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Vestron Video logo, used from 1982 to 1986. The current Vestron Video logo used by Lionsgate is similar to this one. Vestron was founded in 1981 by Austin Owen Furst Jr. (born 1943), an executive at HBO, who was hired to dismantle the assets of Time-Life Films.
GL Video (Early-1980s) Vestron (Mid-Late 1980s) Box Office Int. Video (Mid-1980s) RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts Video (Mid-Late 1980s) Videoscope (Early 1980s) Syme Home Video (Mid 1980s) Electric (Blue) Video (although the company was actually UK-based) Sports World Cinema; VCL Video; Movies at Midnight; Seven Keys Video
Vestron Pictures Inc. was an American film studio and distributor, a former division of Austin O. Furst, Jr.'s Vestron Inc., that is best known for their 1987 release of Dirty Dancing. [ 1 ] Vestron also has had a genre film division, Lightning Pictures , a spin-off of Vestron's Lightning Video, headed by Lawrence Kasanoff , who would later go ...
Scream was then released on home video sometime in the mid-80s by Vestron Video. Media Blasters released a DVD of the film in 2010 under its Shriek Show label. The release included a widescreen transfer, mono sound mix, an audio commentary with director Byron Quisenberry, a TV spot, and a theatrical trailer.
Vestron Music Video offered to distribute Making Michael Jackson's Thriller on VHS and Betamax; this was a pioneering concept, as most video cassettes at the time were sold to rental stores rather than directly to viewers. Vestron paid an additional $500,000 to market the cassettes.
Vestron Video formed their international division Vestron Video International in 1981, including a UK subsidiary. In May 1990, HTV , the ITV franchise holder for Wales and the West of England, acquired Vestron UK and renamed the company to First Independent Films.
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Dirty Dancing: Original Soundtrack from the Vestron Motion Picture is the original soundtrack to the 1987 film Dirty Dancing. It was released on August 4, 1987, by RCA Records . [ 4 ] The album went on to sell 32 million copies worldwide and is one of the best-selling albums of all time.