Comprehensive Videography of Virgin Vision Releases (USA) (+ pre-1988 U.S. VHS Releases of U.K. Virgin Films)

Virgin Vision was the American arm of Virgin Video, a company founded in 1981 in the United Kingdom by Virgin Records’ stalwart showrunner Richard Branson. The American version of the company had a shorter lifespan than its original British arm, lasting around three years where the U.K. arm ran for nearly a decade. Originally, it had the same name as the U.K. arm, and was distributed through Continental Video; starting in 1988, Virgin had gone its own way as far as distribution. The U.S. arm of Virgin Vision was headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Virgin Video in the U.K. was a multifaceted company, releasing not only music videos but also a myriad of feature films (particularly from Orion Pictures), children’s shows and even how-to tapes. Since there was already a separate, Atlantic-distributed label called Virgin Music Vision for Virgin’s music videos, the Virgin Vision label in the U.S. was to have a much narrower focus, almost exclusively releasing feature films, although it was the first video label in the U.S. to issue tapes of Brideshead Revisited, a 1981 ITV miniseries that also aired on PBS as part of Masterpiece Theater.

On the movie front, Virgin Vision served as the de facto video arm for an equally short-lived film company called FilmDallas Pictures, as well as one of several labels under which the Samuel Goldwyn Company released a selection of its contemporary titles. The most famous of the Samuel Goldwyn films to be released on Virgin Vision proved to be Mystic Pizza, which Roger Ebert correctly predicted “may someday become known for the movie stars it showcased back before they became stars”, the biggest of whom by far was Julia Roberts (Matt Damon also debuted in the picture, but his is basically an unbilled walk-on part). Another well-known Samuel Goldwyn film that Virgin Vision released on tape was Robert Townsend’s acclaimed film debut, Hollywood Shuffle, a satirical romp about a Black actor seeking to make it in a film business where the talent agents desperately want to cast him as a pimp or a crook against both his wishes and his instincts.

In July 1989, Mr. Branson sold the video arm of his Virgin empire to film producer Jonathan D. Krane, who was the owner of the Management Company Entertainment Group (M.C.E.G.), which ran both its own video arm and a budget label called Forum Home Video; he merged all three to form a company called M.C.E.G./Virgin Home Entertainment. This new company only got to issue tapes of 15 films, and it was pretty obvious that the most popular title M.C.E.G. produced, Look Who’s Talking, was never going to be among them, as that film was released by TriStar, which already had a big video deal with RCA/Columbia then (the film itself is now owned by Sony). M.C.E.G./Virgin filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in 1990 and subsequently went out of business. Although the native U.K. arm of Virgin Video was eventually bought out by GE Capital (General Electric’s now-defunct financial services arm) and renamed Vision Video Limited (VVL), the American end of the company never did come back to life in any form, though Video Treasures kept some of its titles in print for a while.

Although Virgin had been involved in the production of several films in the UK — the most famous being an adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984 that was released in the titular year — those films had already been sold to other video distributors in the US, so they never appeared on Virgin Vision or M.C.E.G. Virgin in that market. However, the U.K. Virgin Films titles wound up eventually being part of the same company as the Samuel Goldwyn titles that Virgin Vision/M.C.E.G. did issue on video in the States. In 1998, MGM had bought the U.K. Virgin Films titles as part of the pre-1996 PolyGram Filmed Entertainment lineup, which it lumped in with the Orion Pictures library, which included the Samuel Goldwyn films and which MGM bought out a year earlier.

As many of the Samuel Goldwyn and Island Pictures films on Virgin Vision/M.C.E.G. Virgin had MGM for an owner, that company reissued many of them as part of the Contemporary Classics or other series on VHS and DVD during the early 2000s. A number of other films released by Virgin Vision/M.C.E.G. Virgin on video during its brief run in the U.S. made a slower migration toward digital formats; namely, Kino Lorber was responsible for putting out the first official digital releases of such films as Deadly Dreams and The Rosary Murders, the 2010 DVD of Hotel Terminus, the only feature film Virgin Vision issued on a more-than-one-tape set, was put out by the documentary label Icarus Films, and, of course, Brideshead Revisited, which Virgin had issued on a six-tape VHS box set under its Portfolio Collection banner, had all off its U.S. digital format releases, starting with the 2002 Region 1 DVD release, done through Acorn Media, which recently seems to have gotten out of the physical media game in favor of streaming, as could very well be demonstrated by the fact that its website, acornonline.com, is currently struggling to load on even the most stable of Internet connections — the ones that have not gone out, in other words.

