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Guild Home Video
Guild Home Video (GHV) or Guild Film Distribution was one of the very first video distribution companies to start operating in the UK. Unlike other independent labels such as Intervision or Videoform, GHV not only survived for a very long time, but continued to grow, eventually becoming a video distributor for independent studios such as Carolco, New Line Cinema, Cannon and Lorimar. The videos were released by Video Collection International and PolyGram Video.
==Origins==
Based in Oundle Road, Peterborough, Guild Home Video were one of the biggest of the early video companies, and responsible for distributing a large and varied catalogue of movies. The initial batch of releases came out in mid-1980 and were easily recognisable by the sky blue, stylised 'G' symbol that the company retained throughout its life (with only a colour change to gold in 1987)and the logo was redrawn for an updated, cleaner look in 1984. The original Guild catalogue included a large array of features. From creaky and dated British science-fiction/horror fare such as ''The Beast in the Cellar'', ''The Body Stealers'' and ''Doomwatch'', to documentary/non-fiction titles such as 'The Entertaining Electron'' and ''Reardon on Snooker'' as well as recent box office hits such as David Cronenberg's ''Scanners'' and Jack Nicholson's remake of ''The Postman Always Rings Twice''. Many classic Australian movies such as "My Brilliant Career", "Breaker Morant" and "Money Movers" were also released at that time too.
The original catalogue was uncommonly large by the standards of most labels at that time, with well over 100 titles released within the first two years of trading alone, and Guild became well known for the professionalism of its product. At a time when many of the independent labels were resorting to tacky and often distatefully lurid cover designs to get its products noticed (Go Video's ''Cannibal Holocaust/SS Experiment Camp'' and Vipco's ''Driller Killer'' being prime examples), GHV adopted a much more subtle approach. Many of their cover designs can be seen on: http://www.pre-cert.co.uk Interestingly, early Guild covers were colour-coded. Cassettes for "hire only" carried a Pink band round the base of the sleeve, while later Hire/Sale cassettes carried a sky blue band round the top. There were also a number of tapes with a yellow band as well, but these are all but extinct now and desirable when found.
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