1986 in home video

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Industry milestones

"Sesame Street" home videos are launched, March 12.

RCA/Columbia Pictures' Home Video music division, MusicVision, releases 2 volumes containing 2 episodes each of "The Monkees" TV series on July 15, taking advantage of the group's 20th anniversary.

Movie releases

The following movies were released on video on the following dates:

*"Alice in Wonderland" - May 28, 1986
*"Back to the Future" - May 22, 1986
*"Brazil" - June 1986
*"Critters"
*"The Goonies" - March 1986
*"Head" - September 18, 1986
*"House"
*"The Jewel of the Nile" - July 1, 1986
*"Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome" - January 1986
*"National Lampoon's European Vacation" - February 1986
*"Pee-wee's Big Adventure" - February 1986
*"" - January 1986
*"Return of the Jedi" - February 25, 1986
*"Rocky IV" - May 1986
*"Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird" - March 17, 1986
*"Sleeping Beauty" - October 14, 1986
*"The Sound of Music" - CBS/Fox Video
*"The Sword in the Stone" - March 24, 1986
*"Weird Science" - March 1986