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'''GoodTimes Entertainment''' was an [[United States|American]] home video company founded in 1984 by Kenneth, Joseph and Stanley Cayre. The company went defunct in 2005 and was acquired by Gaiam, now Gaia, Inc. Its home video assets were folded into Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment in 2012, which in turn was sold and merged into New Video in 2013. It released several ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' movies on VHS in the late 1980's and 90's.
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|name            =GoodTimes Entertainment, Ltd.
|type            =Home video distributor
|status          =Defunct (bankrupt)
|founder        =Kenneth Cayre, Joseph Cayre,<br>Stanley Cayre
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|defunct        =[[2005]]
|hq              =Midtown Manhattan, [[New York City]],<br>New York, [[United States]]
|succeeded      =[[wikipedia:Cinedigm|Cinedigm]]
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'''GoodTimes Entertainment''' was an [[United States|American]] home video company founded in 1984 by Kenneth, Joseph and Stanley Cayre. The company went defunct in 2005 and was acquired by Gaiam, now Gaia, Inc. Its home video assets were folded into Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment in 2012, which in turn was sold and merged into New Video in 2013, itself later absorbed by Cinedigm. It released several ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' films and one non-''Godzilla'' [[Toho]] [[kaiju]] film on VHS in the late 1980s and 1990s.
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==Selected home video releases==
==Selected home video releases==
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]'' (1956) - released on VHS in 1995 and 1996, released on DVD in 2001
*''[[Godzilla (1954 film)|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]'' (1956) - released on VHS in 1995 and 1996; released on DVD in 2001
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1962) - released on VHS in 1988
*''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' (1962) - released on VHS in 1988
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1963) - released on VHS in 1987, released on DVD and VHS in 1998
*''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' (1963) - released on VHS in 1987; released on VHS and DVD in 1998 in a ''35th Anniversary Edition''
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep|Godzilla versus the Sea Monster]]'' (1968) - released on VHS in 1992, 1997, and 1998
*''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep|Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster]]'' (1968) - released on VHS in 1992, 1997, and 1998
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1976) - released on VHS in 1985 and 1996
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1976) - released on VHS in 1985 and 1996
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla|Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster]]'' (1977) - released on VHS in 1993
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla|Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster]]'' (1977) - released on VHS in 1993
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
GoodTimes Godzilla vs. Megalon VHS.jpg|''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' VHS (1985)
King_Kong_vs_Godzilla_VHS.jpg|''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' VHS (1987)
GoodTimes Mothra VHS.png|''[[Mothra (film)|Mothra]]'' VHS (1988)
Godzilla_vs._the_Sea_Monster_a.jpg|''[[Ebirah, Horror of the Deep|Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster]]'' VHS (1992)
4119971797_70d16ab997_b.jpg|''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla|Godzilla vs. Cosmic Monster]]'' VHS (1993)
Godzilla_king_of_the_monsters!_goodtimes_1995_vhs.jpg|''[[Godzilla (1954 film)#U.S. release|Godzilla, King of the Monsters!]]'' VHS (1995)
King_kong_vs_g_gt.jpg|''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' DVD (1998)
Godzilla_dvd_02_a_l.jpg|''Godzilla, King of the Monsters!'' DVD (2001)
</gallery>
==Trivia==
*GoodTimes' 1998 DVD for ''[[King Kong vs. Godzilla]]'' features images of [[King Kong (De Laurentiis)|Kong]] and [[84Goji|Godzilla]] from the [[King Kong (1976 film)|1976 ''King Kong'' remake]] and ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'', respectively.
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Latest revision as of 19:35, 3 December 2022

GoodTimes Entertainment, Ltd.
GoodTimes Entertainment

Type Home video distributor
Status Defunct (bankrupt)
Founder(s) Kenneth Cayre, Joseph Cayre,
Stanley Cayre
Founded 1984
Defunct 2005
Head-
quarters
Midtown Manhattan, New York City,
New York, United States
Succeeded by Cinedigm

GoodTimes Entertainment was an American home video company founded in 1984 by Kenneth, Joseph and Stanley Cayre. The company went defunct in 2005 and was acquired by Gaiam, now Gaia, Inc. Its home video assets were folded into Gaiam Vivendi Entertainment in 2012, which in turn was sold and merged into New Video in 2013, itself later absorbed by Cinedigm. It released several Godzilla films and one non-Godzilla Toho kaiju film on VHS in the late 1980s and 1990s.

Selected home video releases

Gallery

Trivia

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