as the video trade was being dominated more and more by the big studios. It was in this climate that GHV had its climax in major success. In 1988, they secured a distribution deal with Hollywood mini-major Carolco Pictures, which resulted in them gaining exclusive UK video rights for big budget blockbuster movies such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day, Total Recall, Cliffhanger, Rambo III and Judge Dredd. GHV merged with Pathé in 1996, forming Guild Pathé Cinema Limited. Guild Home Video shut down all UK operations in 1998, when Guild Pathé Cinema, became Pathé Distribution. Guild also had rental distribution rights with 20th Century Fox, operating as Fox Guild Home Entertainment and after the Pathé merger, Fox Pathé Home Entertainment. The company itself remained as an in-name only dormant business of Pathé until folding on 17 December 2019. See also Pathé PolyGram Filmed Entertainment Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Home Entertainment 20th Century Fox 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment References Home video distributors Video rental services Video production companies Mass media companies established in 1979 Film distributors of the United Kingdom Mass media companies disestablished in 1998 1979 establishments in the United Kingdom 1998 disestablishments in the United Kingdom