1998 in home video

Movie releases

Release date	Title	Cover	Format	Catalog number	Publisher	Notes
January 6	Fire Down Below (1997)		VHS		Warner Home Video
			DVD
January 13	Money Talks		DVD		New Line Home Video
	Buddy		VHS		Columbia TriStar Home Video	Columbia TriStar Family Collection
January 20	Flatliners		DVD
January 27	Event Horizon		VHS		Paramount Home Video
			Laserdisc
	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly		DVD	906729	MGM/UA Home Video
February 3	Hercules		VHS	9123	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit			9847		Walt Disney Film Classics: The Kurt Russell Collection
	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes			9839
	The Barefoot Executive			12898
	The Strongest Man in the World			12775
	Red Dawn		DVD	906998	MGM/UA Home Video
February 17	Good Burger		VHS		Paramount Home Video
February 24			Laserdisc
	High Plains Drifter		DVD		Universal Studios Home Video
	Leaving Las Vegas		DVD		MGM Home Entertainment
March 3	Peter Pan		VHS	12730	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Summer Magic			12859		Walt Disney Film Classics: The Hayley Mills Collection
	The Moon-Spinners			9846
	Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree			10099		Winnie the Pooh Storybook Classics
	Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day			10100
	Winnie the Pooh and Tigger Too			10101
	Winnie the Pooh and a Day for Eeyore			10102
March 4	Silkwood		Laserdisc		Image Entertainment	Widescreen Edition
March 10	In & Out		VHS		Paramount Home Video
			Laserdisc
	Rollerball		DVD		MGM Home Entertainment
March 11	The Missouri Breaks		Laserdisc		Image Entertainment
March 17	Look Who's Talking		DVD		Columbia TriStar Home Video
	Single White Female
	That Darn Cat		VHS	13768	Walt Disney Home Video
March 18	Silent Running		DVD	ID4229USDVD	Image Entertainment
	Peter Pan		Laserdisc		Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
March 24	The Manchurian Candidate		DVD		MGM Home Entertainment
	Mary Poppins		VHS	13746	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
			DVD
March 31	Darkman		DVD		Universal Studios Home Video
	The Little Mermaid		VHS	12731	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Dumbo			024
	Alice in Wonderland			036
	The Sword in the Stone			229
	Robin Hood			1189
	Pete's Dragon			010
April 14	Kiss the Girls		VHS		Paramount Home Video
			Laserdisc
	L.A. Confidential		VHS		Warner Home Video
	Multiplicity		DVD	82449	Columbia TriStar Home Video
	RocketMan		VHS	12978	Walt Disney Home Video
April 21	L.A. Confidential		DVD	Warner Home Video	Special Edition
	Flubber		VHS	12865	Walt Disney Home Video
	The Apple Dumpling Gang			12980		Walt Disney Film Classics: The Don Knotts Collection
	The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again			12981
	Gus			12986
	No Deposit, No Return			12985
April 22	L.A. Confidential		Laserdisc
April 28	The Dirty Dozen		DVD	906563	MGM Home Entertainment
	Tremors		DVD	20218	Universal Studios Home Video
May 5	MouseHunt		VHS	DreamWorks Home Entertainment
May 6	Dracula (1979)		DVD		Image Entertainment
May 12	Close Encounters of the Third Kind		VHS		Columbia TriStar Home Video	The Collector's Edition
May 19	The Brave Little Toaster		VHS	2779	Walt Disney Home Video
	The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars			12435
	Little Indian, Big City			8279	Touchstone Home Video
May 26	The Rainmaker		VHS		Paramount Home Video
June 2			Laserdisc
	Melody Time		VHS	14070	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
June 16	Playing God		DVD	Touchstone Home Video
	Switchback		VHS	Paramount Home Video
			Laserdisc
June 17	Mad Dog and Glory		DVD		Image Entertainment
June 23	Grease		VHS		Paramount Home Video	20th Anniversary Edition
	Mr. Magoo		VHS	14693	Walt Disney Home Video
June 30	The Great Outdoors		DVD	20228	Universal Studios Home Video
July 14	Striking Distance		DVD		Columbia TriStar Home Video
	The Spirit of Mickey		VHS	10060	Walt Disney Home Video