Still, several other titles on Virgin Vision were quick to fall into such obscurity that one could only find DVD releases of them either through budget distributors (Slipstream) or on burn-on-demand DVD-Rs (Consuming Passions), and a few of them either never saw a proper digitalization or only made their official digital debuts after the COVID-19 pandemic; for example, a forthcoming Blu-ray release of the late Paul Morrissey’s Spike of Bensonhurst was announced by the boutique label Fun City Editions a little over three months before this videography was written and first published. That title had previously circulated in the form of some DVD-Rs from an unknown Australian company, which issued a region-free disc under The Mafia Kid, the title under which the film had gone out overseas. And in the same month that this videography was written and published, Fun City announced that, at some point in the future, it’ll put out the inaugural Blu-ray of another FilmDallas title that Virgin Vision had issued on VHS: Patti Rocks. The trailer for that release is age-restricted on YouTube.

Virgin tapes that were distributed by Continental used a silver label with that company’s logo to the right and the Virgin logo to the left and the entire printing in purple.

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The tapes Continental issued on behalf of Virgin had that company’s U.K. warning screen at the start, followed by the original U.K. Virgin Video logo, played at the normal film speed of 24 FPS.

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The self-distributed Virgin Vision tapes used a white silkscreen label, with the logo at left and most of the relevant text shown in various Helvetica fonts up until sometime in 1988 and in ITC Avant Garde font from then onward. At the bottom was warning text in Helvetica, which ended with the rather vague text reading “ALL RIGHTS RESERVED UNDER COPYRIGHT LAWS.”

Promotional copies of Virgin Video tapes mostly had generic white labels that could look like any of the following:

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Rarer are the ones that used the standard Virgin Vision ink label, with the text “PROMOTIONAL CASSETTE” in place of the title and “ — NOT FOR RENTAL OR RESALE — ” below the copyright stamp.

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Virgin Vision’s tape masters used a Warner Home Video-style FBI warning on a blue background, which was then followed by what basically was the original U.K. Virgin Video logo (shown via an NTSC conversion from a PAL video source), intercut with a computer-generated graphic featuring the Virgin logo (which had a drop shadow) and the text “VISION” inserted in between a pair of bright red lines.

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Early tapes also had a closing variant where the finished product shines twice

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And finally, the 15 tapes released by M.C.E.G. Virgin had an entirely different logo altogether, one that seemed expressly designed for the combined entity. This one had an upside-down triangle swoop in, the M,C.E.G. nameplate sliding onto it, the Virgin script writing itself into the triangle, and “HOME ENTERTAINMENT” fading in at the bottom. These also had the M.C.E.G. logo fanfare in the background.

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Canadian copies of Virgin Vision and M.C.E.G. Virgin tapes were distributed by Cineplex Odeon Home Video. They are distinguishable by the placement of a combined Cineplex Odeon/MCA distribution sticker over the UPC code (MCA had most of the voting shares in the Cineplex Odeon chain at the time), the red Cineplex Odeon label on the cassette shell, and the Cineplex Odeon Home Video logo appearing in place of the FBI warning at the start of the tapes.

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Cineplex Odeon-distributed Virgin Vision tapes occasionally had the Virgin Vision logo at the top right corner of the label:

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Laserdiscs of selected Virgin Vision and M.C.E.G. Virgin titles were issued by Image Entertainment, which issued laserdiscs of titles from a lot of small-to-mid-sized video labels in the heyday of the home video market.

Some of the tapes issued by Virgin Vision (and M.C.E.G. Virgin) on video, including those assigned the lowest and highest numbers in its mainline 70000 cataloguing sequence, were closed-captioned; the company used the services of the National Captioning Institute for this purpose.

US tapes from Virgin Vision concluded with this onscreen logo for Premiere Video, which duplicated all of the company’s releases:

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The information presented in this videography was sourced from UPC codes, the Corel All-Movie Guide program for Windows 3.1 (which I downloaded from archive.org and ran through the OS’ corresponding DOSBox modification), YouTube uploads ripped from the company’s tapes, and my own VHS collection. Information on Image Entertainment laserdisc counterparts in the relevant section is from the LaserDisc Database.

