1999 in home video
The following events occurred in the year 1999 in home video.
Industry milestones
February
Date unknown
- Northern Hemisphere spring - The price of a DVD player had dropped below $300 US-dollar in the USA.
Top-selling titles
The following titles were the ten top-selling VHS and DVD releases of 1999.[2]
VHS
| # | Title | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery | New Line Home Video |
| 2 | Tae-Bo Workout | Ventura Distribution |
| 3 | Armageddon | Touchstone Home Video |
| 4 | A Bug's Life | Walt Disney Home Video |
| 5 | Blade | New Line Home Video |
| 6 | Mulan | Walt Disney Home Video |
| 7 | The Wedding Singer | New Line Home Video |
| 8 | NSYNC: N the Mix | BMG Video |
| 9 | You've Got Mail | Warner Home Video |
| 10 | Backstreet Boys - Homecoming: Live in Orlando | Jive/Zomba Video |
DVD
| # | Title | Distributor |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Matrix | Warner Home Video |
| 2 | Blade | New Line Home Video |
| 3 | Lethal Weapon 4 | Warner Home Video |
| 4 | Enemy of the State | Touchstone Home Video |
| 5 | Armageddon | Touchstone Home Video |
| 6 | Titanic | Paramount Home Video |
| 7 | Saving Private Ryan | DreamWorks Home Entertainment |
| 8 | Rush Hour | New Line Home Video |
| 9 | The Mummy (widescreen edition) | Universal Studios Home Video |
| 10 | The Mask of Zorro | Columbia TriStar Home Video |
Movie releases
The following movies were released on video on the following dates:
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| January 5 | The Rescuers | Walt Disney Pictures | controversy VHS release, due to the topless woman; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection |
| Frenchman's Creek | Paramount Pictures | 75th Anniversary Edition; VHS and DVD release | |
| January 26 | The Truman Show | VHS and DVD release | |
| February 2 | Mulan | Walt Disney Pictures | VHS release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection |
| February 9 | Antz | DreamWorks | VHS and DVD release |
| March 2 | Friday | New Line | DVD release |
| Alaska | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| The Neverending Story | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| The Neverending Story II: The Next Chapter | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Little Giants | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Little Big League | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Cats Don't Dance | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Wild America | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| The Adventures of Pinocchio | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Tom and Jerry: The Movie | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| It Takes Two | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit | Touchstone | VHS release | |
| March 9 | 101 Dalmatians | Walt Disney Pictures | VHS release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection; THX certified |
| Dumbo | VHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection | ||
| Melody Time | |||
| The Sword in the Stone | |||
| The Three Caballeros | |||
| Mary Poppins | |||
| Alice in Wonderland | |||
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | |||
| Robin Hood | |||
| Pete's Dragon | |||
| So Dear to My Heart | |||
| Meet the Deedles | VHS re-release | ||
| Little Indian, Big City | Touchstone Pictures | ||
| Krippendorf's Tribe | |||
| March 16 | The Waterboy | VHS release | |
| March 23 | Mighty Joe Young | Walt Disney Pictures | VHS and DVD release |
| The Rescuers | edited VHS re-release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection | ||
| March 30 | The Rugrats Movie | Paramount Pictures | VHS and DVD release |
| April 6 | Meet Joe Black | Universal | VHS and DVD release |
| April 13 | The Canterville Ghost | Wonderworks | DVD release |
| Stepmom | Columbia | VHS and DVD release | |
| April 20 | Paulie | DreamWorks | DVD release |
| A Bug's Life | Disney | VHS release | |
| Simon Birch | Hollywood Pictures | VHS release | |
| April 27 | At First Sight | MGM | DVD release |
| May 11 | Psycho | Universal | VHS and DVD release |
| May 19 | Holy Man | Touchstone | VHS release |
| A Cool, Dry Place | Fox | VHS release | |
| May 24 | Sons of Dinosaurs | VHS release | |
| May 25 | The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad | Walt Disney Pictures | VHS release; part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection |
| The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue | VHS release | ||
| June 7 | Patch Adams | Universal | VHS and DVD release |
| June 12 | The Rat Race | 50th Anniversary Edition VHS and DVD release | |
| June 14 | The Faculty | VHS and DVD release | |
| Enemy of the State | VHS release | ||
| June 22 | Tweety: Tweet and Lovely | Warner Bros. | VHS release |
| Jawbreaker | Tristar | VHS release | |