July 15	The Silence of the Lambs		DVD		The Criterion Collection
July 21	The Education of Little Tree		VHS		Paramount Home Video
	HouseSitter		DVD		Universal Studios Home Video
	Krippendorf's Tribe		VHS	13570	Touchstone Home Video
July 28	For a Few Dollars More		DVD	906271	MGM Home Entertainment
	Hard Rain		VHS	Paramount Home Video
			Laserdisc
	Screamers		DVD		Columbia TriStar Home Video
August 4	The Black Cauldron		VHS	9124	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Meet the Deedles			13569
	Hocus Pocus			2144
August 11	Balto		VHS	Universal Studios Home Video	Universal Family Features
	We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
	Casper
	The Little Rascals
August 19	Army of Darkness		DVD		20322
August 25	The Secret Life of Walter Mitty		DVD		HBO Home Video
	Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World		VHS	12743	Walt Disney Home Video
	Old Yeller			14136		Walt Disney Film Classics: The Animal Adventure Series
	Greyfriars Bobby			14160
	Big Red			9835
	The Legend of Lobo			14159
August 26	Cutter's Way		Laserdisc	MGM/UA Home Video	Deluxe Letter-Box Edition
September 1	3 Ninjas: High Noon at Mega Mountain		VHS	Columbia TriStar Home Video
	Titanic	Standard Widescreen	VHS	Paramount Home Video
	Kiki's Delivery Service		VHS	12722	Buena Vista Home Video
September 8	The Real McCoy		DVD		Universal Studios Home Video
September 9	Blue Thunder		DVD		Columbia TriStar Home Video
	The Spirit of St. Louis		Laserdisc		Warner Home Video
September 15	Lady and the Tramp		VHS	14673	Walt Disney Home Video	Walt Disney Masterpiece Collection
	Wide Awake		VHS	10497	Miramax Home Entertainment
	Twilight		VHS		Paramount Home Video
September 23	Kiki's Delivery Service		Laserdisc		Buena Vista Home Video
September 29			VHS			Widescreen/Special Edition
	The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story		VHS	12742	Walt Disney Home Video
October 6	Doc Hollywood		DVD	12222	Warner Home Video
	Face/Off				Paramount Home Video
	Kiss the Girls
	Twilight
	The Santa Clause		VHS	15844	Walt Disney Home Video
	How the Toys Saved Christmas		VHS	11536	Buena Vista Home Video
October 13	The X-Files		VHS		20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
	The Santa Clause		DVD		Walt Disney Home Video	Widescreen release
October 20	Black Dog		VHS		Universal Studios Home Video
			DVD
	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang		VHS	M506965	MGM Home Entertainment	30th Anniversary Commemorative Edition
	Deep Impact		VHS		Paramount Home Video
October 27	The Lion King II: Simba's Pride		VHS	8804	Walt Disney Home Video
	Twilight		Laserdisc		Paramount Home Video
November 3	Deep Impact
	Speed		DVD		20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
November 10	Chitty Chitty Bang Bang		DVD		MGM Home Entertainment
November 17	An All Dogs Christmas Carol		VHS		MGM Home Entertainment
			DVD
	Geronimo: An American Legend		DVD		Columbia TriStar Home Video
	The Secret of NIMH		DVD		MGM Home Entertainment
December 1	The Exorcist		DVD	16176	Warner Home Video	25th Anniversary Special Edition
	The First Wives Club		DVD	326127	Paramount Home Video
	Sliding Doors		VHS
			DVD
December 8	The Parent Trap		VHS	15796	Walt Disney Home Video
	Mr. Toad's Wild Ride			15942
	RocketMan			12978
	Mr. Magoo			14693
December 15	Deep Impact		DVD		Paramount Home Video
	Air Bud: Golden Receiver		VHS	15655	Walt Disney Home Video
December 18	Summer of the Monkeys			15047
December 22	The Secret of NIMH 2: Timmy to the Rescue		VHS	M506923	MGM Home Entertainment
	Almost Heroes		VHS		Warner Home Video
Unknown	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral		VHS		Paramount Home Video	Best of the West Collection
	Impulse				Anchor Bay Entertainment	Collector's Edition
	The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance				Paramount Home Video	Best of the West Collection
	Ring of Bright Water				Anchor Bay Entertainment	Family Movies
	Song of Norway