This videography is for Sue Bidwell, who, on an upload of the Virgin Vision logo done by DudeThatLogo on YouTube, commented, “nice to have been a part of that company!”

Continental Video titles (pre-Virgin Vision)

Titles in the 6000 series were Virgin titles that were distributed by Continental before Virgin began to fully distribute its own American tapes.

6001 — Thrashin’ (1986) [1987]

6002 — Captive (1985) [1987]

70000 series

This was the series that Virgin used for its titles throughout its existence as an independently-distributed video label.

70001 — The Rosary Murders (1987) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company.

70002 — Attack Force Z (1981) [1987] Reissue of VCL VL9000. Australian film and a very early role for Mel Gibson.

70003 — To Kill a Stranger (1984) [1987] Reissue o VCL VL9050. TV film.

70004 — A Dangerous Summer (1981) [1987] TV film.

70005 — Pacific Inferno (1979) [1987] TV film.

70006 — Deadline (1987) [1987] From Creative Film. Contains a trailer for Hollywood Shuffle.

70007 — Target Eagle (1982) [1987] Mexican-Spanish co-production.

70008 — Prisoners of the Lost Universe (1983) [1987] TV film.

70009 — Packin’ it In (1982) [1987] From Peregrine Film Distribution.

70010 — Madhouse (1981) [1987] From Ovidid G. Assonitis.

70011 — Graveyard Shift (1987) [1988] From Cinema Ventures. Canadian production; this is not related to the 1990 Stephen King adaptation of this title.

70012

70013

70014 — Ghost in the Noonday Sun (1974) [1988] British film.

70015 — Game of Seduction (1976) [1988] French film.

70016 — The Climb (1987) [1988] From Wacko Entertainment.

70017 — Cassandra (1987) [1988] Australian film. For some reason, the word “Sydney” is spelled incorrectly on the back cover, in which it is spelled with an I rather than a Y.

70018

70019 — The Bloodsuckers (1970) [1988] From Titian International.

70020 — Backlash (1986) [1988] Australian film.

70021 — Kidnapped (1986) [1988] From Hickmar Productions.

70022 — Car Trouble (1986) [1988] British film.

70023

70024

70025

70026 — Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1988) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Opening previews are for Prick Up Your Ears, The Rosary Murders and A Prayer for the Dying.

70027 — Man Outside (1985) [1988] From Stouffer Enterprises.

70028 — Deadly Dreams (1988) [1988] From Concorde.

70029

70030

70031

70032 — Hollywood Shuffle (1987) [1987] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company.

70033 — House of Death (1981) [1988] TV film.

70034 — Playing for Time (1980) [1988] TV film.

70035

70036

70037 — The Understudy: Graveyard Shift 2 (1988) [1989] From Cinema Ventures.

70038 — Far East (1982) [1988] Australian film.

70039

70040

70041

70042 — Dance of the Damned (1988) [1989] From Concorde.

70043

70044

70045

70046 — Midnite Spares (1982) [1989] Australian film.

70047

70048

70049 — Prick Up Your Ears (1987) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. British film.

70050 — A Prayer for the Dying (1987) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company.

70051

70052

70053 — Next of Kin (1981) [1989] Australian film.

70054 — Mystic Pizza (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Opening previews are for Retribution and Heart of Midnight.

70055 — Ping Pong (1986) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. British film.

70056

70057

70058

70059 — Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Two-tape set.

70060 — The Lady in White (1988) [1989] From New Sky Productions.

70061

70062

70063

70064 — Crusoe (1988) [1989] From Island Pictures.

70065 — Slipping into Darkness (1988) [1989] From M.C.E.G.

70066

70067

70068

70069 — The Wizard of Loneliness (1988) [1989] From Skouras Pictures.

70070 — Consuming Passions (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. British film.

70071 — Find the Lady (1976) [1989] Reissue of VCL 4001.

70072

70073 — Dead Easy (1982) [1989] Australian film.

70074 — Opera do Malandro (1987) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company.