| June 29 | Saving Private Ryan | Laserdisc release | |
| The North Avenue Irregulars | VHS release | ||
| Still Crazy | Columbia | DVD release | |
| Rushmore | Touchstone | DVD release | |
| July 6 | The King and I | Warner | VHS release |
| Afflication | DVD release | ||
| Wing Commander | Fox | DVD release | |
| July 13 | Alice in Wonderland | Walt Disney Pictures | VHS re-release; final part of the Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection |
| Robin Hood | |||
| A Civil Action | Touchstone | DVD release | |
| She's All That | Miramax | DVD release | |
| July 20 | Hilary and Jackie | DVD release | |
| July 27 | Napoleon and Samantha | VHS re-release | |
| Payback | Paramount | DVD release | |
| Blast from the Past | New Line | DVD release | |
| October Sky | Universal | DVD release | |
| Baby Geniuses | Tristar | DVD release | |
| August 3 | Madeline: Lost in Paris | Disney | VHS release |
| Message in a Bottle | Warner Bros. | DVD release | |
| 20 Dates | Fox | VHS release | |
| Cruel Intentions | Columbia | DVD release | |
| August 10 | The Deep End of the Ocean | Columbia | DVD release |
| True Crime | Warner | DVD release | |
| August 17 | Belle's Tales of Friendship | Disney | VHS release |
| Hercules: Zero to Hero | Disney | VHS release | |
| Shiloh 2: Shiloh Season | Warner | VHS release | |
| Simply Irresistible | Fox | DVD release | |
| Office Space | Fox | VHS release | |
| Analyze This | Warner | DVD release | |
| EDtv | Universal | DVD release | |
| August 24 | The Three Musketeers | Disney | DVD release |
| Beetlejuice | Warner | VHS release | |
| Gremlins | Warner | VHS release | |
| Double, Double, Toil and Trouble | Warner | VHS release | |
| The Witches | Warner | VHS release | |
| The Goonies | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Addams Family Reunion | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| The Mod Squad | MGM | VHS and DVD release | |
| Go | Columbia | DVD release | |
| August 31 | The Great Mouse Detective | Disney | VHS re-release |
| Titanic | Paramount | DVD release | |
| 200 Cigarettes | Paramount | DVD release | |
| Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels | Polygram | DVD release | |
| Idle Hands | Columbia | DVD release | |
| September 7 | Jetsons: The Movie | Special Edition VHS release | |
| The Other Sister | Touchstone | DVD release | |
| September 14 | The Prince of Egypt | DreamWorks | VHS and DVD release |
| The Corruptor | New Line | DVD release | |
| September 21 | The Matrix | Warner Bros | VHS, DVD and Laserdisc release |
| Doug's 1st Movie | Disney | VHS release | |
| My Favorite Martian | Disney | VHS release | |
| The Out-of-Towners | Paramount | DVD release | |
| September 28 | The Mummy (both 1932 and 1999 films) | Universal | VHS and DVD release (Full screen and Widescreen Editions) |
| Alvin and the Chipmunks Meet Frankenstein | Universal | direct-to-video | |
| Jack Frost | Warner | VHS and DVD release | |
| Christmas in Connecticut | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| The Nutcracker | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| A Dream for Christmas | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Without Limits | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Richie Rich | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| A Christmas Story | Warner | VHS release | |
| Little Men | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| To Grandmother's House We Go | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Richie Rich's Christmas Wish | Warner | VHS re-release Direct-to-video | |
| October 5 | Scooby-Doo and the Witch's Ghost | Warner | VHS release Direct-to-video |
| Lost & Found | Warner | DVD release | |
| Pushing Tin | Fox | DVD release | |
| The Thirteenth Floor | Columbia | DVD release | |
| October 12 | The Rage: Carrie 2 | MGM | VHS and DVD release |
| A Walk on the Moon | Miramax | DVD release | |
| Goodbye Lover | Warner | DVD release | |
| October 19 | The Wizard of Oz | MGM/Warner Bros. | VHS re-release and DVD release |
| Tweety: Home Tweet Home | Warner Bros. | part of Looney Tunes Presents; VHS release | |
| Life | Universal | VHS and DVD release | |
| Election | Paramount | DVD release | |
| October 22 | The Blair Witch Project | VHS and DVD release | |
| October 26 | Muppets from Space | Columbia/TriStar | VHS and DVD release |
| Pinocchio | Disney | 60th Anniversary Edition VHS re-release and DVD release | |
| The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie | Warner | part of Looney Tunes Presents; VHS release | |
| Bugs Bunny: Big Top Bunny | Warner | part of Looney Tunes Presents; VHS release | |
| Marvin the Martian: Space Tunes | Warner | part of Looney Tunes Presents; VHS release | |
| Never Been Kissed | Fox | DVD release | |
| Arlington Road | Columbia/TriStar | DVD release | |
| The Blair Witch Project | VHS, DVD, and Laserdisc release | ||