TV show releases

Release date	Title	Cover	Format	Catalog number	Publisher	Notes
January 5	Rugrats		VHS		Paramount Home Video	Diapered Duo
						Dr. Tommy Pickles
January 13	Hey Arnold!					Love Stinks
	Richard Scarry				PolyGram Video	Be My Valentine
February 10	Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella			12937	Walt Disney Home Video
	Oliver Twist (1997 film)			12938
February 14	Winnie the Pooh			3706	Walt Disney Home Video	Un-Valentine's Day
February 24	Richard Scarry				PolyGram Video	The First Easter Egg Ever
March 3	Winnie the Pooh			2198	Walt Disney Home Video	Cowboy Pooh Winnie the Pooh Playtime
				2199		Detective Tigger Winnie the Pooh Playtime
				2200		Pooh Party Winnie the Pooh Playtime
				3941		Fun 'n Games Winnie the Pooh Playtime
				6764		Happy Pooh Day Winnie the Pooh Playtime
				2457		Making Friends Winnie the Pooh Learning
				2459		Sharing and Caring Winnie the Pooh Learning
				2458		Helping Others Winnie the Pooh Learning
				3943		Growing Up Winnie the Pooh Learning
				6765		Working Together Winnie the Pooh Learning
				9800		Tigger-ific Tales! Winnie the Pooh Friendship
				9799		Pooh Wishes Winnie the Pooh Friendship
				9802		Clever Little Piglet Winnie the Pooh Friendship
				11031		Three Cheers for Eeyore & Rabbit! Winnie the Pooh Friendship
				11030		Imagine That, Christopher Robin! Winnie the Pooh Friendship
	Spot the Dog			1771		Where's Spot?
				1772		Spot Goes to the Farm
				2746		Spot Goes to School
				1829		Spot Goes to a Party
				3261		Sweet Dreams, Spot
				12570		Spot and his Grandparents: Go to the Carnival
March 24	Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater				MGM Home Entertainment	Kitty and the Beast
						Wizard of Paws
April 7	Little Bear				Paramount Home Video	Parties & Picnics
	Rugrats					Mommy Mania
May 19	Toothless			14067	Walt Disney Home Video
	Angels in the Endzone			14068
	The Garbage Picking/Field Goal Kicking/Philadelphia Phenomenon			14069
June 9	Blue's Clues				Paramount Home Video	Arts and Crafts
						Story Time
	Hey Arnold!					Partners
	Rugrats					Angelica Knows Best
July 28	Disney's Sing-Along Songs			14023	Walt Disney Home Video	Honor to Us All
August 25	Winnie the Pooh			3944		Frankenpooh
				6783		Spookable Pooh
				10563		Boo to You Too! Winnie the Pooh
	Disney's Sing-Along Songs			14015		Happy Haunting Party at Disneyland
	The Little Twins			15096	Buena Vista Home Video	Tales of Enchantment
				15099		The Magic of Giving
September 1	Teletubbies				Warner Home Video	Here come the Teletubbies
						Dance with the Teletubbies
September 8	Blue's Clues				Paramount Home Video	Blue's Birthday
	Little Bear					Goodnight Little Bear
October 6	Winnie the Pooh			2853	Walt Disney Home Video	Winnie the Pooh and Christmas Too
	101 Dalmatians			14746		101 Dalmatians: Christmas
	The Bear			15320	Buena Vista Home Video

International releases

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