70075 — Mr. North (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Opening previews are for The Lady in White, The Wizard of Loneliness, and Spike of Bensonhurst.

70076

70077

70078

70079 — Fear (1988) [1989] From CineTel Films.

70080

70081 — Love at First Sight (1976) [1989] TV film, and one of Dan Aykroyd’s first appearances outside of Saturday Night Live.

70082

70083

70084 — Stealing Heaven (1988) [1989] From Amy International. Director’s cut.

70085 — Prom Night (1980) [1988] From Simcom. Originally released by Avco Embassy Pictures. Notable for being the last dramatic performance Leslie Nielsen gave before Airplane!; he only had a few dramatic roles to go after that one, switching to comedy full-time starting with The Naked Gun.

70086 — Thrashin’ (1986) [1989] Reprint of Virgin 6002.

70087

70088

70089 — Patti Rocks (1988) [1989] From FilmDallas Pictures.

70090 — Da (1988) [1988] From FilmDallas Pictures.

70091

70092

70093

70094 — Spike of Bensonhurst (1988) [1989] From FilmDallas Pictures. Opening previews are for Mr. North, The Wizard of Loneliness and Mystic Pizza.

70095 — Stealing Heaven (1988) [1989] From Amy International. Original theatrical version.

70096 — Captive (1985) [1989] Reissue of Virgin 6002.

70097

70098

70099 — The Passion of Beatrice (1988) [1989] French film.

70100 — Heart of Midnight (1989) [1989] Direct-to-video film.

70101

70102

70103

70104

70105

70106

70107

70108

70109

70110 — Cry of the Innocent (1980) [1989]

70111

70112

70113

70114

70115

70116

70117

70118

70119

70120

70121

70122

70123

70124

70125

70126

70127

70128

70129

70130

70131

70132

70133

70134

70135

70136

70137

70138

70139

70140

70141

70142

70143

70144 — Brideshead Revisited Book I (1981) [1988] From Granada Television.

70145 — Brideshead Revisited Book II (1981) [1988] From Granada Television.

70146 — Brideshead Revisited Book III (1981) [1988] From Granada Television.

70147 — Brideshead Revisited Book IV (1981) [1988] From Granada Television.

70148 — Brideshead Revisited Book V (1981) [1988] From Granada Television.

70149 — Brideshead Revisited Book VI (1981) [1988] From Granada Television.

70150 — Brideshead Revisited (1981) [1988] From Granada Television. 6-tape set.

70151

70152

70153

70154 — Checking Out (1988) [1989] From HandMade Films.

70155 — The Destroyer (1988) [1989] From TMS Pictures.

70156

70157 — Bagdad Café (1987) [1989] From Island Pictures.

70158 — Two to Tango (1988) [1989] From Concorde Pictures.

70159 — Retribution (1987) [1989] From Taurus Entertainment Group.

70160 — How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) [1989] From HandMade Films.

70161

70162

70163

70164 — Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) [11–01–89] From Cinecom Pictures. This light comedy is best known for spawning a serious tragedy: star Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered one month after this film was originally released in the movie theater, and her performance in this film, in which she did a sex scene, has been cited as the catalyst for her unfortunate felling at the hands of a bullet. Her assassin, a Tucsonan by the name of Robert John Bardo, is serving a life sentence at the Avenal State Prison in California as of this writing.

70165 — Travelling North (1987) [1989] Australian film. Opening previews are for Crusoe and Mystic Pizza.

70166 — The Emissary (1988) [1989] From Lars International Pictures.

70167

70168

70169

70170

70171 — Edge of Sanity (1989) [1989] From Millimeter Films. R-rated version.

70172 — Salaam Bombay! (1987) [1989] From Cinecom Pictures.

70173 — A Whisper to a Scream (1988) [1989] From Distant Horizons.

70174 — The Fourth War (1989) [cancelled?] From Kodiak Films. The actual VHS of this film was on HBO Video.

70175 — Edge of Sanity (1989) [1989] From Millimeter Films. Unrated version.

70176

[Around here, the name is changed to M.C.E.G. Virgin Home Entertainment.]

70177 — Fear, Anxiety and Depression (1989) [1990] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. First known release on the M.C.E.G. Virgin label.

70178 — Communion (1989) [1990] From New Line Cinema. Opening previews are for Limit Up, Trust Me and Queen of Hearts.