| November 2 | Jack Frost | Warner Bros | VHS release |
| The Wind in the Willows | Disney | VHS release | |
| The Thin Red Line | Fox | VHS and DVD release | |
| Big Daddy | Columbia | DVD release | |
| November 9 | I'll Be Home for Christmas | VHS release | |
| Mickey's Once Upon a Christmas | Disney | VHS release | |
| Winnie the Pooh: Seasons of Giving | Disney | VHS release | |
| Passport to Paris | Warner | VHS release Direct-to-video | |
| Friends & Lovers | DVD release | ||
| Notting Hill | Universal | DVD release | |
| November 16 | Cookie's Fortune | DVD release | |
| Instinct | Touchstone | DVD release | |
| Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me | New Line | DVD release | |
| November 23 | The Lion King II: Simba's Pride | Disney | DVD release |
| The Iron Giant | Warner Bros | VHS and DVD release | |
| South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut | Paramount | VHS and DVD release | |
| A Bug's Life | Disney | DVD release | |
| Entrapment | Fox | DVD release | |
| The Love Letter | DreamWorks | DVD release | |
| The Haunting | DreamWorks | DVD release | |
| November 30 | Black Beauty | Warner Bros | VHS and DVD release |
| Wild Wild West | Warner Bros | VHS and DVD release | |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream | Fox | DVD release | |
| December 7 | Inspector Gadget | Disney | VHS and DVD release |
| 8mm | Columbia | VHS release | |
| Trippin' | VHS release | ||
| Deep Blue Sea | Warner | DVD release | |
| December 14 | The General's Daughter | Paramount | DVD release |
| Drop Dead Gorgeous | New Line | DVD release | |
| December 21 | The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland | Columbia/TriStar | VHS and DVD release |
| Summer of Sam | Touchstone | DVD release | |
| American Pie | Universal | DVD release | |
| December 28 | The Worst Witch | BFS Entertainment | VHS re-release |
| Dudley Do-Right | Universal | VHS and DVD release (Widescreen Edition) | |
| More Barney Songs | Lyrick Studios | VHS and DVD release | |
| December 30 | Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You | Disney | VHS release |
| Tweety: Home Tweet Home | Warner Bros. | part of Looney Tunes Presents; VHS release | |
| Tweety: Tweety & Lovely | Warner Bros. | part of Looney Tunes Presents; VHS release |
TV show releases
The following television shows were released on video on the following dates:
This film, television or video-related list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it with reliably sourced additions.| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Studio | Season # | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 19 | The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss | Columbia Tristar | Volumes 1-6 | VHS release |
| February 2 | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends: Cranky Bugs and Other Thomas Stories | VHS release | ||
| February 9 | VeggieTales' God Wants Me to Forgive Them!?! | Lyrick Studios | VHS re-release | |
| VeggieTales' Larry-Boy! And the Fib from Outer Space! | Lyrick Studios | VHS re-release | ||
| February 23 | Disney's Sing Along Songs: Winnie the Pooh - Sing a Song with Pooh Bear | Disney | VHS release | |
| March 2 | How the West Was Fun | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| The Borrowers | Warner | VHS re-release | ||
| The Return of the Borrowers | Warner | VHS re-release | ||
| April 13 | Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Greatest Mysteries | Warner | Volumes 1-4 | part of Cartoon Network; VHS release |
| May 18 | Spider-Man: The Sins of the Fathers | Telegenic | Volumes 1-4 | VHS re-release |
| June 8 | Disney's Sing Along Songs: Flik's Musical Adventure at Disney's Animal Kingdom | Disney | VHS release | |
| VeggieTales' Very Silly Songs! | Lyrick Studios | VHS re-release | ||
| VeggieTales' Josh and the Big Wall! | Lyrick Studios | VHS re-release | ||
| July 27 | VeggieTales' Larry-Boy and the Rumor Weed | Word Entertainment | VHS release | |
| Barney: Let's Play School | Lyrick Studios | VHS and DVD release | ||
| August 24 | Scooby Goes Hollywood | Warner | VHS re-release | |
| Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!: Greatest Mysteries | Warner | Volumes 1-4 | part of Cartoon Network; VHS re-release | |
| The Halloween Tree | Turner Warner | part of Cartoon Network; VHS re-release | ||
| The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show: A Halloween Hassle at Dracula's Castle | Turner Warner | Volumes 1-4 | part of Cartoon Network; VHS re-release | |
| The Scooby-Doo Show: The Headless Horseman of Halloween | Turner Warner | Volumes 1-4 | part of Cartoon Network; VHS re-release | |
| Scooby-Doo in Arabian Nights | Warner | VHS release | ||
| September 28 | Barney's Night Before Christmas | Lyrick Studios | VHS and DVD release | |
| Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas! | Warner | VHS release | ||
