1997 in home video

Movie releases

Release date	Title	Cover	Format	Publisher	Notes
January 7	Fled		VHS	MGM/UA Home Video
January 8			Laserdisc		Deluxe Letter-Box Edition
January 21	Alaska		VHS	Columbia TriStar Home Video	Columbia TriStar Family Collection
	D3: The Mighty Ducks		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
February 4	Bambi		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Pollyanna				Walt Disney Film Classics: The Hayley Mills Collection
	The Parent Trap
	That Darn Cat!
February 11	Fly Away Home		VHS	Columbia TriStar Home Video	Columbia TriStar Family Collection
February 18	The Neverending Story III		VHS	Miramax Home Entertainment
	The Thief and the Cobbler
February 19	Attack!		Laserdisc	MGM/UA Home Video
February 25	Harriet the Spy		VHS	Paramount Home Video
March 4	The Hunchback of Notre Dame		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Treasure Island				Walt Disney Film Classics: The Fantastic Adventure Series
	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
	Kidnapped
	Swiss Family Robinson
March 11	Space Jam		VHS	Warner Home Video	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
March 12	Eye of the Needle		Laserdisc	MGM/UA Home Video	Deluxe Letter-Box Edition
March 18	Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
March 26	The Fugitive		DVD	Warner Home Video
April 8	Mighty Ducks the Movie: The First Face-Off		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
April 15	101 Dalmatians		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
	Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
April 16	Apache & The Kentuckian		Laserdisc	MGM/UA Home Video	MGM Double Feature Disc
April 29	Fly Away Home		DVD	Columbia TriStar Home Video
	In the Line of Fire
	Jumanji
	Legends of the Fall
	Larger Than Life		VHS	MGM/UA Home Video	MGM/UA Family Treasures
May 6	The Evening Star		VHS	Paramount Home Video
May 13	Zeus and Roxanne		VHS	HBO Video
May 20	Star Trek: First Contact		VHS	Paramount Home Video
		Letterbox Pan & Scan	Laserdisc
June 10	Beavis and Butt-Head Do America		VHS	Paramount Home Video
June 17			Laserdisc
June 24	Shiloh		VHS	Warner Home Video	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
June 25	Cool Hand Luke		DVD	Warner Home Video
	The Pelican Brief
July 8	Clambake		VHS	MGM/UA Home Video	Elvis Commemorative Collection
	Double Trouble
	Elvis: That's the Way It Is
	Elvis on Tour
	Follow That Dream
	Frankie and Johnny
	Girl Happy
	Harum Scarum
	Jailhouse Rock
	Kid Galahad
	Kissin' Cousins
	Live a Little, Love a Little
	Speedway
	Spinout
	Stay Away, Joe
	The Trouble with Girls
	Viva Las Vegas
	Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie			FoxVideo
July 15	The Relic		VHS	Paramount Home Video
	Fun and Fancy Free		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Robin Hood (1973)
	Pete's Dragon
July 22	Private Parts		VHS	Paramount Home Video
	The Second Jungle Book: Mowgli and Baloo		VHS	Columbia TriStar Home Video
July 29	Jungle 2 Jungle		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
July 30	Maverick		DVD	Warner Home Video
August 5	Pooh's Grand Adventure: The Search for Christopher Robin		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
	That Darn Cat
August 12	Shadow Conspiracy		VHS	Hollywood Pictures Home Video
August 19	Cats Don't Dance		VHS	Warner Home Video	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
August 20	Freeway		DVD	Republic Pictures Home Video	THX certified
August 26	Mary Poppins		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier				Walt Disney Film Classics: The Great American Legend Series
	Davy Crockett and the River Pirates
	Johnny Tremain
	The Light in the Forest
September 2	The Swan Princess: Escape from Castle Mountain		VHS	Warner Home Video	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
September 9	Casper: A Spirited Beginning		VHS	20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
September 16	The Saint		VHS	Paramount Home Video
	Sleeping Beauty		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	The Love Bug				Walt Disney Film Classics: The Love Bug Collection
	Herbie Rides Again
	Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
	Herbie Goes Bananas
September 23	Warriors of Virtue		VHS	MGM/UA Home Video	MGM/UA Family Treasures
September 30	Liar Liar		VHS	MCA/Universal Home Video
	Tom Jones		DVD	HBO Home Video
October 1	Demolition Man		DVD	Warner Home Video
	The Formula		Laserdisc	MGM/UA Home Video	Deluxe Letter-Box Edition
	Police Academy		DVD	Warner Home Video
	Tango & Cash
	Herbie Goes Bananas		Laserdisc	Walt Disney Home Video
October 7	Old Yeller		VHS		Walt Disney Film Classics
	The Shaggy Dog				Walt Disney Film Classics: The Comedy Favorite Series
	The Shaggy D.A.
October 14	Breakdown		VHS	Paramount Home Video
			Laserdisc
	Babes in Toyland		VHS	MGM/UA Home Video	MGM/UA Family Entertainment
	The Jungle Book		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
October 21	Wild America		VHS	Warner Home Video	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
October 22	Batman & Robin		VHS	Warner Home Video
October 28	The Saint		Laserdisc	Paramount Home Video	Widescreen Edition
	Jingle All the Way		VHS	FoxVideo
October 29	The Green Berets		DVD	Warner Home Video
	Stagecoach
	Tequila Sunrise
November 4	The Lost World: Jurassic Park		VHS	Universal Studios Home Video
November 11	Face/Off		VHS	Paramount Home Video
	Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
November 18	Babe		DVD	Universal Studios Home Video
	Beethoven
	Free Willy 3: The Rescue		VHS	Warner Home Video	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
	The Paper		DVD	Universal Studios Home Video
	Red River			MGM/UA Home Video
	The Shadow			Universal Studios Home Video
November 19	Dr. No		DVD	MGM/UA Home Video
November 25	Pippi Longstocking		VHS	Warner Home Video	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment
December 2	George of the Jungle		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
	The Absent-Minded Professor				Walt Disney Film Classics: The Comedy Favorite Series
	Son of Flubber
December 9	Backdraft		DVD	Universal Studios Home Video
	The River Wild
	Sudden Death
	Waterworld
	The Land Before Time V: The Mysterious Island		VHS	MCA/Universal Home Video
December 23	Air Bud		VHS	Walt Disney Home Video
	Face/Off		Laserdisc	Paramount Home Video
Unknown	Walk, Don't Run		VHS	Columbia TriStar Home Video	Columbia Classics

TV show releases

Release date	Title	Cover	Format	Publisher	Notes
March 11	Little Bear		VHS	Paramount Home Video	Family Tales
					Meet Little Bear
	Rugrats				Grandpa's Favorite Stories
					Return of Reptar
July 8	Hey Arnold!				The Helga Stories
					Urban Adventures
	Rugrats				A Rugrats Vacation
October 13	Little Bear				Winter Tales
	Hey Arnold!				Arnold's Christmas
October 21	Rugrats				Bedtime Bash
					A Rugrats Chanukah
					A Rugrats Thanksgiving
	Winnie the Pooh			Walt Disney Home Video	Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too

International releases

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