70179 — The Banker (1989) [1989] From Westwind. Final known release on Virgin Vision before the name change to M.C.E.G. Virgin. Opening previews are for Mission: Manila and Slipstream.

70180 — Trust Me (1987) [1990] From Cinecom Pictures.

70181

70182

70183 — Slipstream (1989) [1990] From Entertainment Film Distributors.

70184

70185

70186

70187

70188 — Queen of Hearts (1989) [1990] From Cinecom Pictures.

70189 — Burndown (1989) [1990]

70190

70191

70192 — Night of the Wilding (1990) [1990] From P.M. Entertainment Group.

70193 — The Dive (1989) [1990] From Millennium Films.

M.C.E.G. Virgin titles in other numbering blocks

Here are some of the titles that M.C.E.G. Virgin issued with catalog numbers outside of its primary 70000 series.

77931 — Mission: Manila (1988) [1990] From M.C.E.G.

77932

77933 — Ghost Chase (1987) [1990] From Centropolis Entertainment. The fourth film of Roland Emmerich, who went on to make such blockbusters as Independence Day, The Patriot and The Day After Tomorrow.

77934

77935

77936

77937

77938 — Jakarta (1988) [1990] From M.C.E.G.

77939 — Diamond Run (1989) [1990] From M.C.E.G.

78904 — Catch Me…if You Can (1989) [1990] From M.C.E.G.

78905 — Limit Up (1989) [05–90] From M.C.E.G.

Laserdisc Companion Titles

Image Entertainment

Image Entertainment handled laserdisc distribution for all Virgin Vision and M.C.E.G. Virgin titles. These appeared in Image’s standard cataloging sequence, with a VV suffix denoting that they were from Virgin. Like most laserdiscs, these releases had no previews at the beginning. Roughly 39 of the releases under the Virgin Vision name were issued on an Image laserdisc; the M.C.E.G. Virgin era garnered only two Image laserdiscs to its name. None of the Virgin Vision/M.C.E.G. Virgin titles on laserdisc were in their original aspect ratio despite the format being the first to offer films in it.

Laserdiscs from Virgin Vision used a white label with the Image Entertainment logo at the bottom and a small Virgin Vision logo at top left.

ID5158 — Deadline (1987) [1987] From Creative Film. Laserdisc counterpart to #70004.

ID5167 — Hollywood Shuffle (1987) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Laserdisc counterpart to #70032.

ID5175 — Cassandra (1987) [1988] Australian film. Laserdisc counterpart to #70017.

ID5176 — Graveyard Shift (1987) [1988] From Cinema Ventures. Canadian production; this is not related to the 1990 Stephen King adaptation of this title. Laserdisc counterpart to #70010.

ID5177 — A Prayer for the Dying (1987) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Laserdisc counterpart to #70050.

ID5183VV — The Rosary Murders (1987) [1988] From New Line Cinema. Laserdisc counterpart to #70000.

ID5220VV — Prick Up Your Ears (1987) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. British film. Laserdisc counterpart to #70049.

ID5221VV — Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II (1988) [1988] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Laserdisc counterpart to #70026.

ID5291VV — Kidnapped (1986) [1988] From Hickmar Productions. Laserdisc counterpart to #70021.

ID5321VV — The Climb (1987) [1988] From Wacko Entertainment. Laserdisc counterpart to #70016.

ID5322VV — Man Outside (1985) [1988] From Stouffer Enterprises. Laserdisc counterpart to #70027.

ID6014VV — Patti Rocks (1988) [1989] From FilmDallas Pictures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70089.

ID6017VV — Consuming Passions (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. British film. Laserdisc counterpart to #70070.

ID6018VV — The Lady in White (1988) [1989] From New Sky Productions. Laserdisc counterpart to #70060.

ID6111VV — Da (1988) [1989] From FilmDallas Pictures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70090.

ID6112VV — Deadly Dreams (1988) [1988] From Concorde. Laserdisc counterpart to #70028.

ID6156VV — Fear (1988) [1989] From CineTel Films. Laserdisc counterpart to #70079.

ID6157VV — Opera do Malandro (1987) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Laserdisc counterpart to #70074.

ID6183VV — The Destroyer (1988) [1989] From TMS Pictures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70155.

