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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (formerly Universal Studios Home Entertainment, Universal Studios Home Video, MCA/Universal Home Video and MCA Home Video) is the home video distribution division of Universal Pictures. The company is owned by NBCUniversal, the entertainment division of Comcast.
The company was founded in 1978 as MCA DiscoVision with the Beta and VHS label MCA Videocassette, Inc. in 1980, with the release of films on Beta and VHS, including Jaws, Jaws 2, and 1941. In late 1983, both the Laserdisc sister label MCA Videodisc and the VHS/Beta label MCA Videocassette were consolidated into a single entity, MCA Home Video, alternating with the MCA Videocassette name until December 1983. In 1990, with the 75th anniversary of Universal Studios, it became MCA/Universal Home Video, alternating with the MCA Home Video name from 1990 until 1997. The company later went by various company names, including Universal Studios Home Video (1998–2005), and Universal Studios Home Entertainment (2005–2014).
In 1980, they released two '50s 3-D motion pictures, Creature From the Black Lagoon and It Came From Outer Space, in anaglyphic format on Beta and VHS.
This company was the video distributor for DreamWorks titles until DreamWorks was sold to Paramount Pictures' parent company, Viacom, in 2006, at which point Paramount took over distribution. After Viacom spun off DreamWorks in 2008, Universal Studios Home Entertainment was planned to resume distributing DreamWorks' movies, but this deal fell through.
In addition to DVDs, Universal was a major supporter of the HD DVD format until March 2008, when Toshiba discontinued manufacturing of HD DVD players. Since July 22, 2008, Universal released Blu-ray discs; it was the last major Hollywood movie studio to do so. The label's first Blu-ray releases were The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Scorpion King.
Universal is the US video distributor for Summit Entertainment releases (but instead shows Summit logo on all releases) and Open Road Films releases and the Canadian video distributor for Elevation Pictures releases.
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(2012)Filmography of Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (118 films)
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, 1h22Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about toys
Actors Ryan McPartlin, Yvonne Strahovski, Jeff Bennett, Roger Rose, Paul Michael Glaser, Gregg Berger
The film starts with a man named Clutch Powers, with the Thunder Driller, looking for a power crystal. He sees a variety of them, but finally sees a large one. He grabs it and suddenly, the Queen Rock Monster wakes up and chases Clutch to her underground headquarters. Clutch escapes, and returns to Lego City and hands the crystal to his boss Kjeld Playwell (Paul Michael Glaser) who assigns him some new teammates: Brick Masterson (Roger Rose), a firefighter, weapons specialist, and demolition expert; Peg Mooring (Yvonne Strahovski) a biologist, and Bernie von Beam (Jeff Bennett) an engineer. Playwell informs of an incident in the Space Police prison planet when chaos occurs regarding to the imprisonment of the three most wanted criminals in the Lego galaxy. Clutch and his team investigate the situation at once, despite the team's lack of cooperation and Clutch's intent of working alone. They soon arrive at the planet.
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Kelly Sheridan, Willow Johnson, Noémie Orphelin, Tim Curry, Philippe Résimont, Kira Tozer
Corinne (played by Barbie) is a country girl from Gascony who dreams of being a musketeer in France. She goes to Paris with a letter for Monsieur Treville, the captain of the musketeers and an old friend of her father, hoping to be accepted as a musketeer.
Barbie Presents: Thumbelina (2009)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Kelly Sheridan, Anna Cummer, Noémie Orphelin, Kelly Metzger, Nathalie Bienaimé, Tabitha St. Germain
The story opens with Barbie and kindergarten students walking in a big meadow, ready to plant trees. Emma, one of the children, finds a small tree and decides to plant it, but her friends laugh at her because of it, making her sad. However, Barbie cheers her up by telling her that a small tree can grow into a very big tree. Then Barbie tells the children about Thumbelina.
Bionicle: The Legend Reborn (2009)
, 1h11Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Animation
Actors Michael Dorn, Jim Cummings, Marla Sokoloff, David Leisure, Mark Famiglietti, James Arnold Taylor
Mata Nui (Michael Dorn), the Great Spirit of the Matoran universe on Aqua Magna, has been exiled from his home by his "brother," the evil Makuta Teridax. Teridax took over his gigantic robot body just after Mata Nui's reawakening and trapped the latter's spirit inside the legendary Kanohi Mask of Life. Teridax then banished the mask into orbit, in order to prevent Mata Nui from interfering with his takeover of the Matoran Universe.
, 1h21Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Children's films
Actors Dick Van Dyke, Frank Welker, Jeff Bennett, Will Ferrell, Fred Tatasciore, Drew Barrymore
The movie starts with George swinging around town, and he picks up the newspaper. He reads it when he gets home and finds out that the great magician Piccadilly is holding an act with an elephant called Kayla. It sounds interesting to George so he wakes up Ted , and he tries to show Ted the news, but Ted is late for a meeting with Mr. Bloomsberry.
, 1h49Directed by Russell Mulcahy
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Fantasy, Swashbuckler, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about magic and magicians
Actors Michael Copon, Karen David, Andreas Wisniewski
Mathayus aims to avenge the death of his father at the hand of Sargon, now king of Akkad, by taking service in his Black Scorpions squad. After completing his training he is tasked by Sargon to kill Noah, Mathayus's own brother. He saves him and escapes the city, but a magic arrow follows them and kills Noah.
