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Sunday, May 05, 2013

Battlestar Galactica (1978)



Title: Battlestar Galactica
Box Tagline: N/A
Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Rick Springfield, John Colicos, Jane Seymour
Directed By: Richard A. Colla, Alan Levi
Genre: Sci-Fi
Release Year: 1978
VHS Release Year: 1985
Distributor: MCA Home Video
Box Type: Slipcase
Catalog #: 66011
Previews/Trailers: N/A
Extras: N/A

  • Released by MCA Home Video in 1985.
  • The MCA Home Video ident precedes the feature.
  • This is the 2 hour, 5 minute "Theatrical" version and does not have the epilogue in which Baltar is spared by the Cylons, that scene leads into the TV series. This version features the death of Baltar. The "TV" version with the Baltar scenes, and others added was broadcast as part of the TV series, in 1978 as "Saga Of A Star World".
  • Contains no trailers.


  • Title: Battlestar Galactica
    Box Tagline: N/A
    Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Rick Springfield, John Colicos, Jane Seymour
    Directed By: Richard A. Colla, Alan Levi
    Genre: Sci-Fi
    Release Year: 1978
    VHS Release Year: 1990
    Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video
    Box Type: Slipcase
    Catalog #: 66011
    Previews/Trailers: N/A
    Extras: N/A

  • Reissued by MCA/Uiversal Home Video in 1990.
  • The MCA/Universal ident precedes the feature.
  • Contains No Trailers.
  • Like the 1985 release, this reissue is the "Theatrical" version.


  • Title: Battlestar Galactica
    Box Tagline: N/A
    Starring: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene, Rick Springfield, John Colicos, Jane Seymour
    Directed By: Richard A. Colla, Alan Levi
    Genre: Sci-Fi
    Release Year: 1978
    VHS Release Year: 1990
    Distributor: MCA/Universal Home Video
    Box Type: Slipcase
    Catalog #: 66011
    Previews/Trailers: N/A
    Extras: N/A

  • Released in Canada by MCA Home Video Canada in 1990.
  • With the exception of the MCA Home Video Canada sticker on the back cover, the U.S. 1990 reissue has the same box.
  • Unlike the 1990 U.S. reissue, which features the MCA/Universal Home Video ident, the older MCA Home Video ident precedes the feature.
  • Contains no trailers.
  • Like the 1985 release, this reissue is the "Theatrical" version.
  • Last updated: Sept. 28, 2015

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