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1981 in home video

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1981 in home video:

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March

  • March 22 - The analog format called SelectaVision which were Capacitance Electronic Discs (popularly known as "videodiscs") is introduced by RCA.

    • June

  • June 9 - The parliament of Sweden adopts a law to ban the spreading violent video movies to children under the age of 15, and even hinder, but not ban by law, adults from watching video movies with "brutal and sadist violence". The adult case, however, is seen as a constitutional change and requires the proposal to first stay dormant for at least 9 month.
  • June 10 - The Laserdisc format is introduced in Japan.

    • Date unknown

  • "Laserdisc" becomes the common name for the format originally introduced (in 1978) as "DiscoVision".

    • Movie releases

    The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • Airplane!
  • All Quiet on the Western Front
  • All That Jazz
  • Bananas
  • Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  • The Devil and Max Devlin
  • Fame
  • Fiddler on the Roof
  • Kramer vs. Kramer
  • My Fair Lady
  • Nine to Five
  • The Shining
  • Stir Crazy
  • The Watcher in the Woods

    • References

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