# Major movies that have NEVER been released on home media

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**Created:** [October 4, 2018, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-movies-that-have-never-been-released-on-home-media/822425 "2018-10-04T14:10:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-movies-that-have-never-been-released-on-home-media/822425/41 "2018-10-05T17:21:50Z")

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Our public library lists a DVD of ‘Looking For Mr. Goodbar’ is available for rental. It seems to be a bootleggish thing, but it is available

‘Diary of A Mad Housewife’ is available through the library via something called ‘Hoopla’, for what it’s worth. I remember that movie, it was very good. I read the book before the movie, and the book was excellent. Wonderful vignettes of the tense, put-upon wife. The striving middle class in a New York City that is no more.

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**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-movies-that-have-never-been-released-on-home-media/822425/42 "2018-10-05T18:43:39Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> ‘Diary of A Mad Housewife’ is available through the library via something called ‘Hoopla’, for what it’s worth. I remember that movie, it was very good. I read the book before the movie, and the book was excellent. Wonderful vignettes of the tense, put-upon wife. The striving middle class in a New York City that is no more.

The book was good, but I didn’t care for the ending. A wishy-washy anti-climax in my view. Yeah, I suppose it fit Tina’s personality, but still, as endings go, strictly meh.

I loved Richard Benjamin’s performance as the whiny snot of a condescending husband.  
“Your mother is a college graduate, but she still can’t cook a three minute egg.” I would have served it raw, and watched him crack it open.

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**Author:** ![Disheavel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@Disheavel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Disheavel)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2018, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/major-movies-that-have-never-been-released-on-home-media/822425/43 "2018-10-05T22:40:06Z")

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> [@salinqmind](#):
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> Our public library lists a DVD of ‘Looking For Mr. Goodbar’ is available for rental. It seems to be a bootleggish thing, but it is available
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> ‘Diary of A Mad Housewife’ is available through the library via something called ‘Hoopla’, for what it’s worth. I remember that movie, it was very good. I read the book before the movie, and the book was excellent. Wonderful vignettes of the tense, put-upon wife. The striving middle class in a New York City that is no more.

Hoopla is an excellent service! They have great classical music and old movies galore. My partner termed it, “Netflix for intelligent people”

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