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Vestron Video was one of the first labels to appear on LV without a major movie studio or player manufacturer behind it.  Vestron appears on disc in 1982.  Vestron launches on LaserVision with such delights as Pia Zadora in Butterfly, Tony Curtis in Sex on the Run and Marilyn Chambers in the R-rated Angel of H.E.A.T.  Out of nearly a dozen initial titles, half some sexual theme to them.  Reminds one of what was important and helped make home video establish itself back in the early 1980s.  Vestron Video included sublabels Wonderlust and Wizard.  Of the launch group, Wonderlust titles included:  The Happy Hooker and the mentioned Sex on the Run.  The major titles for Veston's start were Fort Apache, The Bronx starring Paul Newman and the all-star Cannonball Run, both 20th Century-Fox releases theatrically.  Vestron is started as a division of HBO to distribute to video Time-Life holdings and HBO product.  Fort Apache, The Bronx was a Time-Life production with Fox.  Hocus Pocus, It's Magic and Here It Is, Burlesque were HBO specials that made it to video via Vestron.

Angel of H.E.A.T.

Angel of H.E.A.T.
VL4009

Butterfly

Butterfly
VL6007

The Cannonball Run

The Cannonball Run
VL6001

Dick Cavett's Hocus Pocus, It's Magic

Dick Cavett's Hocus Pocus, It's Magic
VL3006

Fort Apache, The Bronx

Fort Apache, The Bronx
VL6000

The Happy Hooker

The Happy Hooker
WL5503

Here It Is, Burlesque

Here It Is, Burlesque
VL3004

Meatballs

Meatballs
VL6009

Till Marriage Do Us Part

Till Marriage Do Us Part
VL3005

Tribute

Tribute
VL6003

Sex on the Run

Sex on the Run
WL5501

Vestron 1982 Catalog

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