1983 in home video

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Industry milestones

February

• February 18 - The local courthouse in Åhus, Sweden fines the owner of a video rental shop for renting out a violent movie rated 15 to a 14 year old boy.^[1]

April

• April - JVC introduces VHD in Japan.^[2]

May

• 4 May - RCA introduceras the J-Line for CED players.^[3]

October

• October - RCA introduceras CED players in the UK.^[4]

Date unknown

• CBS/Fox Video launched Key Video and Playhouse Video in this year.

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video in 1983:

• Annie
• The Beastmaster
• The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
• Blade Runner
• Creepshow
• The Dark Crystal
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
• First Blood
• Flashdance - September 1983
• Gandhi
• The Howling
• Jaws 3-D (3-D was removed for video)
• Mad Max
• Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
• The Outsiders
• Pink Floyd The Wall
• Porky's
• Raiders of the Lost Ark - December 1983
• Risky Business - December 1983
• Rodan
• The Secret of NIMH
• Something Wicked This Way Comes
• Tootsie
• Tron - October 1983
• Twilight Zone: The Movie - December 1983
• Victor Victoria
• Videodrome

References

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