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The Dark Crystal (video)

Home video releases of the 1982 film The Dark Crystal.

1 VHS Releases
2 Beta Releases
3 CED Releases
4 Laserdisc Releases
5 DVD Releases
6 UMD Releases
7 Digital Releases
8 Blu-ray Releases
9 International Releases

Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
VHS Releases
	1984	Thorn/EMI Video	The first video release of the film. Fullscreen.
	1994	Buena Vista Home Video	Fullscreen.
	1999	Columbia Tri-Star	Fullscreen.
Beta Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	????	Thorn/EMI Video
CED Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	????	Thorn/EMI Video	The only CED release of the film. UPC number 26359196683
Laserdisc Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	1990	Image	Presented in widescreen. Included additional 67 minutes of additional footage: The World of the Dark Crystal documentary, original trailers, and the deleted Emperor's funeral scene.
	1994	Buena Vista Home Video	Presented in widescreen. This release did not include any of the additional footage.
DVD Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	1999	Columbia Tri-Star	Single disc "Special Edition" featuring the widescreen presentation of the film and bonus features. Disc Features The Dark Crystal (Widescreen) Isolated Music Score The World of the Dark Crystal Original Language Work Print Scenes Deleted Funeral Scenes Character Drawings & Profile Theatrical Trailer Talent Files Production Notes Bonus Trailers
	2003	Columbia Tri-Star	Single disc "Superbit Collection" edition featuring the animorphic widescreen presentation of the film. (Superbit DVDs intentionally excluded extras in order to enable minimal compress and hence maximise picture and sound quality.)
	2003	Columbia Tri-Star	Single disc "Collector's Edition" featuring the widescreen presentation of the film and bonus features. Disc Features The Dark Crystal (Widescreen) The World of the Dark Crystal Original Language Work Print Scenes Deleted Funeral Scenes Character Drawings & Profile Theatrical Trailer Jim Henson storyboards and character drawings "The Mithra Treatment," Jim Henson's original treatment of the film Brian Froud character illustrations
	2005	Columbia Tri-Star	Single disc featuring the widescreen presentation of the film and bonus features. Disc Features The Dark Crystal (Widescreen) The World of the Dark Crystal Original Language Work Print Scenes Deleted Funeral Scenes Character Drawings & Profile Theatrical Trailer Production Notes
	2006	Sony	Released as part of the "Jim Henson Fantasy Film Collection", a three disc box set including "The Dark Crystal", "Labyrinth" and "MirrorMask".
	2007	Sony	A two-disc "25th Anniversary Edition" featuring a brand new high-definition transfer of the film along with newly created bonus features. A holographic image is on the box cover. Disc 1: The Dark Crystal (anamorphic widescreen) English and Japanese Dolby-Digital 5.1 surround sound English, French and Japanese subtitles Audio commentary by Brian Froud Disc 2: The World of Dark Crystal Deleted Scenes Original Work Print Scenes Character Drawings & Designs Reflections of the Dark Crystal
	2008	Sony	A two-disc Wal-Mart exclusive release of the film including the standard DVD of the film (disc 1) plus a digital copy disc (disc 2) for playback on the PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation 3 (PS3) or for porting to a personal computer (for playback or for loading onto a portable device, such as an iPod).
UMD Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	1999	Sony	UMD cartridge for PSP, featuring the film in widescreen (with optional subtitles).
	2008	Sony	A two-disc Wal-Mart exclusive release of the film including the standard DVD of the film (disc 1) plus a digital copy disc (disc 2) for playback on the PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation 3 (PS3) or for porting to a personal computer (for playback or for loading onto a portable device, such as an iPod).
Digital Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	2008	New Video and The iTunes Store	A digital release of the film released via iTunes for playback on computers or loading onto a portable device, such as an iPod.
	2008	Sony	A two-disc Wal-Mart exclusive release of the film including the standard DVD of the film (disc 1) plus a digital copy disc (disc 2) for playback on the PlayStation Portable (PSP) and PlayStation 3 (PS3) or for porting to a personal computer (for playback or for loading onto a portable device, such as an iPod).
Blu-ray Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	September 29, 2009	Sony
International Releases
Cover	Year	Distributor	Notes
	1983?	Thorn/EMI?	UK CED Release UPC number 77080320359
	1987	Palace, Virgin & Gold (distribution) Ltd.	UK release.
	unknown	4 Front.	UK release. Palace, Virgin & Gold (distribution) Ltd. reissue.
	2001	Pioneer LDC. Inc..	Japan DVD release.
	????	Pioneer LDC. Inc..	Japan laserdisc release.
	????	Pioneer LDC. Inc..	Japan laserdisc release.