Warner Home Video-graphy - Part 4 - United Artists, second half

In 1981, of course, MGM bought the sunk United Artists studio and remodeled it as MGM/UA. UA had a small smattering of 1980s hits (not many) including WarGames, The Living Daylights and License to Kill which effectively gave Timothy Dalton the second-shortest amount of time in the James Bond role, Red Dawn, which was the first major Hollywood film ever to be rated PG-13, Baby Boom, Road House, and two Don Bluth creations, The Secret of NIMH and the more light-hearted All Dogs Go To Heaven (which they released in North America). It even took home one more Academy Award for Best Picture in 1988's Rain Man. But that was it. United Artists became little more than a pass-through for MGM, and its movies became a bit less frequent, in 1986 amidst the various events involving MGM and Ted Turner and was effecively defunct following Giancarlo Parretti's purchase of MGM and merging it with Pathe; Parretti's past as a fraudster and abuser of corporate funds came to light during his ownership of MGM-Pathe, leading to its sale to Credit Lyonnais, who'd quickly foreclose on them. When UA was done, their deal with Warner Home Video was done with it. From what I can confirm, WEV 99704 was the last UA film available from Warner Home Video overseas; that and License to Kill.

UK Warner tapes (from 1986 and onward) have the shield gallery with the UA logo at top right. As Parliament passed the Video Recordings Act by that time, the UK rating of the film would be displayed at bottom right: Some of the later United Artists films from Warner came in entirely grey cassette shells as an anti-piracy tool (?).

All releases here were issued outside of North America only. Unless otherwise noted, all North American releases are by CBS/Fox and Canadian releases of pre-1950 Warner Bros. films were handled by Warner. WEV is used as a sample prefix: W generally indicates Warner, E is a country indicator (meaning England; there was also G for West Germany and probably an S for Sweden) and V obviously means VHS.