Alone in the Dark 2 (2008)
, 1h27Origin USA
Genres Fantastic, Fantasy, Action, Horror
Themes Films about computing, Jeu, Films about video games, Films based on video games
Actors Rick Yune, Rachel Sarah Specter, Lance Henriksen, Bill Moseley, Ralf Moeller, Jason Connery
Former witch-hunter Abner Lundberg (Lance Henriksen) is forced to come back to fight his old nemesis, a century-old dangerous witch out on the prowl again. This time, Lundberg joins forces with Edward Carnby (Rick Yune), who attempt to track down the dangerous witch Elisabeth Dexter (Allison Lange).
Barbie Mariposa (2008)
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Les fées, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Chiara Zanni, Tabitha St. Germain, Alessandro Juliani, Rafaèle Moutier, Nicole Oliver, Jessica Monceau
Bibble is worried that he will embarrass himself and won't belong with his friend's friends, so Elina tells him the story of Mariposa, a butterfly fairy who lives in a far-off palace called Flutterfield, an island kingdom in Fairytopia populated by fairies with butterfly wings. Henna, the jealous butterfly fairy and the attendant of the queen of Flutterfield, has poisoned the queen in an attempt to take over the kingdom. Due to this, the lights are in danger of going out if she succumbs to the poison. These lights protect Flutterfield from the "Skeezites", monsters who eat butterfly fairies and are repellant to light. It is up to Mariposa and her employers/friends, sisters Rayna and Rayla, to find an antidote to save the queen.
Beethoven's Big Break (2008)
, 1h36Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about animals, Films about dogs, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Jonathan Silverman, Rhea Perlman, Jennifer Finnigan, Stephen Tobolowsky, Oscar Nuñez, Moisés Arias
Eddie Bob, a struggling animal trainer and widower dad, is an assistant animal trainer to Sal DeMarco, an untalented, egocentric animal show host. Both men have been hired to train the animals for a film called Frizzy, The Bichon Frise: Sal as the dog handler, and Eddie is given only the responsibility of training the lizard. When Frizzy is kidnapped, Sal quickly claims that Eddie was responsible for the dog handling. Eddie is promptly fired. The director refuses to pay the ransom and decides to instead hold auditions for the new Frizzy.
Nothing Like the Holidays (2008)
, 1h38Directed by Alfredo De Villa
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Christmas films, Political films
Actors Luis Guzmán, John Leguizamo, Debra Messing, Alfred Molina, Freddy Rodríguez, Melonie Diaz
At Chicago O'Hare International Airport, a group of Marines have just returned to the US from Iraq. As the Marines leave, one Marine remains and makes his way towards the exit. The Marine's name is Jesse Rodriguez (Freddy Rodriguez). The film cuts to a house where a man, Edy Rodriguez (Alfred Molina) is on a ladder nailing up a welcome home sign for Jesse. The woman, his wife, Anna Rodriguez (Elizabeth Peña) gives him a rather disgruntled look before leaving to prepare for Jesse's return.
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Christmas films, Films about toys
Actors Kandyse McClure, Kathleen Barr, Morwenna Banks, Tabitha St. Germain, Pam Hyatt, Gwynyth Walsh
La veille de Noël, Barbie raconte une histoire à sa petite sœur Shelly. Au début du XX siècle à Londres, une cantatrice du nom d'« Eden Starling » rencontre un grand succès. Mais elle est très égoïste et a littéralement des caprices de diva. Elle exige notamment de ses employés de troupe de théâtre qu'ils restent répéter le soir du réveillon, y compris sa costumière et amie d'enfance Catherine. Eden déteste Noël, et pense que, comme le lui a toujours dit sa tante Mary, « Dans un monde égoïste, seul les égoïstes réussissent ».
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Animation
Themes Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Musical films, Films about toys, Children's films
Actors Kelly Sheridan, Maryke Hendrikse, Noémie Orphelin, Kathleen Barr, Brigitte Virtudes, Chantal Strand
The movie begins with Barbie and Teresa writing a song together on their guitars when Barbie's sister Stacie storms in, angry at her friend Courtney. Barbie decides to tell Stacie the story of two friends named Liana and Alexa, who also get angry at each other.
, 1h15Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantasy, Animation, Romance
Themes Jeu, Films about magic and magicians, Films about toys
Actors Alistair Abell, Kathleen Barr, Kelly Sheridan, Rafaèle Moutier, Venus Terzo, Lalainia Lindbjerg Strelau
Elina est choisie par l'une des sentinelles pour apprendre à faire le premier arc-en-ciel du printemps. Mais la méchante Laverna est de retour et tente de tout faire pour que l'arc-en-ciel ne soit conçu, ce qui conduira Fairytopia dans un long hiver. Elina et ses amis réussiront-ils à déjouer les plans maléfiques de la terrible Laverna?
, 1h16Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Animation
Themes Films about animals, Dinosaur films, Films about children, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques, Film d'animation mettant en scène un animal, Children's films
Actors John Ingle, Anndi McAfee, Stéphanie Lafforgue, Logan Arens, Kelly Marot, Aria Curzon
Loofa et Doofah, deux adorables petits dinosaures se sont perdus au cours de leur voyage à travers la grande vallée des baies. Petit Pied, Cera, Spike, Petrie et Ducky, excités par cette rencontre, décident d’aider leurs nouveaux amis à retrouver leur chemin…
, 1h44Directed by Alex Zamm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Horror comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Black comedy
Themes Comedy horror films, Children's films
Actors Emily Osment, Cody Linley, Brittany Curran, Tobin Bell, Katelyn Pippy
Cassie (Emily Osment) is a thirteen-year-old goth girl who just moved with her family to a new neighborhood and school. She loves to trick the popular kids at school and her younger brother Max (Alex Winzenread).