Gotta Do"
- "The Ren and Stimpy Show" videos - August 31
- "The Classics"
- "The Stupidest Stories"
- "The Stinkiest Stories"
- "Spot the Dog" videos - September 1
- "Where's Spot?" (Also includes: "Spot's First Walk" / "Spot's Birthday Party" / "Spot Goes Splash!" / "Spot Finds a Key")
- "Spot Goes to the Farm" (Also includes: "Spot Stays Overnight" (titled "Spot Sleeps Over" in the U.S.) / "Spot Goes to the Circus" / "Spot's Windy Day" / "Spot Goes to the Park")
- "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" - September 8
- "Frosty the Snowman" - September 8
- "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town" - September 8
- "The Little Drummer Boy" - September 8
- "Frosty Returns" - September 8
- "The Christmas Toy" - September 10
- Wee Sing video - September 14
- The Wee Sing Train
- "Taz-Mania" videos - September 15
- "Taz-Manimals"
- "Taz-Maniac"
- "Taz-Tronaut"
- "X-Men" videos - September 21
- "The Ren and Stimpy Show" video - September 21
- "Have Yourself a Stinky Little Christmas"
- "Back to the Future" videos - September 22
- "Batter Up" / "Time Waits for No Frog/Einstein's Adventure"
- "Clara's Folks" / "Brothers"
- "Dickens of a Christmas" / "Roman Holiday (a.k.a. Swing Low Sweet Chariot Race)"
- "Looney Tunes" videos - September 22
- "Bugs Bunny's Hare Brained Hits"
- "Elmer Fudd's School of Hard Knocks"
- "The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote's Crash Course"
- "Sylvester and Tweety's Tale Feathers"
- "Yosemite Sam's Yeller Fever"
- "Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen" video - September 28
- "Our First Video" (7 Songs includes: I am the Cute One / No One Tells the President What to do / Brother for Sale / One Buffalo, Two Buffali / Identical Twins / Mom's Song (We Think We'll Help You) / Peanut Butter)
- "Alvin and the Chipmunks" videos - September 29
- "Nightmare on Seville Street"
- "Hair-Raising Chipmunk Tales"
- "Alvin's Christmas Carol"
- It's a Wonderful Life, Dave"
- "Happy Holidays with Darkwing Duck and Goofy" - September 29
- "Dinosaurs" video - September 29
- "Special Holiday Edition" (Includes "Little Boy Boo" and "Refrigerator Day")
- "Fraggle Rock" videos - September 29
- "Meet the Fraggles"
- "Fraggle Fun and Doozer Doings"
- "The Fraggles Search and Find"
- "The Haunting of Castle Gorg"
- "A Festive Fraggle Holiday"
- "Barney & the Backyard Gang" video - October 6
- "Sesame Street" video - October 6
- "25 Wonderful Years"
- "Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends" video - October 6
- "Daisy and Other Thomas Stories"
- "Shining Time Station" video - October 6
- "'Tis a Gift"
- "Kidsongs" video - October 8
- "If We Could Talk to the Animals"
- "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" videos - October 19
- "Day of the Dumpster"
- "High Five"
- "Food Fight"
- "Happy Birthday, Zack"
- "No Clowning Around"
- "The Donut Man" video - October 12
- "Barnyard Fun"
- "Exosquad: Fall of the Human Empire" series videos - October 20
- "Pirate Scourge"
- "Blitzkrieg" & "Resist"
- "Seeds of Deception" & "Hidden Terrors"
- "Fievel's American Tails" videos - October 20
- "The Gift" / "A Case of the Hiccups"
- "The Legend of Mouse Hollow" / "Babysitting Blues"
- "The Lost Mother Lode" / "That's What Friends Are For"
- "The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Undersea Adventures" series videos - November 5, 1993
- "Ariel's Gift" (contains "Red" / "Trident True")
- "In Harmony" (Bonus episode: "Charmed")
- "X-Men" videos - November 16
- "Back to the Future" videos - November 24
- "Forward to the Past" / "Verne Hatches an Egg"
- "Go Fly A Kite" / "Hill Valley Brown-Out"
- "A Friend In Need" / "The Money Tree"
- "Barney & Friends" video - December 19
- "Love to Read, with Barney"
- "The First Easter Rabbit" - December 21
Direct-to-video VHS releases
The following movies and TV shows were released on video cassette on these following dates:
- Disney Sing-Along Songs: Friend Like Me - April 30
- The Hidden II - September 6
- Amityville: A New Generation - September 29
- Muppet Sing-Alongs: Billy Bunny's Animal Songs - September 29
- VeggieTales: Where's God When I'm S-Scared?! - December 21
- Disney Sing-Along Songs: The Twelve Days of Christmas - December 24
Documentary Home Video Releases
- Michael Jordan: Air Time - February 24
References
- DVD Development History – Accessed 8 April 2011
- "Video CD (1993 – 2000s)". Museum of Obselete Media. 1993. Retrieved 11 July 2015.
External links
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