WEV 19340 The Roaring Twenties (1939)
WEV 99341
WEV 99342
WEV 99343
WEV 99344
WEV 99345
WEV 99346
WEV 19347 Now, Voyager (1942)
WEV 99348
WEV 99349
WEV 99350
WEV 99351
WEV 99352 Cutter's Way (1980)
WEV 99354 Last Waltz, The (1978)
WEV 99356 Last Embrace (1979)
WEV 99357 Stay Hungry (1976)
WEV 99358 Elmer Gantry (1960)
WEV 99359
WEV 99360
WEV 99361 Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, The (1970)
WEV 99362 Audrey Rose (1977)
WEV 99363 Stardust Memories (1980)
WEV 99364
WEV 99365 Busting (1973)
WEV 99366 Decameron, The (1970)
WEV 99367 Man of the East (1972)
WEV 99368 End, The (1978)
WEV 99369 Avanti! (1972)
WEV 99370 Final Countdown, The (1980)
WEV 99371 Idolmaker, The (1980)
WEV 99372 Midnight Cowboy (1969)
WEV 99373
WEV 99374 What Do You Say to a Naked Lady? (1969)
WEV 99375 Wilby Conspiracy, The (1974)
WEV 99376 Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
WEV 99377 Foxes (1979)
WEV 99378 Long Goodbye, The (1973)
WEV 99379 Mr. Majestyk (1974)
WEV 99380 Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
WEV 99381
WEV 99382
WEV 99383
WEV 99384
WEV 99385 Bank Shot (1974)
WEV 99386
WEV 99387
WEV 99388 Khartoum (1966)
WEV 99389
WEV 99390
WEV 99391 Black Stallion Returns, The (1983)
WEV 99392
WEV 99393
WEV 99394
WEV 99395
WEV 99396
WEV 99397
WEV 99398
WEV 99399
WEV 99400
WEV 99401
WEV 99402
WEV 99403 Sharks' Treasure (1974)
WEV 99404 Topkapi (1983)
WEV 99405 WarGames (1983)
WEV 99406
WEV 99407
WEV 99408
WEV 99409
WEV 99410
WEV 99411 Manhattan (1979) Released in North America by MGM/UA Home Video. It is often cited as the first letterboxed VHS release for years, yet more recent developments have proven it false. What's known is that it was the first letterboxed VHS release to be labeled, and it probably got its broader distinction due to the notoriety it attracted for director Woody Allen insisting on exclusively letterboxed home media releases and television broadcasts. The US release is letterboxed with grey bars.
WEV 99412
WEV 99413 Hospital, The (1971)
WEV 99414
WEV 99415 Ned Kelly (1970)
WEV 99416 Trail of the Pink Panther (1982)
WEV 99417 Support Your Local Sheriff (1968)
WEV 99418
WEV 99419 Jinxed (1982)
WEV 99420
WEV 99421
WEV 99422
WEV 99423 Alice's Restaurant (1969)
WEV 99424 Eureka (1982)
WEV 99425 Vigilante Force (1975)
WEV 99426 Equus (1977)
WEV 99427
WEV 99428
WEV 99429 Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
WEV 99430
WEV 99431 Romantic Comedy (1983)
WEV 99432
WEV 99433
WEV 99434
WEV 99435
WEV 99436 Across 110th Street (1972) Another film noted for its theme song, one of various hits Bobby Womack had for United Artists Records.
WEV 99437 Doc (1971)
WEV 99438 How to Murder Your Wife (1964)
WEV 99439
WEV 99440
WEV 99441
WEV 99442
WEV 19443 Gentleman Jim (1942)
WEV 19444 Watch on the Rhine (1943)
WEV 99445 Gabriela (1983)
WEV 99446 Galaxy of Terror (1981)
WEV 99447
WEV 99448
WEV 99449
WEV 99450
WEV 99451 Exposed (1982)
WEV 99452
WEV 99453 Yentl (1983)
WEV 99454
WEV 99455 Juggernaut (1974)
WEV 99456
WEV 99457
WEV 99458
WEV 99459
WEV 99460
WEV 99461 Pope of Greenwich Village, The (1984)
WEV 99462
WEV 99463
WEV 19464 Beast with Five Fingers, The (1946)
WEV 99465
WEV 99466
WEV 99467 Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
WEV 99468 How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (1967)
WEV 99469 Exodus (1960)
WEV 99470
WEV 99471
WEV 99472 Go Tell the Spartans (1978) Released in North America by the Vestron studio.
WEV 99473
WEV 99474
WEV 99475
WEV 99476
WEV 99477
WEV 99478
WEV 99479 Kes (1969)
WEV 99480
WEV 99481
WEV 99482
WEV 99483 Apartment, The (1960) Academy Award Winner for Best Picture.
WEV 99484 Beast Within, The (1981)
WEV 99485 House Where Evil Dwells, The (1981)
WEV 99486
WEV 99487 Report to the Commissioner (1974)
WEV 99488
WEV 99489 Safari 4000 (1982)
WEV 99490
WEV 99491 Pandemonium (1982)
WEV 99492
WEV 99493
WEV 99494
WEV 99495
WEV 99496
WEV 99497
WEV 99498 200 Motels (1971)
WEV 99499
WEV 99500
WEV 99501
WEV 99502
WEV 99503
WEV 99504 Red Dawn (1984) First film to be rated PG-13 in the United States.
WEV 99505
WEV 99506
WEV 99507 National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1981)
WEV 99508
WEV 99509
WEV 99510
WEV 99511 Monster (1980)
WEV 99512
WEV 99513 Raging Bull (1980) In North America, this was the last film from the Transamerica era released on home video with the Transamerica references intact. The UA logo/Transamerica T was in black & white, to signify the fact that the film was shot that way.
WEV 99514
WEV 99515
WEV 99516
WEV 99517
WEV 99518
WEV 99519
WEV 99520
WEV 99521
WEV 99522
WEV 99523
WEV 99524
WEV 99525
WEV 99526 Until September (1984)
WEV 99527
WEV 99528 Garbo Talks (1984)
WEV 99529
WEV 99530
WEV 99531
WEV 99532
WEV 99533
WEV 19534 Juarez (1939)
WEV 99535
WEV 99536
WEV 99537
WEV 99538
WEV 99539
WEV 99540
WEV 99541
WEV 99542
WEV 99543
WEV 99544
WEV 99545
WEV 99546
WEV 99547
WEV 99548
WEV 99549
WEV 99550
WEV 99551 The Aviator (1985)
WEV 99552 Martin's Day (1985)
WEV 99553 Movers & Shakers (1985)
WEV 99554
WEV 99555 Rocky IV (1985)
WEV 99556
WEV 99557
WEV 99558
WEV 99559

WEV 99597 Youngblood (1986)

WEV 99659 Baby Boom (1987)
WEV 99660
WEV 99661
WEV 99662 Real Men (1987)
WEV 99663
WEV 99664
WEV 99665
WEV 99666
WEV 99667
WEV 99668
WEV 99669
WEV 99670
WEV 99671
WEV 99672
WEV 99673
WEV 99674
WEV 99675
WEV 99676 Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
WEV 99677
WEV 99678 Betrayed (1988)
WEV 99679 It Takes Two (1988) Not related to the Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen vehicle.
WEV 99680
WEV 99681
WEV 99682
WEV 99683
WEV 99684
WEV 99685
WEV 99686
WEV 99687
WEV 99688
WEV 99689
WEV 99690
WEV 99691
WEV 99692
WEV 99693
WEV 99694 Rain Man (1988) Academy Award Winner for Best Picture. Directed by Barry Levinson, who also directed Diner, Liberty Heights and many other great coming of age films.
WEV 99695
WEV 99696 Child's Play (1988) Oddly, the sequels to this were released by Universal but the original was not.
WEV 99697
WEV 99698
WEV 99699 I'm Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) Keenan Ivory Wayans' satire on blaxploitation films; Wayans later co-created and hosted one of Fox TV's earliest hits as a network, In Living Color. Prior to 2005, his 2000 film Scary Movie was the most internationally successful film ever made by a black American.
WEV 99700
WEV 99701
WEV 99702
WEV 99703
WEV 99704 Road House (1989)