ID6225VV — The Passion of Beatrice (1988) [1989] French film. Laserdisc counterpart to #70099.

ID6249VV — Mr. North (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Laserdisc counterpart to #70075.

ID6286VV — Spike of Bensonhurst (1988) [1989] From FilmDallas Pictures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70094.

ID6302VV — The Wizard of Loneliness (1988) [1989] From Skouras Pictures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70069.

ID6355VV — Slipping into Darkness (1988) [1989] From M.C.E.G. Laserdisc counterpart to #70065.

ID6398VV — Mystic Pizza (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Laserdisc counterpart to #70054.

ID6426VV — Dance of the Damned (1988) [1989] From Concorde. Laserdisc counterpart to #70042.

ID6456VV — Retribution (1987) [1989] From Taurus Entertainment Group. Laserdisc counterpart to #70159.

ID6457VV — Stealing Heaven (1988) [1989] From Amy International. Laserdisc counterpart to #70084; the theatrical cut (#70095) never appeared on Laserdisc.

ID6500VV — Heart of Midnight (1989) [1989] Direct-to-video film. Laserdisc counterpart to #70100.

ID6646VV — The Understudy: Graveyard Shift 2 (1988) [1989] From Cinema Ventures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70037.

ID6647VV — A Whisper to a Scream (1988) [1989] From Distant Horizons. Laserdisc counterpart to #70173.

ID6648VV — The Emissary (1988) [1989] From Lars International Pictures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70166.

ID6759VV — Checking Out (1989) [1989] From Handmade Films. Laserdisc counterpart to #70154.

ID6760VV — Edge of Sanity (1989) [1989] From Millimeter Films. Unrated version. Laserdisc counterpart to #70175.

ID6761VV — Salaam Bombay! (1987) [1989] From Cinecom Pictures. Laserdisc counterpart to #70172.

ID6762VV — Scenes from the Class Struggle in Beverly Hills (1989) [1989] From Cinecom Pictures. This light comedy is best known for spawning a serious tragedy: star Rebecca Schaeffer was murdered one month after this film was originally released in the movie theater, and her performance in this film, in which she did a sex scene, has been cited as the catalyst for her unfortunate felling at the hands of a bullet. Her assassin, a Tucsonan by the name of Robert John Bardo, is serving a life sentence at the Avenal State Prison in California as of this writing. Laserdisc counterpart to #70164.

ID6763VV — Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) [1989] From the Samuel Goldwyn Company. Three-disc set. Laserdisc counterpart to #70059.

ID6764VV — Slipstream (1989) [1990] From Entertainment Film Distributors. Laserdisc counterpart to #70183.

ID6896VV — How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989) [1989] From Handmade Films. Laserdisc counterpart to #70160.

ID7138VV — The Banker (1989) [1989] From Westwind. Laserdisc counterpart to #70179.

ID7306VV — Communion (1989) [1990] From New Line Cinema. Laserdisc counterpart to #70178.

Related: US Video Releases of UK Virgin Films Titles (pre-1987)

The British Virgin Films company made relatively few films; those that it made had been presold to other American companies for distribution — theatrically and on video — and had stopped producing films at all by 1986, so most of the titles from the British Virgin Films company never appeared on either Virgin Vision or M.C.E.G. Virgin. The exception was Captive, released on Virgin Video in the days when it was distributed by Continental. Releases from after Virgin’s American video arm was shuttered are not included in this sampling.

HBO/Cannon Video

TVA 3900 — Absolute Beginners (1986) [1986] Released in the U.S. by Orion Pictures.

MGM/UA Home Video

487 — Electric Dreams (1984) [1985] Released in the U.S. by MGM/UA Entertainment Co.

Playhouse Video

1486 — Secret Places (1984) [1986] Released in the U.S. by 20th Century Fox.

Vestron Video

5215 — Gothic (1986) [1987] Released in the U.S. by Vestron Pictures.

U.S.A. Home Video

217–547–1984 (1984) [1985] Released in the U.S. by Atlantic Releasing Corporation.

Warner Home Video

IN 4015 — The Space Movie (1979) [1981] Documentary on the Apollo 11 moon landing, produced by Richard Branson. Released in the U.S. by a small company called International Harmony.