| A Flintstone Family Christmas | Turner Warner | Volumes 1-4 | part of Cartoon Network; VHS re-release | |
| The Town Santa Forgot | Turner Warner | Volumes 1-3 | part of Cartoon Network; VHS re-release | |
| The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show: A Nutcracker Scoob | Turner Warner | Volumes 1-4 | part of Cartoon Network; VHS re-release | |
| Animaniacs: Helloooo Holidays | Warner | Volumes 1-8 | VHS re-release | |
| Pinocchio's Christmas | Warner | VHS re-release | ||
| Rudolph's Shiny New Year | Warner | VHS re-release | ||
| Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July | Warner | VHS re-release | ||
| The Year Without a Santa Claus | Warner | VHS release | ||
| October 5 | VeggieTales' Madame Blueberry | Lyrick Studios | VHS re-release | |
| October 26 | Spider-Man: Secret Wars | Telegenic | Volumes 1-4 | VHS re-release |
Documentary home video releases
The following documentary home videos were released on the following dates:
| U.S./Canada Release Date | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| January 12 | Flyers: In Search of a Dream | VHS release |
| First Person Singular: John Hope Franklin | VHS release | |
| Ipi Ntombi: An African Dance Celebration | VHS release | |
| Monica Mancini: On Record | VHS release | |
| February 2 | John Glenn: American Hero | VHS release |
| February 9 | Discovering Hamlet | VHS release |
| Race to the SuperBomb | VHS release | |
| February 16 | Rescue at Sea | VHS Release |
| February 23 | Living Edens: Paradise of Ice, South Georgia Island | VHS Release |
| March 2 | NOVA: Surviving AIDS | VHS release |
| NOVA Battle Alert in the Gulf | VHS release | |
| March 23 | The Century-America's Time | VHS ABC release |
| April 6 | Emotional Intelligence with Daniel Goleman | VHS release |
| April 20 | Nova: Volcanoes of the Deep | VHS release |
| April 27 | Nova: Submarines, Secrets and Spies | VHS release |
| May 4 | The Courage To Be Rich - Suze Orman | VHS release |
| May 11 | Fresco: The Ancient Art of Fresco Comes Alive | VHS release |
| World War II Battle Force | VHS release | |
| May 18 | Wayfinders: A Pacific Odyssey | VHS release |
| June 8 | The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs | VHS release (2-Tape Set) |
| June 22 | American Experience: Fly Girls | VHS release |
| June 29 | Frontline: The Long Walk of Nelson Mandela | VHS release |
| July 6 | Hoover Dam | VHS release |
| Meltdown at the Mile Island | VHS release | |
| People's Century: Living Longer | VHS release | |
| July 13 | People's Century: God Flights Back | VHS release |
| Living Edens - Kakadu: Australia's Ancient Wilderness | VHS release | |
| Living Edens - Borneo: An Island in the Clouds | VHS release | |
| Warren Buffett Talks Business | VHS release | |
| July 27 | Frontline: Making Babies | VHS release |
| August 3 | To the Moon | VHS release |
| August 24 | Lost at Sea: Search for Longitude | VHS release |
| NOVA: Escape: Because Accidents Happen | VHS release (4-Tape Set) | |
| August 31 | Great Old Amusement Parks | VHS release |
| NOVA: A Man, A Plan, A Canal: Panama | VHS release | |
| September 21 | Pete Peterson: Assignment Hanoi | VHS release |
| On the Trail of Mark Twain with Peter Ustinov | VHS release | |
| September 28 | A Hot Dog Program | VHS release |
| African Quilts | VHS release | |
| October 12 | American Photography: A Century of Images | VHS release (3-Tape Set) |
| The Children are Watching | VHS release | |
| October 26 | Food For The Ancestors: The Mexican Celebration of the Days of the Dead | VHS release |
| Frontline: John Paul II The Millennial Pope | VHS release | |
| Jane Goodall: Reason for Hope | VHS release | |
| Frontline (U.S. TV series): From Jesus to Christ: The First Christians | VHS Re-release (same as a 1998 4-Tape VHS) | |
| Frontline (U.S. TV series): A Farmer's Wife | VHS Re-release (same as a 1998 3-Tape VHS) | |
| November 2 | Crucible of Empire: The Spanish–American War | VHS Release |
| November 9 | The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony | VHS Release |
| Life Beyond Earth | VHS Release | |
| November 16 | Wonders of the Africian American World with Henry Louis Gates Jr. | VHS Release |
| November 23 | Treasures of the World | VHS release (3-Tape Set) |
| The Living Edens: Canyonlands: American's Wild West | VHS release | |
| New York: A Documentary Film | VHS release (5-Tape Set) | |
| November 30 | Jackie: Behind the Myth | VHS release |
| The Dinosaurs | VHS release (4-Tape Set) | |
| Nova: Decoding Nazi Secrets | VHS release | |
| December 14 | Frontline: Apocalypse | VHS Release |
References
- ↑ "Discount stores are a video lover's channel of choice". Discount Store News (via findarticles.com). 10 August 1998. Archived from the original on 12 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008.
- ↑ Billboard, January 8, 2000
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